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Wilkie backs Gillard government Julia Gillard is one step closer to keeping Labor in power after securing the support of independent MP Andrew Wilkie to form a minority government. PM on agreement with Wilkie Julia Gillard says a Labor government would make $100 million immediately available to redevelop the Royal Hobart Hospital. Sick whale goes out with a bang Explosives have been used to euthanase an ill humpback whale that washed up onto a sandbar off Western Australia's south-west coast. Same-sex adoption bill clears hurdle A bill allowing same-sex couples to adopt in New South Wales has been passed in state parliament's Lower House. Remains recovered from PNG crash debris The remains of the four people killed in Tuesday's plane crash in Papua New Guinea have been recovered from the crash site.
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A refreshingly new political paradigm I know it's not popular to say so in some company - but I am a fan of the new political paradigm! As Labor takes a slight, but still inconclusive lead in this long laborious process of gathering the numbers in the Parliament to form government, there are some encouraging signs in terms of the quality of the MPs on the crossbenches and in the crosshairs. Truth and decency were casualties of the Iraq war No issue in my lifetime has done more to undermine trust in government and the media than the "selling" of the Iraq war. I would go so far as to argue that the hyperpartisan, hectoring tone that dominates the way we do politics today was normalised during the national debate over Iraq. If truth was the first causality of war, the second was decency. And by and large the media went along for the ride. Greens and rural independents could be new 'odd couple' Much has been made of the potential clash of rural and regional independents and the Greens in Australia's emerging political order. But the urban-centered Green vote and the renewed voices of country Australia may in fact be the new 'odd couple' of Australian politics. They represent two parts of Australia that want the same thing but couldn't find it from the traditional big parties - a safe and sustainable country. The Governor General's choice Quentin Bryce has a prerogative power which can be exercised at her whim. She can do whatever she likes. Opinion poll blues No amount of opinion polling is going to change our hung parliament.
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Remains recovered from PNG crash debris The remains of the four people killed in Tuesday's plane crash in Papua New Guinea have been recovered from the crash site. Brain exercise helps stave off dementia Remaining active and mentally stimulated later in life helps stave off dementia, a United States study has found. WikiLeaks founder rejects 'baseless' rape claims WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he is dumbfounded that Swedish prosecutors have re-opened a rape investigation against him.
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Sick whale goes out with a bang Explosives have been used to euthanase an ill humpback whale that washed up onto a sandbar off Western Australia's south-west coast. Burrowing crayfish in hot water It is known as environmental engineer with an important ecological role but the tiny burrowing crayfish is under threat. White whale near southern beach Tasmanians have been treated to another rare whale experience.
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Angry families walk out of mediation over subsidence A group of families in Ipswich west of Brisbane has stormed out of a mediation meeting with the State Government over subsidence issues in their Collingwood Park homes. Fish stocks recovering in Moreton Bay green zones New research has found more fish in Moreton Bay in south-east Queensland because of an expansion of green zones. Farmers face long wait for locust pesticides The Australian Plague Locust Commission says it may be up to eight weeks before orders for a locust control agent will arrive, after a batch was contaminated.
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