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There is no future for NATO: Gates Just three weeks out from his retirement, United States defence secretary Robert Gates has told a European think tank there is no future for NATO under the current arrangement where the US is forced to foot 75 per cent of the bill. Winter wonderland as snow season starts A number of cold fronts are sweeping across Victoria this long weekend, delighting ski enthusiasts. Care leavers still feel forgotten A survey of Australians who grew up in state and church-run institutions shows more work is needed to improve their lives. Abbott in bid to reopen Nauru centre Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will fly to Nauru today to see first-hand the immigration detention centre he wants reopened. Long weekend road toll reaches six Six people have been killed on Australia's roads overnight as the Queen's Birthday long weekend begins.
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Evading meaty realities that make us feel uncomfortable Meat and its by-products are central to Australian society and each and every year we kill some eight million cows, five million pigs and nearly half a billion chickens. There's something particularly morally distasteful about evading realities on the basis that they make us feel uncomfortable about ourselves. We kill animals in huge quantities and should be prepared to face up to what that actually means. Live export ban risks valuable Indigenous jobs Real Indigenous jobs are rare. But we do know this: there are 82 Indigenous cattle properties in northern Australia with strong links to the live export trade - 54 in the Territory, 22 in the Kimberley and Pilbara and six in far north Queensland. There is no excuse for the shocking animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs and the Government should play a role in ensuring that the live export trade is cleaned up. But just pulling the plug on it risks a catastrophic destruction of jobs and fragile regional economies. Skeptically threatening public debate and democracy Why are politicians and some media refusing to condemn those threatening to kill and sexually assault climate scientists? Coal seam gas is 'a disaster' Advocates of coal seam gas say it's the way of the future for Australia, environmentalists are less keen. 'Yes' the hardest word Let us say no to demonising and prolonging the persecution of those who have already suffered harm and seek our compassion and a safe harbour.
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There is no future for NATO: Gates Just three weeks out from his retirement, United States defence secretary Robert Gates has told a European think tank there is no future for NATO under the current arrangement where the US is forced to foot 75 per cent of the bill. North Sudan accused of bombing South South Sudan's army has accused the North of bombing a village in an oil-rich region a month before it is due to become independent. Syrian choppers fire on protesters Syrian helicopter gunships have fired machine guns to disperse a large pro-democracy protest in the town of Maarat al-Numaan, witnesses say, in the first reported use of air power to quell protests in Syria's uprising.
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Love is in the air for red pandas As we head into winter, the plummeting mercury signals the start of the breeding season for some cold climate mammals. Man charged over internet grooming Police have charged a man from Sydney's west with grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex after a joint investigation between New South Wales and Queensland police. UN to upgrade space weather forecasts A UN plan to upgrade space weather forecasts would help the world cope with solar storms that might wreak up to $2 trillion in damage if the sun repeated a giant flare of 1859, according to experts.
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Victoria accused of secretly exporting timber The Wilderness Society says whole Victorian sawlogs are being secretly exported to China in breach of State Government policy. Spinnaker island weed burn A controlled burn has begun today on Spinnaker Island in Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. House sale inspections 'not always frank and fearless' The Master Builders Association (MBA) fears the compulsory energy efficiency and pest inspection reports required when a house is sold in the ACT are not always independent.
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