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NewsMail Morning Edition Mon 18 Feb, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Abbott hits lead in latest Nielsen poll Tony Abbott is the preferred prime minister over Julia Gillard for the first time in seven months, according to the latest Nielsen poll. More » Southern Stars lift women's World Cup Israel to conduct 'intensive' Prisoner X probe Pistorius's family insists girlfriend shot by accident Foreign construction workers kidnapped in Nigeria Vic filmmaker Clifford wins Tropfest More Analysis » Wising up to the perils of the resource curse Australia's mining boom is creating vast wealth and developing huge swathes of northern Australia. What could be bad about that? But the problems for our society could run much further than simply the two-speed economy. Mining has spread its tentacles across Australian politics in all sorts of ways. We've been complacent about the risks of resource corruption until now. The hearings underway at ICAC show us that we need to be more vigilant. More » Australia can show Afghanistan the way to women's rights Should anti-doping extend to firemen, students, pianists? Zygier publicity presents common interest for Israel and Australia Do we need names to take doping seriously? No justice in rating agencies Australia must pursue the truth about Prisoner X With this ring I keep my name We need more criticism of the media, not less Every CSG well another nail in manufacturing's coffin Just In More Just In » Miners criticise Gillard's jobs package By Jane Norman The mining industry has taken aim at the Federal Government's new jobs package, saying it will only increase the regulatory burden on the industry. More » Israel to conduct 'intensive' Prisoner X probe Pistorius's family insists girlfriend shot by accident Residents on alert over Grampians fire Coroner to probe Waterlow family killings Foreign construction workers kidnapped in Nigeria Southern Stars lift women's World Cup No history of breast cancer in most cases: study Vic filmmaker Clifford wins Tropfest Abbott hits lead in latest Nielsen poll World More World » Pistorius's family insists girlfriend shot by accident Oscar Pistorius's family insists the South African track star shot his girlfriend by accident, as more claims emerge about the circumstances of her death. More » Foreign construction workers kidnapped in Nigeria First Moonie mass wedding since founder's death Red Cross celebrates 150th anniversary Four guilty of manslaughter in Italy quake trial Russia cleans up after meteor blast Business More Business » ANZ disappoints market with trading update ANZ has posted a 20 per cent fall in its estimated statutory profit, but its preferred cash measure was up 6 per cent to more than $1.5 billion. More » Abbott reaffirms commitment to public service cuts ACCC checks out supermarket supplier dealings Heinz in $US28 billion takeover Politics More Politics » Miners criticise Gillard's jobs package By Jane Norman The mining industry has taken aim at the Federal Government's new jobs package, saying it will only increase the regulatory burden on the industry. More » Abbott hits lead in latest Nielsen poll Israeli PM wants noise turned down on Prisoner X case Abbott hopes to model his government on Barnett's Gillard unveils $1 billion jobs plan Sport More Sport » Southern Stars lift women's World Cup Ellyse Perry took three wickets and Jess Cameron scored a half-century to help Australia clinch the women's World Cup for the sixth time with a 114-run win over the West Indies. More » Pistorius's family insists girlfriend shot by accident Redbacks lose to Blues to miss one-day final Shin takes out Aussie Open Roar keeps title defence alive Review AFL heat policy says Saints coach Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Russia cleans up after meteor blast Russians are cleaning up after a meteor plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball, damaging thousands of buildings and showering people with debris and shattered glass. More » Asteroid whizzes safely past Earth Zombie apocalypse hoax exposes flaws in system Distinctive song sets Lombok owl apart Peru archaeologists find 5,000yo temple Environment More Environment » Government 'needs to uphold' anti-whaling laws Former Greens leader Bob Brown says the Government must act after claims Japanese whalers killed a whale in Australia's territory. More » Minke whale 'harpooned in Australian waters' Insurers served order to shift ghost lifeboat Abbott backs plans to build more dams Burke to block super trawler floating freezer plan 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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