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NewsMail Morning Edition Sun 26 Jan, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Australians honoured for changing lives They may not be household names but among the entertainers and sports stars on this year's Australia Day Honours List are everyday Australians who are changing the lives of those around them. Speech pathologist Dimity Dornan started a free clinic so deaf children could learn to hear and speak in the early 1990s. Melbourne-based Professor Samuel Berkovic has changed the way epilepsy is diagnosed after he and a team of scientists discovered the first of the epilepsy genes back in 1995. West Australian conservation biologist Andrew Burbidge has spent his career protecting endangered animals like the western swamp tortoise and the chuditch. They are just some of the 471 men and 212 women on this year's Australia Day Honours List. 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What an "Anglo" foreign policy actually looks like Tony Abbott's inflation headache All's quiet on the Nauru front Wasting energy on climate change sceptics Abbott's constitutional curveball on paid parental leave Just In More Just In » One-hundred-year-old Iraqi woman to become Australian citizen A 100-year-old Iraqi woman will become one of the oldest known people to become an Australian citizen today. Speaking from her home in Sydney, Aziza Rawaini says wars, fighting and violence in Iraq led her to leave the country and come to Australia with family. "We came to this beautiful country and we left Iraq because of the war, and our family relatives went outside of Iraq, so why was I going to stay?" she said. 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More » Three dead in shooting at US shopping mall Jailed Australian reporter vows to fight for freedom of speech in Egypt Philippines, Muslim rebels clear final peace deal hurdle Warring Syria parties meet for talks in Geneva for first time Kiev protests continue despite president's concessions Business More Business » Brewing giant challenged on motives behind Bluetongue closure By Richard Baines A former ACCC deputy chairman has questioned the motives behind brewing giant's closure of Bluetongue Brewery in the NSW. Alan Asher has suggested referring the closure to the ACCC, arguing the brewery's closure was more about multinational firms trying to kill off local beer brands rather than a sensible business decision. The company says the closure is due to excessive capacity and duplication caused by the acquisition of Foster's. More » Shadow-banking sector threatens Chinese economy with debt crisis Workers told to accept entitlement cuts to keep Toyota in Australia Head of infrastructure body critical of proposed overhaul US senator demands fraud probe into vitamin company Herbalife Politics More Politics » French president splits with partner after affair scandal French president Francois Hollande has split with his longstanding partner and de facto first lady Valerie Trierweiler following reports he has been having an affair with an actress. More » Philippines, Muslim rebels clear final peace deal hurdle Warring Syria parties meet for talks in Geneva for first time Kiev protests continue despite president's concessions India court orders probe into gang rape Sport More Sport » Li Na storms to Australian Open title Li Na stormed to her second major singles title, becoming the oldest woman ever to win the Australian Open. 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