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Afternoon Edition. Sun 15 Aug 2010
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Abbott resists Gillard's debate compromise Tony Abbott has refused the Prime Minister's offer to make another town hall-style meeting also a debate on the economy. Labor denies provoking fight with LNP worker Queensland's Liberal National Party (LNP) says a campaign worker was deliberately provoked into a fight with a Labor volunteer in the marginal seat of Longman yesterday. Labor outlines credit card changes The Federal Government has promised new measures to protect credit card holders against being ripped off. McInnes home to fight sex misconduct case Former David Jones boss Mark McInnes has returned to Australia to fight a massive sexual harassment case brought against him by a former employee. Elderly woman bashed, robbed by taxi driver The Victorian Taxi Association says it is shocked and appalled by the bashing of an elderly woman by a Melbourne driver.
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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? Images of Julia, intimations of Tony The only difficulty Julia Gillard faced this week was the emergence of a more personable and persuasive Tony Abbott. 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. 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?
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Siberian tiger kills keeper wildlife centre A Siberian tiger mauled a keeper to death in eastern China after being left to roam the cage as it was being cleaned, state media said. Obama declares Gulf beaches open for business US president Barack Obama has gone swimming off the coast of Florida and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open for business", trying to show by example that a region hit by the BP oil spill was safe for tourists to enjoy. Poll shows support for Corby sentence cut One in three Australians wants convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby to be freed from jail but only one in 10 believes she is innocent, according to a new opinion poll.
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Concerns raised over commercialised CSIRO Australian scientists and sections of industry fear a decade-long experiment to commercialise the CSIRO might be producing a lemon. 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.
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Thousands march for climate change action Marches are taking place in capital cities around Australia to protest a lack of political action on climate change. Obama declares Gulf beaches open for business US president Barack Obama has gone swimming off the coast of Florida and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open for business", trying to show by example that a region hit by the BP oil spill was safe for tourists to enjoy. Small miners cheer Coalition's cash pledge The association representing small to medium sized mining companies has welcomed the Coalition's mining policy.
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