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NewsMail Morning Edition Mon 20 Jan, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Nauru sacks and expels Australian magistrate and chief justice By Melissa Clarke Nauru's justice system has been thrown into chaos after its chief justice and only magistrate - both Australian citizens - were sacked and barred from the country. On Sunday morning, Nauru's president Baron Waqa fired resident magistrate and supreme court registrar Peter Law. "I was found by the police... [they] came to my place and arrested me because they demanded I be on the first plane out of Nauru," he told ABC's AM program. Chief Justice Geoffrey Eames had intervened by issuing an injunction against Mr Waqa's deportation of Mr Law, but that was ignored. Not only was Mr Law put on a plane back to Australia, the president then cancelled Justice Eames' visa, preventing him from returning to Nauru to deal with the matter. More » Milder conditions help weary crews battling bushfires Murray-Darling water licences to be sold back to farmers Australian Marcus Lee flies home from Dubai after four-year legal nightmare Bangkok anti-government protest rally rocked by explosions, 28 people injured Putin denies being prejudiced against gays, hails Elton John Australia clinches ODI series at the SCG 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 » Four-fold increase in gonorrhoea rates in Sydney men A study has found a four-fold increase in the number of men in Sydney's south-east who have been diagnosed with throat infections caused by gonorrhoea. More » WA leads state economies on back of resources boom Murray-Darling water licences to be sold back to farmers Putin denies being prejudiced against gays, hails Elton John Two found dead at home in Melbourne Nauru sacks and expels Australian magistrate and chief justice Milder conditions help weary crews battling bushfires Hundreds of thousands rally in Ukraine capital Tens of thousands displaced in deadly Jakarta floods Thousands rally for Indonesian maid in Hong Kong World More World » Putin denies being prejudiced against gays, hails Elton John By Europe correspondent Barbara Miller, wires Russian president Vladimir Putin has defended his country's position on homosexuality, saying Russians love British musician Elton John "despite his orientation". More » Hundreds of thousands rally in Ukraine capital Tens of thousands displaced in deadly Jakarta floods Thousands rally for Indonesian maid in Hong Kong Bangkok anti-government protest rally rocked by explosions 20 Pakistan soldiers killed as bomb hits military convoy 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 » Political unrest causing serious damage to Thai economy iiNet rejects NBN agreement due to 'appalling delivery record' Fortescue safety in question after string of incidents Local shares lose momentum as market closes WCB welcomes Bega share sale to Saputo Politics More Politics » Murray-Darling water licences to be sold back to farmers The Federal Government has announced plans to sell back water entitlements to farmers along the Murray-Darling river system. More » Bangkok anti-government protest rally rocked by explosions Nauru sacks magistrate before asylum seeker trial Turkish police fire tear gas at internet censorship opponents Qld proposes tougher penalties for alcohol-fuelled violence Sport More Sport » Dellacqua out of Australian Open Casey Dellacqua is out of the Australian Open after losing to Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the fourth round. More » Clarke to be rested from fourth ODI Ivanovic knocks Serena out of Australian Open Cook to reconsider England captaincy Eto'o treble for Chelsea leaves United reeling Italian cycling star crashes out of TDU Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Scientists collect goanna sperm in bid to create gene bank For the first time in Australia, a team of scientists attempting to create a gene bank have successfully collected sperm from a goanna. More » Patient records targeted in ransomware cyber attacks 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 Environment More Environment » Murray-Darling water licences to be sold back to farmers The Federal Government has announced plans to sell back water entitlements to farmers along the Murray-Darling river system. 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