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Afternoon Edition. Tue 31 Aug 2010
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Clubs play revenue card as Wilkie pushes reform Australian clubs have hit back at the newly elected federal Independent MP Andrew Wilkie's efforts to put more controls on the use of poker machines. Gillard pledges to 'renovate' Parliament Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will put a stop to longwinded answers in Question Time and consider appointing an independent speaker if the Government is returned to power. Aussie stars approached by fixers Cricket Australia has confirmed Australian players were approached by match-fixers in England last year. Police to widen Belanglo bones search Specialist teams are travelling to Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney, to widen a search of bushland where human remains were found at the weekend. Australia posts smallest deficit in 8 years Australia has recorded its smallest current account deficit since the first quarter of 2002, as commodity exports boost earnings.
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Gillard's Parliament 'renovation' a surprise-reveal job Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised to "renovate the Labor tradition" of reform, in this instance reform to parliamentary and executive process. But at this stage, the renovation looks like it's going to be one of those surprise-reveal jobs. Speaking at the National Press Club, Ms Gillard confirmed that she has prepared a briefing paper for the independents, but she has declined to circulate it. Reliving the horrors of the Ivan Milat case "Police are investigating the discovery of human remains found in the Belanglo State Forest". Seven times I said those words as a former police reporter. Twice I broke the news to the world that another body had been discovered. But that was the second half of 1993. This week's news of one more discovery has brought the horror of the backpacker serial killings back to the present. Australia voted, now the independents should too Unless the independents slept through the Rudd years, they must have a firm view about who they'd rather see as PM. String theory ties us in knots It's time to stop searching for a grand plan that explains the universe and accept that nature is imperfect. Dignified silence a thing of the past Which has more dignity, to maintain a sober public silence in the face of grief/accident/misfortune, or to tell all to A Current Affair?
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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. 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. 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.
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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. Conservation boost for rare goanna A new conservation park on Kangaroo Island in South Australia will aim to better protect a rare goanna. Geneticist hopes to improve cattle breeding programs A Queensland Government scientist says he is conducting new research that could mean big changes to cattle breeding in Queensland.
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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. Man dies in accident at Curragh coal mine An investigation is underway into the death of a mine worker in central Queensland. Water company fined over Barossa chemical spill United Water has been fined $80,000 over a chemical spill that harmed a Barossa Valley creek.
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