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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Wed 17 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Australia allows importation of NZ apples Biosecurity Australia has given the go-ahead for the importation of New Zealand apples into Australia for the first time since 1919. It says a review of the importation has found that the risks associated with fire blight and other diseases can be managed to achieve Australia's appropriate level of quarantine protection. Only commercially mature fruit will be allowed to be imported, under guidelines proposed by the director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.More » Abbott's carbon campaign hits a snag Fukushima children swap fear for fun Police flag delays to collar-bomb extradition Sperm donor loses birth certificate fight Woman dies of heart attack while strapped to toilet Coalition ups pressure on Thomson over card use Katter's new party name rejected Brewer goes for another round at Foster's Job losses loom as small business struggles More Analysis » Riots? Climate change? A nihil-all draw "I suppose you'll try and blame the London riots on climate change believers," said a friend of mine to me, scathingly, the other day. True story. And maybe it's true! Maybe climate change really is to blame. But it's not rising sea levels we really need to worry about. It's the rising tide of nihilism in our youth brought on by the ongoing gloom and doom discussions of the past decade.More » Social media storm: Farmers take to Twitter Kids in limbo: Australia's growing reliance on juvenile remand The next act: Australia services China Policies of deterrence: the short-term fix Many unhappy returns for Labor Not the only gay in the electorate Memo PM: There's not a lot of love out here on the lawn Merlin's beard! It's the carbon tax! Positive policies needed in the Coalition's campaign playbook Just In More Just In » Coalition ups pressure on Thomson over card use Jeremy Thompson Embattled Labor backbencher Craig Thomson has come under further pressure over the use of his Health Services Union credit card to pay for escort services while he was the union's national secretary.More » Katter's new party name rejected Brewer goes for another round at Foster's Job losses loom as small business struggles Toxic leak inquiry details released Roxon brushes off plain packaging opposition Fire chief resigns after damning bushfire report Australia allows importation of NZ apples Appeal launched for family of crash victim Police flag delays to collar-bomb extradition World More World » Men get 4 years for inciting UK riots on Facebook Legal experts question the severity of sentences being handed down over the UK riots after two men were both jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite violence.More » 'Devastating' claims in News of the World letter China denies seeing bin Laden stealth chopper Afghan cleaner shot dead inside NATO HQ Death toll rises in Syrian port city Top Zimbabwe military officer killed in blaze Pike River survivor cheats death again Killer polar bear had toothache: vet Business More Business » Brewer goes for another round at Foster's Online business reporter Michael Janda SABMiller has launched a hostile $9.5 billion bid for Foster's after its initial approach in June was rejected.More » Joyce goes on media blitz to sell Qantas plans Wage rises unlikely to trigger rate rise Sun sets on Australia's last solar factory Westfield profit falls by a third CSL sees profit fall on dollar rise Boral posts profit turnaround Woodside reports fall in half-year net profit Fracking not ruled out for Sydney CSG Qantas looks to Asia for international future Politics More Politics » Coalition ups pressure on Thomson over card use Jeremy Thompson Embattled Labor backbencher Craig Thomson has come under further pressure over the use of his Health Services Union credit card to pay for escort services while he was the union's national secretary.More » Katter's new party name rejected Fire chief resigns after damning bushfire report Abbott's carbon campaign hits a snag Carbon tax to be introduced to parliament Sport More Sport » Eade to leave Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs have announced coach Rodney Eade will part ways with the club at the end of the season. More » Tongue to retire at season's end Sheffield Shield to go twilight Ella questions decision to re-sign Deans Stosur to face Serena again Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Most Australians duped by science fiction Darren Osborne for Science Online More than three-quarters of Australians believe microscopic life has been found on other planets and almost half believe humans can be frozen and thawed back to life, despite neither being true.More » Bird bones could be one million years old US loses prototype hypersonic bomber Pre-historic eagle and wallaby discovered NSW opens way for R18+ games Environment More Environment » Spring heralds return of mouse plague New South Wales farmers are being warned the mouse plague which has already caused millions of dollars in crop losses could be more devastating come Spring.More » Australia urged to stake claim in Antarctica Japan considers canning whaling program Japan PM vows nuclear-free future Fukushima stokes fear on Hiroshima anniversary About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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