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Residents erupt over detention centre plans The majority of Adelaide Hills residents at a community meeting have voted against the Federal Government's plan to house 400 asylum seekers at Inverbrackie. Boost for Corby's clemency bid Schapelle Corby's chances of winning a reprieve from her 20-year sentence in a Bali jail for drug smuggling have received a boost. Sydney man appeals against Bulgarian murder verdict A 23-year-old Australian man has appeared in a Bulgarian court on the first day of his appeal against a murder conviction. Turnbull defends Hockey on banks LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: To discuss the day's issues in politics, I was joined in Sydney earlier by the Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Armed gang attacks teenage students Adelaide police are increasing their patrols in the Salisbury North area after six boys were bashed and robbed as they left school.
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Coal, climate and a well-heeled sleight of hand It appears that those who shout the loudest about their efforts to lessen the impacts of climate change are among the worst offenders. State governments and AustraliaÂ's big four banks are to be applauded for their action on climate change. However, unlike stage illusionists, their false impressions, misdirections and sleight of hand, are not. Well-readhead: What is enough? "What is enough?" It's a question that seems to be coming up a lot in public debate, particularly around issues of sustainability. Goodbye Captain Catholic, hello General Abbott This week Tony Abbott made it clear that he wants to be promoted from captain to general. He is going the right way about it. Advertising and moral panic Why does a woman appearing in a provocative advert with more than one man suggest only sexual violence or coercion? Comrade Hockey moves on the banks The blurring of lines in Australia's political divide has taken on new dimensions, with Liberal calls for greater government intervention in banking. The shadow treasurer Joe Hockey didn't say exactly how he might control the banks' retail lending rates, although he did threaten to use the changeable numbers in Parliament to bring about greater rate control. But what he did say was that the Government should be using more than its current tactic of moral suasion to keep the big four banks in check.
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Study links snoring to brain damage Scientists say they have uncovered more evidence that sleep apnoea is causing brain damage. BHP pushes ahead with Potash bid BHP Billiton will plough ahead with its hostile takeover bid for Canadian fertiliser giant PotashCorp, despite local concern it will hurt the region. Australian man 'feeling well' in Delhi jail The family of a Queensland man being held in an Indian jail is pleased with assurances about his welfare.
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Sea cucumbers offer hope for shrimp farmers An Australian researcher believes sea cucumbers could save struggling shrimp farms in central Vietnam. CSIRO says jobs at Armidale lab safe Inverell-based Nationals Senator, John Williams, says he's been told the 48 jobs at CSIRO's livestock research facility in Armidale, in northern New South Wales, are safe. New agricultural research institute launched It is hoped a new institute will halt a decline in agricultural research.
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Angry irrigators demand water cuts justification Two more southern Queensland communities will today have their chance to question the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) over proposed cuts to water entitlements. Conservationists hope Government rejects LNG projects An environmental campaigner says he hopes the Federal Government knocks back two liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Queensland in the same way it rejected the Traveston Crossing dam proposal. Clashes intensify over Naples rubbish Protesters have set rubbish trucks alight and thrown firecrackers and stones at police in Naples as new clashes flared over proposed waste dumps aimed at easing the latest garbage crisis in Italy's third largest city.
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