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Burka laws spark fears of police abuse Some members of Australia's Islamic community are concerned the wording of new legislation in New South Wales could allow police to discriminate against Muslim women. Outback station to cull thousands of cattle The owners of a Western Australian cattle station say they are being forced to cull about 3,000 cattle in the wake of the ban on live exports to Indonesia. Grog graves mark lives lost to alcohol People living in a remote Northern Territory community have built symbolic graves to make a statement about the deadly results of alcohol abuse. Asylum tensions soar in Darwin centre Refugee advocates are warning tensions are rising alarmingly inside Darwin's Northern Immigration Detention Facility, after another detainee harmed himself at the centre. Strong winds rip roofing from homes Emergency crews have spent the day clearing trees and debris from roads and homes after high winds swept across Victoria.
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Courts, credibility and convictions for rape By anyone's estimates, the rate of sexual assault in Australia is high. In 2010, the ABS recorded 80 victims per 100,000. Some fear that the unravelling of the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the legal uncertainty persisting around Assange's case will undermine feminist efforts to reduce sexual violence. They worry that just as women are shedding the thousand-year taint of being unreliable legal witnesses the spectre of the lying rape victim rises again. Can the carbon tax refloat the sinking ALP ship? The Government is constantly criticised for failing to sell its policies and it cannot afford to get the marketing of the details of the carbon tax wrong. Australia's GM wheat will only worsen world hunger All of Australia's major wheat market competitors, including North America, have rejected GM wheat. It is my profound hope that Australians will do the same. Midsummer matters in the eurozone, 2011 The uncertainty within the eurozone is reaching its peak. No-one can be sure what's going to happen next. Mandatory detention: expensive and ineffective Mandatory detention is brutal, morally reprehensible and costly. Last year it cost $2 billion to detain 6,500 people. This is well over $300,000 for each man, woman and child in detention. Two billion dollars is a lot of money to spend on a policy which has so clearly failed to achieve its stated objective – financially and morally.
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Russia blames prison for lawyer's death Russian investigators have blamed prison personnel for the death of a lawyer in 2009 and say they will lay criminal charges over the incident. Retail, finance bring market down Local shares have finished lower with losses amid major financial and retail stocks. China cracks down on North Korea drug trade There are reports that China is cracking down on North Korea's drug trade, seizing tens of millions of dollars worth of narcotics.
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Russia blames prison for lawyer's death Russian investigators have blamed prison personnel for the death of a lawyer in 2009 and say they will lay criminal charges over the incident. China cracks down on North Korea drug trade There are reports that China is cracking down on North Korea's drug trade, seizing tens of millions of dollars worth of narcotics. Secret Service probes Fox Twitter hacking The US Secret Service has launched an investigation after hackers posted on the Fox News Twitter account that president Barack Obama was dead.
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Retail, finance bring market down Local shares have finished lower with losses amid major financial and retail stocks. Concern over Avalon airport's future The State Government says it is concerned about the affect the possible collapse of Tiger Airways will have on Avalon Airport. Bunge ends Tully Sugar takeover bid Global agribusiness Bunge has pulled out of the race to take over Tully Sugar in far north Queensland.
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Government denies infrastructure delays The Victorian Government has denied it has been too slow to act on delivering infrastructure projects. Concern over Avalon airport's future The State Government says it is concerned about the affect the possible collapse of Tiger Airways will have on Avalon Airport. Govt launches regional infrastructure fund The State Government has officially launched its fund for infrastructure and projects, in regional Victoria.
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Media crashes private Blues session Tonga to return for Cowboys Teenage Gill geared for McCaw challenge Carlton suffers Jamison blow Roar bring in defender Hingert
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Secret Service probes Fox Twitter hacking The US Secret Service has launched an investigation after hackers posted on the Fox News Twitter account that president Barack Obama was dead. Abalone quota disappoints SE divers The total allowable catch for commercial abalone divers on the New South Wales far south coast will not change for at least the next 12 months. Botanic bats move next door An operation to evict a colony of bats from Adelaide's Botanic Gardens has been a success, the Environment Department says.
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CSG rig protester arrested Police have arrested a demonstrator who scaled a 20-metre high rig in protest against Eastern Star Gas' planned coal seam gas development in the Pilliga State Forest. Coca-Cola's water use before court again Protester occupies Pilliga CSG well Around 20 demonstrators have surrounded a coal seam gas rig in the Pilliga State Forest, west of Narrabri.
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