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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 01 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Flood inquiry calls for lowering of dam level The Queensland floods commission has delivered its interim findings into the state's summer disasters. The 250-page report makes more than 150 recommendations to improve the management of future disasters, including the use of warning sirens in small towns. The inquiry, led by Justice Catherine Holmes, also says Wivenhoe Dam should be temporarily reduced to 75 per cent capacity if another bad wet season is predicted.More » Obama announces US debt deal Shattered Bailey wants quick return Rudd heart surgery 'a success' Australian shares surge on US debt deal AFP can force asylum seekers onto planes: PM Australian reportedly killed in Libyan battle Body scanners on trial at Sydney Airport Leadership limbo: Rann departure date unclear Former Hawke minister dies More Analysis » Rann another victim of the heavy hand of the faceless There is no easy way to effect a necessary change of parliamentary leadership, especially when it involves a premier or prime minister. But surely SA Labor could have done a better job with Mike Rann. A couple of right-wing factional heavies confront the Premier and tell him to go or else. The confrontation leaks; Rann blows up and storms off to India; Rann says he'll go but he'll decide when. Has the ALP learnt nothing? All this really does is confirm that the faceless men are indeed in charge.More » Media, politicians and an unspoken ethical void Keynes dies with the US debt deal Picking the eyes out: some thoughts on the future of journalism Polarised ignorance: our unhappy political lot Values in dispute: secularism and tolerance in Australian education The best and worst of capitalism The ABC: from correcting market failure to causing it A pathetic excuse for a Can of Worms It's time to take the Australian cricket team back Just In More Just In » Indonesian violence leaves 21 people dead Election-related mayhem and a gun attack on a crowded minibus killed 21 people in Indonesia's restive Papua region, police said.More » Shattered Bailey wants quick return Australian reportedly killed in Libyan battle China's demand for resources could slow Rudd heart surgery 'a success' Melbourne Zoo rejects orangutans complaint Environment groups call for greater koala protection Flood inquiry calls for lowering of dam level Bank teller murderer faces sentencing hearing Former Hawke minister dies World More World » Obama announces US debt deal Barack Obama says Democrat and Republican leaders have reached an agreement to reduce the US deficit and avoid a potentially disastrous default.More » Dozens killed as Syrian tanks storm Hama Acid attacker pardoned by blinded victim Calls for inquiry into Afghan reporter's death Passenger jet snaps in Guyana crash Norway mass killer 'had several targets' Phone hacking investigator denies acting alone Libyan rebel general killed by allied militia Business More Business » Obama announces US debt deal Barack Obama says Democrat and Republican leaders have reached an agreement to reduce the US deficit and avoid a potentially disastrous default.More » Australian shares surge on US debt deal Manufacturing slump accelerates Inflation creeps up on fruit, utilities and holidays Rates likely to stay on hold until 2012: economist New home sales lowest in five years Tiger Airways remains grounded Macarthur coal rejects takeover China's demand for resources could slow Graincorp strengthens malt position Politics More Politics » Indonesian violence leaves 21 people dead Election-related mayhem and a gun attack on a crowded minibus killed 21 people in Indonesia's restive Papua region, police said.More » Former Hawke minister dies Leadership limbo: Rann departure date unclear Obama announces US debt deal Opposition expects Rann to quit Parliament Sport More Sport » Shattered Bailey wants quick return Sacked Melbourne AFL coach Dean Bailey says he wants to return to football as soon as possible, despite admitting he is "shattered" by his axing. More » Bulldogs' Ryan calls time on career It's time to take the Australian cricket team back Warriors appoint McClennan as coach Barnes ready to return to Wallabies fold Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Alleged LulzSec spokesman charged in UK British police have charged an 18-year-old man on suspicion of being a spokesman for the Lulz Security and Anonymous computer hacking groups, Scotland Yard said.More » Farmer sues neighbour over GM contamination Watery grave awaits space station Mysterious illness killing off sea turtles Scientists create carbon sponge Environment More Environment » Carbon tax protesters march in Sydney About 1,000 people rallied in central Sydney on Sunday to show their continuing opposition to the Federal Government's proposed carbon tax. 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