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At least 147 killed in Al Shabaab attack on Kenyan university

Al Shabaab masked gunmen storm the Garissa University College in Kenya killing at least 147 people during morning prayers. In the confusion some students ran towards the gunmen, witnesses say.

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Have we got this tax debate backwards?

What's been lost in this discussion is the fact that tax is simply a means to an end.

Shouldn't we talk about what sort of Australia we'd like to create before we discuss how we're going to raise the revenue to pay for it?

If we could agree that housing the homeless, empowering the first Australians, and building a better class of submarine made sense as a set of shared national goals, we might also be more disposed to raising the GST, company tax, land tax or whatever else seemed necessary to make it happen.

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Former paramedic says she worked and drove ambulance high on ice

A Tasmanian woman admits she carried out her work as a paramedic and drove ambulances whilst high on the drug ice.

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World

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Philippine devotees nail themselves to crosses for Good Friday

Devotees in the fervently Catholic Philippines nail themselves to crosses and whip their backs bloody in extreme acts of devotion that attracts thousands of spectators.

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Business

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Francogeddon re-ignites calls for foreign exchange trading limits

Around Australia, a growing army of screen jockeys is dabbling in foreign exchange trading. But when things go wrong, they can have disastrous consequences.

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Politics

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Tony Abbott joins Christian Australians in Good Friday church service

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is among the many people who have attended Good Friday church services around the nation today.

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Sport

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Blue Thomas unsure on shoulder fate

Carlton's Dale Thomas still has no idea how long he will be sidelined by his dislocated shoulder.

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Science and Technology

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Opposition urges RET exemption for select industries to save jobs

The Federal Opposition calls on the Government to immediately exempt emissions-intensive industries from the renewable energy target (RET) to secure jobs in those sectors.

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Environment

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Federal Government rejects RET exemptions for select industries

The Federal Government rejects Labor's call to immediately exempt emissions-intensive industries from the renewable energy target, saying it is not possible to do so without legislation.

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