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Coalition promises to deliver $6.2b surplus The Coalition says it would deliver a budget surplus of $6.2 billion - almost double of that forecast under Labor. Ernie Dingo charged with assaulting child Australian actor and television personality Ernie Dingo has been charged with assaulting a boy at a primary school in Western Australia's Gascoyne region. Shark victim's mother had feared for son's life The mother of a surfer killed by a shark yesterday in Western Australia feared she would one day get a call to say her son had been attacked. Abbott pledges cash for insulation companies A Coalition government would provide $30 million to help businesses squeezed by the scrapped home insulation program, Tony Abbott has announced. Police release mannequin in bid to find Kiesha Police in western Sydney are renewing their appeal for information in the case of missing six-year-old Kiesha Abrahams, releasing a mannequin wearing the same outfit as the one the girl was last seen in.
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Open letters and closed minds Expressing a view on economic policy issues is part of the job of an academic economist. So John Quiggin recently signed an open letter stating that government stimulus worked to undermine the nonsense claims being peddled by the Opposition, and increase the chances of the Labor Government being returned. But he's still much less enthusiastic about the second part of this than the first. People's forum live Watch Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott go through their paces in Brisbane and add your comments to our live forum. The cost of living in a safe electorate How does one judge the comparative advantage of living in a swinging seat during election time? The glamorous life of Ben Cousins The transition from the sporting spotlight to normal life will be hard for Ben Cousins. Our major parties' gay abandon Why, pray tell, is there a bipartisan consensus against same-sex marriage? A Galaxy poll last year found that 60 per cent were in favour of it – more than enough to legalise something socially progressive. But for days now I've been watching the endless televised question-and-answer sessions with Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, and every time they're asked they simply stonewall.
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Journalists fear return to apartheid-era laws A group of prominent journalists is accusing the South African government of bringing back apartheid-era press laws that could undermine democracy. Rush's death sentence appeal postponed A judge in Bali has delayed hearing an appeal against the death penalty imposed on Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush. Climate change wiped out woolly mammoths British scientists say they have found new evidence that woolly mammoths died out 9,000 years ago because of climate change.
Science & Technology	More Science & Technology Stories >
Vets accused of over-vaccinating pets Consumer group Choice is warning that many Australian vets are ignoring guidelines and vaccinating pets unnecessarily. Climate change wiped out woolly mammoths British scientists say they have found new evidence that woolly mammoths died out 9,000 years ago because of climate change. Scots create whisky-based fuel Scientists in Scotland have unveiled a biofuel developed from the by-products of the whisky distillation process.
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Water restrictions eased for Coliban customers Coliban Water customers supplied from the Loddon River in north-central Victoria will have water restrictions eased from September. Climate change wiped out woolly mammoths British scientists say they have found new evidence that woolly mammoths died out 9,000 years ago because of climate change. Call for crackdown on illegal logging The North East Forest Alliance is calling for a Commonwealth crackdown on illegal logging.
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