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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 08 Dec, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Committee calls for ban on live odds broadcast By Jeremy Thompson and staff A report into interactive gambling seeks to protect children and calls for a total ban on the promotion of live odds during the broadcast of sporting games. More » ANZ passes on full interest rate cut Combet casts doubt on Kyoto extension Police search bushland for murder suspect Top cop Standen given 22 years for drug plot Australian gored to death by pygmy elephant Johnson sentenced to life for Carl Williams's murder Unemployment rate rises to 5.3pc Tram push to make Sydney city slicker Safin elected to Russian parliament More Analysis » Selling the ABC and other tricky media issues It isn't clear why Australia needs to have a soft propaganda message broadcast to the region. But if we are to have one, why would the government put that program out to tender when it already has an agency to do the work? To my mind the ABC should be performing that function. That isn't to say that the government shouldn't put the whole of the ABC out to tender â€" but that is a far more controversial proposition. More » The turning of the political year Whatever you might have heard, industrial action is in decline 2016 holds hope for Republicans Business must face up to domestic violence Cartagena group the key to climate success The future of newspapers, the end of journalism 'Breaking the law': a strange tale of tabloid TV Double dipping on the carbon tax Department of Defence: less than honest, less than decent Just In More Just In » Aussie petrol prices among lowest in OECD The competition regulator's latest report on fuel prices in Australia shows they are the fourth lowest of the OECD. More » Components maker's closure to cost hundreds of jobs Committee calls for ban on live odds broadcast PNG PM pushes to throw out court challenge Italy's golden age of painting arrives in Canberra PNG cops forced to leave logging camps Tram push to make Sydney city slicker First asylum seekers expected at detention centre Aussie arm wrestler seventh at world title Safin elected to Russian parliament World More World » US remembers Pearl Harbour anniversary Survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour joined in a moment's silence as flags were lowered across the US to mark the 70th anniversary of the assault. More » Gorbachev calls for Russian election rerun Mafia boss arrested in fortified bunker Corrupt governor Blagojevich jailed for 14 years Assad denies ordering troops to kill Syrians Business More Business » Unemployment rate rises to 5.3pc The unemployment rate has risen to 5.3 per cent in November in seasonally adjusted terms, coming in above economists' expectations. More » NAB, ANZ pass on full interest rate cut Cameron set for fight at EU summit Aussie petrol prices among lowest in OECD Fletcher Jones put in administration Dollar falls on low job figures Smith in New Delhi for talks on uranium Wall Street up, Europe down before EU summit Politics More Politics » Components maker's closure to cost hundreds of jobs By Angelique Johnson Wheel maker New Castalloy is to close its Adelaide foundry with a loss of up to 200 jobs. More » PNG PM pushes to throw out court challenge Safin elected to Russian parliament Egypt PM names new cabinet Government unable to move against lawyer McGee Sport More Sport » Aussies stick with winning XI Struggling opener Phil Hughes will be looking over his shoulder despite earning a reprieve in an unchanged Australian side for the second Test. More » Committee calls for ban on live odds broadcast Warne laughs off Berry sledge Fergie scorns Keane after United failure Safin elected to Russian parliament US and Bahrain on F1 calendar Science and Technology More Science and Technology » India to ban offensive Facebook material India has vowed to ban offensive material from the internet after Facebook, Google and other major firms told the government they were unable to screen content before it was posted. More » Astronomers discover biggest black holes ever Scientists shocked by record emissions rise Rescuers try to scoop whale from harbour A wasp never forgets a face Environment More Environment » PNG cops forced to leave logging camps By PNG correspondent Liam Fox Papua New Guinea's police commissioner has ordered the withdrawal of all officers from logging sites across the country. 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