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Harris's legacy in ruins as police probe fresh claims

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris's life and legacy are in ruins after being found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls in the UK between 1968 and 1986.

British police have revealed they are looking into a number of further allegations against the fallen star, who was overnight found guilty on all 12 charges of indecent assault in London.

The 84-year-old is facing a prison sentence when he comes before a judge again on Friday, but is already being stripped of titles by the entertainment world, including ARIA and BAFTA honours.

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Climate of confusion on carbon policy

Support for Direct Action has fallen below 10 per cent. A third of voters simply want dumping the carbon tax to be the end of it.

But if we combine the groups who support carbon pricing we get 38 per cent, while another one in five voters admit they don't know the best way forward on climate policy.

Considering the political football climate policy has become, who can blame us for our continuing division and confusion on the issue?

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MP threatened with legal action over eco-charity activism claims

The Australian Conservation Foundation has threatened legal action over comments made by a Tasmanian Liberal MP that eco-charities may be using tax deductible donations to fund illegal activism.

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Harris's legacy in ruins as police probe fresh claims

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris's life and legacy are in ruins after being found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls in the UK between 1968 and 1986.

British police have revealed they are looking into a number of further allegations against the fallen star, who was overnight found guilty on all 12 charges of indecent assault in London.

The 84-year-old is facing a prison sentence when he comes before a judge again on Friday, but is already being stripped of titles by the entertainment world, including ARIA and BAFTA honours.

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Reserve Bank leaves interest rates at record lows

The Reserve Bank has held the official interest rate at a record low 2.5 per cent for the 11th straight month.

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MP threatened with legal action over eco-charity activism claims

The Australian Conservation Foundation has threatened legal action over comments made by a Tasmanian Liberal MP that eco-charities may be using tax deductible donations to fund illegal activism.

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Majak Daw charged with rape

North Melbourne's Majak Daw has been charged with three counts of rape over an alleged sexual assault in 2007.

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Australian scientists snap 'new mammal species' in PNG

One of Australia's first crowd-funded scientific expeditions may have uncovered several new species of mammal in Papua New Guinea.

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MP threatened with legal action over eco-charity activism claims

The Australian Conservation Foundation has threatened legal action over comments made by a Tasmanian Liberal MP that eco-charities may be using tax deductible donations to fund illegal activism.

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Rolf Harris found guilty of sexually assaulting four girls in United Kingdom

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls in the UK between 1968 and 1986.

Harris remained calm as the London jury delivered its unanimous verdicts on all 12 charges.

The 84-year-old has been granted bail until his sentencing on Friday, but has been told to expect to spend time behind bars.

"Given the conviction on all 12 counts, it's inevitable that the type of sentence uppermost in the court's mind is a custodial sentence," Justice Nigel Sweeney said.

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Rolf Harris: guilty man, guilty art?

After the guilty verdict for Rolf Harris galleries and collectors will eyeball his art and question whether holding onto the pieces makes them bad people.

I don't think galleries should rip the paintings from the walls, but equally I'd understand a drop in prices and a market suddenly flooded with Harris pieces that no longer deliver the joys they once did.

Sure, we can keep telling ourselves the art is the same - and intellectually we might even believe it - but no amount of rhetoric will quell that cringe-factor.

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Supreme Court upholds firms' religious objections to contraception

The US Supreme Court has ruled a company does not have to provide contraception as part of its health coverage for workers if it goes against its religious beliefs.

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Supreme Court upholds firms' religious objections to contraception

The US Supreme Court has ruled a company does not have to provide contraception as part of its health coverage for workers if it goes against its religious beliefs.

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Australian banks world's most profitable, but still vulnerable: BIS

The Bank for International Settlements has found that Australia's big four lenders are again the most profitable in the developed world, but the organisation says rising interest rates will make our banks more unstable.

The central bank for central banks says low interest rates are creating serious distortions in the global economy, and failing to generate sustainable growth.

In its annual report it has called on central banks to start the process of gradually normalising policy sooner rather than later.

The BIS was one of the few global bodies to warn of the risks that led to the global financial crisis, adding weight to its opinion.

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Budget hole opens as savings measures delayed by Senate

A hole will be punched in the federal budget from today, with major savings measures that were slated to kick in on July 1 held back because of opposition in the Senate.

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Carney breaks his silence over urination picture

Todd Carney has apologised to his family after breaking his silence for the first time since being sacked by NRL club Cronulla.

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Australian scientists snap 'new mammal species' in PNG

One of Australia's first crowd-funded scientific expeditions may have uncovered several new species of mammal in Papua New Guinea.

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Marine agency finds reef dredging modelling 'flawed'

The Federal Government's marine research agency believes modelling done for the expansion of a coal terminal near the Great Barrier Reef is "deficient" and "flawed".

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