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Liberal MP could break ranks in speaker deal There is growing concern within Liberal ranks that one of its own backbenchers, Peter Slipper, may be prepared to do a deal with Labor over the Deputy Speaker's job. Soldiers reject Afghanistan raid charges Two of the three Australian soldiers being prosecuted over a deadly raid in Afghanistan have strenuously denied the charges levelled against them. Tigers' Lui charged with assaulting girlfriend Wests Tigers half-back Robert Lui is in police custody after being charged with nine offences, including assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. PM to chair climate change committee Prime Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled the line-up of the new multi-party climate change committee that will investigate ways to put a price on carbon. Virgin flight delays could stretch into third day Virgin Blue passengers have been told flight delays could continue for a third day.
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Take back your poor, your huddled masses It has been said that slavery was the Original Sin of the US and whatever is wrong with that country now can be traced back to that cause. It must likewise seem that what might be called the Hanson-Ruddock-Tampa Syndrome is our Original Sin and we will never cease to suffer for it. How shaming our asylum seeker policy is. How humiliating. We're supposed to be a good country. We're supposed to be good neighbours. And look at what we're doing to harmless people and their children. The Christopher Pyne experiments It seems there is nobody in the entire world who is loathed by Australia more than Christopher Pyne. Let's find out for sure. Political opportunism trumps good public policy We seem to have witnessed a complete backflip on the support to the Wild Rivers scheme originally given by the Liberal Party. Exacerbating Australia's housing shortage The Gillard Government has exacerbated Australia's housing shortage. Grog's great anonymity gamble If you only learn one useful thing from this article - which would be well above average for my posts - then learn this: there is no such thing as a high-profile, anonymous blogger. That's the lesson that Grog's Gamut, the blogger, tweeter, and occassional Drum contributor has learned after The Australian's James Massola outed him as arts bureaucrat Greg Jericho.
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Soldiers reject Afghanistan raid charges Two of the three Australian soldiers being prosecuted over a deadly raid in Afghanistan have strenuously denied the charges levelled against them. Soldiers charged over deadly Afghan raid The Director of Military Prosecutions says a former member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group will be charged with manslaughter following an incident in which four children died last year in Afghanistan. Prosecution to speak on Rush appeal Prosecutors in Indonesia will today begin their response to Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush's appeal against the death penalty.
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Quantum leap towards computer of the future An Australian-led team of scientists have taken a big step forward in the race to develop a quantum computer. Fire detection technology goes high-tech Fire detection technology originally developed for the NASA mission to Mars has been successfully trialled in the Tumut area. Union airs CSIRO job loss fears Staff at some of CSIRO's regional laboratories are reported to be facing job cuts.
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Turbines to spin again within weeks Engineers expect all four wind turbines on Hobart's Marine Board Building will be fully operational by mid-October. PM to chair climate change committee Prime Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled the line-up of the new multi-party climate change committee that will investigate ways to put a price on carbon. Legal action launched over value of coal resource Brazilian mining company Vale has launched legal action against a Perth-based miner after a long-running valuation dispute over a coal resource in central Queensland's Bowen Basin.
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