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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 31 Jul, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Immigration accused of covering up children's mental health issues By Rebecca Barrett and Karen Barlow The inquiry into children in immigration detention has heard evidence alleging a Government cover-up about the scale of mental health issues among child asylum seekers. Psychiatrist Dr Peter Young was the director of mental health services at detention centre service provider, International Health and Mental Services (IHMS), for three years until earlier this month. He said figures showed significant mental health problems among child detainees, and the response from the Immigration Department upon being told was "negative". Gasps were heard in the gallery as Dr Young said the department "reacted with alarm and asked us to withdraw the figures from our report". More » Separatists accused of laying landmines at MH17 crash site Woman gets good behaviour bond after racist train rant Truck driver gets 27 years for bashing stepson to death United Nations releases satellite images of Gaza destruction Mother collapses as court hears her son died in squalor Man arrested over 40-year-old Albury murder case Woman killed by falling tree as winds lash Tasmania Liberia shuts schools in bid to halt Ebola outbreak Republicans vote to sue Obama over healthcare law More Analysis » Malcolm Bligh Turnbull: defender against pirates The international forces of resistance against internet piracy have a new champion: Horatio Hornblower, known on land as Malcolm Bligh Turnbull. Australians are internationally renowned for our high rates of thievery on the cyber seas, but now the Communications Minister is trimming his sails in pursuit. A word of warning, though: where information, freedom, business and pirates are concerned, there are waterspouts, typhoons and sandbars everywhere. More » How threatened are we by Ebola virus? The tides have turned on same-sex marriage Feeding our egalitarian nation to the sharks The slick, glib world of tabloid politics Dictaphone saga a lesson in trust We need more democracy, not less Business Council: think tank or lobby group? MH17: Australia's shallow foreign policy revealed A nation rallies around its leader, but what's next? Just In More Just In » Two escape from immigration detention in Darwin The Immigration Department has confirmed that two people have escaped from detention in Darwin. More » Building approval fall likely marks peak of home building boom Train crashes into fallen gum tree amid wild Adelaide weather United Nations releases satellite images of Gaza destruction Mother collapses as court hears her son died in squalor Paspaley charged over pearl diver's death 'The world stands disgraced': UN's despair as Gaza shelter hit, 15 dead Women in Turkey defy call not to laugh in public Woman gets good behaviour bond after racist train rant Woodside-Shell divorce plan looks likely to fail World More World » United Nations releases satellite images of Gaza destruction The United Nations Institute for Training and Research has released satellite images showing the extent of destruction in Gaza following weeks of ongoing conflict. More » 'The world stands disgraced': UN's despair as Gaza shelter hit, 15 dead Women in Turkey defy call not to laugh in public Republicans vote to sue Obama over healthcare law IMF urges China to slow economic growth MH17-related sanctions shock could push Russia into recession Business More Business » IMF urges China to slow economic growth By finance reporter Elysse Morgan The International Monetary Fund is calling on China's leadership to slow economic growth by around 1 percentage point for the good of the global economy. Government debt in China, the report estimates, rose to around 40 per cent of GDP at the end of last year, as stimulus measures were introduced to keep growth at 7.5 per cent. The IMF says this has been beneficial and provided a "welcome lift to the global economy." However, it says authorities now need to concentrate on stabilising debt levels, managing a real estate slowdown and liberalising the financial system. More » Woodside-Shell divorce plan looks likely to fail Banks lead ASX higher, with mining stocks mixed ASIC issues warning to miners moving into tech sector MH17-related sanctions shock could push Russia into recession Local services could undermine Netflix in Australia Politics More Politics » United Nations releases satellite images of Gaza destruction The United Nations Institute for Training and Research has released satellite images showing the extent of destruction in Gaza following weeks of ongoing conflict. More » Republicans vote to sue Obama over healthcare law Immigration accused of covering up children's mental health issues Internet piracy is theft: Malcolm Turnbull Australia asked India to take asylum seekers at sea Sport More Sport » Etoundi charged with assault after Games village altercation By James Coventry Weightlifting bronze medallist Francois Etoundi was charged with assault after an altercation in Glasgow's athletes' village. More » Athletics Aust suspends coach Hollingsworth over Pearson criticism Mickle wins javelin gold, Roberts takes bronze Aussie boxing camp calls for return to headgear Sky Blues sign Austrian skipper Janko Crusaders unchanged for Super Rugby final Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Crew 'back on Earth' after simulated Mars mission Six volunteers taking part in a simulation of life on Mars have 'returned to Earth' after four months living on top of a Hawaiian volcano. More » NASA's Opportunity rover sets travel record on Mars Australia's Call of Duty commentator mixing it with big guns Drones and robots 'helping farmers secure their future' Are we alone? Alien pollution might reveal the answer Environment More Environment » Coal power station to close, two years after $50m bailout By Rhiana Whitson A brown coal-fired power station and briquette factory in Victoria's Latrobe Valley will close next month, two years after receiving a Federal Government bail-out package. 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