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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 14 May, 2015 Top Stories More Top Stories » Paid parental leave scheme should honour existing deals: Xenophon By political correspondent Louise Yaxley There may have to be changes to the Government's paid parental leave scheme to stop people taking advantage of that plan on top of an employer-provided one, but independent senator Nick Xenophon says those with existing deals should be protected. 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And it is this path - make no mistake - onto which Government MPs and senators are stepping today with new optimism. More » Budget 2015: George Brandis' extraordinary raid of the Australia Council High brow dinner, low brow antics 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 Just In More Just In » Toyota, Nissan, Honda expand global recall of cars containing faulty airbags Japan's three biggest carmakers expand a huge global recall of cars containing potentially fatal airbags made by Takata Corp, saying they will take back millions of vehicles worldwide for investigation. 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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 » Ten suspects held in China over hunting panda Ten people are held in China on suspicion of hunting a panda to sell its fur and meat, as the police discovers panda's skin and nearly ten kilograms of meat in a raid. More » Major El Nino declared by Bureau of Meteorology; drier, hotter conditions predicted Government outlines travel costs to lobby for Barrier Reef Renewed hopes Natural Sequence Farming methods to continue Government, Opposition reach 'in-principle' RET deal About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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