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Malthouse and Lyon mulling next moves Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse and St Kilda counterpart Ross Lyon were stumped as they pondered how to rebound from the fallout of the first drawn AFL grand final in 33 years. Abbott 'pressured' MP to drop speaker deal Federal Government frontbencher Anthony Albanese has accused the Opposition of pressuring Coalition MP Alex Somlyay to pull out of a deal to take on the deputy speaker position. LNP staffer sacked over joke Taser for teachers policy The Queensland Opposition Leader has sacked a policy adviser and reprimanded several others for jokingly proposing that teachers should be issued with Tasers. Organisers take blame for Delhi woes The embattled head of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games organising committee has accepted responsibility for the problems plaguing the event. UN risks becoming 'hollow shell' without change Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is warning that the United Nations will become irrelevant if it does not reform the way it carries out its work.
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Never a better time for pipsqueaks Now that every vote counts, and Governments can be made or destroyed on a single voice, there has never been a better time for pipsqueaks. Overlooked? Traduced? Ignored? Smarting from a years of hard work repaid by anonymity? This parliament offers a blessed chance at redemption – or revenge. The matter of whether Ms Gillard will govern by one vote or two rests with Alex Somlyay, the former chief Opposition whip. The euthanasia lottery Euthanasia is here - it happens and it is sometimes lawful. And whether or not euthanasia is murder, or manslaughter or aiding and abetting a suicide, is most of the time a matter of luck or judicial or prosecutorial discretion. Whether this is good or bad is soon to be a question for Parliament. So it is worthwhile considering how each of us will view it when it is our turn to face the end of life. Inspirational Bloodlines Message Stick is exploring the bloodlines of six Indigenous families and their exceptional contribution to Australia. Weekly wrap: some things never change we started this week out nervous about what to expect, but finished up relieved that some things never change. For honour and glory: It's Malthouse's moment A premiership at the goliath that is Collingwood with a custom-built team playing a revolutionary style of football would elevate Mick Malthouse beyond reproach. The timing is immaculate. A plan is perfectly coming together. Malthouse will become untouchable if he can complete the job tomorrow. Simultaneously he'll be the man many a rival club will want the piece of.
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Lohan out on $300,000 bail Troubled US starlet Lindsay Lohan has bailed out of jail where she spent only about 15 hours for failing another court-ordered drug test, the Los Angeles county sheriff's office said. UN risks becoming 'hollow shell' without change Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is warning that the United Nations will become irrelevant if it does not reform the way it carries out its work. Plane bomb plot suspect released A Pakistani airliner made an emergency landing in Stockholm over a bomb threat Saturday, but hours later Swedish authorities released a detained suspect after no explosives were found.
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Russian spacecraft lands safely after delay A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three crew has landed safely from the International Space Station, mission control said, after delays in undocking kept the astronauts an extra day in orbit. Australian dust storm could be weeks away An earth scientist says another major dust storm over south-eastern Australia is likely within weeks. Three whales die en route to safety A pod of stranded pilot whales have been relocated for release off New Zealand's North Island but three did not survive the epic mission.
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UN risks becoming 'hollow shell' without change Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is warning that the United Nations will become irrelevant if it does not reform the way it carries out its work. Aerial surveillance finds new locust infestation The threat to the country's grain crops has become even more apparent with New South Wales Government aerial surveillance finding a huge infestation of locusts in the state's north-west. Scientists use giant laser to measure cloud temperature The Australian Antarctic Division will use a giant laser to measure climate change in the atmosphere.
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