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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 17 Jan, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Live: One dead as bushfires burn across Victoria, South Australia One person has been confirmed dead in Victoria's Northern Grampians as a massive bushfire burns out of control on another day of extreme heat. More » iiNet rejects NBN agreement due to 'appalling delivery record' Prolonged execution by untested drug cocktail for Ohio killer Mine worker dies in underground mud rush, the third death at Tasmanian mine Australia 'breached Indonesian territorial sovereignty', Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says One Day International: Australia v England at the Gabba live blog More Analysis » Tony Abbott's high-stakes expectations game While often portrayed in more simplistic terms, as promises kept or broken, the compact sealed between Australian voters and the government they have installed is more fundamentally about the expectations of what values and principles will be upheld. By confusing the two, political observers run the risk of misunderstanding which of the Abbott Government's "broken promises" will be ignored or forgiven and which could be politically toxic. So far Tony Abbott has been much more strategic than his predecessors, creating expectations in broad brush strokes that give him a lot more room to move, including the occasional backdown on promises and commitments. More » Letting go of the Lord's Prayer in Parliament The stragglers of international Test cricket Stop the boats: the answer to the wrong question The Marmalade Files: DFAT's cabinet of curiosities The great Australian air con Dethroning GDP as our measure of progress Hanging up their lab coats: Australia's new brain drain 2014 may be the year of deflation Home buyer beware: the illusion of affordability Just In More Just In » Hinch arrested after failing to pay fine Broadcaster Derryn Hinch has been arrested in Melbourne after failing to pay a $100,000 fine for contempt of court. More » Study shows malware posing huge hacking threat Vets call for sheep export restrictions Cabbie found guilty of covering cameras to assault passenger Retail shares hammered after Super posts poor results Live blog: ODI Australia v England, Game two Smoking ban burns prison drug smuggling culture NSW man charged with assaulting children he cared for Prolonged execution by untested drug cocktail for Ohio killer Australian jihadist 'reported to authorities': friend World More World » Prolonged execution by untested drug cocktail for Ohio killer A convicted murdered in the United States struggled and gasped for air for at least 10 minutes in a prolonged execution using a controversial new drug cocktail, according to witnesses. More » Vatican grilled over scale of child sex abuse Snapshot of life in a Brazilian slum Vicar of Dibley's Roger Lloyd-Pack dies aged 69 China arrests prominent scholar critical of government Dangerous smog in Beijing as index hits top of scale Business More Business » Retail shares hammered after Super posts poor results By finance reporters Rebecca Hyam, Justine Parker and staff Retail stocks are dragging the market lower, with resources and energy stocks among the only sectors making reasonable gains. Retailers have been under intense selling pressure after Super Retail Group reported much weaker than expected first-half sales - Super shares were down around 16 per cent. The disappointing pre-Christmas sales result has traders worried about the performance of a range of other retailers. More » iiNet rejects NBN agreement due to 'appalling delivery record' Fortescue safety in question after string of incidents Mine worker dies in underground mud rush, the third death at Tasmanian mine WCB welcomes Bega share sale to Saputo Politics More Politics » Medicos unite to decry unlimited road speed trial By Anthony Stewart Peak medical organisations have united to call on the Northern Territory Government to abandon its trial of abolishing speed limits. The six-month trial on a 200 kilometre stretch of the Stuart Highway between Alice Springs and Barrow Creek starts on February 1. Territory representatives of the the College of Physicians, the Australian Medical Association, the College of Surgeons and the College for Emergency Medicine argue the trial is irresponsible and dangerous. More » Indonesia confirms investigation into asylum boat turn-backs Egypt's constitution approved, unofficial results say Shorten urges voters to send message to Abbott in by-election More experts can be called in for curriculum review: Pyne Sport More Sport » Live blog: ODI Australia v England, Game two By Cameron Leslie England has won the toss and is batting in the one-day international against Australia at the Gabba. More » Williams too strong for Hantuchova, Kerber and Li progress Murray does not want Australian Open date moved Teenage Kyrgios falls in five-set thriller Simmons ton lifts Scorchers to BBL finals Cooper not thinking of Wallabies captaincy Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Patient records targeted in ransomware cyber attacks By technology reporter Jake Sturmer and Alison McClymont Pharmacists have become the latest targets of sophisticated computer hacks known as ransomware attacks, which lock up PCs until victims pay up. More » Bitcoins catching on with Australian businesses, despite reservations Zoo deems bananas too unhealthy for monkeys Cheap genome sequencing available after Australian institute buys new machine Scientists 'e-tag' honey bees to track population decline Environment More Environment » Dangerous smog in Beijing as index hits top of scale China's capital has been shrouded in dangerous smog, cutting visibility down to a few hundred metres. More » Flying foxes drop dead in extreme heat Heatwaves in Australia more frequent, hotter and longer, report reveals 2014's hottest places in Australia so far West African lion close to extinction: study 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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