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 2010-08-31 01:58     Radio Australia    Australian PM pledges to 'renovate' Parliamen
 2010-08-31 01:43     ABC News Online    Kakadu visitors drop by 20 per cent
Kakadu National Park staff say a slow down in tourism across the Top End has caused visitor numbers to drop by about 20 per cent this year....

 2010-08-31 01:43     ABC News Online    Election rematch 'would stretch party coffers'
While negotiators in Canberra may be hopeful of coming up with a deal to install a minority government, there is always the option for Australians to go back to the polls....

 2010-08-31 01:43     ABC News Online    Clubs play revenue card as Wilkie pushes reform
Australian clubs have hit back at Independent MP Andrew Wilkie's efforts to put more controls on the use of poker machines....

 2010-08-31 01:13     ABC News Online    Man dies after being crushed by water tank
A man in his 50s is dead after being crushed by a water tank at a business in West Melbourne....

 2010-08-31 01:13     ABC News Online    Doctors unwilling to seek help for depression
A new program has been developed by the national depression initiative Beyond Blue to address mental health issues among doctors and medical students....

 2010-08-31 01:13     ABC News Online    Drilling starts on Chile mine rescue shaft
A powerful mechanical digger has begun drilling a rescue shaft at a collapsed Chile mine where 33 men are trapped some 700 metre below ground....

 2010-08-31 00:43     ABC News Online    Australia urged to invest in crop gene banks
Research organisation Biodiversity International's director general, Emile Frison, has urged the Federal Government to invest in genetic banks for the nation's crops....

 2010-08-31 00:28     ABC News Online    Degree yields better return than share market
New research has found a university degree can be more financially rewarding than investing in real estate or the share market....

 2010-08-31 00:28     ABC News Online    Army change room camera accused to face trial
An army employee alleged to have put a covert filming device in change rooms at barracks will stand trial....

 2010-08-31 00:28     ABC News Online    US extends North Korea sanctions
The United States has expanded sanctions against North Korea in an effort to cut off funding for the country's nuclear weapons program....

 2010-08-31 00:28     ABC News Online    Gillard pledges to 'renovate' Parliament
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has foreshadowed making several changes to parliamentary processes if Labor wins a second term in government....

 2010-08-31 00:28     ABC News Online    Mutitjulu 'a community everyone wants to forget'
MacDonnell Shire Council, which has been providing services to Mutitjulu, will leave the community at close of business today....

 2010-08-30 23:58     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    Gas hub 'would be a blow for tourism'
Ben Cubby, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR A gas terminal planned for Australia's north-west coast is not compatible with tourism in the Kimberley and would damage the region's international appeal, a Curtin University report says....

 2010-08-30 23:58     ABC News Online    Street preachers silenced by court ruling
A group of Christians has been banned from preaching in Adelaide's main shopping precinct....

 2010-08-30 23:58     ABC News Online    Brazilian car deal for Holden
Holden has signed a deal with Chevrolet to export cars to Brazil....

 2010-08-30 23:58     The Age (World)    Business Mobile Phones
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 2010-08-30 23:43     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    Business Mobile Phones
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 2010-08-30 23:43     ABC News Online    Pre-poll votes excluded from Boothby count
The Electoral Commission has accepted legal advice to exclude 2,977 votes cast in the SA seat of Boothby....

 2010-08-30 23:13     ABC News Online    Cousins doco sparks jump in help line calls
Experts are crediting the Ben Cousins television documentary with a rise in the number of people seeking help in their battle with drugs....

 2010-08-30 23:13     ABC News Online    Man admits driving car into Darwin hospital
A court has been told a man who rammed his car into the entrance of the Royal Darwin Hospital was frustrated at the care he received for a workplace injury....

 2010-08-30 22:58     ABC News Online    Venezuelan hunger-striker dies after land protest
A Venezuelan farmer, who had been on hunger-strike for months in a protest against president Hugo Chavez's nationalisation policies, has died in a military hospital....

 2010-08-30 22:58     ABC News Online    Venezuela exhumes Bolivar's sisters
Venezuela has exhumed the remains of two sisters of independence hero Simon Bolivar, hoping to compare DNA samples obtained from them to remains believed to belong to the Latin American leader....

 2010-08-30 22:58     ABC News Online    Computer giant to pay $60m in fraud case
US computer firm Hewlett Packard will pay more than $60 million to settle claims that it defrauded the American government....

 2010-08-30 22:58     ABC News Online    Thousands flee Indonesian volcano
An Indonesian volcano has spewed a vast cloud of smoke and ash high into the air, disrupting flights and sending thousands more people into temporary shelters....

 2010-08-30 22:58     ABC News Online    Police to widen Belanglo bones search
Specialist teams are travelling to Belanglo State Forest after human remains were found at the weekend....

 2010-08-30 22:43     ABC News Online    Wrong side drivers an ongoing problem, says judge
A judge has echoed calls from a crash victim's family for more to be done to control international drivers in Australia....

 2010-08-30 22:43     ABC News Online    Accounting firm raided over alleged drug network
Police have raided a North Adelaide accounting firm as part of an investigation into a wide drug network....

 2010-08-30 22:43     ABC News Online    Teen sentenced over 'cruel, degrading' attack
A teenager has been sentenced to two years in a youth detention centre for a violent home invasion, in which she tied up her victim and forced him to eat dog food....

 2010-08-30 22:43     ABC News Online    Vic police can't find hundreds of firearms
Victoria Police has admitted it cannot account for close to 200 firearms....

 2010-08-30 22:13     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    Coal crackdown will not reduce emissions
Tom Arup, ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT LABOR'S promised emissions standards for new coal electricity generators would not cut greenhouse gas emissions from any of the 12 coal power plants proposed in Australia, an analysis of the carbon profiles of each project shows....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Retail and building bounce offset stagnant lending
A surprise bounce in retail sales and building approvals have boosted optimism about Australia's economy on financial markets....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Chick to chic: the pet that keeps giving
Forget celebrities with their chihuahuas and toy poodles, the latest pet accessory is straight off the farm....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Water company fined over Barossa chemical spill
United Water has been fined $80,000 over a chemical spill that harmed a Barossa Valley creek in SA....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Mexico arrests drug kingpin 'La Barbie'
Mexico has captured major drug trafficker Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez in a second big coup for president Felipe Calderon in his battle against murderous trafficking cartels....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Initial deal struck for Oval upgrade
A letter of intent has been signed by football and cricket authorities to push ahead with Adelaide Oval's upgrade....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Home prices stabilise after surprise fall
Australian home prices have stabilised in July, after falling for the first time in 17 months in June....

 2010-08-30 22:13     ABC News Online    Doctors with depression reluctant to seek help
National depression initiative Beyond Blue is launching a program to encourage doctors and medical students to seek help if they are suffering from depression and anxiety....

 2010-08-30 22:13     Radio Australia    Airlines warned to avoid Indonesia volcano
 2010-08-30 21:43     ABC News Online    All of Europe should convert to Islam: Gaddafi
Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi's visit to Rome, to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy, stumbled into controversy after he reportedly said all of Europe should convert to Islam....

 2010-08-30 21:13     ABC News Online    Aussie stars approached by fixers
Cricket Australia has confirmed Australian players were approached by match-fixers in England last year....

 2010-08-30 21:13     ABC News Online    Two arrested after taking 'suspicious items' on plane
The United States told Dutch officials that "suspicious items" had been found in luggage belonging to two men reportedly arrested on terrorism charges when their plane arrived in Amsterdam this morning (Australian time)....

 2010-08-30 20:58     ABC News Online    'The end is always near' Reserve warns
A senior Reserve Bank official says the financial crisis was precipitated by a failure by many banks to properly appreciate the risks posed by unusual events....

 2010-08-30 20:58     ABC News Online    Greens MP resigns from NSW Parliament
There is to be another resignation from the New South Wales Upper House....

 2010-08-30 20:58     ABC News Online    Asylum boat intercepted by Navy
The Navy has intercepted an asylum seeker boat in waters north of Christmas Island....

 2010-08-30 20:28     Radio Australia    Australia's political parties continue push to form governmen
 2010-08-30 20:13     ABC News Online    Cricket team, band safe after near miss at Adelaide airport
A Qantas plane carrying the Victorian cricket team had a near-miss at Adelaide airport last night....

 2010-08-30 20:13     ABC News Online    Row erupts over vote count
A political row is raging over what measure should be used to determine who has won the federal election....

 2010-08-30 20:13     ABC News Online    Bones could unlock unsolved murders: former Milat lawyer
A Newcastle solicitor, who once represented backpacker killer Ivan Milat, says it is possible human remains found in the Belanglo State Forest could hold the key to unsolved murders....

 2010-08-30 20:13     ABC News Online    Boozy baboons terrorise South Africans
Residents in the South African city of Cape Town say they are being terrorised by a group of drunken baboons....


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