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NewsMail Morning Edition Fri 12 Dec, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Confidential Immigration document reveals disagreements with detention centre doctors By Jason Om - exclusive The Immigration Department believes medical staff contracted to take care of asylum seekers were advocating too strongly for detainees and it preferred doctors who complied with the government's wishes, a leaked report reveals. More » Police shoot man during domestic dispute in Brisbane Suicide bomber attacks Kabul play about suicide attacks Abbott ready to 'sweat blood' to get Indigenous recognition vote up Drug trafficker gambled $1 billion in dirty cash at Crown Casino Bus driver 'bitten, spat on' by Melbourne passengers National curriculum changes on Education Council agenda Ebola vaccine trial halted after volunteers complain of joint pains Register to track foreign companies buying farmland delayed Birdman leads Golden Globes charge with seven nominations More Analysis » Farewell Faulkner: long may you live to annoy Among colleagues, Senator John Faulkner was viewed with admiration, trepidation, fondness and a readily-discernible streak of the annoyance people of rigid principle tend to inflame in others. It's a rare political obituary in which the words "honour", "integrity" and "service" make such regular appearances. Thank you, Senator. Long may you live to annoy. More » Vale Beakie - everything a teacher should be Tony Abbott is not the problem Australia's Secret (And Unhistorical) War As the year unwinds the Government unravels Anything But, with Shaun Micallef Speciesism: The final frontier Get used to low rates - they're here to stay Inside the mind of a torturer What does 'safety first' mean for bank profits? Just In More Just In » Man crushed to death in underground Queensland mine By Ashleigh Stevenson A man is crushed to death under a wall which collapsed on him in an underground mine in central Queensland. More » Paralympian tennis star completes 'brutal' 24hr match marathon Popovic praises Wanderers players after pay dispute settled Sydney carpark shooting a 'drug deal gone wrong' Sierra Leone locks down new Ebola hotspot Root steers England to ODI win over Sri Lanka Kookaburras to face Germany in Champions Trophy semi-finals Register to track foreign companies buying farmland delayed Bus driver 'bitten, spat on' by Melbourne passengers Ebola vaccine trial halted after volunteers complain of joint pains World More World » Sierra Leone locks down new Ebola hotspot Authorities in Sierra Leone impose a two-week lockdown in the eastern district of Kono after health workers uncovered a surge of Ebola infections in the area where the epidemic was thought to be largely under control. More » Ebola vaccine trial halted after volunteers complain of joint pains Suicide bomber attacks Kabul play about suicide attacks Birdman leads Golden Globes charge with seven nominations Jimmy Savile chauffeur jailed for 25 years for sexual assaults Hong Kong pro-democracy occupation ends as police clear main site Business More Business » Unemployment hits 12-year high despite solid job creation By business reporter Michael Janda Unemployment has risen to a 12-year high of 6.3 per cent, despite almost 43,000 jobs being added in November. More » Register to track foreign companies buying farmland delayed Drug trafficker gambled $1 billion in dirty cash at Crown Casino Taxi commission takes aim at ride-sharing app Uber Great Southern investors face losing homes in $23m settlement IMF argues home loan limits work but Australia may not need them Politics More Politics » Register to track foreign companies buying farmland delayed By National Rural Reporter Lucy Barbour The Federal Government delays its promise to create a foreign-owned farmland register by Christmas. The Nationals, and some regional Liberals, claim without the register, Australia's food security and sovereignty could be jeopardised. More » Confidential Immigration document reveals disagreements with detention centre doctors Abbott ready to 'sweat blood' to get Indigenous recognition vote up Hong Kong pro-democracy occupation ends as police clear main site Prominent Malaysians fear lurch towards fundamentalism Sport More Sport » Kohli on song as India punishes Australia's bowlers on day three A fine century to captain Virat Kohli has led India to 5 for 369 and back into the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. More » Lyon's 'heart skipped a beat' when Kohli was struck by Johnson Popovic praises Wanderers players after pay dispute settled Kookaburras to face Germany in Champions Trophy semi-finals Scott and Weekley make strong starts at the PGA Button to partner Alonso at McLaren in 2015 Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Artificial skin gives people with prosthetic limbs sense of touch By Ashley Hall South Korean and American researchers are developing a new artificial skin for prosthetic limbs to give wearers back their sense of touch. More » Hour of Code: Australian students explore computer science Australia's damage bill for extreme natural disasters could top $1 trillion Victorian mine could hold key to finding dark matter NASA's Mars Orion capsule completes first test flight Environment More Environment » Australia's damage bill for extreme natural disasters could top $1 trillion By environment and science reporter Jake Sturmer and the National Reporting Team's Mazoe Ford As Sydney and Brisbane clean up from severe storms and the planet heads towards its hottest year on record, the CSIRO warns the damage caused by extreme weather could almost double by 2100 to $1.38 trillion. More » Seeney orders removal of climate change references from council plan Greens question Bishop's call for legally binding carbon targets 'Typhoon Chevron': campaign to rename Hagupit after big polluters Fears over proposal to release 500,000 hectares of WA bush for farming 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. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us   This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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