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NewsMail Morning Edition Mon 02 Feb, 2015 Top Stories More Top Stories » Peter Greste freed and deported from Egypt The Al Jazeera journalist is on his way home to Australia after being deported from Egypt after 400 days behind bars. More » Abbott to dump paid parental leave policy amid leadership speculation Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win fifth title at Melbourne Park Detective defied chief commissioner request to take statement from gangland witness Palaszczuk stops short of declaring victory in Queensland Japan mourns journalist killed by Islamic State militants Morrison axes Government's relationship counselling program Three dead, boy critical in NSW Central Coast crash Nigerian army repels fresh Boko Haram assault on key city More Analysis » Without change, Abbott's a dead man walking Following the deafening outcome of the Queensland election, it's difficult not to see a connection between the reckoning delivered by voters to Premier Newman and what they'd like to do to Tony Abbott at the next federal election. If Abbott wants to fix this and quash leadership speculation then he needs to make fundamental changes. If he continues to ignore this and uses today's National Press Club address to simply dismiss his struggles as a communication problem, he will be a dead man walking. More » Another step towards authoritarian rule Abbott needs backing, not the boot A missed chance to send Saudi Arabia a message We must overcome our leadership change addiction Will the IR inquiry address the gender pay gap? Grong Grong: home of the real Australian? Tony Abbott doesn't want advice - that's the issue Higher wages, fewer jobs? It's not that simple We've allowed the 'ridicule' rot to set in Just In More Just In » Sydney advertising executive joins battle to save Port Hedland's flatback turtles By Kent Gordon Advertising executive Dof Dickinson's life changed when she took staff from her Sydney-based agency to the other side of the country to make a documentary on endangered turtles. More » EPL: Arsenal closes on top four as Southampton slips Women to be charged over Australian Open protest Tasmanian doctors vow to resist GP co-payment policy England plays down Mitchell Johnson fears after tri-series drubbing Abbott to dump paid parental leave policy amid leadership speculation Japan mourns journalist killed by Islamic State militants Peter Greste freed and deported from Egypt SA Minister Jennifer Rankine resigns from Cabinet Nusra Front claims Syria bus bombing World More World » Japan mourns journalist killed by Islamic State militants By North Asia correspondent Matthew Carney, wires Hundreds of people gather in Tokyo in honour of murdered journalist Kenji Goto, who was executed by Islamic State militants. More » Nusra Front claims Syria bus bombing 1,375 Iraqis killed in January, mostly civilians: UN Nigerian army repels fresh Boko Haram assault on key city Hong Kong pro-democracy rally returns to streets Moscow university library fire described as 'cultural Chernobyl' Business More Business » Retail prices expected to rise as Australian dollar falls By finance reporter Alicia Barry Consumers are facing higher prices for fashion and electronics as the falling Australian dollar pushes up the costs of imports and forces a shift in strategy for the embattled Australian retail industry. More » Merkel rules out debt reduction for Greece New aviation rules could mean minute-by-minute tracking for aircraft in distress James Packer's Crown pulls plug on Sri Lanka casino plan Fuel price falls better than an interest rate cut: Fitch Housing investors lead strongest credit growth since early 2009 Politics More Politics » Abbott to dump paid parental leave policy amid leadership speculation By James Glenday and Susan McDonald Prime Minister Tony Abbott will today confirm he has dropped his "signature" paid parental leave scheme in favour of a "families package", as he tries to convince his colleagues he deserves to keep his job. More » SA Minister Jennifer Rankine resigns from Cabinet Hong Kong pro-democracy rally returns to streets Tony Abbott says he will not resign in wake of LNP's Queensland rout Peace talks between Kiev, separatist rebels break down Sport More Sport » Australian Open: Djokovic reigns again for fifth Melbourne Park crown Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open crown after prevailing in a titanic four-set final against Andy Murray. More » England plays down Mitchell Johnson fears after tri-series drubbing EPL: Arsenal closes on top four as Southampton slips Evans finishes fifth in Great Ocean Road Race farewell Rabbitohs add Nines crown to NRL premiership Melbourne City beats struggling Wanderers Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Rocket blasts off with NASA satellite to track climate change An unmanned Delta 2 rocket lifts off, carrying a NASA satellite to measure how much water is in the Earth's soil, information that will help weather forecasting and tracking of global climate change. More » US to sequence 1 million genomes for 'personalised' medicines Faraway planet J1407b is lord of the rings Mountain-sized asteroid's near-Earth flyby Malaysia Airlines website 'compromised' by Lizard Squad hackers Environment More Environment » Rocket blasts off with NASA satellite to track climate change An unmanned Delta 2 rocket lifts off, carrying a NASA satellite to measure how much water is in the Earth's soil, information that will help weather forecasting and tracking of global climate change. More » Australian sport 'needs to lift game on climate issues' Inquiry to shine spotlight on solar power complaints Fears job cuts will affect world heritage development plans Government issues ban on dredge spoil dumping on Great Barrier Reef About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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