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NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 17 Jan, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Fears cruise ship could spark ecological disaster By Europe correspondent Rachael Brown, wires Rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the wreck of the cruise ship which ran aground off an Italian island, amid growing fears that tonnes of fuel could begin to leak from the damaged hull. More » Shots fired into Sydney home 24 killed as apartment block collapses in Beirut Nadal survives big injury scare Wilkie woos Crook on pokies Freed activists stand by costly whaling protest 53 dead fur seals found on SA beach Suspects arrested over Iran nuke scientist death Huntsman quits US presidential race Pakistan court rules PM in contempt More Analysis » Filtering public debate in Australia For those who care about freedom of speech in Australia, there is an urgent need to reform our defamation laws. The laws effectively operate to prevent criticism of people with money, unless the critic is in the rare position of being able to afford fighting a defamation lawsuit. The result is that robust public exchanges are only possible among the particularly privileged â€" an extraordinary, and utterly appalling filter on public debate in Australia. More » Egypt: where to from here? Democratic freedoms under attack from Ferguson Heroes and villains in the whaling debate A year on, flood memories linger It's all a bit on the nose In defence of porn Killing Iranian scientists: when terrorism isn't terrorism I'm outraged by your outrage Worse off under the carbon tax? Hardly... Just In More Just In » Tonnes of cocaine pulled from submerged sub FBI divers aided by the US Coast Guard and a Canadian warship have recovered tonnes of cocaine from the wreck of a scuttled drug submarine, the Canadian navy confirmed. More » Queensland braces for wild weather Wilkie woos Crook on pokies Teen on manslaughter charge after skateboarder's death Arrow stands ground despite CSG protests S&P downgrades EU bailout fund Shots fired into Sydney home Chopper crash kills three in Afghanistan Suspects arrested over Iran nuke scientist death Fears cruise ship could spark ecological disaster World More World » Fears cruise ship could spark ecological disaster By Europe correspondent Rachael Brown, wires Rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the wreck of the cruise ship which ran aground off an Italian island, amid growing fears that tonnes of fuel could begin to leak from the damaged hull. More » Huntsman quits US presidential race Nigeria cuts petrol prices in bid to end unrest 24 killed as apartment block collapses in Beirut S&P downgrades EU bailout fund Business More Business » S&P downgrades EU bailout fund Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has downgraded the EU bailout fund by one notch to AA+ - but says it will restore the top AAA ranking if the fund obtains additional guarantees. More » Mortgage rates bounce as new buyers jump in Qantas pilots make their case on pay deal Inflation figures give RBA room to move Thousands cancel Japanese holidays Europe downgrades spook share market Unemployment to rise as job ads decline Inpex under fire over carbon offset scheme ACT, NSW in joint bid to host G20 summit Politics More Politics » Wilkie woos Crook on pokies By Lexi Metherell Independent MP Andrew Wilkie is taking his anti-pokies crusade west as he bats off questions over whether his pokies reform pact with the Government remains viable. More » Court again asked to decide PNG deadlock Wilkie in talks to keep pokies reforms alive Pakistani PM scrambles to get military onside UN chief renews attack on Assad, amid amnesty Sport More Sport » Nadal survives big injury scare Rafael Nadal has revealed his Australian Open bid was nearly over before it started after he suffered crippling pain in his troublesome right knee on the eve of his first match. More » Arthur still sees room for improvement Tomic outlasts Verdasco in epic five-set battle All-Australian squad Rogowska breaks Australian Open duck Defending champ Clijsters into round two Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Mawson's landing marked in Antarctic ceremony By Karen Barlow at Mawson's Huts Centenary commemorations for the first ever Australasian Antarctic expedition have been held at Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica. More » Phobos-Grunt probe 'crashes in Pacific' Confusion over where Russian probe will land Hawking too ill to attend 70th birthday party Virus theory for chronic fatigue dismissed Environment More Environment » Freed activists stand by costly whaling protest Two protesters who boarded a Japanese whaling ship tell triple j's Hack program that they do not think the cost of their rescue is too much for taxpayers. More » 53 dead fur seals found on SA beach Gillard defends new forest deal Japan hands over Australian whaling activists CSG company failed to report saline spill 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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