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Thousands scanned amid Japan's nuclear emergency Authorities in Japan are scanning thousands of people for radiation exposure after an explosion at a nuclear power plant forced mass evacuations from surrounding areas. 10,000 missing in Japan port town Around 10,000 people are unaccounted for in the Japanese port town of Minamisanriku in quake-hit Miyagi prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said. No reports of Australian casualties in Japan The Federal Government says it has no reports so far of any Australians coming to grief in Japan's natural disasters that are now feared to have claimed thousands of lives. Explosion rocks Japanese nuclear plant An explosion at Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor has raised concerns about radiation exposure. Red Cross opens Japan quake appeal The Red Cross is hoping dramatic television pictures of the tsunami that devastated northern Japan will encourage Australians to donate to its disaster appeal.
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The key is consistency, Labor is lacking Political advocacy is about believing something, and setting out to bring a majority around to your point of view. In the best political advocates, principle and determination work together to the extent that even voters who fundamentally disagree with their position on a particular policy stance will grudgingly support them anyway. Federal Labor is a long way from that right now, thanks to the messages it has sent out to the electorate on a number of issues. Public media: get sharp or get knifed Wake up, public media people! You have no magic exemption from the requirements of political maturity. There are people out there who seek your destruction, and they are not evenly distributed. Bad news for the Tarkine: heritage is not forever The Government is going out of it's way to make sure large mining projects are given an easy ride when seeking approval in Tasmania's Tarkine region. How television works: a heart-warming story for all the family There are reports the BBC is about to broadcast a program bearing marked conceptual similarities to The Games, a show we created in 1998. The political truth is in the advertising A wise strategist once advised, counterintuitively, that if you want to know the truth about what political parties really think you should watch their ads. His logic was simple, "because we spend a fortune researching and making them". Political advertising tells you exactly where a party sees advantage and how it intends to press it. So in the lead-up to the New South Wales state elections, what do we see?
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Red Cross opens Japan quake appeal The Red Cross is hoping dramatic television pictures of the tsunami that devastated northern Japan will encourage Australians to donate to its disaster appeal. No reports of Australian casualties in Japan The Federal Government says it has no reports so far of any Australians coming to grief in Japan's natural disasters that are now feared to have claimed thousands of lives. Arab states back Libya no-fly zone The Arab League has agreed to ask the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
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Jamming may leave GPS in the wilderness Australian researchers have raised concern over the growing vulnerability of global positioning system (GPS) devices to accidental and intentional attack. Dinosaur museum mooted for outback Qld A south-west Queensland dinosaur museum and a desert walk are among 20 new tourism ventures being considered for regional Queensland. Highly invasive weed crawls its way to the mid north coast One of the world's most noxious weeds has been spotted on the mid north coast.
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Rival tax rallies heat up Melbourne The debate on global warming heated up in Melbourne on Saturday, where rival rallies were held over the Federal Government's proposed carbon tax. Abbott's tax strategy likened to Nazi propaganda A Labor MP has likened Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's campaign against the carbon tax to those run by a Nazi propaganda chief. Greens cautious about logging moratorium The Tasmanian Greens have cautiously welcomed a six-month agreement to stop logging in most public native forests.
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