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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 21 Jan, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Police hunt gunman after fatal Sydney shooting By police reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop Police want to speak to 21yo Graeme Smith over the fatal shooting of a man in Sydney's south-west yesterday. More » Flights scrapped as snow blankets Europe TV host Koch targeted in breastfeeding protest Boys on ADHD medication 'growing slower' Email hoax hits Jetstar customers Brandis warns new laws could outlaw debate French sailor rescued after days adrift off Tasmania Gulf storm set to form into cyclone Union concerned by QBE job cut reports Militants 'captured alive' at Algerian gas plant More Analysis » After the fires, climate change debate rages on On Saturday night the Heat beat the Scorchers. It was only Big Bash cricket, but it seemed a fitting finale to a week in which the bushfires had not only dominated the news, but - directly and indirectly - the debate that flowed from it. The fires and the heatwave that provoked them have inevitably reopened the debate on global warming and climate change. It has brought out the sceptics and the deniers in plague proportions. More » Convenient freedom: a tale of two islands The new world according to Lance Uncertain future: Afghanistan on its own Heartbreaking headlines for Coonabarabran Why other nations fail (but Australia succeeds) Seeing red over black roofs Beer with a better attitude Lance Armstrong's manic need to win continues Is unemployment set to rise? Just In More Just In » Odour concern shuts Orica warehouse Chemical company Orica has temporarily shut down a warehouse at Villawood, in Sydney's west, while it investigates the source of an odour that left several workers feeling unwell. More » Hurley says diplomacy must be part of Afghan exit Suicide bombers attack Kabul traffic department Pressure builds on Govt over mining tax revenue Public gallery full as ICAC coal probe resumes Coroner investigates death at Big Day Out Bushfires kill endangered nocturnal wallabies Brandis warns new laws could outlaw debate Money flowing back into super after strong 2012 Boys on ADHD medication 'growing slower' World More World » Suicide bombers attack Kabul traffic department A coordinated attack involving at least three suicide bombers and a powerful car bomb have taken aim at the headquarters of the Kabul traffic department. More » Flights scrapped as snow blankets Europe Teen charged after five shot dead in US Militants 'captured alive' at Algerian gas plant Jakarta floods leave 50,000 homeless Obama sworn in at private White House ceremony Business More Business » WA, NT continue to lead state of the states By finance reporter Rebecca Hyam Western Australia has once again been judged the country's best performing economy, with the Northern Territory closing the gap in second place. More » Union concerned by QBE job cut reports Pressure builds on Govt over mining tax revenue Coal seam protests forcing gas prices up: industry Nine lives after debt deal accepted Email hoax hits Jetstar customers Politics More Politics » Brandis warns new laws could outlaw debate By chief political correspondent Simon Cullen Shadow attorney-general George Brandis has described the Federal Government's overhaul of anti-discrimination laws as an ideologically-driven campaign that could be used to shut down controversial debates. More » PNG opposition launch detention centre challenge Gillard hopeful of debates commission agreement Police must acknowledge Logan gang trouble: lawyer NRA defector has mixed views on Obama reforms Sport More Sport » Grandstand Live: Australian Open Day Eight Join Grandstand's rolling coverage of day eight of the Australian Open as the round of 16 continues. More » Azarenka cruises, Kuznetsova upsets Wozniacki Warne fined $5k for BBL breach Chardy makes maiden major quarter-final Djokovic says he will be ready for quarters Australia adds Cutting edge for final ODI Science and Technology More Science and Technology » World's first binding mercury treaty adopted Delegations from 140 countries have agreed to adopt the world's first legally binding treaty on limiting to use of health-hazardous mercury. More » UN group links heatwave to climate change 2.5m gulls needed to lift James's giant peach Shipwreck tablets shed light on Roman healthcare Qld stargazers to get space station sighting Environment More Environment » Scientists, rangers team up to track ghost nets Scientists and Indigenous ranger groups are working together to track where so-called ghost nets are travelling in Australian waters. 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