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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 11 Feb, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Gotye picks up three Grammys Gotye takes out three Grammys including record of the year for his global smash hit Somebody That I Used To Know. More » Abbott challenges Labor to back union funds crackdown Standing room only at corruption probe ACC gives codes permission to notify clubs Microsoft, Apple summonsed to explain high prices Adventurer retraces epic Antarctic trek More Analysis » Powerful women held up as examples of limitations It would be a shame if the lesson we take from the varied lives of our most powerful women is that children and career is a dichotomy. The different framing of men and women doing exactly the same jobs has not changed for 40 years: the families of men in politics sacrifice, while the families of women in politics suffer. Despite the height of the ladders female politicians have climbed, we are still getting messages from both sides of Parliament that politics is too difficult for mothers. More » Labor is doomed and there's nothing it can do about it Risky business: good spin on bad practice How to stop the leaks in Labor's culture Election year's battle of the beige Another drug war that will never be won? My Rosa Parks moment in Sydney 2013 NBN Multicast: Australia's TV distribution revolution Fracking shifts the global power balance Doping laws aren't the problem: greed is Just In More Just In » ACC gives codes permission to notify clubs The Australian Crime Commission has given the AFL and NRL permission to inform clubs identified by the commission's investigation into doping in sport. More » Adventurer retraces epic Antarctic trek Microsoft, Apple summonsed to explain high prices Fraudster gave clients own bank details Ex-boxer gave 'exceptional details' in McGurk case Fading Glory sack Ferguson Patient on most urgent list, Patel trial told Crash witness thought pilots were mucking around Abbott challenges Labor to back union funds crackdown Medical board 'incompetent' in hepatitis C case World More World » Million-dollar reward offered for rogue former cop The mayor of Los Angeles has announced a $US1 million reward for any information leading to the capture of a former police officer accused of a revenge murder spree that has claimed three lives. More » Argo, Day-Lewis pick up top BAFTA awards Aftershocks rattle Solomon Islands Romanian abattoir implicated as horsemeat scandal spreads US north-east digs out from deadly blizzard Five killed during cruise ship safety drill Business More Business » Microsoft, Apple summonsed to explain high prices By chief parliamentary correspondent Simon Cullen Technology giants Microsoft and Apple have been summonsed to appear before a federal parliamentary committee to explain why Australians are forced to pay more for some of their products compared with other countries. More » First time buyers lead housing finance slide JB Hi-Fi shares surge on modest profit growth Hills profits pegged back by write-downs Share market flat as big miners weigh Small business expresses doubts about extra flexibility Politics More Politics » Microsoft, Apple summonsed to explain high prices By chief parliamentary correspondent Simon Cullen Technology giants Microsoft and Apple have been summonsed to appear before a federal parliamentary committee to explain why Australians are forced to pay more for some of their products compared with other countries. More » Criticism for Australia-NZ asylum deal Ex-mining minister has 'plenty' to tell ICAC Miners gear up for Tarkine exploration boom Upload of swearing video was a crime: Rudd Sport More Sport » Storm re-sign Bellamy for three more years Craig Bellamy has re-signed with the Melbourne Storm until the end of 2016. More » ACC gives codes permission to notify clubs Fading Glory sack Ferguson Dank's lawyer hits out at 'gross injustice' Fading Glory sack Ferguson Sea Eagles lose Stewart for first six rounds Zeballos surprises Nadal to win Chilean Open Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Asteroid to narrowly miss Earth next week An asteroid will zoom past Earth next week in what NASA says will be the closest flyby ever predicted for an object of its size. More » Bush internet users promised fast fixed wireless More TV means less sperm, says study Study uses mobile phones to measure rainfall Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space Environment More Environment » Miners gear up for Tarkine exploration boom Miners are preparing for an exploration boom in Tasmania's resource-rich Tarkine region after the Government rejected a bid to add large swathes of the area to the National Heritage list. More » Swedish conservationists win temporary wolf-hunting ban Kakadu to expand after ranger turns back on riches Doubts over paper giant's rainforest pledge Choking Chinese smog cloud drifts over Japan 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. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us   This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2012 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC Email newsletters