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Trans-Pacific Partnership could prevent clearer food labelling – health advocates Under the free trade deal, a foreign company could sue the government if sales dropped after labelling was introduced, says the Public Health Association  Senators and MPs back data retention scheme but want more safeguards Full dataset must be spelled out along with the list of agencies that would have access to the information, says parliamentary committee  Internet pirates won't be pursued using proposed metadata scheme, says AFP The Abbott government’s proposed data retention scheme won’t be used to go after internet pirates, says Australian federal police assistant commissioner  Paranoia grips Liberals as self-defeating Abbott lurches from one disaster to the next The prime minister’s gladiatorial style makes increasingly little sense to some senior conservatives as they begin to contemplate a renewed spill
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Come and see the ALP policy goblins in their sparkly grotto of innovation! | First Dog on the Moon Today Bland Spittoon will walk us through his verdant flower filled meadow where the ALP keeps its ... oh there’s nothing there
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Gillian Triggs is up against bullies and pests at hearing, Sarah Hanson-Young says – video Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs should be commended for taking on the federal government's treatment of refugees
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