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GetUp! wins case for online voter registration Australians will now be able to enrol to vote online after the Federal Court ruled in favour of political activist group GetUp!'s case against the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Manhunt for killer of crime family patriarch Victorian police are searching for a man who shot dead the head of a well-known crime family in Melbourne's west this morning. Call to reward married couples with cash Married couples should be given a cash bonus for staying together, a national family and marriage alliance says. Abbott pledges cash for top teachers Tony Abbott says a future Coalition government would set up a $200 million fund to boost the pay packets of high-achieving teachers. Former Hawthorn boss gets bushfire top job Former Hawthorn Football Club President, Ian Dicker, says he will adopt a pro-business approach in his new role as Victoria's bushfire recovery boss.
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Loony election campaigns go local With a week and a day to go, it's easy to see why this campaign has proved annoying for many. Is there a consistent national theme that pulses through this election? Not really, apart from chronic fatigue, and the risk attached to both major parties. In the absence of a uniting national theme, this campaign has quietly retreated to the local level. Do Australians feel the need for speed? The National Broadband Network sounds terribly exciting, but is it? After all, do we really need such fantastic speeds? Population debate crowds out the real issues We experience social conditions not statistics, so why is the immigration issue eating at the country's sense of comfort and security? The premiership's a hatewalk for top-table Collingwood The Magpies have been reinvigorated as the absolute of Australian sport; you're either with them or against them. What is the meaning of Latham? Suddenly, Mark Latham seems to be everywhere. But why are we all talking about him at all? On one level, the answer is obvious. It's somewhere between the desire to gaze at a train wreck and the temptation to look at that shiny thing over there. On the other hand, the bizarre spectacle of the Man From Green Valley's reappearance in the blaze of television lights has a more profound implication for our politics.
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Burma to hold parliamentary elections Burma will hold its first parliamentary elections in two decades on November 7, state media have said. Illegal drug shipments flood Thai border Thai authorities have stepped up their campaign against a flood of methamphetamines being smuggled out of Burma. E Timor seeks Woodside condition to asylum centre talks East Timor's minister for economic development has warned there could be conditions attached if a refugee processing centre goes ahead in his country.
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Super-speed broadband good for outback Federal Labor candidate for the seat of Farrer, Christian Emmery, says the Government's national broadband network will benefit rural Australia. Dinosaur lovers to search for outback's hidden gems A group of dedicated dinosaur enthusiasts will begin digging for bones this weekend in Queensland's outback hoping to uncover more 100-million-year-old fossils. Media watchdog slams Wikileaks Reporters Without Borders has criticised the Wikileaks website's "incredible irresponsibility" in publishing the names of Afghans who had helped international troops fighting insurgents.
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Nats to meet water groups over basin plan The National Party will meet irrigation groups from the north-west this weekend to discuss water policy under a Coalition Government. Muddy waters give Midlands town the blues Businesses in Tasmania's midlands say this week's heavy rain and flooding is causing muddy water in taps. Coalition flags help for Great Barrier Reef The Federal Opposition says it will commit $5 million towards developing environmental policies to help protect the Great Barrier Reef if elected.
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