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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 18 Jul, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Workers Union backs carbon price Jeremy Thompson The Australian Workers Union is backing the Government's carbon price plan, despite earlier threatening to withdraw support if it cost "one job". Saying the union takes job security of members as the "number one priority", AWU secretary Paul Howes says a plan to cut carbon emissions, however, is "inevitable".More » Damages awarded to D'Arcy attack victim Defence to overhaul plagued Navy maintenance Australian confesses to Burma war crimes Brooks arrested over hacking scandal Brisbane rugby player dies after tackle Mothers get wrong babies in hospital mix-up Conroy steps up attack on Daily Tele Mother who drugged sons not guilty of murder Former policeman jailed for killing wife More Analysis » No hacking, just hackles in the local loathing of News It's perfectly clear, just from reading Australian newspapers, that the kind of privacy invasion that was widespread in Britain is not practised here. How do you know? To put it bluntly â€" the yarns just aren't that sensational. Then again, it's not spying or phone-hacking that is getting the Greens and the Government's undies in a bunch about News Limited - nothing like it. It's bias. And that's a different matter.More » The difference between scientific debate and phoney talkfests Sex, lies, videotape and a carbon tax Stoking the carbon tax resentment, one tantrum at a time The Murdoch media game-changer The big sell: carbon tax ads miss their target Crime report: good news is no news Regulating the most powerful media Many costly, crippling flaws in the not so Fair Work Act I believe you Juliar Just In More Just In » Gold likely to continue record run Finance reporter David Taylor The price of gold has been on a steady ascent for the past couple of years, and this morning it hit an all time high.More » WA man faces extradition over child abuse photos Defence to overhaul plagued Navy maintenance Workers Union backs carbon price Assassinations send panic through Afghanistan Ex-prisoner deaths spark call for jail overhaul US debt ceiling deadlock drags on Mother who drugged sons not guilty of murder Australian confesses to Burma war crimes Market flat on News Corp slump World More World » Brooks arrested over hacking scandal Lisa Millar and wires Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks is arrested and Britain's most senior police officer resigns in the latest twists in the phone hacking scandal.More » Assassinations send panic through Afghanistan Mubarak in a coma, lawyer claims Global aid 'needed' in African drought Chavez arrives in Cuba for chemotherapy Last Austrian emperor's heir buried in Vienna Obama and Dalai Lama hold White House talks 6.1-magnitude quake rattles Alaska peninsula Business More Business » Economists reject rates drop prediction A growing number of economists are rejecting a Westpac forecast that interest rates will begin dropping by the end of the year. Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans says rates could be cut as soon as December, and by as much as 1 per cent within 18 months. However, it seems that he is the only economist at a major financial institution forecasting a cut this year.More » WA economy is nation's strongest Chinese miner launches Sundance takeover bid Santos takes bigger stake in Gunnedah gas French ban sparks Queensland fracking debate Market flat on News Corp slump Good as gold: record for precious metal Help us before Gunns, say forest workers Politics More Politics » Assassinations send panic through Afghanistan Eleanor Hall A senior Afghan analyst says the recent assassinations of top Afghan government figures are generating panic within president Hamid Karzai's inner circle and could lead to a dysfunctional government by the time US troops withdraw.More » US debt ceiling deadlock drags on Gillard defends carbon tax ad spend Swan plays down need for media inquiry Embattled nurses reach pay bungle agreement Sport More Sport » Broncs play down Storm clash Corey Parker has denied the Broncos' match with ladder leaders Melbourne on Friday will be the club's toughest challenge so far this season. More » Clarke holds nerve to seal Open triumph Wallabies rookies have tough day out Damages awarded to D'Arcy attack victim Thompson hit with grade one charge Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Forensic fungi used to tackle crime Emily Bourke A world expert on fungi is to meet with the Australian Federal Police to discuss how pollen and fungal spores can be used in crime fighting.More » Search engines replacing memory, study shows 500yo canoe found in Alaska forest Pirates disrupting climate change research 'One' year on, Neptune still a mystery Environment More Environment » Farming and the carbon tax: what's in store? Sarah Collerton ABC News Online talks to key experts about what the carbon plan means for farmers.More » Pirates disrupting climate change research Study casts doubt on forest carbon capture plans Woman confronts PM over carbon 'lies' Abbott defends backbencher's coal buy About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us   This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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