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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Wed 13 May, 2015 Top Stories More Top Stories » Abbott sidesteps early election talk after budget cash splash By political correspondent Emma Griffiths Prime Minister Tony Abbott defends high spending levels revealed in last night's budget and sidesteps the idea it has been designed to take the Government to an early election. More » Budget 2015: Winners and losers Obeid family women in court dispute over $8m tax bills John Singleton to be fined after Sydney restaurant incident Malaysia to follow Indonesia in turning back migrant boats Australian suspected of planning to fight with IS in Syria stripped of passport N Korean minister executed by anti-aircraft fire: reports Threat of more landslides, floods in Nepal after fresh quake Five dead, dozens injured in Philadelphia train derailment Miner, councillor apply to host nuclear waste facility in WA More Analysis » A Path To Surplus (via the voting booth) The truth is that in budget terms, any path that takes four years to get anywhere - in a country that has three-year terms - is pretty close to useless. Joe Hockey's budget path leads somewhere else before it leads to a surplus, and that somewhere else involves cardboard booths and sausage sizzles and little stubby pencils. And it is this path - make no mistake - onto which Government MPs and senators are stepping today with new optimism. More » How do you feel about the 2015 budget? Budget 2015: just when paid parental leave is being taken seriously, this happens Budget 2015: Hockey delivers a Goldilocks effort Budget 2015: surplus could be sooner than we think Budget 2015: I've read all the winners-losers guides, which makes me the biggest loser of all Budget 2015: Are we looking at an election budget? Budget 2015: This looks a lot like Swan-style stimulus Budget 2015: Hockey gets a visit from the Fairness Fairy Budget 2015: less a sequel than a complete reboot Just In More Just In » Overseas workers unlikely to travel as far, stay as long with 'backpacker tax' By Tom Forbes Backpackers working in Australia say they are unlikely to travel as far or stay as long after the Federal Government announced it would axe their tax-free earning threshold of nearly $20,000. More » Brosque says individual brilliance will decide A-League grand final Adelaide teacher alleged to have child exploitation material Australian suspected of planning to fight with IS in Syria stripped of passport Australian wages rising at slowest rate on record: ABS Union official's 'war' threat leads to contempt of court finding Rabbitohs re-sign emerging stars Johnston and McInnes Edinburgh Military Tattoo coming to Melbourne Obeid family women in court dispute over $8m tax bills Taren Point woman allegedly killed by husband had domestic violence counselling World More World » Malaysia to follow Indonesia in turning back migrant boats Malaysia joins Indonesia in vowing to turn back vessels ferrying a wave of migrants to south-east Asian shores, days after hundreds of hungry and weak migrants were rescued from its waters. More » Girls raped, boys abducted, towns torched as South Sudan battle rages, UN says Threat of more landslides, floods in Nepal after fresh quake Obama calls on churches, hedge fund managers to help tackle poverty Mayweather, Pacquiao fight generates record revenue Scores of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine: report Business More Business » Australian wages rising at slowest rate on record: ABS By finance reporter Elysse Morgan The ABS says Australian wages grew at just 0.5 per cent in the March quarter, taking the annual increase to 2.3 per cent - the slowest rate since record-keeping began in 1997. More » Business budget fortunes split between tax cuts and crackdowns Union attacks move to exclude FIFO workers from zone tax offset Budget 2015 gets mixed reviews from economists Money for exporters to capitalise on free trade deals Wall Street falls, heavy losses for European markets Qantas share price soars as fuel costs fall Investors drive home loans to new record Politics More Politics » Facebook banned in Nauru to protect children: president A temporary block to Facebook in Nauru is to protect children from abuse and is not linked to asylum seekers in an Australian-run detention centre, Nauru's president says. More » Childcare package overshadowed by concerns over proposed PPL cuts Budget needed more money to combat domestic violence: advocacy groups Abbott sidesteps early election talk after budget cash splash Obama calls on churches, hedge fund managers to help tackle poverty Sport More Sport » Crows' Brent Reilly retires, told to 'never again' play contact sport Injured Adelaide Crows defender Brent Reilly retires, effective immediately, after being advised by doctors to "never again play a contact sport". More » Brosque says individual brilliance will decide A-League grand final Blues coach Daley gives Dugan the nod for Origin opener Pietersen rails at 'deceitful' England after Strauss snub Jackson's career in doubt after Opals star ruled out of another WNBA season Pink jersey still in Australian hands after Formolo wins Giro stage four Kyrgios, Gajdosova, Tomic fall on bad day for Aussies in Rome Barcelona in Champions League final despite loss at Bayern Wallabies to face USA in World Cup warm-up match Essendon shocked by WADA appeal, CAS breached players' confidentiality Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Nano memory brings bionic brain one step closer By Jessica Kidd Australian scientists are one step closer to creating a bionic brain after developing a nano memory which is capable of storing information in the same way as the biological counterpart. More » Brad Haddin helps scientists in search for better cricket bat Germany's Daimler unveils world's first self-driving truck SpaceX tests escape feature on Dragon spacecraft Out-of-control space cargo ship to burn up in atmosphere Environment More Environment » Major El Nino declared by Bureau of Meteorology; drier, hotter conditions predicted By National Environment Reporter Jake Sturmer and Caitlyn Gribbin The Bureau of Meteorology officially declares a major El Nino event, which is likely to lead to prolonged drier, hotter conditions across much of eastern Australia. More » Government outlines travel costs to lobby for Barrier Reef Renewed hopes Natural Sequence Farming methods to continue Government, Opposition reach 'in-principle' RET deal Cabinet agrees to cut Renewable Energy Target to compromise figure About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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