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Hizb ut-Tahrir braces ahead of Abbott's promised security clampdown Group is looking to distance itself from Salafi jihadists and members are thinking about clearing tools, knives and books from their homes, says source  No, the sky won't fall in if new mothers return to work part-time | Kristina Keneally There seems to be a consensus that greater workplace flexibility will help mothers to return to work. So why can’t we agree on a proposal that seems to make sense?  Great Barrier Reef polluters face tougher action under Queensland's new government Labor government appoints state’s first ever reef minister as it steps up plan to avoid the UN listing the ecosystem as ‘in danger’  Sayed Abdellatif and his extraordinary detention in Australian immigration Considered a ‘dangerous terrorist’ because of previous convictions that have now been found false and revoked, Abdellatif, his wife and six children remain in limbo in the confused haze of the detention system
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The CIA asked me about controlling the climate – this is why we should worry | Alan Robock Geoengineering has many risks, and we don’t yet know the CIA’s intentions. But given the lack of political will on climate change, we have to look at it
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Martin Place gunman had benefit of doubt at every step, says Abbott - video Tony Abbott urges more of a focus on national interests, saying the gunman who carried out the fatal Sydney siege was continually given the benefit of the doubt by the system
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