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Rogue soldier who killed digger shot dead US-led forces have killed the rogue Afghan soldier suspected of shooting Australian Lance Corporal Andrew Jones in Afghanistan late last month, Defence Minister Stephen Smith has confirmed. Key independents put paid to plebiscite plan Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's call for a plebiscite over the carbon tax looks unlikely to be adopted by Parliament after key independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott denied it support. PM Key notes special bond in historic speech New Zealand leader John Key has become the first prime minister from "across the ditch" to address Australia's Parliament. Virgin suspends flights amid new ash threat Virgin Australia will suspend flights in and out of Adelaide and Mildura tomorrow because of the reappearance of the ash plume from a volcano in Chile. Retailers win right to cut casual shift lengths Retailers have won the right to cut minimum shift lengths worked by young casual employees to just one-and-a-half hours a day.
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Crocodile compassion on a sea of hypocrisy From the debate over asylum seekers to the Dalai Lama, the Coalition's criticism of the Government smells of hypocrisy. For well over a decade the Coalition has used every trick in the book and invented several new ones to convince the Australian public that asylum seekers are not the victims of organised crime but the perpetrators of it - insidious invaders who threaten our culture, our values - our very way of life. On the receiving end of bias Readers of The Drum will be familiar with the commentator who doesn't like an article and so accuses the ABC of bias for hosting it, but how do we know if they're right or not? Learning human rights lessons from Turkey? Turkey has promised to keep their borders open for people fleeing violence in Syria. If they can do it, why can't Australia? The speech match: Gillard v Abbott Contrary to common perceptions, Julia Gillard has highly accomplished speech skills whilst Tony Abbott compensates for his relative lack of speech skills with an uncommon ability to adjust and adapt. 43.7 million displaced: a reality beyond politics Today is World Refugee Day and while we continue to bicker about a few thousand refugees arriving by boat to Australia, the UNHCR 2010 Global Trends report released today reveals that four-fifths of the world's refugees are currently being hosted by developing countries. During Refugee Week it is a safe bet that our politicians will be more focused on their own political needs than the suffering of 43.7 million people displaced worldwide.
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Bankers are Russian into the Australian dollar The Russian central bank says it wants buy just under $5 billion in Australian currency. Rogue soldier who killed digger shot dead US-led forces have killed the rogue Afghan soldier suspected of shooting Australian Lance Corporal Andrew Jones in Afghanistan late last month, Defence Minister Stephen Smith has confirmed. Aust, NZ explore joint emissions trading scheme Australia and New Zealand are working to form a linked trans-Tasman emissions trading scheme following an agreement between the prime ministers of both countries in Canberra today.
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Antarctic centre on track A University of Tasmania professor believes a new centre on Hobart's waterfront is critical to the organisation's research into Antarctic and marine studies. Call for dinosaur museum in Qld's south-west A group proposing a $5 million dinosaur museum in south-west Queensland say they are also hoping to establish a 'national dinosaur route' for tourists interested in natural history. Scientists hit back amid fresh death threats Top Australian scientists have united in a new campaign to defend their credibility amid fresh death threats aimed at key climate change scientists.
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French nuclear giant drops heritage bombshell The Federal Government says a French nuclear energy company has tried to block a push for the world heritage listing of land near Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. Aust, NZ explore joint emissions trading scheme Australia and New Zealand are working to form a linked trans-Tasman emissions trading scheme following an agreement between the prime ministers of both countries in Canberra today. Govt blames Labor for water price hike The Victorian Government has blamed the desalination plant and north-south pipeline, for more water bill increases in the coming financial year.
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