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Virgin back online after check-in glitch Virgin Blue says its check-in system is back online and working properly after another system crash this morning. ASIO, police files found during drug raid Victoria's Office of Police Integrity (OPI) has confirmed sensitive documents were found at the home of the partner of a former employee during a drug raid in Melbourne's northern suburbs. Scores missing after landslide buries homes A landslide in the Mexican state of Oaxaca has killed seven people and left hundreds missing, prompting authorities to say the death toll might climb sharply. Slipper win 'proves Labor has the numbers' The Federal Government says its success in getting Coalition MP Peter Slipper up for the job of Deputy Speaker yesterday proves that it is in control of its fragile majority in the House of Representatives. Traditional owners lobby in support of Wild Rivers A group of Indigenous leaders and traditional owners are in Canberra today to lobby against Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to disband the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers Act.
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Carbon price makes no policy sense Julia Gillard announced the makeup of the oddly secretive climate change committee yesterday. She's getting all her ducks in a row for a price on carbon of some description. But domestic politics isn't the main climate game. International politics is. And right now, the prospects for a global agreement on climate change couldn't be lower. Getting behind aid that works When aid works, like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, why won't Australia do more to support it? Paradigm Lost How will this new political order unravel? Every Wednesday, Katauskas and pen take graphic stock. Protecting our protectors On National Police Remembrance Day, it is time to think about how we can better protect our protectors. Bullet by bullet, the bloggers win the war There was a small explosion on the internet yesterday. Not many killed. One man outed, another reviled. A reporter at The Australian revealed the identity of the writer behind Grog's Gamut, a blog that soared to the outskirts of semi-fame during the election campaign. Grog, it turns out, is Greg Jericho, a public servant. It's a slightly bigger story than the tidy little sum of these parts, Grog'sgate was just a small skirmish in a bigger, dirty war.
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N Korean leader's son takes key posts The youngest son of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has been handed senior posts in the ruling Communist Party, further cementing his status as heir apparent to his ailing father. Miliband signals break with Labour's past New British Labour leader Ed Miliband vowed to usher in a "new generation" and a new way of thinking as he delivered his keynote party conference speech overnight. Volatile session on Wall St ends higher Global stockmarkets staged large swings overnight, as disappointing economic releases bolstered expectations of more central bank intervention, and positive corporate news improved sentiment.
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Croc died from discarded plastic The Environment department says a crocodile found dead on the banks of the Fitzroy River in central Queensland died after becoming tangled in plastic. Unseen Australian moonwalk footage to be shown Never-before-seen video footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk found in Australia will be shown at an awards ceremony in Sydney next week. Robots are changing the face of war: analyst A United States military analyst says robots are driving a fundamental shift in the way the Afghanistan war is conducted.
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Traditional owners lobby in support of Wild Rivers A group of Indigenous leaders and traditional owners are in Canberra today to lobby against Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to disband the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers Act. Islanders' song and dance over sea levels Torres Strait Islanders are taking their appeal for urgent action on climate change to Parliament House today. Whitsundays welcome butterfly explosion A central Queensland entomologist says the unseasonal rainfall is responsible for an explosion in butterfly numbers in the Mackay and Whitsunday regions.
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