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Germany wants to build 30 windfarms
BERLIN (AFP) - The German government wants to build up to 30 offshore windfarms in a bid to meet its renewable energy targets, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said in an interview published Sunday.
Yahoo!7 Finance News - Published 4 hours, 43 minutes ago
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Fresh call for Qantas to share lucrative LA route
THE stranglehold of Qantas on the Australia-US route faces a fresh challenge after the Victorian Government called on its federal counterpart to grant Singapore Airlines and other "third country" airlines access on the lucrative route.
Sydney Morning Herald Business - Published 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
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Guidelines plan in nude child row
THE Rudd Government will ask the Australia Council to develop a set of protocols to cover the representation of children in art, after a taxpayer-funded magazine put a picture of a nude six-year-old girl on its cover to protest at the Bill Henson dispute.
The Australian - The Nationa - Published 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
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Reinado's lover appeals for Canberra help
AUSTRALIAN-East Timorese citizen Angelita Pires has appealed to the Australian Government for assistance as she faces possible charges of crimes against the state and conspiracy to murder East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta.
The Australian - The Nationa - Published 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
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Boeing argues for open skies
THE Federal Government has been urged by global aviation giant Boeing to allow foreign airlines to compete against Qantas on the lucrative Pacific route.
Herald Sun - Published 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
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Song for a Sunday
Since politics shouldn’t be a 24-7 concern, stop for a moment and enjoy some music:
Not a Hedgehog - politics in Australia and abroad - Published 11 hours, 15 minutes ago
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Professor Little Chicken
Lance Royce is a climate change skeptic. That's okay. He won't be around for the next Ice Age. Nor will I. In his latest outburst on his new Blog which I welcome to the stable of local debate, he attacks Professor Garnaut's report to the Government, and calls it The Sky is Falling Report.
Cairns Blog - Published 12 hours, 19 minutes ago
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McGinty announces plans for new hospitals
State Government has announced plans for construction of a new children’s hospital in the wake of the next election.
WA Today top headlines - Published 15 hours, 14 minutes ago
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Greek temple in Canberra
After many weeks away in the Eastern Mediterranean I felt I had come full circle when I noticed the stone set into the foyer of the National Library of Australia. This is a marble block from from the Library of Pantainos in the Ancient Agora of Athens and was a gift of the Greek Government in 1973. The NLA building is in a style called "Stripped Classical", looking like a Greek temple, with all
Net Traveller Tom Worthington - Published 15 hours, 48 minutes ago
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Garnaut calls for bipartisan support for emissions trading
The Federal Government's climate change adviser says support from all sides of politics for an emissions trading scheme will give it a better chance of success.
Yahoo!7 Finance News - Published 16 hours, 8 minutes ago
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Embattled Iemma attacked by own MP
Angela D'Amore delivers scathing assessment of Iemma government. 6 Jul 2008 1:50 PM
Business Spectator politics & IR - Published 16 hours, 54 minutes ago
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The panel on the week in politics
Annabel Crabb, George Megalogenis and Gerard Henderson give a wrap up of the week in politics and the media.
Insiders - Published 17 hours, 33 minutes ago
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Downer announces his retirement
Annabel Crabb, George Megalogenis and Gerard Henderson discuss former foreign minister Alexander Downer's retirement from federal politics.
Insiders - Published 17 hours, 34 minutes ago
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High-tech access for heritage sites
While in Greece I noticed that some cultural sites and museums were not opened at the advertised times. According to a recent media report, this is an embarrassment to the Greek government ("Run-down heritage sites embarrass the Greeks", Helena Smith, The Guardian, June 23, 2008). The solution given in the article was longer opening hours and more staff, but I am not sure that is the correct
Net Traveller Tom Worthington - Published 18 hours, 22 minutes ago
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Rudd says trading scheme will raise living costs
The Federal Government acknowledges its emissions trading scheme will put more pressure on the cost of living.
ABC News federal politics - Published 18 hours, 35 minutes ago
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