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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sun 09 Oct, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Stricken ship seeping oil into pristine Bay of Plenty Correspondent Dominique Schwartz and wires An Australian oil recovery team has arrived in New Zealand to help authorities deal with a cargo ship that has been spilling fuel into the pristine Bay of Plenty. More » Xenophon slams 'deceptive' clubs industry Australian boy was 'persuaded' to buy drugs in Bali Woman in hospital after Tas murder-suicide Man badly burnt in bonfire explosion More horses fall victim to mystery illness Smith denies switch to state politics Open letter calls for end to offshore processing Virus strikes US drone fleet More Analysis » Ken Henry, patience and the right change It can't be very easy, being Ken Henry. Having thrown himself in earnest at the task of dreaming up a new tax system most of his ideas were greeted with cold silence and the Resources Super Profits Tax was butchered. Outside the tax summit this week, Australian politics was giving a fairly robust demonstration of why when it comes to tax reform, Dr Henry is, as they say, dreaming. More » Government communications: online but out of touch Palestinian statehood alone no road to peace My friend, Diana Gribble, died the other night ... Speech regulation: a linguistic sewerage system Occupy Wall Street will not come to our utopia 10 years in Afghanistan: where to from here? Meatloaf, horsey drunks and the dog that ate my grand final The predictable and pointless tax forum Bolt factor: the making of an opportunist Just In More Just In » Xenophon slams 'deceptive' clubs industry Independent senator Nick Xenophon says Clubs Australia should apologise for misleading the public on the impact of the Federal Government's changes to poker machine laws. More » Amnesty chief slams 'shocking' Indigenous conditions Alexander breaks Hawaii Ironman record New technology may solve schoolgirl murder Woman severely burnt in petrol blast PNG demands action over shocking abuse case Smith denies switch to state politics Jackson's children take to stage at tribute show Kenya farewells Nobel peace laureate Virus strikes US drone fleet World More World » Yemen president says he will step down soon Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh has announced he will step down in "the coming days" after months of protests, but the government said his exit was not imminent. More » Stricken ship seeping oil into pristine Bay of Plenty Gaddafi hometown stormed but battle not over Virus strikes US drone fleet Tensions high as Syrian opposition figure mourned Fresh charges expected over Politkovskaya murder Business More Business » Swan welcomes 'enviable' IMF report Treasurer Wayne Swan says the International Monetary Fund's annual report on Australia's economy is a strong endorsement of the Federal Government. In its annual report, the IMF said that given Australia's relatively low level of net debt, the Government would have the fiscal space to delay bringing the budget back into the black. More » 'It all depends on Europe' Moody's cuts credit ratings of 12 UK banks Delays expected as Qantas engineers strike Talking tax Politics More Politics » Xenophon slams 'deceptive' clubs industry Independent senator Nick Xenophon says Clubs Australia should apologise for misleading the public on the impact of the Federal Government's changes to poker machine laws. More » Kenya farewells Nobel peace laureate Victorian ALP backs policy shake-up Opera House protest targets Harvey Norman Swan welcomes 'enviable' IMF report Sport More Sport » Victory, Sydney take positives from draw A scoreless draw has done nothing to dampen the belief within either Sydney FC or Melbourne Victory that both clubs are on track for stellar seasons. More » Live Broadcast: Wallabies v Springboks England has only itself to blame: Johnson Alexander breaks Hawaii Ironman record Nichols set to fill McKay's big boots Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Stem cells rejuvenating arthritic dogs Samantha Donovan Australian vets say they are having great success treating arthritic dogs with stem cells and researchers developing arthritis treatments for humans are taking a keen interest in the technique. More » Mirror group denies phone hacking claims Study shines new light on damaging UV rays Space 'snakes' revealed in first images Steve Jobs: titan who drove a tech revolution Environment More Environment » Opera House protest targets Harvey Norman Police have charged five people after environmentalists scaled the Sydney Opera House to protest what they say is the destruction of Australian forests. More » Warring committees deliver carbon tax reports Grounded ship threatens top NZ tourist spot Sharks drawn to caged tourists off SA coast Study shines new light on damaging UV rays 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. 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