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No surprises as RBA holds interest rates Interest rates have stayed on hold as expected after last week's soft inflation numbers took pressure off the Reserve Bank to move. Missing girl's family makes emotional appeal The mother of a six year old girl missing from western Sydney has sobbed during an appeal to the public to find her daughter. Leaders beat their economic drums Julia Gillard is keeping up the pressure on Tony Abbott to commit to another leaders' debate, saying she can go head-to-head with him on the economy "any time". NT policeman dies in Bolivian cliff plunge An Australian man killed in a mountaineering accident in the Bolivian Andes was on long service leave from the Northern Territory Police. Pakistan flood death toll climbs to 1,400 The worst floods in memory in north-west Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund said.
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The dichotomy of Wikileaks The editor in chief of Wikileaks has published some extraordinary material in the past, but the release of the Afghan war logs is a much bigger deal. It shows Julian Assange is trying to pursue two missions at once. The first mission is to provide a repository of data and documents, but Assange is trying to match that with political activism - in this case against the war in Afghanistan. And the two missions clash. A couple of real weathervanes When Gillard talks about getting tough on asylum seekers, or Abbott praises the status quo on industrial relations, it simply doesn't ring true. We know them better than that. And it makes us doubt their credibility. Every time the voters change their opinion, these two change their policy direction, but we want more than these weathervane leaders. Where's the sledge fest we deserve? We need a Paul Keating style election, where insults such as "scumbag" and "boxhead" are used in place of actual names. Tell it like it is: the fair-dinkum election If this really was a fair-dinkum election, what would Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott have to say? From industrial relations to family values, Annabel Crabb looks at what the party leaders should really be saying about their policies. Check out the latest cartoon from Fiona Katauskas. This week: Wife Swap! Unleashing the 'real' Gillard. Really? Yesterday we were told we were about to see something new; the "real" Julia Gillard was about to be unleashed. Make no mistake; Gillard's confessional yesterday does indeed represent a stunning denunciation of the way the Labor campaign has been run so far. But this tactic is undoubtedly the product of the very spin doctors, campaign consultants and political experts it supposedly displaced.
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Pakistan flood death toll climbs to 1,400 The worst floods in memory in north-west Pakistan have affected more than 3 million people so far and the death toll has climbed over 1,400, a spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund said. Assassination sparks violence in Pakistan At least 34 people have been killed in the Pakistani commercial hub of Karachi, after a member of the dominant political party in the city was shot dead, police said. James Bond, Superman screenwriter dies Tom Mankiewicz, the screenwriter who was instrumental in bringing James Bond and Superman to the big screen in the 1970s, has died at his Los Angeles home after a brief illness.
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Experts probe latest dugong death Authorities are trying to find out what killed another adult dugong that was found washed up along the coast of Cardwell in north Queensland over the past few days. Website encourages sanctuary zone debate Member for Coffs Harbour Andrew Fraser has welcomed a website about proposed changes to the Solitary Islands Marine Reserve. Australians unhappy with work-life balance: survey A new university survey shows most Australians are increasingly unhappy with the balance between work and life.
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Australian waters ranked most biologically diverse Australia's waters have been ranked as being the most biologically diverse in the world, yet up to 80 per cent of the species in it have yet to be discovered, a new study has shown. Popular fishing spot to get camp amenities Parks and Wildlife will build an official camp ground in a remote East Arnhem Land fishing spot due to the influx of grey nomads to the area. Residents warned of radioactive transport corridor The group Friends of the Earth has warned that the city of Wagga Wagga could be affected by Commonwealth plans to move nuclear waste from Lucas Heights to a new dump in the Northern Territory.
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