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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 27 Apr, 2015 Top Stories More Top Stories » Nepal earthquake deaths exceed 3,000 as hospitals overwhelmed Hospitals in Nepal struggle to treat thousands of injured earthquake survivors, as the country's national disaster management chief raises the official death toll to 3,218. More » Indonesia 'ignored plea' not to give execution notice on Anzac Day 'I ran for my life as buildings collapsed': ABC reporter describes earthquake terror in Nepal Video captures moment avalanche slammed into Everest base camp Boy with autism writes to Immigration Minister asking to remain in Australia Millions of dollars 'funnelled' from schools to family businesses, IBAC hears Plibersek pushes to axe Labor Party conscience vote on same-sex marriage Gina Rinehart's daughter gives evidence against her in new court dispute Banks, utility providers called on to help stamp out economic abuse Crime agencies tipped to merge in budget shake-up More Analysis » Hockey might need to flip his budget thinking A fortnight out from the federal budget - and with last year's effort still in tatters - the storm clouds are looming and a choice needs to be made about how to cope. In order to stimulate a slowing economy do we keep on lowering interest rates, or do we boost government spending? It's unlikely Joe Hockey will embrace the latter, but maybe it's time he threw aside the traditional economic dogma and looked for new ways to get us through the downturn. More » Greens become the very thing they rebelled against Bali Nine: death for outsiders, but leniency for locals Earthquake reveals Nepal's vulnerability My long and painful journey to motherhood What do we make of finding religion in foxholes? If we were ever the lucky country, we aren't now The RAAF trainee who crash landed on a roof Conscientious objectors deserve our recognition The unexpected virtue of renewing our vows Just In More Just In » Resurgent cellar-dwellers have 2015 AFL season up in the air As the AFL's perennial strugglers begin to rise up the ladder, the 2015 season has become more open than any in recent times. More » Police seek man seen outside dead ACT woman's apartment The Wrap: April 27 More diabetes-related problems unless health system changes: researcher BHP fights $522m in unpaid tax on Singapore marketing operations Call for public help to find equipment linked to Sandstone search Lawyer questions witnesses' credibility in double murder trial Professor calls for legal ownership of exotic reptiles Villages in rural Nepal crippled by earthquake Nepal earthquake: Before and after photos World More World » Villages in rural Nepal crippled by earthquake By Emily Sakzewski Rural farming villages are some of the most damaged areas in Nepal with recovery expected to take years following the magnitude-7.9 earthquake. More » Nepal earthquake: Before and after photos Baltimore police arrest 34 after protests turn violent Syrian air strikes on market kill 40 civilians 'I ran for my life as buildings collapsed': ABC reporter describes earthquake terror in Nepal Nepal earthquake deaths exceed 3,000 as hospitals overwhelmed Business More Business » M2 lobs competing bid for iiNet worth a claimed $2.25b By business reporter Michael Janda Communications company M2 lobs a takeover bid for internet service provider iiNet in an effort to trump TPG. More » Australian share market lifted by resources stocks BHP fights $522m in unpaid tax on Singapore marketing operations Big four banks set to continue upward profit grind ... for now Share traders watch Federal Reserve for signs of rate rise Fifty young Australian innovators granted mentorship, chance at seed money for tech start-up Australian workers' living standards falling, think tank warns Politics More Politics » NT Minister's $45,000 bill for New York trip questioned by Labor By Steven Schubert A Northern Territory Government Minister spends nearly $45,000 on a 10-day overseas trip, prompting the Opposition to promise more accountability with the spending of taxpayers' money. More » Plibersek pushes to axe Labor Party conscience vote on same-sex marriage Crime agencies tipped to merge in budget shake-up Two protesters shot dead in Burundi clashes with police Labor divided over push to axe conscience vote on marriage equality Sport More Sport » Clarkson showed 'remarkable restraint': AFLCA boss AFLCA boss Mark Brayshaw has praised Alastair Clarkson's handling of Saturday night's scuffle with a Port Adelaide fan. More » The Wrap of the football week that was: April 27 Watene-Zelezniak set to be banned from Anzac Test Resurgent cellar-dwellers have 2015 AFL season up in the air Rookie Dugan desperate to learn in brief Kangaroos camp Houli allegedly racially abused at MCG Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Fifty young Australian innovators granted mentorship, chance at seed money for tech start-up By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant Fifty of Australia's brightest young social entrepreneurs are selected by the Foundation for Young Australians to receive mentorship and a shot at seed money to make their ideas a reality. More » NASA releases spectacular 3D video to mark Hubble Telescope's 25th anniversary Space telescope to eclipse Hubble on track for 2018 launch In photos: 25 years of the Hubble Space telescope Amazonian tribe study shows human bodily bacteria is changing Environment More Environment » Questions to be asked about emissions task reduction Analysis by national environment reporter Jake Sturmer The reasons Australia's emissions task has been reduced are just as important as the reduction itself. More » Government buys 47m tonnes of carbon abatement in first ERF auction Australia facing increasing international pressure over emissions targets Macquarie Island wildlife recovering after rabbit eradication Abbot Point coal terminal expansion plan sent to Federal Government About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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