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Five questions to Summer May Finlay: this week on IndigenousX

Each week, a new guest hosts the @IndigenousX twitter account. We're inviting them to tell us about who they areEach week, a new guest hosts the @IndigenousX twitter account to discuss topics of...

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Tasmanian devils to be released back on to mainland

Devils, Leadbeater's possums and helmeted honeyeaters will gradually be released into Victorian 'halfway house' to test survival fitnessOliver Milman

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The WikiLeaks party could learn about transparency from the Pirate party |...

Asher Wolf: The WikiLeaks party seems to be imploding, with candidates and volunteers resigning en masse. Australia's Pirate party, on the other hand, is more transparent and accountableAsher Wolf

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Ben Affleck to play Batman in Man of Steel sequel

Role is a risk for Affleck after he breathed new life into his career after turning to directing and winning best picture for ArgoPaul Owen

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Northern Territory: history would say special economic zones don't work |...

Sarah Burnside: Why is an administration whose Keynesian approach steered Australia through the global financial crisis now claims that cutting tax creates prosperity?Sarah Burnside

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Round three: Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott to debate again on Wednesday

Party leaders to face 105 undecided voters at Rooty Hill RSL in Sydney in a revival of town hall-style format of round twoKevin Rudd and Tony Abbott will take part in a third leaders' debate next...

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Tony Abbott's Indonesian boat-buy scheme defies economic sense

Asylum seekers will not only end up paying more to people smugglers but will be forced on to less safe boatsThe Liberal party's new policy to buy fishing boats in Indonesia is the best stimulus plan...

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New Zealand's macro-prudential mortgage tools: an idea to bring home?

The RBA will be watching closely as New Zealand introduces innovative regulations designed to protect its banking systemThis week New Zealand beat Australia on two measures. First, the same-sex...

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Louisiana sinkhole captured on camera – video

Footage shows tall trees sinking into underwater cavern at Bayou Corne in Louisiana

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Will Mamamia's body positive project change the status quo? Don't bet on it |...

Bronwen Clune: Is taking a photo without make-up and posting it on Twitter really an act of bravery for women? Try telling that to Malala YousafzaiBronwen Clune

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Cocaine worth $370m seized from luxury yacht in Vanuatu

Officers had to chisel through rock and concrete to get to 750kg of drug destined for Australian streets

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Syria records its 1 millionth child refugee

Unicef says the global community has failed in its responsibility to the children displaced by the violence in SyriaThe Syria crisis reached another grim milestone as UN aid agencies reported that the...

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Man caught in 'uranium for Iran' sting

Sierra Leone man lured to New York with uranium ore hidden in his shoes after US federal agent offered him 1,000-tonne dealUS prosecutors have charged a man from Sierra Leone with trying to sell...

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Election 2013: boat-buy scheme and small businesses – politics live blog

Tony Abbott to launch plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to keep them from being used by people smugglers, as Kevin Rudd visits small businesses in western SydneyKatharine Murphy

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Nasdaq crash triggers fear of data meltdown

Digital infrastructure exceeding limits of human control, industry experts warnA series of system crashes affecting Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in the past fortnight has brought warnings that...

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Do you agree with Michael Bloomberg's recipe for success: no bathroom breaks?...

In an interview, New York's mayor said that hard work is his formula for success – and that means skipping lunch-hours and not taking bathroom breaks. Do you follow his advice?

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This Is the Day: Historic March On Washington – in pictures

Magnum photographer Leonard Freed was on the national mall on 28 August 1964, when 250,000 people marched to support civil rights. His photographs of that historic day have been compiled in a new book,...

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Letters: Children spend too long at screens and not long enough outdoors

The UCL research published this week (Doctors sound alarm on child fitness and health, 21 August) is a timely reminder that we must get school sport and PE right if we're to achieve a legacy of health...

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US imam sentenced to 25 years for funding Pakistani Taliban

Evidence showed elderly cleric Hafiz Khan arranged to send about $50,000 over a three-year period to PakistanAn elderly Muslim cleric in South Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison...

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Nick Clegg queries whether police acted lawfully over David Miranda

Deputy PM's challenge to home secretary Theresa May exposes coalition rift over detention of partner of Guardian journalistA coalition rift over the treatment of David Miranda has been exposed after...

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