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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 23 Aug, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Blame game heats up over Olympic Dam delay By political correspondent Louise Yaxley and staff The political blame game is heating up over BHP Billiton's decision to shelve its $30 billion expansion of the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. More » Government urged to file Nauru detention docs Naked Prince Harry photo hits the internet Katter's Australia Party faces damaging split Sydney teacher charged over filming of students ACT's civil ceremonies get green light Ex-MI5 boss hits out at 'naive' Assange Disabled boy sues hospital for birth 'negligence' Farmhand jailed for life for Terreblanche murder Tourists killed in Kenyan plane crash More Analysis » An allegory of journalistic decline Back in the seventies, journalism was not an opportunity for individual expression; it was a precise and formulaic attempt to record an unadorned, balanced version of events. That culture is lost. Subediting is outsourced, reporters opinionate, facts are mutable in the service of agendas. It is the memory of the old-school journalism once championed by Rupert Murdoch that gives the modern 'profession' its scraps of dignity. More » Military culture must wage war with itself The smart money is on business ethics Damage control: Akin's costly brain snap on abortion Casino banking: creating risk and gambling on it The smart money is on business ethics Licence to kill? Time to abolish the 'gay panic' defence Who can claim the economic gold medal? Gageler appointment welcome, but far from cage-rattling Rape: collateral damage in a bigger political crusade Just In More Just In » Indonesia's holiday road toll passes 600 By Indonesia correspondent George Roberts More than 600 Indonesians have been killed in the country's worst holiday road toll in years. More » Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive Paralympic flames lit on UK's highest peaks ACT's civil ceremonies get green light Blame game heats up over Olympic Dam delay Sydney teacher charged over filming of students Naked Prince Harry photo hits the internet Tourists killed in Kenyan plane crash Assad exit hopes downplayed as violence continues Government urged to file Nauru detention docs World More World » Ex-MI5 boss hits out at 'naive' Assange Britain's former top spy has accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of doing a disservice to his own mission to increase transparency and accountability. More » Farmhand jailed for life for Terreblanche murder Assad exit hopes downplayed as violence continues Aussie nurse describes fight to save lives in Syria Romney urges Akin to quit over rape remarks Business More Business » Olympic Dam expansion hold a blow to mining boom By Stephen Long BHP Billiton's shelving of plans to expand its Olympic Dam operations in South Australia is more evidence the resources boom has peaked. More » Focus on core to bring Pac Brands back to profit Seven West posts profit rise after merger Coke to go back to beer Woodside profits fall due to Pluto costs Australians more gloomy than recession-hit nations Politics More Politics » Assad exit hopes downplayed as violence continues A senior Syrian government official says the regime was willing to negotiate the exit of embattled Syrian president Bashar al Assad, as violence escalates on the streets of Damascus and Aleppo. More » Katter's Australia Party faces damaging split Coalition plans outsourcing public service to states Fair Work investigator defends Thomson report CLP wants alcoholic offender prison farms Sport More Sport » Paralympic flames lit on UK's highest peaks Flames have been lit in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to mark the official countdown to the Paralympics. More » Minichiello let off striking charge Buckley wants match review overhaul Late Chelsea flurry earns victory over Reading Wallabies out to right past wrongs Degenkolb snatches second Vuelta stage win Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has taken a 16-minute drive, its first since reaching the Red Planet to search for habitats that could have supported microbial life. More » Scientists' discovery fuels Alzheimer's treatment hope World may soon be your (specific) oyster Mammoth's tusk found in German train tunnel DNA checks done on family trees Environment More Environment » Arctic ice cap on course for record melt United States scientists say the Arctic ice cap is melting at a startlingly rapid rate and may shrink to its smallest-ever level within weeks as the planet's temperatures rise. More » Carbon tax pledge dominates Question Time Action on climate change speeding up: Commission Koala numbers dive on east coast Development blamed for surge in koala deaths 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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