au-hotdailynews: 2015-02-21 Australia Australia

PM says Iraq story 'false, fanciful'
Sky News Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has denied a report that he wanted to send Australian troops to fight Islamic State in Iraq. Mr Abbott says a report in The Australian newspaper claiming he proposed sending more than three thousand Aussie soldiers to Iraq is false.
Share this story   Herald Sun
'Simply false': PM hits back at newspaper report on Iraq invasion plan   9news.com.au
PM says Iraq story false, fanciful   The Australian
Sydney Morning Herald
The Guardian
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Tropical Cyclone Marcia downgraded to tropical low; major flood warning for ...
ABC Online
Cyclone Marcia has been downgraded to a tropical low after cutting a path of destruction through central Queensland. A major flood warning is in place for Gympie's Mary River and authorities say the Bruce Highway could be cut south of the city by Saturday ...

Surfers make most of Cyclone Marcia   Sydney Morning Herald
Cyclone Marcia: Mick Burrows 50th birthday   NEWS.com.au
Australia begins clean up after twin cyclones   Telegraph.co.uk
New Zealand Herald
The Australian
The Guardian
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Beaches survive and attention turns to rising Mary River
Fraser Coast Chronicle
Hayden Johnson Journalist Hayden is a young and versatile member of our team. He covers council, court and police. He also fills in on sport occasionally. He enjoys telling people's stories and loves chasing the tough ones. He is always up for a story lead or ...

Marcia causes waterspout, floods in Qld   Sky News Australia
Mary River expected to peak at 17m Sunday morning   Gympie Times
Gympie business braces for weather extremes   The Sunshine Coast Daily
Daily Mail
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Same-sex adoption a step closer in Victoria, as barrister appointed to review laws
ABC Online
Same-sex couples are a step closer to legally adopting children in Victoria, after the Government appointed a barrister to review the state's adoption laws. Before the 2014 election Labor promised to remove discrimination against Victorian same-sex couples ...

Same-sex couples a step closer to equal adoption rights in Victotia   The Age
Same-sex Vic couples closer to adoption   Courier Mail
Victorian Government announces family law review for same-sex couples ...   Star Observer

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Water truck driver dies in southeast Qld
9news.com.au
A man has died after the water truck he was driving crashed into a concrete barrier on the Ipswich Motorway in southeast Queensland. Police were called to Gailes just after midnight on Saturday to find the 68-year-old man unconscious, but he later died at the ...

68-year-old man dies in crash at Gailes overnight   Northern Rivers Echo

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Executions in limbo
SBS
The funeral director in the town nearest Nusakambangan says he's not been told to prepare for the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Source: AAP. 21 Feb 2015 - 3:30 AM UPDATED NOW ...

Spare them this barbaric death   Coffs Coast Advocate
Joko Widodo says execution of Bali nine pair Andrew Chan and Myuran ...   Sydney Morning Herald
'The sooner the better': No delay in Indonesian plans to kill Australian drug ...   9news.com.au
The Canberra Times
Daily Mail
NEWS.com.au
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Advertising campaign to highlight the long-term challenges facing the budget
The Australian Financial Review
Joe Hockey ... the immediate challenge for the government was to encourage greater workforce participation and productivity. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Phillip Coorey. The federal government will launch an advertising campaign to highlight the long-term ...

Unlikely to be sugar hits for budget bottom line   The Australian (blog)
Opposition leader Bill Shorten. Source: News Corp Australia   Herald Sun
Scary Joe Hockey has cried wolf too often   Sydney Morning Herald
The Conversation AU
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Driver allegedly blows .306 after causing mayhem on road, collisions
Herald Sun
A BOOZED-up female driver caused mayhem on the roads on Friday night causing a string of collisions before blowing more than six times the legal blood alcohol limit. Police believe the woman, who blew 0.306 in a breath test, caused three collisions during ...

Drunk Vic woman U-turns in backyard   Courier Mail

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Disgraced ex-MP Tim Owen faces inquiry over 'cabinet minute copy 71'
Sydney Morning Herald
Former Newcastle Liberal MP Tim Owen is set to front a parliamentary inquiry over Labor's claims it found a confidential cabinet minute about the government's light rail plans for Newcastle in his old electorate office. Mr Owen, who resigned last year after ...

Ex-Newcastle MP Tim Owen to face inquiry over cabinet document   ABC Online

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Aussie's Terror Sentence Reversed on Appeal
Courthouse News Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CN) - An Australian man held prisoner at Guantanamo Bay for years had his terrorism conviction reversed by a military appeals commission. In 2007, David Hicks pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorism in a military ...

ABC sees David Hicks, who fought with Taliban, as worthy of an apology   The Australian (blog)
US unlikely to apologise to Hicks   Courier Mail
Lessons from the David Hicks case   9news.com.au
Yahoo!7 News
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