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Indies to end deadlock this afternoon Tony Windsor says he and his fellow independents Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter expect to announce which party they will support to form government early this afternoon. Residents warned to prepare for more floods Much of Victoria has been underwater for several days now, but authorities are warning that some of the worst flooding may be yet to come. Reserve expected to hold fire The Reserve Bank is widely expected to leave the official interest rates on hold today, as it surveys an uncertain global outlook. Fears for 15yo missing in ski-fields A search has resumed for a 15-year-old boy missing in the New South Wales snowy mountains. Police investigate serious assault at Cairns school Police are guarding the Cairns State High School after a woman was seriously assaulted on the school's grounds.
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Kiss Me Like You Mean It: Negotiating in the New Paradigm We are now two weeks into the New Paradigm. One of the most noticeable things about the New Paradigm is how much it looks like the Old Paradigm, apart from there being more people in jumpers involved. The main difference is the tortuous new element that has been introduced to the bargaining process. And that is the requirement that everybody pretend that there is no bargaining process underway. Labor must take on the Greens For too long, the ALP has tolerated or ignored the threat from the Greens. They are eroding Labor's left-wing supporter base just as One Nation eroded the Coalition's right-wing base in 1998. New Zealand gets an economic shake-up The Christchurch earthquake reveals the unfortunate reality that tragedy can be good for the economy. The fight against child abuse: what would you do? A survey has shown when confronted by clear-cut cases of child abuse, less than half of us would take any formal action to protect a child. 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.
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Syria didn't kill my dad, says Lebanese PM Lebanon's prime minister has withdrawn an accusation that Syria was to blame for his father's assassination five years ago. Travolta extortion case dismissed A judge in the Bahamas has dismissed charges against two people accused of trying to extort $US25 million from John Travolta over his son's death. FTSE posts longest run of gains since June, Wall St closed Stocks on the key global markets have posted modest rises, with no direction from Wall Street as the New York Stock Exchange was closed for the Labor Day holiday.
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Greenpeace to appeal Tokyo Two sentence Greenpeace says it will appeal the conviction of two Japanese anti-whaling protesters who were convicted of stealing a box of whale meat yesterday. DNA testing bad news for wildlife traffickers Despite strict federal and state laws, the illegal wildlife trade is lucrative enough to persist in Australia. 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.
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New wilderness protection for SA west coast The Nuyts Archipelago and Investigator group of islands on the west coast of South Australia will be afforded the highest level of environmental protection available under state legislation. Hundreds attend forum on Sunshine Coast water prices More than 400 residents attended a forum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast last night to question Unity Water about increased water prices. Govt praises asbestos clean-up at Koori village The State Environment Department says it is pleased at the amount of re-used or recycled waste retrieved from the Wallaga Lake koori village, on the New South Wales far south coast near Bermagui.
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