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Tiger flights grounded until August Tiger Airways has been grounded until August, ending speculation over whether the embattled budget airline would resume flights this weekend. Labor MPs break ranks over cattle stunning Nine Federal Labor backbenchers have issued a statement raising what they say are serious questions about the Government's decision to restart the live cattle trade to Indonesia. Australian woman's body found on Thai beach The body of Australian woman Jennifer Laidley has been found on a beach in Thailand. WA Government fined over prison van death The Western Australian Department of Corrective Services has been fined $285,000 over an Aboriginal man's death in the back of a prison van three years ago. Approval for drilling off Ningaloo Reef The Federal Government has approved drilling off world heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.
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Team Australia's cattle concessions One month ago today, Australian cattle exporters woke up to a partial ban on live exports to Indonesia. As of last night, that's where we are again. And all of the concessions made during the process, as far as I can see, have been made by Australian industry and officials rather than by their Indonesian counterparts. Pokie reform is about people, not profit Preying on vulnerable people with cunning, expensive, and highly toxic machines designed to induce 'zoning out' is hardly an ethical business decision. Silencing dissent There have recently been calls for think tanks like the IPA to be regulated like cash-for-access lobbying firms. The baseless campaign against GM food The inconvenient truth for Greenpeace is that GM crops are safe, a crucial agricultural tool in addressing global food security, and farmers want to use them. The biggest skeleton in the News International cupboard Rupert Murdoch's News International empire in London is in crisis. It's embroiled in an ethical and legal morass, cooperating with a police investigation, 'welcoming' the government's intention to commission a public inquiry while desperately trying to stave off an advertising boycott and keeping alive a takeover bid for the broadcasting cash cow BSkyB. This week, NOTW really is the News of The World.
Just in	More Just In Stories >
US court orders end to military gay ban A federal court has ruled the US military must immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even as the government prepares to scrap the policy. Market finishes flat after early gains Local shares have finished flat after clawing back from losses in early trade. Approval for drilling off Ningaloo Reef The Federal Government has approved drilling off world heritage listed Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia.
World	More World Stories >
US court orders end to military gay ban A federal court has ruled the US military must immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even as the government prepares to scrap the policy. Dozens of preschoolers held hostage A man has taken about 30 preschool children and four teachers hostage in the Malaysian city of Muar in southern Johor state, police said. Labor MPs break ranks over cattle stunning Nine Federal Labor backbenchers have issued a statement raising what they say are serious questions about the Government's decision to restart the live cattle trade to Indonesia.
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Market finishes flat after early gains Local shares have finished flat after clawing back from losses in early trade. Australia shares down after China rate rise A fall in the major mining and banking stocks has led the overall share market lower, after China increased interest rates. Construction contraction accelerates The Australian construction industry shrank at a faster pace in June, the 13th month in a row the industry has gone backwards.
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Libs slam high school budget cut The State Opposition has questioned the Education Minister over cuts to the budget of New Town High School in Hobart. More voices heard on new land council proposal The Aboriginal Land Commissioner will meet traditional owners at Katherine today to discuss a proposal to form a new land council in the Northern Territory. Palm Is housing plans revealed A north Queensland Indigenous council will today unveil plans for new public housing as part of the State Government's land lease agreement.
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Thurston out for up to six weeks Cats regain two, but rest Mackie Reds upset about underdog status Marshall could take on Eels Glory boss says pitch poses no risk
Science & Technology	More Science & Technology Stories >
Deadly hendra virus strikes again Six people are undergoing tests for the deadly hendra virus as authorities confirm another horse has died in northern New South Wales. Fire survivors get extended counselling program A psychologist who has worked with Black Saturday bushfire survivors says many will benefit from additional counselling. Storm from hell seen on Saturn Imagine being caught in a thunderstorm as wide as the Earth, with discharges of lightning 10,000 times more powerful than normal, flashing 10 times per second at its peak.
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Approval for drilling off Ningaloo Reef The Federal Government has approved drilling off world heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Anti gas hub protesters outside Woodside HQ A protest has begun outside Woodside's head office in Perth against the company's proposed gas hub, north of Broome. Vandals attack protected Gooseberry Island National Parks and Wildlife Service is outraged at a vandalism attack on an island nature reserve in Lake Illawarra, south of Wollongong.
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