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Tony Abbott resets budget agenda after tough week  The Australian
THE federal government is making a last-ditch attempt to legislate its university funding cuts as Tony Abbott declares the reform will be dealt with “one way or another” this week. The Prime Minister also stood by the unpopular $7 GP co-payment in a new ...

2014-12-01 Australia Health

Don't kid yourself: easy ways to burn Christmas kilos  Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
It is a given that, between now and the time we make regretful New Year resolutions, we will all indulge a little. Or maybe a lot. There are ways to reduce the damage from the extras we eat and drink over Christmas, but it's also important to increase our activity ...

2014-12-01 Australia Science

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Scientists say climate change means sicker world for marine life   
Sydney Morning Herald
The shellfish pathogen that hit California's Channel Islands in the 1980s began to quickly kill one of the tideland's most important animals - black abalone. But what unnerved scientists was what they learned next: Whenever ocean waters grew warmer, the ...

2014-12-01 Australia Sports

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Anthony Watts says Paul Gallen will use infection as an excuse for when he's ...   
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ANTHONY Watts has declared that Paul Gallen will use his Staph infection as an excuse for when he knocks out the rugby league star in their fight on Wednesday night. Cronulla Sharks skipper Gallen was admitted to hospital last Tuesday for treatment on the ...

2014-12-01 Australia Entertainment

Ralph Myers: keep the dreamers in charge of the arts   
Daily Review
I think it's safe to say that people were quite surprised when in 2009 I was appointed to this job. I was too. It was a pretty left-field appointment — I was young, I had never run a bath before, let alone the third biggest theatre company in the country, and I was ...

2014-12-01 Australia Technology

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HFC suburbs still in NBN no man's land  Sydney Morning Herald
The next phase of the NBN rollout still doesn't bring pay TV cables into the mix. Having abandoned efforts to run fibre to 97 per cent of Australian premises after the change of Federal government, NBN Co's plans for the multi-technology mix network are ...

2014-12-01 Australia Business

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Melbourne house prices edging lower with slump in spring  NEWS.com.au
A FALL in house prices and slump in the auction clearance rate are signs the steam is coming out of Melbourne's property market. Dwelling values decreased by 2.6 per cent in November, according to CoreLogic RP Data's monthly index. It brings the overall ...

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Tony Abbott resets budget agenda after tough week   
The Australian
THE federal government is making a last-ditch attempt to legislate its university funding cuts as Tony Abbott declares the reform will be dealt with “one way or another” this week. The Prime Minister also stood by the unpopular $7 GP co-payment in a new ...

2014-12-01 Australia World

The Guardian   

Hong Kong Protesters Scuffle With Police at Government Offices   
Wall Street Journal
Violent clashes erupt in Hong Kong as protesters move to barricade more roads around the central government offices. Video: Thomas Di Fonzo. Photo: Getty. By. Isabella Steger. Isabella Steger. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL. BiographyIsabella Steger.
Hong Kong police clear returning protesters from highway   Los Angeles Times
Hong Kong: Fresh clashes between police and demonstrators   BBC News
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The fare sex? Israeli government looks to train Arab women as bus drivers   
Haaretz
Passengers wait for a bus in Jerusalem. The government is looking for Arab-Israeli women to drive buses initially in the Nazareth area. Photo by Emil Salman. Text size. Comments (0). Print Page. Send to friend. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share.
Netanyahu Ally Says Israel May Need Early Elections   Voice of America
Israel edges closer to early election: Ya'alon   Press TV
Arsonists hit Jerusalem Jewish-Arab school   The Nation
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New York Times   

Afghan Fires His Cabinet; Police Chief Offers to Quit   
New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Unable to form a new government, the new president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, settled for the next best thing on Sunday: He fired the old one. As Mr. Ghani dismissed most of the ministers, another important Afghan official was on ...