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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 06 Sep, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Wild winds head north as crews battle bushfires Firefighters have worked through the night in the face of gale-force winds in a battle to contain a large number of fires burning across southern Australia. More » Australian avoids jail over Hawaii jet ski death Four dead as British car shot at in French Alps Cowdrey is Australia's most successful Paralympian Pakistan thrashes Australia in first T20 clash Afghan army sacks 'hundreds' over insider attacks Turnbull hits out at political 'trust deficit' Anger over coal power 'broken promise' Joyce quizzed on Coalition Cubbie rift Syrian rebels seek to launch attacks from Jordan More Analysis » Both sides of politics lose the fiscal plot The Prime Minister deserves everything she cops over this week's education policy announcement. It was little more than a political stunt - a desperate attempt to use rhetoric to try to regain some political initiative. It now seems both sides of politics are throwing fiscal caution to the wind. Labor is Whitlamesque in its unfunded social ambitions, while the Coalition potentially has its own unfunded grand ambition with climate change. More » Who would an early election favour? It's complicated Public broadcasting, public value Grotesque irony in post-apartheid South Africa Fact checking our way to a clearer debate Reasons to be worried about Data Retention Afghanistan: objectives without strategy Education funding is in the Coalition's court While you're down there: a chance to bury the power lines Gender games: personal attacks in politics Just In More Just In » Morcombes 'satisfied' with progress in court case Lawyers say Daniel Morcombe's family is pleased the case is moving forward in the courts. More » Roddick's career ends with Del Potro defeat Turnbull hits out at political 'trust deficit' Swordfish victim 'thought he would die' APEC summit to focus on trade, investment Australian avoids jail over Hawaii jet ski death Four dead as British car shot at in French Alps Cowdrey wins his 11th gold Wild winds head north as crews battle bushfires Six-day week mooted for Greece World More World » Afghan army sacks 'hundreds' over insider attacks Hundreds of soldiers have been sacked from Afghanistan's military because of links to the Taliban, after a dramatic surge in the number of green on blue insider attacks. More » Syrian rebels seek to launch attacks from Jordan Michelle Obama draws contrast with Romneys One dead in Quebec election-night shooting 'Queen of cocaine' killed in Colombia Australian accused of funding private Somali army Business More Business » GDP shows strong but slowing economic growth By online business reporter Michael Janda The latest GDP figures show the economy was still growing faster than average, but slowing from its peak early this year. More » Fortescue sells power station to raise $300m Rinehart accused of inciting moral panic News Corp investors resist Murdoch domination Directors lacking when it comes to accounting expertise Politics More Politics » Turnbull hits out at political 'trust deficit' Malcolm Turnbull takes a swipe at his own party's tactics in Question Time, saying Australians have come to see Parliament as "nothing more than a forum for abuse, catcalling and spin". More » APEC summit to focus on trade, investment AusAID loses $580,000 to fraud Aussie military suppliers to target Indonesia Abbott moves to end rift over Cubbie sell-off Sport More Sport » Roddick's career ends with Del Potro defeat Andy Roddick's career was brought to an end in the fourth round of the US Open as he fell to defeat in four sets to Juan Del Potro. More » Cowdrey wins his 11th gold Pakistan thrashes Australia in first T20 clash Watch Paralympics Day Seven Live Colman wins 800m gold, Cartwright 100m silver Del Piero aims to leave legacy in A-League Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Vital spineless creatures facing extinction: report One-fifth of the "spineless creatures that rule the world" may be at risk of extinction, according to a new study. More » Eureka moment for Fox in the henhouse NASA beams 'interplanetary voicemail' from Mars Your tributes: Neil Armstrong Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive Environment More Environment » Halt to drilling ordered at NSW gas site By court reporter Jamelle Wells A court has granted a temporary injunction to stop test drilling for coal seam gas at Fullerton Cove in New South Wales. More » Govt scraps plans to shut dirty power stations SA puts super trawler concerns to Federal Government Burke can't block controversial super trawler Super trawler steams into sea of controversy 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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