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Flying kangaroo forced to take off, again

Qantas Airways has been scrambling to get its planes in the air again after grounding its entire fleet over the weekend in a bold tactic to force the government to intervene in the nation's worst labor dispute in a decade.

About 70,000 passengers were disrupted by the stoppage and Qantas says its lost about $70 million from the industrial action since September.

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Libya after Gaddafi

 
 
Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was wounded and died from his injuries in his hometown of Sirt. Before the up rising in Libya, Colonel Gaddafi ruled the country for more than fourty years.
 
Emma Buckley Lennox takes a look at what this might mean for how the country moves on.
 
 
Photo by Crethi Plethi

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D day for Occupy Melbourne

 Since the early hours of Friday morning, police tried to move on Occupy Melbourne protesters, taking down the tents they have had set up in City Square for six days. Police moved into the area in the early hours of the morning and as the day went on, the number of protesters and police swelled.
 
Emma Buckley Lennox and Katherine Smyrk report.
 
(Photo by Dave Kelly)

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Vox pops: Do you agree with religious education in the classroom?

In the last few months prominent Australians have been campaigning to take religion out of classrooms, and chaplains out of public schools.

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Putting a freeze on FreezaCentral

 
The State Opposition has launched a campaign against the Baillieu Government, called Save Freeza.
It’s off the back of the state government not renewing funding to FreezaCentral, which is a mentoring program for young musicians which teams them up with professionals, ultimately helping them get gigs and get their name out there. It finished up on June 30.
 

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Emma Buckley Lennox

Emma Buckley Lennox is Journo student, SYN news geek and poly pyscho! Listen to her talk about these things with Beau, Lexie and Michael

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Industry hurt and welfare problem still present on live exports

The temporary ban on live cattle exports was lifted last night by Federal Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig.

The ban hasn’t only been affecting farmers in northern Australia. We spoke to a farmer of sheep and crops from Western Victoria, Frank Balkin, to find out how the ban affects farmers here in Victoria.
 
Elizabeth Redman and Emma Buckley Lennox report.

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Republican candidates spruik early

You might have noticed that over in America candidates are already lining up to be the Republican candidate for president. But the election isn’t until the 6th of November 2012.
And as Emma Buckley Lennox reports, getting in early can pay off for potential nominees.

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The science is settled, but the media isn't

Are you a climate scientist?
There aren’t a whole lot of people who are. But if you look and listen to the news, most journalists show two types, those who do and those who do not believe climate change is human induced.
And it’s got many climate scientists annoyed, because while this coverage makes it seems like half do and half don’t, when, according to a US report 97 per cent do believe in man-made climate change.

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'We don't want charity, we just want parity'

If you were in Melbourne's CBD around midday on Wednesday 8th June, you might have heard whistles and chanting.

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