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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Grazier's claim to be heard Mark Metherell PETER SPENCER, the grazier who went on a 52-day hunger strike at the top of a tower, has won his bid for the High Court to hear his challenge over a centrepiece of Australia's carbon reduction measures: bans on land clearing.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Pact could lead to tougher emissions scheme, says Brown Jacob Saulwick NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT ANY emissions trading scheme or carbon tax emerging from Labor and the Greens' new climate change committee could be tougher on Australia's polluting industries than the government's previous scheme, according to Bob Brown.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Act on climate or be left behind, says Stern Tom Arup ONE of the world's leading climate change experts, Sir Nicholas Stern, has warned countries such as Australia will face future trade barriers unless it moves to a low-carbon economy.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | New delay forces river users to wait for plan Tom Arup ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT AUSTRALIANS will have to wait another month to see the key details of long-awaited plans to save the Murray-Darling Basin.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Police deny asylum seekers water Lindsay Murdoch DARWIN POLICE in the Northern Territory refused 88 Afghan asylum seekers water as they huddled without shade under sheets for almost eight hours.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Cafe owner verbally abused and underpaid staff Paul Bibby WORKPLACE THE owner of a country cafe withheld more than $5000 in wages and leave entitlements from three staff and subjected them to verbal abuse and offensive language when they asked for their money, the Chief Industrial Magistrates Court has found.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | If you want to keep young drivers safe, then give them your car keys Richard Blackburn PARENTS could cut the road toll by handing their car keys over to their P-plater children, a road safety expert said.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Keneally to support same-sex adoption Louise Hall SAME-SEX couples should be allowed to adopt because they can - and do - provide children with unconditional love and a stable home, the Premier, Kristina Keneally, said during an impassioned debate in Parliament last night.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Macdonald did not get cabinet approval for appointment THE former minister Ian Macdonald did not have cabinet ratify his decision to appoint Karl Kazal as an honorary trade consul to the Middle East, the Premier has revealed.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Barangaroo site highly polluted, say documents Brian Robins POTENTIALLY embarrassing documents relating to the Barangaroo development site reveal the extent of contamination on the site of the multibillion-dollar property development.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Fewer car spaces and better deal for cyclists Kelsey Munro THERE will be fewer car spaces in the inner city and in CBD buildings, more offices with facilities for cyclists, more footpath dining and more laneway shops and bars if the City of Sydney's new draft development controls are approved.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Families await answers as Belanglo inquiry shifts gear Nick Ralston and Dylan Welch THE agonising wait for the families of missing women in NSW dragged on yesterday as police wrapped up the laborious task of sifting, grain by grain, through mounds of dirt from the floor of the Belanglo State Forest.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Fears the 'safe limit' of a toxic chemical found in food containers is wrong Melissa Singer CONSUMER AFFAIRS SCIENTISTS have called for an immediate review of the safety guidelines for a chemical linked with numerous illnesses including cancer amid charges the evidence used by authorities is 20 years old.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Bureaucrats' decisions are fair game, judge says Joel Gibson LEGAL AFFAIRS A FEDERAL Court judge has declared a resounding victory for the courts in their 15-year battle with politicians over executive power.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Qantas engine explosion followed safety warning Andrew Heasley and Matt O'Sullivan THE Qantas jet engine that exploded on Tuesday after take-off from San Francisco had not been inspected after safety warnings issued two weeks ago.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Crash survivor sent to Australia as families learn the worst news THE sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that claimed the lives of three Australians and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | From Marrickville with love: a school helps faraway indigenous friends Erik Jensen IT IS like the Bayeux Tapestry - except, instead of depicting the Norman conquest of England, it depicts a single day in the life of Marrickville West Public School.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Judgment coming in Hogan lawsuit JUSTICE NYE PERRAM is preparing his judgment in a case against the Tax Office brought by the actor Paul Hogan, his business partner John Cornell and their accountant, Tony Stewart.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | Sydney Morning Herald (National) | Gillard wins … but no, not that Gillard Matt Buchanan and Leesha McKenny Abbott has conceded to Gillard in what might be Australia's first Bellwether Bowlo.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | ABC News Online | Dead MI6 spy padlocked inside bag A British spy found dead in the bathtub of his London flat last month had been padlocked inside a bag, an inquest into his death heard.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:28 | ABC News Online | Russians told to light up and knock 'em back Smoke and drink more, Russia's finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | US to keep global leadership role, says Obama Simon Mann, Washington Barack Obama marks the end of America's combat role in Iraq by signalling that the US has no intention of relinquishing its leadership in world affairs.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Wrong place to spend a penny Caroline Davies, London Migrant nurses working in British hospitals are receiving a crash course in English euphemisms.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Sunburst rug makes way for classic quotes in Oval Office Washington The Oval Office has had a makeover. When President Barack Obama addressed the nation on Iraq, he did so from redecorated surroundings.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Kim heir speculation rife Beijing Speculation that Kim Jong-il is preparing to anoint his youngest son as his heir increased after North Korea's state news agency confirmed the leader's five-day visit to China.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Floods take $48bn toll Islamabad Pakistan's floods have caused losses of $US43 billion ($A48 billion), Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani says.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Outrage over puppy video Washington A video of a girl tossing six puppies into a river has sparked outrage online, with chat forums and Facebook pages calling for her to be tracked down and punished.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Hot times in New York New York With one final, fitting blast of 35.5-degree heat, the summer of 2010 is officially the hottest ever in New York City.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Japanese dolphin hunt starts Tokyo Japanese fishermen have set out on the first dolphin hunt of the season in Taiji, the Japanese village portrayed in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Diana, deals and drink: Blair lifts lid on life as PM Paola Totaro, London Alcohol, admits Tony Blair with candour, often propped him up at the end of long, difficult days, while fornication unravelled the careers of several cabinet colleagues.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Afghan girls schools hit by poison gas Rod Nordland, Kabul Blood tests confirm that a series of mass-sickness episodes at girls schools in Afghanistan over the past two years were caused by a powerful poison gas.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Government takes over troubled Kabul Bank Dexter Filkins, Kabul The Afghan government has intervened to shore up a troubled bank, sending shock waves through the capital and prompting fears that corruption had put the country's financial system at risk.... |
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| 2010-09-01 10:13 | The Age (World) | Chile urged to avoid giving trapped miners false hope Copiapo, Chile NASA experts have advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped underground about how long their rescue will take, as a drill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men.... |
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| 2010-09-01 09:58 | ABC News Online | Israel hints at Jerusalem compromise in peace talks Israel's defence minister said the Jewish state would be willing to hand over parts of Jerusalem in peace talks with the Palestinians to be launched by US president Barack Obama. A flare-up of violence in the occupied West Bank and a deadlock over Jewish settlements there loom as potential deal-breakers for Mr Obama, who will host Middle East leaders for dinner at the White House in Washington.... |
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| 2010-09-01 09:58 | ABC News Online | The Stig finally unmasked The identity of The Stig, the mystery test car driver on the popular BBC TV motoring show Top Gear was revealed after the broadcaster lost a legal battle to keep his name secret.... |
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| 2010-09-01 09:13 | ABC News Online | $11b 'black hole' in Coalition costings There is a hole in the Coalition's election promises costings of up to $11 billion, Independent MP Tony Windsor has revealed.... |
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| 2010-09-01 08:58 | ABC News Online | Water release revives Lowbidgee wetlands After more than a decade of drought one of the Murray-Darling Basin's most important water bird breeding sites is now in full flood.... |
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| 2010-09-01 07:58 | ABC News Online | Greeks told to stub out to save the economy Greeks are being asked to quit smoking to help save their country's debt-stricken economy.... |
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| 2010-09-01 06:43 | ABC News Online | Rape probe into WikiLeaks founder reopened Sweden's chief prosecutor said she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.... |
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| 2010-09-01 06:13 | ABC News Online | Australian organ tourists drive sinister trade Australians are helping fuel a predatory international transplant trade by travelling overseas to buy organs illegally.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:58 | ABC News Online | MP who accessed adult sites 'humiliated' Paul McLeay resigns as NSW's ports and waterways minister after admitting to using a parliamentary computer to access gambling and adult websites.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:58 | ABC News Online | Men contract Legionnaires' at Olympic Park Two men who visited Sydney's Olympic Park early last month have tested positive to Legionnaires' disease.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:58 | ABC News Online | Man convicted of wife's riverbed murder An Alice Springs man has been found guilty of murdering his wife, who was found dead in the Todd River last year.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:58 | ABC News Online | Towns battle monkey menace after 60 attacks Two Japanese towns have declared war on a band of marauding monkeys that have attacked more than 60 people in the forested foothills of Mount Fuji, local officials say.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:58 | ABC News Online | Fatal crash halts Pacific Highway traffic Traffic is banked up for eight kilometres on the Pacific Highway after a fatal crash on the New South Wales mid-north coast this afternoon.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:58 | ABC News Online | SA man charged over daughter's abduction A five-year-old Adelaide girl abducted by her father has been found safe in New South Wales, South Australian police say.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:43 | Radio Australia | Australian economic growth surpasses predictions | ||
| 2010-09-01 05:28 | ABC News Online | Wilkie to hold new meeting with Gillard advisers Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he now has offers from both major parties, but remains undecided on who he will support to form a minority government.... |
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| 2010-09-01 05:28 | ABC News Online | Gay marriage, asylum seekers top Bandt's to-do list New Greens MP Adam Bandt has nominated same-sex marriage and better treatment of asylum seekers as his first priorities when he enters Parliament.... |
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| 2010-09-01 04:43 | Radio Australia | PNG crash airline had Australian ban overturned |
