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The Greens have confirmed reports of a carbon tax breakthrough, while independent MP Tony Windsor says the deal may be signed "next week".
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will announce further compensation for producers affected by the live cattle export ban to Indonesia.
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The latest outbreak of the deadly hendra virus in Queensland has sparked calls for a vaccine to be mandatory for all horses.
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A truck is hanging off a Bruce Highway overpass in Maryborough's west.
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The AFP is investigating the behaviour of one of its officers aboard a domestic flight at Canberra Airport on Monday.
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Australian researchers have developed solar panels which can be painted or printed directly onto a surface.
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Police are checking out more than 20 reported sightings of the ute belonging to missing man Jason Richards.
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Western Australia's Notre Dame University is under pressure from academics to cancel a lecture by the British climate change sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton.
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A group representing Australian Aborigines has travelled to Canada's far north to find out how Canadians have gone about righting the wrongs resulting from the abuse of native children in residential schools.
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More than 1,000 people have been injured in fresh clashes between protestors and riot police in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
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One of Queensland's longest serving publicans will pull his last beer today when his historic hotel stops trading.
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Scientists say fossilised eyes found on Kangaroo Island in South Australia show some early creatures had much better vision than previously thought.
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Flights at New York's John F Kennedy International Airport were delayed when about 150 diamondback terrapins were spotted crossing a runway.
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An individual who stabs a burglar while defending themselves or their property will not face prosecution, British justice minister Kenneth Clarke said.
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News Corp has sold Myspace for a fraction of its purchase price, bringing the curtain down on Rupert Murdoch's tie-up with a one-time internet star that ended up being eclipsed by Facebook.
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The French government has admitted it has supplied weapons to Libyan rebels fighting Colonel Gaddafi's forces not far from the capital Tripoli.
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Activists say Syrian troops killed seven civilians as they stormed north-western villages to quash anti-government dissent.
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Australia's ugg boot war has flared up again, with a New South Wales sheepskin manufacturer accusing a Chinese operator of illegally copying its brand.
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Fish and chips-loving Britain celebrated its devotion to the national dish on Wednesday by cooking the world's biggest-ever portion of chips.
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Authorities in Moldova say they have detained six men and seized a quantity of enriched uranium.
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Two New Zealand commandos were wounded during the Taliban's attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel yesterday, the New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed.
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A momentary defensive lapse proved costly for Australia as the Matildas lost 1-0 to Brazil in their opening group match at the women's World Cup.
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The ABC understands that the Federal Government and the Greens could have a carbon tax deal finalised in the next week-and-a-half.
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Federal Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig is meeting with Queensland graziers for the first time since introducing a ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia.
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Bernard Tomic handed Novak Djokovic a fright before the Serbian star ended the Australian's fairytale run at Wimbledon with a four-set quarter-final win.
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