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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sat 14 Dec, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Third Ashes Test, day two: live blog By James Maasdorp and Cameron Leslie England dismissed Australia for 385 after a wag in the tail towards the end of the first session of day two. More » Hurley may have misled Senate on 'combat-related death' No more money for Toyota: Abbott Government to abandon Labor's tax and superannuation measures High school shooting on eve of Newtown anniversary Abbott mulls lifting Qantas ownership restrictions NSW police frustrated by brazen Christmas violence More Analysis » A weak-Tea Party, anyone? Never before have so many analysts transparently taken positions, publicly attacking those they disagree with. None of this is good for democracy. There is no equivalent in Australia of the Tea Party that has wreaked havoc upon the Republicans in the United States. Not yet anyway. But there is at the margins signs of a "weak-tea party", made up essentially of far right commentators and a small minority in the parliamentary party who want to use high office to settle scores. More » Is the Queen really the unifying symbol of Australia? The only way is Pup The inconvenient truth for the Coalition's NBN The problem with defining disease Holden and the spread of Australian disease Holden first in era of tough decisions The fast food worker's revolution The industrialisation of the Great Barrier Reef Proof still required that shark culling works Just In More Just In » Government to abandon Labor's tax and superannuation measures The Government will abandon a number of tax changes proposed by Labor, blowing out the budget by $3 billion over the next four years. More » White House says no plans to split NSA, Cyber Command Australian Nobel Prize winner John Cornforth dies Armstrong 'bought' Million Dollar Race: report Third Ashes Test, day two: live blog NSW police frustrated by brazen Christmas violence High school shooting on eve of Newtown anniversary England desperate to keep Australia under 400 Townsville police officer stabbed in the neck in unprovoked attack No more money for Toyota: Abbott World More World » White House says no plans to split NSA, Cyber Command US President Barack Obama's administration has said it will keep one person in charge of both the National Security Agency (NSA) spy agency and the military's Cyber Command, despite calls for splitting the roles after revelations about vast US electronic surveillance operations. More » Armstrong 'bought' Million Dollar Race: report High school shooting on eve of Newtown anniversary Iraq violence kills 37 people China coal mine explosion kills 21 Prince Harry and wounded veterans reach South Pole Business More Business » Help is coming for car industry communities: Abbott By political reporter Anna Henderson, staff Within days the Federal Government will announce an assistance package for communities affected by car industry job losses. In a media conference after this morning's Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra, Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters he was poised to provide targeted assistance. "We will make an announcement early next week, that I think will help to restore confidence in the areas most impacted by the impending departure of Ford and Holden," he said. The mid-year budget update is also due early next week but it is not clear if those figures will be included. More » ACCC takes action over alleged car parts cartel ANZ raked in millions from fees as customer anger grew: memos Australian dollar drops back below 90 US cents Energy deal sellers fined for ignoring 'do not knock' sign Stock market shakes off early weakness Politics More Politics » Government to abandon Labor's tax and superannuation measures The Government will abandon a number of tax changes proposed by Labor, blowing out the budget by $3 billion over the next four years. More » Deadly clashes erupt in Bangladesh after execution HMAS Perth grave stripped by salvagers Myki fare hikes, pokie taxes unveiled in Victoria budget update Abbott flags changes to make adoption easier Sport More Sport » Third Ashes Test, day two: live blog By James Maasdorp and Cameron Leslie England dismissed Australia for 385 after a wag in the tail towards the end of the first session of day two. More » England desperate to keep Australia under 400 Kewell and Del Piero set for maiden clash Victory secures win against Glory Armstrong 'bought' Million Dollar Race: report Suspended Hird to be paid but Essendon may face further charges Science and Technology More Science and Technology » White House says no plans to split NSA, Cyber Command US President Barack Obama's administration has said it will keep one person in charge of both the National Security Agency (NSA) spy agency and the military's Cyber Command, despite calls for splitting the roles after revelations about vast US electronic surveillance operations. More » Australian Nobel Prize winner John Cornforth dies Water vapour plumes found on Jupiter's icy moon TPG to pay $2m fine over advertising Tech giants call on US to reform surveillance laws Environment More Environment » Bailed Greenpeace activists not able to leave Russia Russia has indicated that foreign activists facing trial for an Arctic oil drilling protest cannot leave the country, despite being granted bail. More » Environment approval 'one-stop shops' given go-ahead by COAG Forestry industry urges Abbott Government to honour peace deal Japanese whaling fleet preparing to leave Japan: Sea Shepherd Abbott hits YouTube to ramp up pressure on Labor over carbon tax 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. 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