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Australian aid going to terrorist-funded camp Australian aid to Pakistani flood victims is being distributed at a camp funded by a banned Pakistani terrorist organisation. Abbott's hidden costings a 'bad look' Independent MP Bob Katter says it looks like Tony Abbott has something to hide, after the Opposition Leader refused to submit his costings to Treasury for analysis. Cousins comes clean on drug binges Retiring AFL star Ben Cousins has categorically denied the use of performance-enhancing drugs, but admitted he regularly took recreational drugs and prescription medication during his controversial career. Miners plead for salvation from underground 'hell' Chile's trapped miners say they are enduring "hell" underground, putting urgency into a rescue operation that could drag on for months before providing salvation. Taxman makes Hogan 'a prisoner of Australia' Paul Hogan's lawyer says the Australian Tax Office has banned his client from leaving Australia as it chases him over an alleged multi-million-dollar unpaid tax bill.
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Three wise men seek semblance of stability Were Australians really ready for this? Did they really mean to delegate their vote to three blokes from Port Macquarie, Cloncurry and Werris Creek? Whatever their intention, that's now the reality - and it's clear what the three independents want is some semblance of stability over the coming years. But picking which way they will go now is almost impossible. A neglected, diminished public institution The body which should benefit most from this election result ought to be the House of Representatives itself. Deporting ethnic minorities: a return to dark times The EU's failure to intervene in France's gross denial of the Roma's basic human rights is in many ways indefensible. Building the NBN non-business case The 2010 campaign was characterised by something amazing for us geeks: Access to the internet was lodged front and centre as an election issue. But the sales job behind the NBN was so bad the editorial pages of some of the country's newspapers were using it as part of their reason for throwing support behind Abbott. The NBN isn't a bright, shiny, geeky project. It's an infrastructure project, just like a road. What to do with Kevin Assuming Gillard makes a deal with the independents, her next challenge will be to tell us what she intends to do with Kevin.
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Spanish police killed by Afghan driver Two Spanish policemen were shot dead by their driver in Afghanistan in the latest in a string of attacks by insurgents who have infiltrated the training operations of allied forces. Ireland's credit rating downgraded Leading ratings agency Standard and Poor's has lowered Ireland's credit standing to AA minus. Scott Rush in final death sentence appeal Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush faces his final appeal against his death sentence in an Indonesian court today.
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Tasmania's future rests on NBN: Bartlett Tasmania's Premier David Bartlett says the future of the state's economy relies on Labor's National Broadband Network. Volunteers sought for Mon Repos turtle rookery The Queensland Government is calling for volunteers to work at the Mon Repos Conservation Park ahead of the next turtle season. Police probe Facebook hit list murders Police in Colombia say they are investigating disturbing hit lists circulating on Facebook that have been linked to the murders of two teenagers.
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Forests peace plan revealed Loggers would stop felling publicly-owned native forests in exchange for conservationists agreeing to a go-ahead for a plantation-based Tamar Valley pulp mill, if a draft Tasmanian forests peace plan is agreed to. Volunteers sought for Mon Repos turtle rookery The Queensland Government is calling for volunteers to work at the Mon Repos Conservation Park ahead of the next turtle season. Council frustrated by GAB water applications The Coonamble Shire Council says it is frustrated by conflicting information on an application for an annual allocation of water from the Great Artesian Basin (GAB).
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