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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sun 30 Oct, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Industrial umpire resumes Qantas hearing Qantas and the unions continue to trade verbal blows, as the airline appears before an emergency Fair Work Australia hearing. More » Digger deaths 'a terrible blow' for Australia Joyce defends Qantas grounding as backlash grows Pilots say email proves Qantas planned grounding Grounding eroding Qantas' reputation Upset Qantas passengers vent online Qantas grounding a 'disaster' for tourism Asher attacks Labor's 'moral cowardice' Brother and sister killed in SA crash Vandals target giant inflatable duck More Analysis » Long to reign over us... if we should be so lucky The Queen's visit has once again dragged the Australian republic debate out of the corner. But in truth, there's just no good reason to get rid of the Queen. She's not hurting anyone. To the contrary, Queens are awesome... and surely, anything would be better than Eddie McGuire as Australian president. More » Will negative Abbott get a positive result? Peaceful protest Syria's best chance for change Julian Assange: Napoleon of the net, custodian of the truth Feeling the heat on pokies reform Beyond religious labels: judging beliefs on merit Spoiling sport with television England, your England: a nation divided Gladstone fish can't read A travel snapshot we deserve Just In More Just In » MPs stranded by Qantas dispute Prime Minister Julia Gillard will make it to Parliament this week thanks to a government jet, but some MPs remain stranded due to Qantas' decision to ground its entire fleet. More » Brother and sister killed in SA crash Diamonds pip Silver Ferns in thriller Industrial umpire resumes Qantas hearing Air France cancels flights as strike hits Pilots say email proves Qantas planned grounding Vandals target giant inflatable duck LNP MP defects to Katter's party 'Historic' early snowstorm slams US Asher attacks Labor's 'moral cowardice' World More World » 'Historic' early snowstorm slams US Snow and icy rain pelt the US east coast, sparking long airport delays and major power cuts. More » Search for Turkish quake survivors called off Chaos at London, Singapore airports Brazil ex-president Lula diagnosed with cancer Air France cancels flights as strike hits Business More Business » Grounding eroding Qantas' reputation By business editor Peter Ryan â€" analysis The decision to ground the entire Qantas fleet is already costing the airline millions of dollars but the reputational and brand damage is much greater, says business editor Peter Ryan. More » Industrial umpire resumes Qantas hearing Qantas grounding a 'disaster' for tourism Irate passengers vow to abandon Qantas Qantas passengers stranded worldwide Politics More Politics » Pilots say email proves Qantas planned grounding The pilots union has produced an email which it says proves Qantas was planning to ground its fleet days before the airline claims to have made the decision. More » LNP MP defects to Katter's party Joyce defends Qantas grounding as backlash grows CHOGM rules out human rights commissioner Gillard calls for end to Qantas dispute Sport More Sport » Diamonds pip Silver Ferns in thriller Australia clinched the Constellation Cup with another nailbiting 44-41 win over New Zealand in the third and final Test at Melbourne Park. More » Stosur's year over after semi-final defeat Grumpy Webber rejects Vettel's help Live Broadcast: Summer Grandstand Tomkins stars as England trounces Wales Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Blackberry pinches Colvin's Twitter pic for ad By Ashley Hall and staff PM presenter Mark Colvin calls on a tech company to investigate how a photo of him ended up in one of their promo videos. More » Seaweed advances south to extinction Tropical oyster moves into SA gulf Study links soft drink to violence German satellite plunges to Earth Environment More Environment » Seaweed advances south to extinction By Anna Salleh for ABC Science Swathes of Australia's seaweed are shifting south to escape warming oceans and many risk becoming extinct, a new study has found. 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