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Lethal cyclone hits category five Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was upgraded to category five off north Queensland this morning as the weather bureau warned it was likely to be "more life-threatening" than any storm seen in Australia in living memory. Mubarak won't run at next election Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has announced he will stand down at the next election, but his decision to cling to power until then has prompted rage among protesters. Thorpe set to confirm comeback Comeback king Geoff Huegill says Ian Thorpe has "nothing to prove" ahead of today's expected announcement of the five-time Olympic gold medallist's return to competitive swimming. Second charter flight to help Aussies in Egypt The Federal Government has announced a second charter flight to help Australians leave Egypt amid the country's protests. Rising Murray brings bumper yabby catch They are small, dark brown and some have been burrowed in the moist soil of dry backwaters for years.
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The truth about energy subsidies Is the Australian Government subsidising the fossil fuel industry? So said the Climate Institute, when they heard Julia Gillard was scrapping solar schemes to pay the flood bill. This claim shouldn't be casually dismissed. Because it's one thing for fossil fuels to be cheaper and more efficient when all energy technologies are competing on a level playing field. But it's quite another if government policy is artificially boosting the competitiveness of fossil fuels. That ain't a levy, it's just a fag tax On February 1 every year, the Australian smoking community heaves a rasping, sclerotic sigh of resignation at yet another excise increase. In no other field of taxation is the criticism of "regressiveness" - so common in every other tax debate - so routinely suspended. Smokers are so unpopular that they can be inconvenienced with impunity and proxied into all sorts of unrelated political disputes. Biting back on talk radio When talkback radio hosts are prominent, entitled, but unrepresentative, what makes politicians queue up to be berated by them? A vision worth voting for Australian politicians have lost the will to embark on ambitious and meaningful reforms. Shakespearean drama over critic's critique I've had 40 years of crits now but never one quite as hell bent on killing me as the crit that a young Crikey critic launched at me almost before the final curtain calls for Don Parties On at the opening night had finished. He just couldn't wait. The anger was astounding. It kicked off a long blog exchange between supporters of mine and opponents who objected to me and my place in Australian theatre, as indeed did the Crikey critic who urged "elites" to sweep me off our stages.
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Mubarak won't run at next election Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has announced he will stand down at the next election, but his decision to cling to power until then has prompted rage among protesters. Ireland calls election for February 25 Ireland's government has called a general election for February 25, and is expected to become the first administration ousted as a result of the eurozone debt crisis. 14 'roof-riders' die on Indian train At least 14 people travelling on the roof of a packed train in northern India were swept to their deaths after hitting a bridge.
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Two crocodiles hatch from single egg A wildlife park in far north Queensland is celebrating a rare event - the birth of twin crocodiles. Regime throws information blackout over Egypt Egypt has silenced Arabic news channel Al Jazeera and shut down internet and mobile phone communications across the country, with experts saying the censorship is probably part of a government plan enacted in the wake of Iran's deadly green revolution. Fears razorfish facing pearl oysters threat The Port Augusta Marine Advisory Committee says Spencer Gulf pearl oyster numbers are so high they could wipe out the razorfish population in 10 or 15 years.
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Rising Murray brings bumper yabby catch They are small, dark brown and some have been burrowed in the moist soil of dry backwaters for years. Council divided over rabbit-proof fence funds Gold Coast city councillors are split on whether to continue to contribute funds to the upkeep of a rabbit-proof fence, outside the city's border. Greens MP slams Part 3A Coffs Coast approval The Greens are calling for Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act to be abolished.
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