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Afternoon Edition. Fri 24 Jun 2011
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Should Australia's legal drinking age be 21? An inquiry into the impact of Western Australia's booze culture has sparked calls for Australia's legal drinking age to be raised to 21. Seaplane in fatal Lake Jindabyne crash An experienced pilot from the ACT and another from Queensland have been confirmed as the two men who died in plane crash in the Snowy Mountains this morning. Rhino charges Irwin family at Australia Zoo A mother southern white rhino charges Terri, Bindi and Bob Irwin during a media call for baby rhino Savannah, Australia Zoo's newest arrival. Tsunami warning cancelled after quake near Alaska A tsunami warning has been cancelled for Alaska's coast after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit in the Pacific Ocean, 1,600 kilometres west of Anchorage, at a depth of about 62km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Passenger planes were only minutes from collision A report into a near collision involving two planes flying over the Northern Territory has found an air traffic controller had no idea the aircraft were on course to crash into each other.
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Sorting the myth from the chaff on this silly Sackiversary The perception of an anxious, uncertain Prime Minister – shadowed perpetually by the man she deposed a year ago – dogs everything the Government does. And yet the reality is that we have a minority government in a productive parliament that has steadily passed bill after bill ... never mind the circus of distractions that has hogged the media stage. The once-contentious Budget even passed unscathed this week ... in case you missed it Letter from Sudan: watching from the edge of genocide 'What can only be called ethnic cleansing, when an ethnic group is targeted for extermination, started in Kadugli and Dilling while we were there.' SBS reality show that moved the masses Everybody is talking about the SBS reality show Go Back to Where You Came From. Conversations: Clearing up the climate debate In part two of Clearing up the climate debate, climate change 'sceptics' are put under the microscope to expose who they are, how they work, and the tactics they use to cloud the public debate. Rudd or Gillard, the policy and the politics remain the same Are you sick of hearing about 'the anniversary'? I am. If I never hear or read another word about Kevin Rudd's 'assassination', his 'knifing', or Julia Gillard's 'palace coup', the many that have already washed over me will be quite sufficient. The policy impact of the Government's leadership change has been minimal. So why does everyone think the anniversary of Rudd's replacement by Gillard is so important?
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High Court warns against asylum seeker case delay A High Court judge has warned the Federal Government not to delay a case that could force Australia to keep some asylum seekers it wants to send to Malaysia under its proposed refugee swap deal. Britain in talks with Taliban: Hague Britain is involved in talks with the Taliban, said foreign secretary William Hague, days after the United States revealed it was in negotiations to end the Afghan war. Tsunami warning cancelled after quake near Alaska A tsunami warning has been cancelled for Alaska's coast after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit in the Pacific Ocean, 1,600 kilometres west of Anchorage, at a depth of about 62km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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One lazy worker can spoil the team Is there someone in your workplace always milling by the water cooler, on Facebook, or taking the liberty of a long lunch? Teen students get flight training boost Students from four Adelaide secondary schools will be able to do pilot training while still at school. Hug machine on show in Japan Japanese inventors have pushed the frontiers of technology with the ultimate companion for lonely singles - a wired torso-shaped device that you can hug and that hugs you back.
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Forest peace deal safe despite hitch Signatories to a bid to restructure Tasmania's forest industry have moved to scuttle concern the peace talks are on the brink of collapse. New laws protect weedy sea dragons Western Australia's weedy sea dragons are set to become a protected species under new regulations to be approved by the State Government. More redundancies unlikely at Australia Zoo Owner Terri Irwin says there are no plans for further staff redundancies at Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
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