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Oakeshott wants smear calls explained Key independent MP Rob Oakeshott has called on Tony Abbott to explain the behaviour of Coalition MPs who he says are trying to drum up a smear campaign against him. Bikies, triads, officials linked in drug smuggling ring One of the nation's biggest investigations into organised crime has exposed an international drug importation syndicate with links to the Comancheros outlaw bikie gang, Chinese triads and corrupt Australian officials. Bones found at site of backpacker murders Police will return to Belanglo State Forest in the New South Wales southern highlands this morning after the discovery of skeletal remains there. Obama marks Katrina anniversary United States president Barack Obama is promising to stick with the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast until the job of rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina is done. Police probe detention centre riot Federal and Northern Territory police are investigating the cause of yesterday's riot at the Darwin Detention Centre.
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The merging of marketing and medical science A condition called 'female sexual dysfunction' is a fascinating and frightening case study in the increasingly familiar merging of marketing and medical science. No-one disputes that sexual problems are real, and that for some they can be debilitating. Yet while the notion of FSD is highly questionable, a tsunami of marketing is set to convince millions of otherwise healthy women that they are suffering with a treatable sexual dysfunction. Independents barking up the wrong tree The independents are hoping department briefings will help them decide who to support; they're barking up the wrong tree. Unwritten conventions of government Last weekend Australians thought they were voting on who would form government. But with neither side having gained a majority in their own right, the murky world of government formation under our system of unwritten constitutional conventions has been exposed. Let me run through a few questions about what will happen in coming weeks and how the constitutional conventions apply. The missing party in Australian politics What this country needs is a new political party. A 21st century political party. But what might such a party look like? Weekly wrap: I am voter, hear me roar Despite the historic and inspiring nature of the election, on Sunday we awoke to an uncertain and slightly irritating future.
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Pakistan on 'war footing' to save city Pakistani troops and workers are on a "war footing" as they battle to save the southern city of Thatta from floodwaters. Aussies in Emmy spotlight Toni Collette and Tina Fey have spent the past couple of years battling for the honour of TV's comedy queen, whether it be at the Emmys, Golden Globes or Screen Actors Guild Awards. Obama marks Katrina anniversary United States president Barack Obama is promising to stick with the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast until the job of rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina is done.
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Scientists create whale ID parade A team of Australian scientists has developed a computer program that can help identify individual humpback whales through their tail markings. UN hopes science review eases climate scepticism A review due on Monday (US time) can help restore public faith in the United Nations panel of climate scientists and its finding that global warming is man made despite errors in a 2007 report, the UN's environment chief said. Seagull cull angers animal activists Authorities are culling seagulls on Hobart's waterfront amid concerns for public safety, health and the environment.
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Call to up domestic dog fines on Fraser Island The group representing residents on Fraser Island off south-east Queensland says the fines for bringing domestic dogs to the island are not a strong enough deterrent and pose a risk to the local dingo population. Qld councils gather in Mackay for annual conference Local government representatives from across Queensland will meet in Mackay in the state's north this week to discuss population issues. Greens reaped rewards of emissions backflip: poll An exit poll commissioned by the Climate Institute shows almost one third of Greens voters in key marginal seats would have voted Labor if the introduction of the emissions trading scheme had not been delayed.
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