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NZ declares state of emergency after quake A state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a large 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country's second largest city this morning. Scores dead after blast hits Pakistan rally A blast has ripped through a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 53 people and injuring at almost 200. Boy mauled by Taronga Zoo sea lion An 11-year-old boy is in hospital in a stable condition after being mauled by a sea lion at a Sydney zoo. Pyne warns of Labor 'mongoose and cobra' coalition Opposition Education Minister Chris Pyne says the three rural independents should support a Coalition-led government because they will have less in common with Labor. Coalition pledges to prioritise detention security The Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says if the Coalition wins Federal Government it would immediately increase security at Darwin's detention centre.
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Political purgatory exposes the ugly election This period of political purgatory has exposed some very unattractive elements of our system. Both parties were driven by the dirty little secret of the Charter of Budget Honesty: If you can avoid it for long enough, it doesn't matter in the end. It's only really in political purgatory - where in the absence of result the costings become a genuine grounds for judgment - that this bipartisan system of neglect breaks down. Balance-bias battle of climate science coverage In reporting the views of climate change deniers and doubters, the ABC has done the whole of science a disservice. When a minority doubts what to a majority is demonstrable fact, then the outcome is not balance but a distortion of reality. The ABC needs to look again at the editorial codes that have distorted the national discussion of climate change. Saint Paul's Letter to the Electorates: Chapter 9 And in the tents of the leaders there were talks with those who were brought forth by the people but lacketh affiliation. Turning the key on Father's Day Father's Day approaches, but what does that really mean? Sadly these days it's all about targeted marketing and media hype. Why the independents must support Tony Abbott Abbott wisely got through the election campaign not only avoiding submitting his costings to Treasury but refusing to debate the PM on the matter of the economy.
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Sydney-born cleric calls for MP's beheading A controversial Dutch MP says the reported call by an Australian-born Muslim cleric for him to be beheaded is "a very serious threat". Plan for travellers' body heat to warm homes The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city centre, according to the French capital's largest owner of social housing. NZ declares state of emergency after quake A state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a large 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country's second largest city this morning.
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Uncontrolled fires destroy 'paradise of diversity' Scientists say many native animal species in Northern Australia are "plunging towards extinction". Screen technology 'rewiring' human brains A neuroscientist says people's brains are being 'rewired' because of their exposure to screen technology. Eagle returns for wild time A wedge tailed eagle has successfully been rehabilitated and released at a site in Tasmania's Southern Midlands.
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Plan for travellers' body heat to warm homes The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city centre, according to the French capital's largest owner of social housing. BP oil spill bill tops $8 billion Oil giant BP says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has cost the British company $US8 billion ($8.79 billion) so far. Fight may be over for Union Hall Union Hall at Adelaide University is a step closer to being demolished.
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