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Morning Edition. Thu 07 Oct 2010
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Perkins in strife over V-sign to judges Cyclist Shane Perkins is being investigated over Australia's second run-in with officialdom at the Commonwealth Games, after flipping his middle and index fingers to officials after being booted out of a gold medal race. Jones gets gold in breaststroke trifecta Champion swimmer Leisel Jones was forced to battle all the way but prevailed over compatriots Tessa Wallace and Sarah Katsoulis as Australia claimed a trifecta in the women's 200 metres breaststroke. Gunmen launch new attack on NATO trucks Taliban gunmen have torched another convoy of NATO oil tankers in the latest strike against supply columns headed for Afghanistan since Pakistan shut a key border crossing to international forces last week. Dad, mum and son on attempted murder charges A father, mother and son have been charged with attempting to murder a teenager in Hindley Street in Adelaide. Two arrested in banknote bribery raids Australian Federal Police and overseas authorities have staged coordinated raids in connection with a bribery probe involving the banknote firm Securency.
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Mad Cow... Do you want fries with that? I used to believe that Biosecurity Australia would have the smartest people protecting the health of Australians and our animals, plants and crops. I used to think it was an Australian public service priority to safeguard our food supply and health by guaranteeing the safety and quality of our locally produced and imported food. I now know this is a dangerous delusion. Obscuring the truth about the war The Opposition Leader's jetlag obscures the wider truth about the war we are losing in Afghanistan. Taking the boom out of the population debate Our political leaders should get on with the difficult job of trying to figure out how to make growth work. Taking one (woman) for the team As a Magpies fan, reading about the alleged sexual assault after the grand final was disheartening to say the least. The fiction of bipartisanship Foreign affairs is a portfolio area that is historically supposed to be a bipartisan preserve. What this means, in practice, is that both parties talk loudly about the importance of bipartisanship while furtively strewing tactical little banana skins in the hope that their opponent will come a cropper. For more, check out Fiona Katauskas's latest Paradigm Lost.
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Gitmo detainee's civilian trial delayed There has been another delay in the first civilian trial of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Humiliated Palestinian prisoner plans to sue A Palestinian female prisoner filmed by Israeli soldiers while she was bound and blindfolded plans to sue for damages for the humiliation she was put through. Two arrested in banknote bribery raids Australian Federal Police and overseas authorities have staged coordinated raids in connection with a bribery probe involving the banknote firm Securency.
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Record numbers flock to Paroo-Darling National Park A record number of people visited the Paroo-Darling National Park last month. Carbon atom pioneers share Nobel chemistry prize Three scientists have been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms, paving the way for new drugs to fight cancer and for revolutionary plastics. NASA announces new mission to Mars US space agency NASA says it will lead a new mission to Mars in 2013.
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Record numbers flock to Paroo-Darling National Park A record number of people visited the Paroo-Darling National Park last month. Renewable energy pushing up electricity costs A new study says renewable energy initiatives are pushing up electricity costs across Australia. Waterways hamper locust spraying Efforts to treat a 10 kilometre band of locusts in the Far West have been hampered by its location next to local waterways.
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