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Hundreds flee raging WA bushfires Authorities say strong winds are making it almost impossible to slow the spread of a massive bushfire that has destroyed at least 35 homes south-east of Perth. Labor eyes welfare cuts to fund disaster recovery The proposed flood levy will dominate debate when Parliament resumes tomorrow, with the Federal Government divided about how much political pain it is willing to inflict and receive. Survivors to mark Black Saturday anniversary Survivors of Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires will today mark the second anniversary of the disaster that claimed 173 lives. Concessions fail to break Egypt protest impasse Egypt's opposition groups, including the banned Muslim Brotherhood, say government proposals on how to end the political crisis are not enough. Victorian flood clean-up underway Victorians are mopping up after heavy rain caused flooding at the weekend.
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Flood payouts: a question of entitlement All the suffering in Queensland has exposed a divide between what's legal and what's moral - and the emotion behind the debate is threatening to split those same communities that have united in wake of the disasters. Centrelink has a generous payment on offer, with very few prerequisites to access it. But the issue here is: if you are legally able to claim it, aren't you within your rights morally to do that too? Media's iPad challenge Two new approaches to making money from journalism over the internet - Rupert Murdoch's iPad app The Daily and Demand Media's tech-heavy attempt at predicting what we want to read - are equally unlikely to succeed. While Demand Media's business model looks like digital media's Dickensian sweatshop youÂ've got to admire Murdoch for the grandness of vision. In a digital world of penny-pinching, piecework and Â"pieces of contentÂ", heÂ's an old guy taking a big, old-fashioned media punt. IÂ'm coming over all nostalgic and teary. New look, same old Age Making a newspaper look pretty solves none of the print media's issues and in any event good looks isn't what drives people to the web. Mateship and becoming Aussie Today IÂ'll raise my hand, say a few short phrases, and officially become Australian. The real immigration exam is where the nation asks: Are you with us? Are you one of us? Australia is a social network and becoming Australian means integrating into this network. I'm lucky to be joining. The trouble with the humanities The humanities are in trouble and more in need of reform than self-congratulation.
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No budget wedding for Wills and Kate Britons may be feeling the pinch but the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will have all the pomp and pageantry befitting a royal wedding, Prime Minister David Cameron says. One dead in US frat house shooting One person has been killed and 11 others have been wounded in a shooting at a fraternity house in the US state of Ohio. Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore dead Celebrated rock guitarist and former Thin Lizzy star Gary Moore has been found dead in a Spanish hotel room.
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Digital media's Dickensian sweatshop The other big media event in the United States last week, apart from Rupert MurdochÂ's launch of the iPad-only publication The Daily, was the IPO of Demand Media. Taronga Zoo elephant diagnosed with TB One of the stars of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, an 18-year-old Asian elephant, has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis. Shot congresswoman's husband to return to space The astronaut husband of wounded United States congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is leaving her bedside to return to space.
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Feedback sought on Wingham floodplain risks Public feedback is being sought on a Floodplain Risk Management Plan for Wingham. NSW planning powers under fire on Coffs Coast A Coffs Harbour Greens Councillor is concerned an impending approval for a development at Moonee would be devastating. Industry aid to be kept in new carbon scheme Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the Federal Government will not abandon all the industry assistance measures that accompanied its carbon pollution reduction scheme.
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