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Afternoon Edition. Tue 28 Jun 2011
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Man admits killing ex-wife, hiding body in wall The Supreme Court in Brisbane has been told a man killed his former wife because he was angry about their divorce settlement and hid her body in a wall. Ailing Somare resigns as PNG leader Papua New Guinea's veteran prime minister Sir Michael Somare has stepped down from office and will retire from politics because of ill health. Recovery team enters Pike River mine A New Zealand recovery team has entered the main tunnel of the Pike River mine for the first time since a series of explosions killed 29 men last year. NAB boss backs carbon tax The head of one of Australia's biggest banks has thrown his support behind the proposed carbon tax. Diggers kill Afghan insurgent commanders Australian special forces soldiers and their Afghan National Police partners have killed four insurgents in Afghanistan.
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For future productivity we must nail IR reform The government and the opposition have both been slow to look at the proper operation of the Fair Work Act. Although a review of the Fair Work Act will be conducted in January next year there is little confidence that it will achieve much. It is essential that workplace relations should be put squarely back in the centre of the policy debate. Hands out of the honey pot The ACT Liberals are learning a not-so-sweet lesson after getting $10,000 of government money that was meant to go to disadvantaged people in Canberra. Ian Chubb: less chief, more scientist If the Gillard Government wants a warrior, the new Chief Scientist can't keep using words like 'critique' and 'debate'. That's not how chiefs talk with a siege underway. The struggle for freedom of expression in the 'new Egypt' In a deeply worrying trend Egyptian armed forces, now in effective charge of the country, have attempted to silence their critics and appear to be trying to criminalise dissent. Lacklustre, lifeless, limited: the speech of Australian politicians In a world-first exercise, the speaking abilities of 61 Australian politicians have been analysed and reviewed, including that of all the leading federal and state representatives. Each one was assessed according to 21 core speech skills. Their dominant components, strengths, weaknesses and extra skills were also identified. The first conclusion of this speech review is that the general standard of speech of Australian politicians is embarrassingly poor.
Just in	More Just In Stories >
Shares end up, but relinquish strong early gains Local shares fell back from early gains, but still finished higher on the back of renewed optimism about a successful resolution to the Greek debt crisis. Diggers kill Afghan insurgent commanders Australian special forces soldiers and their Afghan National Police partners have killed four insurgents in Afghanistan. NAB boss backs carbon tax The head of one of Australia's biggest banks has thrown his support behind the proposed carbon tax.
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Diggers kill Afghan insurgent commanders Australian special forces soldiers and their Afghan National Police partners have killed four insurgents in Afghanistan. Ailing Somare resigns as PNG leader Papua New Guinea's veteran prime minister Sir Michael Somare has stepped down from office and will retire from politics because of ill health. Iran to send monkey into space Iran plans to send a live monkey into space next month, the latest advance in a missile and space program which has alarmed Israel and its western allies that fear the Islamic Republic is seeking nuclear weapons.
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Shares end up, but relinquish strong early gains Local shares fell back from early gains, but still finished higher on the back of renewed optimism about a successful resolution to the Greek debt crisis. Top End races toward NBN connection The Federal Government has confirmed that Casuarina in Darwin will become the second suburb on the Australian mainland to be connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN). New tunnel won't cause Airport Link-like disruption: Quirk The Brisbane City Council says major construction work on the Legacy Way project will not cause the same disruption to residents as the Airport Link.
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Fears for future of art festival after grant cut An organiser of the Merrepen Arts Festival at Daly River says she will meet with Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin over funding cuts to the Northern Territory festival. Asylum seeker families moved from Darwin hotel The ABC has been told asylum seeker families being detained at the Asti Hotel in central Darwin are preparing to move. Top End races toward NBN connection The Federal Government has confirmed that Casuarina in Darwin will become the second suburb on the Australian mainland to be connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Sport	More Sport Stories >
Hodges back for Origin III Brogan makes way for next generation Soward unsure about Origin fitness Rafter, Newcombe laud Tomic show Reds unfazed at being finals greenhorns
Science & Technology	More Science & Technology Stories >
Top End races toward NBN connection The Federal Government has confirmed that Casuarina in Darwin will become the second suburb on the Australian mainland to be connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN). Iran to send monkey into space Iran plans to send a live monkey into space next month, the latest advance in a missile and space program which has alarmed Israel and its western allies that fear the Islamic Republic is seeking nuclear weapons. Frog invader on the hop in Mildura Wildlife officers say a green tree frog discovered near Mildura might have hitched a ride to the region with fishermen.
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Record Moreton Bay budget focuses on rebuilding The Moreton Bay Regional Council has delivered its first surplus budget since amalgamation. Court hears dispute over Gloucester coal mine expansion There is further opposition in the Gloucester community to the expansion of coal mining in the area. Company plans to tap world's biggest coal field An Australian company says a coal field discovered in the Simpson Desert could be the biggest in the world.
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