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Towns evacuate as floods reach peak

An emergency is unfolding across northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, with evacuations, military airlifts, and grim predictions of record floods after days of heavy rainfall.

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The Drum

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Pie crust politics: promises made, promises broken

Political promises are having a bad season.

If they were a currency, they'd be trading at several hundred to the Aussie dollar right now, and flagging fast. If they were a dog, you'd run them out of town.

So both Australia's major political leaders made a tacit agreement this week - to stop making them.

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UN court extends sentence for Khmer Rouge jailer

The former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of 15,000 people will spend the rest of his life in jail after losing an appeal against his original 30-year sentence.

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World

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Anger mounts over Egyptian soccer deaths

Thousands of protesters, including fanatical 'ultra' soccer fans, protest in Cairo over Egypt's deadly stadium riot.

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Business

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Westpac boss can't rule out further job cuts

Westpac chief Gail Kelly defends the bank's decision to axe up to 560 jobs and will not rule out further cuts as the bank's profits are squeezed by a slowdown in lending.

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Politics

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Increasing speculation over PM's future

The Prime Minister, the man she ousted from the job, and senior Labor ministers have publicly laughed off suggestions of a leadership coup, but there's no escaping speculation that Julia Gillard's prospects in the job are terminal.

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Sport

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Sydney FC begins global search to replace Lavicka

Sydney FC are beginning a worldwide search for a new coach after announcing Vitezslav Lavicka will return to Europe at the end of the season.

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Science and Technology

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Elephants could prevent bushfires: expert

Australia could introduce large herbivores such as elephants as part of a radical biological solution to the problem of bushfires and invasive species, says one expert.

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Environment

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Concerns over cost-cutting at new ABC HQ

Environmental consultants employed on the ABC's new Queensland headquarters in Brisbane temporarily resigned over concerns that key environmental health measures had been dumped in order to save money, leaked documents have revealed.

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