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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 26 Apr, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Shorten moves to put HSU branch in administration By Hayden Cooper, staff The HSU national secretary has hit back at Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten after he took the extreme step of seeking to have the union's east branch put into administration. More » Ford halts production amid supplier problem Exports may rise amid US mad cow scare Father jailed over bathroom hidden camera Australian killed in Indonesia plane crash Windsor pulls support for Slipper Bikie bailed over torched paddy wagon Lend Lease fined millions in US fraud case Prosecutors to check on Newton's mental health Researchers claim quantum computer breakthrough More Analysis » Media's old master playing politics in Australia? It's been decades since Rupert Murdoch played politics in Australia with the intensity that he's played the game in the UK and the United States. Nevertheless, Murdoch first used his media power for political purposes in Australia. Leaning on governments is in News Corporation's DNA. We might not have any evidence that News Corporation has used its media power to cow Australian politicians, but that doesn't mean - pace the protestations of Rupert Murdoch - that it isn't there. More » Peter Slipper and the ruinous titillation of innuendo Fear and loathing: the rise of the far right Jeff Kennett an unlikely champion for gay cause How the RBA got it so wrong on interest rates Wolverine and a blockbuster case of tax secrecy First we call them insects: the prelude to horror Investment in early childhood has lifelong yields The how and why of climate denial Odds again in Wilkie's favour on pokies reform Just In More Just In » Participant reveals trauma of shock experiments By Liz Hobday A notorious psychology experiment using fake electric shock techniques, implemented and ridiculed in the United States in the 1960s, was replicated on students at Melbourne's La Trobe University a decade later, a new book reveals. More » Exports may rise amid US mad cow scare Bikie bailed over torched paddy wagon Ford halts production amid supplier problem RSL backs 'dangerous' club's demolition Receivers take over Ford components company Five charged over pig cruelty controversy Servos raided in Sydney robbery spree Rail union slams plans to change driving hours Australian killed in Indonesia plane crash World More World » Rupert Murdoch appears before Leveson inquiry By Europe correspondent Lisa Millar, Rachael Brown, wires Rupert Murdoch has tried to downplay his influence on British politics, claiming he has "never asked a prime minister for anything". More » Madeleine McCann could still be alive: UK police 'Sane' Breivik accuses experts of lies, racism US says Kony on the run Dead spy once found tied to bed, inquest told Gingrich to withdraw from Republican race Business More Business » Ford halts production amid supplier problem Ford has announced there will be no work at its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants until next Wednesday after one of its suppliers was placed into administration. More » Rupert Murdoch appears before Leveson inquiry Government urged to trim $8bn in tax breaks Lend Lease fined millions in US fraud case Shares tick higher on US stimulus hopes Australian media facing new watchdog Bernanke warns of looming 'fiscal cliff' British economy sinks back into recession Stimulus hopes, profits boost global markets Atlas Iron and QR consider Pilbara rail link Politics More Politics » Shorten moves to put HSU branch in administration By Hayden Cooper, staff The HSU national secretary has hit back at Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten after he took the extreme step of seeking to have the union's east branch put into administration. More » Iran won't develop nukes: Israeli defence chief Windsor pulls support for Slipper Australian media facing new watchdog Government urged to trim $8bn in tax breaks Sport More Sport » Postecoglou takes on Victory challenge New coach Ange Postecoglou says he welcomes the task of rebuilding A-League heavyweights Melbourne Victory. More » Ioane returns in centres Cowan completes collective Aussie effort NRL managers suspended over Storm rort Swan aiming to top Anzac high Brumbies lose Mowen for Lions clash Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Researchers claim quantum computer breakthrough By science and environment reporter Conor Duffy Australian and international researchers say they have designed a tiny crystal able to run a quantum computer so powerful it would take a computer the size of the known universe to match it. More » Google bosses back plans to mine asteroids 99 skeletons found at Guatemalan outpost Eyes hold clues to life for deadly box jellyfish Doubts over 'world's biggest dino eggs' claim Environment More Environment » Councils under pressure to cap landfill emissions By Michael Vincent Local governments around Australia are racing to have their landfill sites comply with the new carbon pricing scheme, which begins on July 1. More » Russian scientists hunt elusive white killer whale Call to open marine reserve to yellow fin tuna fishers Elder loses court fight over outback mining plan Rabbit hunters head to Macquarie Island 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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