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"Wouldn't it be great if the defeat of the Howard Government and the election of fresh-faced Kevin Rudd proved to be a turning point, a swing back to moderation in public policy and decency in public life? I am not at all sure it will - politicians tend to ape the ethical standards of their competitors - but it sure would be nice."

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The Great Motion, 1995

Keating on 7.30 Report

Hawke & Keating on floating the dollar

Paul Keating - Finance Minister of the Year, as declared by Euromoney Magazine

The new documentary "What Would Jesus Buy?" follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping gospel choir on a cross-country tour, preaching their message in such destinations as the Mall of America, Wal-mart headquarters, Starbucks and Disneyland. We speak to Rev. Billy, and the film's producer Morgan Spurlock, who gained fame with his documentary "Super Size Me."

"Individuals spend their money much more productively than governments"

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Agile vs agile

Bob Hawke explains why Howard must go.

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"Any Facebooker who bothered to read the fine print when signing up should already know they've granted the social networking giant "an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license to use" their personal information at leisure."

"If you've got a Facebook and are worried about the men in black peering into your life, unfortunately it's too late to escape."

"You can't delete an account on the site, you can only "deactivate" it. All of your information remains with the site, ready to be re-activated (or data-mined by people with the right credentials) at any time."

The President, John Howard, said yesterday he would not hesitate to use his powers of dismissal if the Prime Minister could not resolve the dispute that caused the Opposition to block key bills in the Senate. The Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has told Liberal senators to follow a policy of "total obstruction'' until the Prime Minister, Peter Garrett, abandons his plan to build a nuclear reactor in every state capital.

Mr Garrett accused Mr Turnbull of wanting to continue Australia's greenhouse emissions so global warming would give his Woollahra home a water frontage.

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THE "CSI EFFECT": BETTER JURORS THROUGH TELEVISION AND SCIENCE?

"In Arizona, a man charged with a burglary in Tempe was acquitted, even though a witness testified about seeing the defendant dragging a stereo from the store, and burglary tools were in his car when he was arrested. The Arizona Republic reported jurors said the police should have found the man's fingerprints inside the store."

A Study of Juror Expectations and Demands Concerning Scientific Evidence

This survey of 1027 persons called for jury duty in a State court looked at jurors' television viewing habits, their expectations that the prosecutor would produce scientific evidence, and whether they would demand scientific evidence as a condition of a guilty verdict.

Long term Photo-identification survey of the Humpback Whales in Hervey Bay

as mentioned on last night's 7.30 Report

The federal division of Bennelong in Sydney's north has become something of a ground zero for the battle for the nation's votes in the 2007 general election. Its current member, John Winston Howard, has held the electorate for 33 years, 11 of those as Prime Minister of Australia.

on Bartholomew Rose

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The book has spawned the word Pooterism to describe a tendency to take oneself excessively seriously.

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Tony Blair 'farewell speech' on Culture Show BBC2

Bremner, Bird and Fortune sketch: Blair evicted from Big Brother

the 'think will win' numbers are interesting

as mentioned on the 7.30 Report

"Sydney alone would produce a cubic kilometre of compressed carbon dioxide every day as a result of the process, he said.

"One cubic kilometre of CO2 to get rid of every day? They make reassuring noises that they're spending millions looking for underground caverns, but that is a complete waste of taxpayers' money."

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"In fact, if we estimate the remaining proved + probable reserves of Iraq at what appears to be a consensus estimate of 200 billion, at $50 barrel, that would imply a resource base of 10 trillion dollars."