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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 30 Aug, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Search becomes rescue as asylum boat found Australia scrambles a rescue effort as merchant ships locate survivors from an asylum seeker boat which has sunk off the coast of Indonesia. More » London Paralympics opening ceremony live Barack Obama answers questions on Reddit Super trawler steams into sea of controversy England skipper Strauss retires Pensioner charged with wife's attempted murder Teen train passenger stabbed in throat Tasmania passes gay, de facto surrogacy bill Fighter jets scrambled in 'hijack' mix-up Death penalty upheld against Mumbai terrorist More Analysis » Holding a mirror to a country divided Is there anything harder to change than a mind? Probably not. Yet the hope and premise of Go Back To Where You Came From seems to be that positions on asylum seekers might shift through exposure to the compelling force of profoundly sad personal experience. That doesn't seem to be happening to our six protagonists. But maybe that's the point: in all its stubbornly steadfast positions, the show is a true representation of the people we are. More » Australia's West Papua bind Trust is worth the risk for our soldiers Climate change: backflipping on a policy bugger Finishing the job on misogyny Seismic shift exposes ghosts of intolerance No avoiding the new tax reality We don't need to go back, we need to look forward Advance Australia unfair Australia's Pacific Island challenge Just In More Just In » Tennis umpire denies 'coffee cup' murder A professional tennis referee who had been due to work at the US Open has pleaded not guilty to bludgeoning her husband to death with a coffee cup. More » Super trawler steams into sea of controversy Barack Obama answers questions on Reddit Construction workers protest for third day Australia, Nauru leaders hold asylum-seeker talks Tasmania passes gay, de facto surrogacy bill Search becomes rescue as asylum boat found Teen train passenger stabbed in throat Pensioner charged with wife's attempted murder Hewitt reaches US Open second round World More World » Cook Islands lays out the welcome mat for Pacific leaders Sean Dorney The Pacific Islands Forum annual conference has opened in the Cook Islands capital Avarua. More » Barack Obama answers questions on Reddit Fighter jets scrambled in 'hijack' mix-up Isaac weakens but New Orleans threat remains Assad says more time needed to win conflict Business More Business » Figures show some places cheaper to buy than rent By online business reporter Michael Janda There is an old saying that rent money is dead money, yet a study shows it is still far cheaper to rent than buy in most areas. More » Construction eases due to residential slump Dividends rise despite profit fall Transfield shares slump as CEO leaves Ford boss sparks speculation about manufacturing withdrawal Combet defends decision to scrap carbon floor price Politics More Politics » Millions to get free care under $4b dental reform package Millions of children and low-income patients will get free dental care under a landmark $4 billion package of reforms announced by Health Minister Tanya Plibersek today. More » Combet defends decision to scrap carbon floor price Egypt drops case against Aussie journo Burma takes 2,000 off immigration blacklist Combet ditches carbon floor price in deal with Europe Sport More Sport » Hewitt reaches US Open second round Lleyton Hewitt has produced a signature comeback to post his first US Open win in three years. More » Watch Paralympics opening ceremony live Blues set to sack Ratten Strauss announces retirement Stewart inks new deal with Sea Eagles Geale sure he is catching Sturm at right time Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Eureka moment for Fox in the henhouse By Timothy McDonald A year five student who made a discovery about a new kind of link between protein and eggs was among those honoured at last night's Eureka Prize ceremony for excellence in science. More » NASA beams 'interplanetary voicemail' from Mars Your tributes: Neil Armstrong Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive Scientists' discovery fuels Alzheimer's treatment hope Environment More Environment » Super trawler steams into sea of controversy By Matthew Carney and staff The Margiris super trawler is due to arrive in South Australia today, amid claims the ship's fishing quota "isn't worth the paper it's written on". 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