Constitutional questions plague anti-terror laws
Posted on 27 October, 2005
The nation's solicitors general are to meet again in a bid to thrash out the constitutional concerns plaguing the Commonwealth's draft counter-terrorism laws.
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Labor fears anti-terrorism laws would 'trample' freedoms
Posted on 26 October, 2005
The Federal Opposition has released its strongest criticism yet of the Government's anti-terrorism legislation, outlining a list of concerns it has about the bills.
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Beattie warns terrorism laws 'unconstitutional'
Posted on 25 October, 2005
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has warned his state and territory counterparts the Federal Government's proposed new counter-terrorism laws may be unconstitutional.
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Missy cleans up with five ARIAs
Posted on 24 October, 2005
Singer Missy Higgins has dominated this year's Australian Record Industry Association awards, the ARIAs.
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Aust bans Canadian birds
Posted on 21 October, 2005
The Federal Government has banned the importation of all birds from Canada after three pigeons held in quarantine in Melbourne tested positive to bird flu antibodies.
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Premiers rebel over shoot-to-kill
Posted on 20 October, 2005
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and his Victorian counterpart, Steve Bracks, say they never agreed to shoot-to-kill provisions contained in draft Commonwealth anti-terrorism laws.
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Georgiou urges anti-terrorism safeguards
Posted on 19 October, 2005
Liberal backbencher Petro Georgiou has again broken ranks with the Federal Government, this time on the planned anti-terrorism laws.
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Bird flu reaches EU
Posted on 18 October, 2005
Greece says it has detected one turkey with bird flu on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, becoming the first EU country the virus has spread to.
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Pinter 'overwhelmed' by Nobel Prize win
Posted on 14 October, 2005
British playwright Harold Pinter says he is "overwhelmed" to have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for literature.
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Indian soldiers cross border to aid quake victims
Posted on 13 October, 2005
Indian soldiers have crossed the de facto border dividing the Indian and Pakistani zones of disputed Kashmir to rebuild a quake-destroyed bunker.
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New bones add weight to 'hobbit' theory
Posted on 12 October, 2005
Australian scientists say they have discovered more remains of hobbit-sized humans, which belong to a previously unknown species that lived at the end of the last Ice Age.
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Archbishop fears IR plan's impact on families
Posted on 11 October, 2005
A senior Anglican bishop has warned that the Federal Government's proposed changes to Australia's industrial relations laws may undermine families and damage communities.
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World races clock to help quake victims
Posted on 10 October, 2005
Rescue teams and aid pledges have poured into Pakistan from around the world after the devastating earthquake that has killed about 20,000 people.
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Do or die for the World XI
Posted on 7 October, 2005
New South Wales fast bowler Stuart Clark will make his international one-day cricket debut later today in the second match of the Super Series against the World XI at Docklands stadium in Melbourne.
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Middle order cost World XI, says Pollock
Posted on 6 October, 2005
World XI one-day cricket captain Shaun Pollock says soft dismissals in his side's middle order cost them any chance of victory in the first game of the three-match Super Series at Docklands stadium in Melbourne.
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Teen speed use opens way to addiction, study suggests
Posted on 5 October, 2005
Research on the brain's reaction to amphetamines suggests that teenage experimentation with the drug speed can increase the chances of addiction.
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Australians win Nobel for gastritis discovery
Posted on 4 October, 2005
Perth researchers Barry Marshall and Robin Warren have won the 2005 Nobel Medicine prize for discovering a bacterium that causes gastritis and stomach ulcers.
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Four Australians believed dead: Downer
Posted on 3 October, 2005
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says it is likely that the number of Australians killed in Saturday night's bombings in Bali will rise to four.
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Milk price increase just the beginning, ACA warns
Posted on 30 September, 2005
The price of most groceries and some services will rise because of pressures caused by high world oil prices, the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) has warned.
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'No bird flu threat' from illegal fishing boats
Posted on 29 September, 2005
Western Australia's Quarantine Service has moved to allay fears the country is at risk of bird flu being brought in by illegal fishing boats.
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