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The Australian

Welcome to a drought-stricken future - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

AUSTRALIA'S agricultural regions face a more drought-stricken future as a result of climate change, with implications for food prices.

Garnaut scenario 'simply wrong' - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

CLIMATE change sceptics have attacked the Garnaut orthodoxy that without immediate action to slash greenhouse gas emissions, Australia will suffer "diabolical" consequences.

Guidelines plan in nude child row - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

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.

Doctors turn away 'chronic' patients - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

STATE capitals are feeling the brunt of the nation's doctor shortage.

No strings school funding 'a failure' - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

GIVING disadvantaged schools extra money without tying it to specific interventions fails to lift the performance of students from poorer backgrounds.

Premier to fight for job - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

NSW Premier Morris Iemma is digging in for a drawn-out fight to save his position in the face of a Labor Party rebellion.

PR for police spins to $10m - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

POLICE around Australia are spending about $10 million a year on communications, media spin and even television programs to boost their image.

French town says thank you to Anzacs - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

NINETY years ago next month, Australian soldiers stormed a German stronghold at Mont St Quentin and after three days of bitter fighting that lead to the award of eight VCs, liberated the French market town of Peronne.

Don't judge Corby by her family: Bligh - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has defended the role of state police in investigating the Schapelle Corby case.

Answers sought over nerve gas plan - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

DEFENCE Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has asked for an "urgent" briefing about US plans to drop nerve gas bombs on Diggers in the 1960s.

Merger of Nats, Libs in danger - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

AN agreement to merge the Nationals and Liberal Party in Queensland is in danger of collapsing after the Nationals rejected a deal offered by the Liberals to end a stalemate over the new party's presidency.

Reinado's lover appeals for Canberra help - 07/06/2008 04:00 PM

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.