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Christchurch shop owners sift through rubble Christchurch is still being shaken by aftershocks following Saturday's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake, but some people are returning to their businesses to assess the damage. Greenpeace activists get suspended jail terms A Japanese court has found two Greenpeace activists guilty of stealing a box of whale meat, handing them a one-year suspended sentence. Stosur stays alive at US Open Australia's Samantha Stosur is through to the US Open quarter-finals following a three-set victory over Russian Elena Dementieva in New York. Victorian rivers head towards flood peak More Victorian towns are bracing for evacuations as the state's flood crisis continues and flooded rivers approach their peaks. Kingmakers could switch sides to break dead heat Key independents say they may be forced to switch their support on which party to back in minority government if it looks as if the numbers will fall in a dead heat.
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Canberra's 'keepers of secrets' back Julia In Canberra the keepers of the secrets are the Commonwealth car drivers. They are the listeners; to the private phone calls, the backseat conversations between MPs and their colleagues, the angry outbursts that punctuate the exchanges of politicians and Prime Ministers under pressure as they are ferried around the national capital. If these keepers of the secrets are anything to go by, Julia Gillard will get the support of all three country independents. Government of Australia: sold to the highest bidder Isn't it interesting how those who most proudly proclaim the value of democracy are sometimes those most willing to defile it? Getting the house in order Reforming the role of the Speaker in the House of Representatives raises three very significant issues. Close calls and near-death experiences Julia Gillard looks to have held off the assault of the Tony Abbot-led Coalition. But as she looks around the battle scarred remains of Fort Labor and counts the dead - 16 members lost - she can reflect on how the electoral dominance of 2009 is now a smoking ruin. The election battle we've just witnessed will pale against the blood letting we are about to see in Labor ranks, or so some political observers believe. How do you spell racist? I have discovered what I consider to be a very interesting fact: racists can't spell.
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Greenpeace activists get suspended jail terms A Japanese court has found two Greenpeace activists guilty of stealing a box of whale meat, handing them a one-year suspended sentence. Christchurch shop owners sift through rubble Christchurch is still being shaken by aftershocks following Saturday's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake, but some people are returning to their businesses to assess the damage. Aussie medicos treat 170 a day in Pakistan An Australian medical team sent to help victims of the floods in Pakistan is treating more than 170 patients per day.
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Man fined after hitting whale with boat A fisherman has been fined for taking his boat too close to whales off the south coast of South Australia. Bendigo man wins Inventor of the Year honour Bendigo man Terry Hunter has won the title of the inaugural Bendigo Inventor of the Year and a $10,000 cash prize. Cairns forum to present PNG AIDS research Research into issues affecting Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Pacific Island Nations will be presented at a forum in Cairns in far north Queensland today.
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Greenpeace activists get suspended jail terms A Japanese court has found two Greenpeace activists guilty of stealing a box of whale meat, handing them a one-year suspended sentence. Man fined after hitting whale with boat A fisherman has been fined for taking his boat too close to whales off the south coast of South Australia. Koala sanctuary expansion 'political game play' A koala conservation group says the State Government's expansion of a south-east Queensland koala sanctuary is political game play.
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