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Thousands lose power as winds lash NSW Residents across southern New South Wales are bracing for more wild weather, with the bureau forecasting the strong winds that have lashed the state will continue today and into tomorrow. Plain packet laws to hit Parliament today Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the Government is determined to fight any legal challenge to its plain packaging laws for cigarettes. Blues happy to spoil Locky's farewell It is an assignment Ricky Stuart would rather have avoided, but the New South Wales coach says he will accept being the man to sour Darren Lockyer's State of Origin farewell if it means returning the shield south of the border. 197 migrants drown off Sudan after boat fire Nearly 200 people drowned this morning when a boat carrying illegal migrants from Sudan to Saudi Arabia caught fire after four hours at sea, Sudanese officials said. Hinch undergoes liver transplant Melbourne broadcaster Derryn Hinch has undergone a lengthy liver transplant at the Austin Hospital.
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Giving up on national classification There's an air of unreality about the Senate's review of the National Classification Scheme. In the end the committee just gave up, writing in its report it "did not receive enough evidence to make specific findings on this issue". This was the first major inquiry into the National Classification Scheme since it was introduced more than a decade ago. And they squibbed it. Why is Deloitte's name on junk tobacco research? This week the Alliance of Australian Retailers released a report with lots of shocking numbers and findings in it regarding the Government's plan to enforce plain packaging of cigarettes. It has been long expected that big tobacco and its acolytes in tobacco retailing would react against the policy, but the really interesting question is what is a company with Deloitte's reputation doing putting its name to nonsense research like this? Why Hillary should have been the next UN chief Hillary Clinton should have been appointed to the position of UN Secretary General. Debate heats up, the ice keeps melting A debate is taking place in a small specialised section of the scientific community that has profound implications for the planet's climate. 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.
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Outback station owner postpones cattle culling A West Australian pastoralist says media attention has forced him to postpone plans to start culling several thousand head of cattle. Jennings, Scott set to miss out Speculation is growing that centre Michael Jennings and second rower Beau Scott will be the two players left out of the New South Wales squad for tonight's State of Origin decider at Lang Park. Gap widening in children's wellbeing: UN A United Nations report on child wellbeing says Australia has made little progress in narrowing the gap that exists between the average child and those coming from poorer families.
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American painter Cy Twombly dies American painter Cy Twombly, a key figure in the post-war abstract art world, has died in Rome after suffering from cancer for a number of years. Portugal's rating turns to junk A downgrading of Portugal's credit rating overnight ended the best weekly gain that US stocks have seen in two years. Australian woman missing off Thai beach A search is underway for a 44-year-old Australian woman missing off a beach in Thailand.
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Miners stop work as BMA pay talks loom The miners' union says it is holding its final round of stoppages at BMA mines in central Queensland before negotiations over pay and conditions resume next week. Portugal's rating turns to junk A downgrading of Portugal's credit rating overnight ended the best weekly gain that US stocks have seen in two years. Big business backs climate price A group of more than 50 businesses representing finance, energy, technology and retail have signed a letter supporting a carbon price.
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Greens urge action on costly power station The Greens want Tasmania's Energy Minister Bryan Green to act on a report which found the Tamar Valley Power Station is driving up power prices. Outback station owner postpones cattle culling A West Australian pastoralist says media attention has forced him to postpone plans to start culling several thousand head of cattle. Gap widening in children's wellbeing: UN A United Nations report on child wellbeing says Australia has made little progress in narrowing the gap that exists between the average child and those coming from poorer families.
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Blues happy to spoil Locky's farewell Preview Panel: State of Origin III Cadel pips Contador in thrilling stage four Tiger withdraws from British Open Bassett shines again in Diamonds win
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Public inquiry calls as hacking scandal worsens There is renewed pressure for a public inquiry into the News of the World phone-hacking saga amid further allegations the family phones of murder victims were hacked into. UK leader condemns murdered girl hacking claims Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned as "truly dreadful" allegations that a British tabloid hacked the voicemail of a missing teenage girl who was later found murdered. 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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Protesters return to site of blockade Protesters opposed to the building of a gas hub in Western Australia's Kimberley region say they are determined to continue their confrontation with police today. Big business backs climate price A group of more than 50 businesses representing finance, energy, technology and retail have signed a letter supporting a carbon price. Gillard accused of ducking carbon scrutiny The Opposition has used Question Time to accuse the Government of ducking scrutiny by announcing its carbon pricing plan after Parliament rises for the winter break.
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