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Calls for help as Victoria battered by rain and wind Emergency services in Victoria have received about 500 calls for help since midnight as strong winds and rain batter the state. Gale force winds head for Christchurch There are fears that high winds forecast for Christchurch today could play havoc with recovery efforts after yesterday's big earthquake. Oakeshott lists parliamentary reform demands Federal independent MP Rob Oakeshott says he is hopeful both sides of politics are about to agree to change the way Parliament works. NSW told to batten down as wind picks up Strong winds battering the south coast of New South Wales are not expected to ease anytime soon. 150,000 affected by wild weather in SA More than 6,000 people across the state are without power because of this weekend's storms.
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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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French rally against immigrant clampdown Tens of thousands have protested across France against a clampdown on immigrants. Winds threaten further damage to fragile Christchurch Christchurch residents are taking shelter from strong winds and storms as the city tries to start its recovery from yesterday's massive earthquake. Drone strike kills four militants: Pakistan A US drone strike has killed four militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.
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Crews free humpback caught in shark net Marine rescue crews have freed a whale that was entangled in a shark net off the Gold Coast. 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.
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Poisoned water raises long term health fears Tasmanian health officials want more to do more testing on residents of a small north-east town, where the water supply has been tainted with high levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead. 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.
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