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 Hockey appeals for unity from colleagues
Opposition frontbencher Joe Hockey has appealed to his Coalition colleagues to be a unified team. 'Easy' for Blanchett to front carbon tax ad
Nationals Senate Leader Barnaby Joyce has criticised the appearance of actress Cate Blanchett in an advertising campaign urging Australians to "Say Yes" to a tax on carbon. Thousands protest against coal seam gas drilling
Organisers of two beachside protests in New South Wales say they have sent a clear message against the coal seam gas mining industry. Soldier farewelled in Afghan ramp ceremony
Australian Sergeant Brett Wood, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan last week, has been farewelled by his comrades at a ramp ceremony at a military base in Tarin Kot. Bitar has knowledge to 'nobble' poker reforms
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon maintains former ALP national secretary Karl Bitar should not be allowed to lobby the Federal Government for Crown Casino.
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 Slutwalk: for the free woman in all of us
I'll be at Slutwalk with my three sons aged eight, nine and 13. They'll be wearing tee shirts that read 'YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RAPE SLUTS EITHER'. My 13-year-old is all 'I know all of this. Why do I have to go?'. To set an example, to support, to perhaps find out something you didn't know. The question should not be why I am taking my sons to Slutwalk. But perhaps, what is more illuminating is why others would question it. What's their fear? To engage Coalition meltdown, press send
The week began with Tony Abbott reminding his troops that success can be 'fleeting and ephemeral'. It ended with the Coalition trying to prove the truth of its leader's words. For those who do not waste precious moments of their lives following the baroque inanities of the Opposition, here's a brief recap. Catholic sexual abuse study greeted with incurious contempt
I should no longer be surprised by the self-righteous cynicism and wilful ignorance of the media when it comes to reporting on Catholic affairs. Dylan's times, they changed everything
The funny thing about Dylan was that he changed the landscape of an earth which he ceased to inhabit with anything like the same power of innovation himself. The weekly quiz
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Lockheed Martin confirms attack on IT network
US defence contractor Lockheed Martin confirmed that it had detected "a significant and tenacious" attack on its information systems network. Serbia vows to bring Mladic protectors to justice
Serbia vowed to track down those who helped Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic evade justice during 16 years on the run, as Mladic appealed for calm on the eve of a far-right rally. Soldier farewelled in Afghan ramp ceremony
Australian Sergeant Brett Wood, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan last week, has been farewelled by his comrades at a ramp ceremony at a military base in Tarin Kot.
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Lockheed Martin confirms attack on IT network
US defence contractor Lockheed Martin confirmed that it had detected "a significant and tenacious" attack on its information systems network. Lasers measure cows' methane emissions
Researchers from the CSIRO have used laser technology to discover how much methane gas cows in northern Australia expel each day. Uluru skinks 'world's most social lizards'
Scientists have discovered that the Northern Territory's great desert skink is the only one of the world's 5,000 species of lizard that builds a home for its family.
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'Easy' for Blanchett to front carbon tax ad
Nationals Senate Leader Barnaby Joyce has criticised the appearance of actress Cate Blanchett in an advertising campaign urging Australians to "Say Yes" to a tax on carbon. Blanchett fronts carbon tax campaign
The Federal Government's negotiations for a carbon tax are set to get an on-screen push from a celebrity-backed campaign to boost support for a price on carbon. China admits Three Gorges Dam problems
China's Three Gorges Dam has caused a host of ills that must be "urgently" addressed, the government has said, in a rare admission of problems in a project it has long praised as a world wonder.
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