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Major airports face ash cloud shutdown The nation's two major airports face the prospect of being shut down for up to 48 hours as the ash cloud from a Chilean volcano continues to drift across southern Australia. Abbott refuses to accept carbon plebiscite fate Tony Abbott has used Question Time to accuse the Government of abandoning democracy over its handling of the carbon tax, as criticism mounts over his proposal for a plebiscite on the issue. Australia tests imported cars for radiation A shipment of cars from Japan will be screened by Australia's nuclear safety watchdog for contamination when it docks south of Sydney later this week. Australia ranks 46th in refugee intake table The United Nations has released figures revealing Australia is ranked 46th on the global ladder of nations hosting refugees and asylum seekers. High caffeine use linked to psychotic symptoms A new study has found that high caffeine use, combined with stress, can cause people to exhibit psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions.
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There are political problems, and there are real problems In the House of Representatives last night, a report was tabled that gives us a pretty stern reminder of what real problems look like. In 2007, Indigenous kids made up 59 per cent of the numbers in juvenile detention. This is despite the fact that Indigenous Australians represent only 2.5 per cent of the population. Taxes and plebicites don't solves real hardship. Real hardship is grim and tangled and unimaginably difficult to solve. The Taliban punchline to end the horrific joke Talks between the US and the Taliban are among our war aims now. We are bombing families with Taliban relatives in order to form a Taliban-Karzai coalition. The new, privatised web A range of new, private domains appearing in the near future is part of an underlying trend to lock the net inside corporate empires. The elephant in the pokie room Last Night's Four Corners was about people making billions from a dangerous, addictive product and spending millions to stop us knowing that or doing anything about it. Return of the environmental Nazi hunter In a speech in Los Angeles last month Lord Christopher Monckton juxtaposed Nazism with quotes by Ross Garnaut. Next week he begins another tour of Australia funded by the mining industry. As the Australian Academy of Science endorses a new campaign calling for respect for the scientific process it looks as if there will be little restraint let alone respect in the latest moves to attack climate science.
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Abbott refuses to accept carbon plebiscite fate Tony Abbott has used Question Time to accuse the Government of abandoning democracy over its handling of the carbon tax, as criticism mounts over his proposal for a plebiscite on the issue. Share market recovers losses amid takeover boost A near $10 billion bid for Australia's largest brewer has added extra fizz to an already effervescent local share market. Ocean heading for mass extinction, scientists warn Scientists are warning of a potential marine massacre with a mass extinction of sea life akin to the death of the dinosaurs.
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Australia tests imported cars for radiation A shipment of cars from Japan will be screened by Australia's nuclear safety watchdog for contamination when it docks south of Sydney later this week. Australia ranks 46th in refugee intake table The United Nations has released figures revealing Australia is ranked 46th on the global ladder of nations hosting refugees and asylum seekers. Lord Byron family violin fetches $15m A rare Stradivarius violin that once belonged to the grand-daughter of English poet Lord Byron sold for a record $15 million at auction in a charity sale for Japanese disaster relief.
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Agencies reviewing Woodside after cost blowout A second credit ratings agency has flagged the possibility that Woodside's rating could be downgraded after the LNG producer announced a $900 million cost blowout on its Pluto project. Oakajee given green light for railway Oakajee Port and Rail has been given the green light to start construction on its major railway infrastructure project in the Mid West. Gas pipeline buyers look for more customers The buyers of the main gas line in the Northern Territory say they will be investing in developing gas supplies to more businesses.
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O'Farrell defends police burka checks The New South Wales Government insists police powers to identify people will be protected, despite a court decision in favour of a burka-wearing woman. MP demands end to gaming credit lines A Federal Liberal MP says online gambling companies based in the Northern Territory should be prohibited from offering betting credits. Opposition pushes for progress on coal terminal Opposition Leader Jeff Seeney has accused the State Government of walking away from any role in the development of the Wiggins Island coal export terminal near Gladstone in central Queensland.
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Waugh to hang up the boots Franklin accepts one-match ban Cowboys plotting Thurston's escape Jolly ready to play Swans Marshall to miss Bulldogs clash
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Hackers target British anti-crime agency website Hackers who have hit the websites of the CIA, US Senate, Sony and others during a month-long rampage claim to have knocked the site of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) offline. Pipis disappear from Hunter beaches A Port Stephens-based recreational fisherman is blaming the New South Wales Fisheries Department for the virtual depletion of pipi stocks along the coast. CSIRO website lets public decide on climate change The CSIRO has launched a website that allows people to see the raw data of greenhouse gases for themselves, as debate continues to rage over the merits of climate change science.
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Abbott refuses to accept carbon plebiscite fate Tony Abbott has used Question Time to accuse the Government of abandoning democracy over its handling of the carbon tax, as criticism mounts over his proposal for a plebiscite on the issue. Ocean heading for mass extinction, scientists warn Scientists are warning of a potential marine massacre with a mass extinction of sea life akin to the death of the dinosaurs. Australia tests imported cars for radiation A shipment of cars from Japan will be screened by Australia's nuclear safety watchdog for contamination when it docks south of Sydney later this week.
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