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Indonesia 'could release human tsunami of 10,000 asylum seekers on Australia' Minister warns Canberra to stop agitating for clemency for Bali Nine pair with reminder that Jakarta’s cooperation is vital to ‘stopping the boats’  Queensland may review approval for mine owned by Liberal donor New Hope Former government gave conditional approval to mine after New Hope and its parent company donated about $900,000 to the federal Liberal party  Dipping into superannuation for house 'could cost $140,000' in retirement Industry super sector warns of damaging consequences of Hockey idea that Paul Keating dismissed as ‘not responsible enough to be considered a thought bubble’  Peter Costello questions Hockey budget surpluses claim Long-serving former Liberal treasurer finds ‘conflicting narrative’ in Abbott government’s assertions around intergenerational report
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A female Arab TV presenter put a rude male guest in his place. So what? | Nesrine Malik Rima Karaki’s put-down of Sheikh Hani Al-Siba’i has gone viral – proof that creepy western stereotypes about Muslim women are dismayingly hard to shift
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'Lifestyle choices' of remote Indigenous people should not be subsidised, Tony Abbott says – audio The prime minister has told the ABC it's not the taxpayer's job to fund the 'lifestyle choices' of people in remote Indigenous communities
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