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| 2010-02-08 23:58 | ABC News Online | McGee 'conscious' of decisions after fatal A psychiatrist has told the District Court in Adelaide that lawyer Eugene McGee was mentally aware and consciously making decisions after a fatal collision.... |
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| 2010-02-08 23:58 | ABC News Online | TV dispute led to fatal stabbing A 31-year-old Darwin man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after stabbing a man to death over a dispute involving a plasma television.... |
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| 2010-02-08 23:58 | ABC News Online | Shot Australian leaves South America A Queensland man who was shot in South America last month has been admitted to a London hospital.... |
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| 2010-02-08 23:13 | Radio Australia | New cyclone develops near Cook Islands | ||
| 2010-02-08 22:43 | ABC News Online | PIGS no problem for 'low deficit' Australia A senior economist says the economic risk to Australia from sovereign debt problems in parts of Europe is very low.... |
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| 2010-02-08 22:43 | ABC News Online | Letter ban for radical sheik A Sydney sheik accused of harassing the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan has had restrictions placed on him sending letters overseas.... |
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| 2010-02-08 22:13 | ABC News Online | Call to check homes after insulation ban The Master Electricians Association says the Federal Government's ban on foil insulation in its energy efficiency program will save lives, but every home that has had the product installed must now be checked.... |
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| 2010-02-08 22:13 | ABC News Online | Airports to get body scanners Body scanners will be introduced at Australian international airports next year as part of a $200 million Federal Government plan to boost security.... |
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| 2010-02-08 22:13 | ABC News Online | Alligator shot with dead girl in jaws An alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl bathing in a creek in northern Brazil was shot dead by searchers with the victim still in its jaws, reports said today.... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:58 | ABC News Online | Refugee heard shouts before fatal blast The first refugee to give evidence into a fatal boat blast says he can remember yelling on the boat before the fatal explosion.... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:28 | ABC News Online | Market slips on continued Europe fears The Australian share market has slipped just under 1 per cent, weighed down by ongoing concerns about European sovereign debts.... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:13 | Sydney Morning Herald | World's tallest tower closed indefinitely a month after openin | ||
| 2010-02-08 21:13 | ABC News Online | Film producer claims ABC buckled on China doco The producer of a controversial documentary about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer says the ABC told him it decided against screening the film last December because it wanted "things to settle down a bit".... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:13 | ABC News Online | Zoo's baby elephant goes on display Victorians will get their first peak at Melbourne Zoo's new baby elephant from tomorrow.... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:13 | ABC News Online | Japan may scale back Antarctic whaling Japanese media is reporting that the country's fisheries minister is considering scaling back its so-called research whaling in the Antarctic.... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:13 | ABC News Online | Australia close to defaulting on debts: Joyce Opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce is courting controversy again, warning that Australia is getting to the point where it will not be able to repay its overseas debt.... |
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| 2010-02-08 21:13 | ABC News Online | Blogger has a busy time in court A critic of the South Australian Government's short-lived internet comment crackdown has been fined for using offensive language at an Adelaide hospital last year.... |
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| 2010-02-08 20:58 | ABC News Online | Bureau admits wine production figures wrong The Bureau of Statistics has made a mistake in its latest report on the Australian wine industry.... |
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| 2010-02-08 20:43 | ABC News Online | Boswell smashed over china plate 'threat' Queensland Nationals Senator Ron Boswell has defended his choice of words during last night's Senate Estimates hearings, saying he was not being racist.... |
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| 2010-02-08 20:13 | ABC News Online | British death toll in Afghanistan matches Falklands Britain vowed to stand firm in Afghanistan on Monday after the death toll there reached the number killed in the 1982 Falklands war, amid warnings of a new surge in casualties as a new onslaught is launched.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:58 | ABC News Online | Image shows 'monkey' roaming in Darwin Security camera footage has been released that apparently shows a monkey scampering across a street in Darwin.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:58 | ABC News Online | Fuel drained from leaking tank at Mobil refinery The clean-up is continuing after a fuel spill at a refinery in Melbourne's west.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:43 | ABC News Online | Gong-gate councillors plead not guilty Two former Wollongong councillors charged after a corruption inquiry have pleaded not guilty.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:28 | Sydney Morning Herald | World's tallest tower closed indefinitely a month after openin | ||
| 2010-02-08 19:28 | ABC News Online | Smoggy skies from seaweed blaze Smoke is drifting across a wide area in South Australia from a fire in piles of seaweed.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:28 | ABC News Online | Tough year ahead for meat industry Experts predict Australia's $13 billion meat industry will be in dire straits until at least next year, following the closures of more meatworks this week.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:28 | ABC News Online | Foil insulation banned amid electrocution fears Environment Minister Peter Garrett has suspended the use of foil insulation under the Government's home insulation program after it was linked to a number of deaths.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:13 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Meg Ryan: homewrecker? Meg Ryan's habit of "quietly hooking up with" Tim Robbins blamed for his split from Susan Sarandon.... |
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| 2010-02-08 19:13 | ABC News Online | Macquarie shares slide on profit news Investment bank Macquarie Group says its second-half profit could be as much as 10 per cent higher than its first-half earnings, if economic conditions around the world continue to improve.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:58 | ABC News Online | Lehman challenges councils' right to sue Collapsed investment bank, Lehman Brothers, returns to the High Court this morning in a last ditch bid to stop local councils suing the company's US parent for millions of dollars over failed investments.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:58 | ABC News Online | Mistakes made in assessing bushfire risk The Bushfires Royal Commission has heard mistakes were made when authorities mapped the bushfire risk of areas like Marysville.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:58 | ABC News Online | Abbott unruffled in ironing row Tony Abbott has dismissed criticism of his remark about housewives and ironing.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:43 | ABC News Online | Perjury case against Ashby thrown out The perjury case against a former senior Victorian policeman has collapsed.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:43 | ABC News Online | Croc trap tamperers 'should be shamed' People who climb on or tamper with crocodile traps should be publicly shamed and fined $10,000, croc hunter says.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:43 | ABC News Online | Trichet leaves early to attend crisis meeting A Reserve Bank official says the head of the Eureopan Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, is leaving a Sydney meeting of central bankers early to attend an ECB council meeting.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:43 | ABC News Online | DJs delivers upbeat outlook The department store chain, David Jones has upgraded its profit outlook, after reporting second-quarter sales growth of 3.1 per cent.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:43 | ABC News Online | Baillieu attacked for 'disgraceful' speech Opposition leader Ted Baillieu has been attacked over criticism about what he calls Government inaction on recent attacks on Indian students.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:13 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Conroy put former MP forward for key IT job ARI SHARP A FORMER Labor politician caught up in electoral fraud allegations was appointed to a job with the new broadband network after a recommendation by the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy.... |
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| 2010-02-08 18:13 | The Age (World) | Asteroid collision leaves scientists starstruck THOMAS MAUGH, LOS ANGELES The Hubble Space Telescope captures something researchers have never seen before - the aftermath of two asteroids colliding.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:58 | ABC News Online | Aborigines told to follow Jewish lead Prominent Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has called on Aborigines to draw on the experience of Jewish people in never forgetting their history, while striving to overcome injustice and racism.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:43 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Herbal medicines can kill: researcher SOME popular herbal medicines can be dangerous, even lethal, contrary to the perception that they are a safe alternative to conventional medicine, says a University of Adelaide researcher.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:43 | ABC News Online | Jack Straw faces UK Iraq inquiry again Britain's former foreign secretary Jack Straw has denied ignoring legal advice that the country could not legally invade Iraq without further United Nations support.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:43 | ABC News Online | ABC dismisses 'ludicrous' China pressure claim ABC dismisses claims it did not screen a controversial documentary because of pressure from China.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:43 | ABC News Online | Loss of Rock Eisteddfod 'disgrace' The schools' Rock Eisteddfod has been cancelled across Australia due to a lack of sponsorship.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:13 | ABC News Online | Council trials outdoor smoking ban A Melbourne council is launching a new crackdown on cigarettes, banning smoking in three outdoor shopping strips.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:13 | ABC News Online | Dissent builds against Belinda Neal Federal Labor MP Belinda Neal is facing increasing dissent from ALP members within her electorate, who do not want her to recontest her vulnerable seat of Robertson.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:13 | ABC News Online | Wild Rivers laws to stay The Queensland Government says it has no intention of changing its controversial Wild Rivers legislation, despite a push by the Federal Opposition to have it overturned.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:13 | ABC News Online | Rudd wants drinking aged lifted to 21 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he would personally like the drinking age to be raised to 21 in Australia.... |
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| 2010-02-08 17:13 | ABC News Online | NSW wine production overtakes SA Bureau of Statistics says NSW has overtaken SA as the country's largest wine-producing state.... |
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| 2010-02-08 16:58 | ABC News Online | Coalition offers six months' parental leave The Federal Opposition is working on developing a policy which would provide six months of paid leave for new parents.... |
