Features and Analysis
Chinese living longer but wealth gap widening: UN
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A new United Nations report says Chinese people are living longer than ever before.
Eyre Peninsula older than previously thought
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It has emerged that SA's Eyre Peninsula is at least half a billion years older than previously thought.
Insurers weather storms with higher premiums
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As Qld's storm victims call their insurers for help, the sector has revealed it was well prepared to deal with the disaster.
Doubts cast on Govt binge drinking campaign
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Doubts have been cast over the effectiveness of the Government's new anti-binge drinking campaign.
e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein proven right
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It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated.
Questacon inspiring children 20yrs on
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Questacon in Canberra has been exciting and inspiring children for the last 20 years.
Research shows consumer confidence down for Christmas
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Research has shown a drop in consumer confidence ahead of the peak Christmas period.
Byrne murder case: Timeline of events
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Gordon Wood: a timeline of the main events in this protracted legal case.
Pirates' hauls prompt fears for Aussie seafarers
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The Maritime Union is worried recent attacks by Somalian pirates will encourage pirates in the Indonesian shipping lanes.
Wood verdict 13 years in the making
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When Gordon Wood's trial opened in August 2008, Justice Graham Barr told the jurors he was a judge of the law, but they were judges of the facts.
ET on ice: underground glaciers could hold key to Martian life
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Scientist say the discovery of enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on Mars are an encouraging sign of extra-terrestrial life.
Disgruntled customers turning to green banks
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The international financial crisis has prompted a rise in the number of European consumers moving to smaller "ecologically correct" banks.
Farmers can't make hay until the sun shines
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Many farmers in northern NSW and southern Qld who've spent the past few years praying for rain are now wishing for sunshine.
UK to overhaul prostitution laws
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The British Government has proposed new laws to crack down on human trafficking but critics say they'll only drive prostitution underground.
Young warned of body piercing risks
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A program is teaching young people the infection risks from body piercing.
Poor pay sees lawyers stop legal aid work
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The Law Institute of Victoria says pay for legal aid work has become so poor that lawyers have stopped taking on cases.
Anglican church implements paedophile program
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The Anglican Church is reaching out to paedophiles who want to rejoin the Christian community.
Gasnier going places in rugby: McKenzie
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Ewen McKenzie says Mark Gasnier is a dual international in the making.
Don't keep it in the family: Inbreeding behind mammoth extinction
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Researchers have sequenced the gene map of a long-extinct, mummified woolly mammoth.
Researchers confident of viral link to MS
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Researchers at the University of Queensland may have found a link between the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and the development of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
India can be world beaters: Laxman
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VVS Laxman believes pace duo Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan will lead India into an era of great prosperity.
Mulesing vote could change face of Aust wool industry
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A national vote by wool producers is shaping up to be one of the most important elections in the history of the wool industry.
Report predicts rise in homeless, single women
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A new report predicts that homelessness among single women aged over 35 is set to escalate in the next 20 years.
Report hints at human rights violations in Russia-Georgia conflict
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Amnesty International says that all parties in the Russia-Georgia conflict may have committed serious violations of human rights.
Death of 'no-deposit' loans signals end of easy lending
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In a sign that credit rationing is now hitting Australian consumers, the Commonwealth Bank has stopped offering no deposit loans.
