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2013/06/19 21:05
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Fugitive Couple Sought in Child's Death Spotted in SoCal MAYWOOD, Calif. An intensive hunt for a fugitive couple wanted in connection with the killing of their 2-year-old daughter in Mississippi is...
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2013/06/19 09:15
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Many regional communities will be celebrating now that water resources will be protected under federal law from potentially harmful coal seam gas (CSG) projects. Under the laws which passed...
2013/06/19 03:18
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THE Australian Greens want Aboriginal rock art in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula to be protected and are pushing for the area to be given world heritage status. Speaking with indigenous...
2013/06/18 16:49
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THE federal Environment Minister has rejected claims the United Nations World Heritage Committee is set to knock back a bid to extend the Tasmanian World Heritage Area. A draft decision of the...
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2013/06/18 14:46
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The Great Barrier Reef will be added to a list of world heritage sites in danger unless Australia can show a firm commitment addressing key threats to the reef. Photo: Tamara Voninski The Great...
2013/06/18 08:34
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UNESCO voices concern about mining projects near GB Reef Story Tools Related Items AUSTRALIA has narrowly avoided having the Great Barrier Reef labelled "in danger", but slated port developments...
2013/06/18 02:15
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Environment Minister Tony Burke has been forced to back down on attempts to extend federal powers over national parks after cabinet rejected the move on Monday night. Mr Burke had been considering...
2013/06/17 23:29
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THE commonwealth will gain the power to veto coal-seam gas developments because of potential damage to the water table. But has avoided an even bigger brawl with industry by rejecting the Greens'...
2013/06/17 13:46
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Three of the five authors on the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award short-list: from left, Carrie Tiffany (Mateship with Birds), Romy Ash (Floundering) and Michelle de Kretser (Questions of Travel)....
2013/06/17 06:02
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Sydney College of the Arts' Danie Mellor to head up top arts body17 June 2013 The Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, has appointed Sydney College of the Arts Senior Lecturer, Danie Mellor, as Chair...
2013/06/17 04:20
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Saw point: Tree faller Robert Marriott cuts down the final tree in forests nominated for World Heritage listing at Butlers George in central Tasmania. Photo: Peter Mathew With an explosive crack, a...
2013/06/17 04:13
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Survey to look of future of Great Barrier Reef Story Tools Related Items AS the World Heritage Committee meets to decide whether to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger", a major CSIRO study...
2013/06/16 20:46
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The Greens will introduce legislation to protect national parks from state government-backed grazing and logging in the Senate on Monday. The party will move to list national parks as areas of...
2013/06/14 20:48
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VicForests & the loggers want ever more taxpayer handouts, how else can they afford to kill off the last of the state faunal emblem? Maybe the army can do it cheaper, or the bikies, Napthine should...
2013/06/14 20:48
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After 30 years diving the world’s best reefs, underwater cinematographer Richard Fitzpatrick still rates the Great Barrier Reef as his top spot. ‘‘There’s been a lot of negative press about the state...
2013/06/14 16:46
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Ilustration:michaelmucci.com Of all possible '90s throwbacks - high-waisted jeans, scrunchies, the music of Mariah Carey - a renewed debate about abortion law has to be the least welcome. Isn't this...
2013/06/13 22:29
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COALITION water policies will undermine the Murray Darling Basin Plan and cut the flow to South Australia, critics say. Federal Coalition water spokesman Barnaby Joyce has confirmed the likely future...
2013/06/13 20:48
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Bear in mind that the high arts have not prospered under Labor. Photo: Rob Homer There was a dinner at Jeanne Pratt's Raheen mansion recently in honour of the Melba Foundation. Melba happens to...
2013/06/13 19:35
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Locals living near Kevin's Corner mine worried about water Story Tools Related Items THOSE living in the shadow of the multi-billion-dollar Kevin's Corner mine are terrified about losing their...
2013/06/13 15:05
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Naomi Hobson and Noel Pearson at the opening of her exhibition. Photo: Ken Irwin A generation ago, a young man in a hurry teamed up with an old man with a capacity for oratory to articulate the...