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Search for victims goes on as Queensland mops up There has been no let up in the effort to find the people missing from the devastating floods in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane. Inland sea menaces Victorian towns Victorians are being warned that a massive moving inland sea is expected to threaten towns in the state's north and north-west for up to 10 more days. Adelaide crowned nation's most livable city A national survey by the Property Council of Australia has ranked Adelaide as the nation's most livable city. Gay couple wins right to parent surrogate twins A gay couple has been granted full parenting rights to their daughters who were conceived using an overseas surrogate mother. Freak waves blamed for swimmer's death New South Wales police say a series of freak waves caused a man to drown at a beach near Wollongong, south of Sydney, yesterday afternoon.
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The patient art of dying The Productivity Commission's call for urgent reform of aged-care is an extraordinary and long-overdue document that, if implemented, will go a long way toward rectifying the myriad injustices and forms of institutional and economic abuse to which our elderly are subjected in the final years of their lives. And yet it would be mistake to limit our focus to the institutional and economic dimensions of aged-care. There is an equally important moral or personal dimension to the ongoing catastrophe of aged-care in Australia that demands a reform of our moral imaginations as well. Northern Heart and soul Melbourne Heart may be the new kid on the soccer block but with a geo-political divide as stark as Melbourne's a rivalry could emerge that would make AFL suburban rivalries seem twee. Victory may find no pleasure in being cast in the role of the southern dandies, but for the Heart, the mantle of the northern soul is theirs for the taking. Let football prise open this city's hairline crack a tiny bit further. Lebanon crisis a test for the US The latest Lebanese political crisis will undoubtedly reveal the extent of AmericaÂ's influence in the Middle East. It would never happen to me In my 10 years working for ABC Local Radio I have produced and overseen a number of emergency broadcasts. Fires in Sydney's northern suburbs, flooding in Victoria's Gippsland region, the odd cyclone or two and countless storms and flash flooding have honed our skills at helping to build prepared and resilient communities. But a week ago when it became apparent that maybe, just maybe, I might find myself part of the story I still thought it would never happen. Austerity: more than just a buzz word As the UK's debt crisis teeters on the edge of implosion, the government has heralded in a new dawn of economic austerity that is the harshest in living history.
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Croc crook after eating mobile phone Staff at an aquarium in Ukraine are worried about the health of one of their crocodiles after it ate a mobile phone accidentally dropped into its enclosure by a visitor. Oprah set to reveal family secret Oprah Winfrey will be giving her daytime talk show fans something to talk about next week. Fritzl's housing block to be demolished The building under which Austrian Josef Fritzl imprisoned and abused his daughter and children he fathered with her will be knocked down, a town official told Austrian media.
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Biggest rocket ever launched from US West Coast The biggest rocket ever to launch from the US West Coast has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Man wins world record for pi calculation A Japanese businessman using a home-built computer has taken calculations of the mathematical concept of pi to the trillions of digits and won a world record for his labours. Demountable serves as Grantham recovery centre A demountable building will today be trucked into Grantham, in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, today to serve as the recovery centre.
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Desal cost blow-out The State Opposition has urged the government to explain a major cost blow out for the expansion of the Binningup desalination plant. Opposition demands release of entire Wivenhoe manual The Queensland Opposition is stepping up the political pressure on the State Government in the aftermath of the floods. Flood-affected mine running again Owners of the Isaac Plains coal mine near Moranbah say mining has recommenced at the site following flooding in central Queensland.
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