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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 16 Mar, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Commission calls for CMC probe into flood engineers Three engineers who worked on Brisbane's Wivenhoe Dam during last year's floods have been referred to the state's Crime and Misconduct Commission after the release of a long-awaited flood report. More » Victorian nurses settle wage dispute Bullied student's family to get hefty payout Thorpe qualifies for 200m semis Minchin backs Gonski over Future Fund 'shemozzle' Fair Work report finds union misused funds Health groups tackle 'tsunami' of booze ads Intense cyclone brewing off WA coast Newman says Labor attacks backfiring Unions, business renew wage claim battle More Analysis » Then take away the tax cut you first thought of.. Okay here goes... On the very remote off-chance that there is anyone out there who has found this week's back-and-forth about company tax utterly bewildering, I thought it might be useful to conclude the week with a brisk, no-nonsense recap of what's what, and who's up whom, company tax-wise. Here's how it works... More » The Coalition must up the anti Remote at the top: strange days in our universities Big name cynicism The unedifying spectacle of the Future Fund stoush Waiting for God: an ultimate power Democracy is on the verge of unravelling Ideology of the marketplace underpins school "reforms" 'Others': the vote that dare not speak a name Future Fund not for Costello Just In More Just In » Army may punish soldier over Facebook comments The Army is considering disciplinary action against a soldier who appears to have contributed offensive material to a social networking site. More » Victorian nurses settle wage dispute Unions, business renew wage claim battle Mayor refuses to back flood evacuation order Fair Work report finds union misused funds Newman says Labor attacks backfiring Researchers work to develop allergy-free eggs Bullied student's family to get hefty payout Ex-law firm executive admits taking $2.7m Shares waver despite strong gains overseas World More World » New massacre as Syria crisis enters 2nd year By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker, wires Twenty-three mutilated corpses are found near a Syrian protest city seized by regime forces, monitors say, as the bloody crackdown enters its second year. More » Taliban suspends US peace talks Belgium to hold day of mourning over bus crash Judge asked to dismiss Bradley Manning case Morocco pressured to change rape marriage law Business More Business » Unions, business renew wage claim battle By Simon Santow and staff Unions are urging Fair Work Australia to close the gap between low-income earners and the rest of the workforce but businesses have called for caution in the annual wage review. More » Report finds 118,000 retail jobs to go Minchin backs Gonski over Future Fund 'shemozzle' Rio Tinto mine faces green restrictions Newspapers' demise sparks media monopoly fears Shares waver despite strong gains overseas IMF approves Greek bailout loan Global payment system to block Iranian banks Wall St reaches new highs on jobs boost Politics More Politics » Minchin backs Gonski over Future Fund 'shemozzle' By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths and staff Former Liberal heavyweight Nick Minchin joins in on the Future Fund debate, saying appointing Peter Costello would have been "most unwise". More » Adults only, after SA Minister took daughter abroad PNG sanctions threat a 'gross overreaction' Costello savages Future Fund 'shemozzle' Plane arrivals in widespread rorting of asylum system Sport More Sport » Thorpe qualifies for 200m semis Ian Thorpe showed a glimpse of his old self, qualifying for the 200 metres freestyle semi-finals at the Olympic swimming trials. More » McLaren fastest around Albert Park Haddin heads home from Caribbean Bogut's Olympics future hinges on ankle scans AFL wants answers over draft discrimination Bailey to debut in opening ODI Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Scientists fear climate confusion after wet summer Climate scientists are concerned that Australia's cool and wet summer could lead to confusion about whether climate change is real. More » Atmospheric CO2 levels hit 800,000-year high: CSIRO Study finds eye problems common for astronauts Prize-winning ozone scientist dies Scientists hope to scoop gene prize pool Environment More Environment » Native American tribe allowed to kill bald eagles The US Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a first-time permit allowing a Native American tribe in Wyoming to kill two bald eagles in a centuries-old religious ceremony once outlawed by the federal bureau of Indian affairs. 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