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Aussie athlete sent home for bad behaviour An Australian athlete has been sent home from Delhi for disciplinary reasons, Australian Commonwealth Games Association boss Perry Crosswhite has revealed. Diagnosis may have stopped newsreader's suicide The New South Wales Coroner has found television newsreader Charmaine Dragun might not have taken her own life if her mental illness was diagnosed differently. Father gets minimum 33yrs over dam deaths A man found guilty of murdering his three sons by driving them into a dam in south-west Victoria has been sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years. Top End braces for toad explosion Frogwatch says the number of cane toads in northern Australia could increase dramatically this wet season. Insulation report shows Garrett must resign: Oppn The Federal Opposition has laid the blame for the failed home insulation program on former minister Peter Garrett and accused the Government of ignoring safety issues following a damning report into the scheme today.
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The Murray Darling's political sinkhole Will the Gillard Government become the most reactive and reflexive administration of the modern era? The early signs – most notably this weekÂ's debacle over the Murray Darling Basin - say Â'yesÂ'. To all intents and purposes, Gillard, her Regional Development Minister Simon Crean and Water Minister Tony Burke walked into the political sinkhole of the Murray Darling as if blindfolded. How else can we explain their behaviour? Twice round the barracks with Colonel Jones On Tuesday this week Mr Abbott found himself on his toughest assignment yet: embedded with Alan Jones. Secular liberalism misunderstood Secular liberalism gives anyone the right to question religion, but it also prevents them from mandating that religion be abolished. Bonsoir to The Bill It's time, after 27 years, to farewell The Bill. Perhaps its producers will make all 2,400 episodes available on DVD. Hell or High Water It was foggy this morning as I drove into Griffith to attend an information session about the Murray Darling Basin Plan. Fog is unusual at this time of the year, but quite appropriate for the meeting to follow, three and half hours and I was none the wiser. You didnÂ't have to see the sign "This is War" to know that the town of Griffith is taking this threat to their future very seriously.
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China zoo gardener mauled to death by tigers A gardener at a zoo in southern China was mauled to death by five tigers after falling into their pen, Chinese media reported Friday. Oceanic Viking asylum seekers coming to Australia The final group of 17 Sri Lankans who were rescued by the customs ship Oceanic Viking last year are likely to be resettled in Australia. Mozambique boy mutilated for body parts A court in Mozambique has sentenced two men to 20 years in prison for mutilating a 12-year-old boy in order to sell his body parts to a witchdoctor in Malawi.
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China zoo gardener mauled to death by tigers A gardener at a zoo in southern China was mauled to death by five tigers after falling into their pen, Chinese media reported Friday. UN Space expert denies being alien ambassador A Malaysian astrophysicist, Mazlan Othman, has denied British media reports that she is the United Nations (UN) ambassador for space aliens. Man took own life after Morcombe questioning A coronial inquest on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has been told a person of interest took his own life after police interviewed him about the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe in 2003.
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Garrett disappointed with 'deficient' insulation advice Former environment minister Peter Garrett says he is disappointed he got incorrect advice from his department on the scrapped home insulation scheme, but he stands by the quick roll-out of the program. Forestry union backs industry deal Tasmania's forestry union is recommending its members endorse an agreement designed to end the state's decades-old forest wars. Insulation report shows Garrett must resign: Oppn The Federal Opposition has laid the blame for the failed home insulation program on former minister Peter Garrett and accused the Government of ignoring safety issues following a damning report into the scheme today.
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