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NewsMail Morning Edition Sat 13 Jul, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Broad savours umpire lifeline By James Maasdorp Stuart Broad survived a blatant umpiring howler as England moved into a commanding position in the first Ashes Test. More » Deadly train crash at train station in Paris Australia risks squandering expat expertise as brain drain reverses Snowden meets with human rights groups Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Woman in critical condition after catching fire More Analysis » Mind the gap: as incomes grow, so does inequality Since 1975, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has surveyed employees about their salaries, allowing us to track wages at the top and bottom. For someone in the ninetieth percentile, wages have risen by 59 per cent. For a worker in the tenth percentile, wages have risen by only 15 per cent. If you think of inequality as being like a horse race, everyone is still moving in the same direction, but the front runners are accelerating away from the pack, while the laggards are falling further behind. More » Exploitation of language in the name of animal welfare The remarkable Rudd has a plan to stay Memo to Ashton Agar: don't let them change you Labor's new democracy faces its first tests Should teenaged shop workers receive a pay rise? Rock enrol: can Rudd recapture the youth vote? Rudd needs policy solutions, not just celebrity appeal No wonder Rudd looks overseas for economic comparisons What Ñ›? The perils of trying to tinker with English Just In More Just In » Australia risks squandering expat expertise as brain drain reverses By Nick Grimm An analysis of the number of Australians heading overseas to live and work has revealed that our brain drain has gone into reverse gear. More » Loving restoration of history from outback dust Aussies would have done the same as Broad: Boycott Cavendish puts tough week behind him with stage 13 win Boeing 787 Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow Deadly train crash at train station in Paris Broad savours umpire lifeline Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Fears for seven fishermen missing in Torres Strait Woman in critical condition after catching fire World More World » Cavendish puts tough week behind him with stage 13 win Mark Cavendish put a testing week behind him to reach a significant Tour de France milestone with victory the 13th stage. More » Boeing 787 Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow Deadly train crash at train station in Paris Malala Yousafzai addresses United Nations Snowden meets with human rights groups Exiled Cambodian opposition leader granted royal pardon Business More Business » NBN Co boss Quigley cagey on decision to quit By political reporter Eliza Borrello The retiring head of the company charged with building and operating the National Broadband Network has rejected suggestions he was forced out by the company's chairman. NBN Co chief executive officer Mike Quigley says he is retiring from corporate life after four years leading the rollout of the network. But when asked by The World Today's Peter Ryan about speculation he was being forced out, he did not give a direct answer. "It's four years next week since I've been in this role, and it's a pretty tough role... we also announced in the last week or two our results from our revised forecast and we hit all those forecasts, so now is the right time to hand on to someone else," Mr Quigley said. More » Farmers lose as miners lure skilled labourers with better wages Meat processor says 800 Qld jobs under threat Unemployment rate rises to 5.7 per cent Judge says Apple conspired to raise prices on ebooks Politics More Politics » Exiled Cambodian opposition leader granted royal pardon Robert Carmichael for Radio Australia Cambodia's opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, has been granted a royal pardon and is free to return to the country ahead of elections. More » Six candidates to contest preselection for Lalor Fresh hope for Queensland agreement on schools plan NT woman to be first assessed under grog rehab laws Government to cover Slipper's legal costs Sport More Sport » Broad savours umpire lifeline By James Maasdorp Stuart Broad survived a blatant umpiring howler as England moved into a commanding position in the first Ashes Test. More » Cavendish puts tough week behind him with stage 13 win Aussies would have done the same as Broad: Boycott Magpies beat Crows to consolidate top eight spot Sharks hold off fast-finishing Broncos Rebels stun Highlanders with late win Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Ancient underground worms put brakes on major coal seam gas project By Catherine Clifford and ABC Online staff A microscopic collection of worms and mites could play havoc with Santos' biggest coal seam gas project in the New South Wales Pilliga State Forest. More » Glass rains on scorching blue planet US drone lands on carrier deck in historic first Solar-powered aircraft touches down in New York City NBN rollout targets are being met, says Albanese Environment More Environment » Ancient underground worms put brakes on major coal seam gas project By Catherine Clifford and ABC Online staff A microscopic collection of worms and mites could play havoc with Santos' biggest coal seam gas project in the New South Wales Pilliga State Forest. More » Greenpeace activists arrested after scaling London's Shard Bushfire pilots want investigation into wind turbines Angry Dreyfus rejects Japan's 'offensive' Sea Shepherd claims Coalition relaunches Green Army but with less funding About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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