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• Police union backs permit system

  Published: August 12, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Community Society, Indigenous, Government Politics, Federal Government, Unions, Law Crime Justice, Laws, Police, Australia, Darwin 0800

  Australia's peak police union says the Commonwealth's plans to scrap the permit system governing access to Indigenous communities will be a hot topic at today's annual conference in Darwin.

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• WorkChoices hitting women hardest: study

  Published: August 12, 2007, 6:41 pm

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Industrial Relations, Community Society, Government Politics, Federal Government, Law Crime Justice, Laws, Work, Women, Australia

  A report has found that women in low-paid jobs are being hit hard by the Govt's WorkChoices legislation.

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• Boot camp pastor 'dragged girl behind van'

  Published: August 12, 2007, 4:26 pm

  Tags: Community Society, Family Children, Human Interest, Law Crime Justice, Crime, United States

  A Texas pastor and a colleague have been charged over tying a 15-year-old girl to a van and dragging her along the ground after she refused to continue an exercise run at a Christian 'boot camp', police said.

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• Senate report backs NT intervention bills

  Published: August 13, 2007, 5:07 am

  Tags: Community Society, Child Abuse, Indigenous, Government Politics, Federal Government, Federal Parliament, Laws

  A Senate Committee report into the Federal Government's intervention in Northern Territory Indigenous communities has recommended Parliament pass the legislation.

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• Judge rejects Tiwi lease bribe claims

  Published: August 13, 2007, 5:01 am

  Tags: Community Society, Indigenous, Land Rights, Government Politics, Federal Government, Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Darwin 0800, Tiwi 0810

  A Northern Territory Supreme Court judge has ruled there is no evidence that the Tiwi Land Council bribed traditional owners to sign up to a 99-year lease.

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• Plan to scrap CDEP worries Indigenous groups

  Published: August 13, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Community Society, Indigenous, Unemployment, Government Politics, Federal Government, Darwin 0800

  Indigenous organisations have gathered in Darwin to plan the next stage in the fight against the scrapping of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) program in the Northern Territory.

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• Guatemala rescues kids put up for 'illegal adoption'

  Published: August 13, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Community Society, Family Children, Adoption, World Politics, Law Crime Justice, Crime, Guatemala, United States

  Guatemalan authorities say they have rescued 46 children and babies who they think might have been taken from their parents for illegal adoption by foreigners.

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• Lobby group pushes gay rights ahead of election

  Published: August 13, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Community Society, Discrimination, Gays Lesbians, Government Politics, Elections, Australia, Canberra 2600

  A new national lobby group wants to make same-sex relationships a federal election issue.

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• Charity marathon runner loses battle with cancer

  Published: September 4, 2007, 5:18 pm

  Tags: Community Society, Human Interest, People, Charities, United Kingdom, England

  A British woman who defied terminal cancer to participate in marathons has lost her battle with the disease.

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• DNA helps identify diggers 90 years after death

  Published: September 5, 2007, 3:06 am

  Tags: Community Society, History, People, Science Technology, Forensic Science, Dna Testing, World War 1, Australia, Qld, Brisbane 4000, Belgium

  An Army historian says he is delighted that the remains of two Australian soldiers found in Belgium could be identified, praising the public response in helping identify the deceased soldiers.

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• Court rules APEC protest has to move

  Published: September 5, 2007, 1:26 am

  Tags: Community Society, Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Police, Community Organisations, Apec 2007, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000

  The Supreme Court in Sydney has upheld an application made by New South Wales Police to move the route of a protest march through the city on Saturday.

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• Students leave school to attend protest march

  Published: September 5, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: Community Society, Youth Issues, Apec 2007, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000, Qld, Brisbane 4000

  Hundreds of school students shouting anti-war slogans have marched through the streets of Sydney.

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• NYC cabbies strike over technology push

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:39 am

  Tags: Transport, Community Society, Work, United States

  Cab drivers in New York City have announced a two-day strike to protest against being forced to install new equipment.

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• Crowds mark Mother Teresa's death, 10 years on

  Published: September 5, 2007, 5:16 am

  Tags: Community Society, Religion Beliefs, Human Interest, People, India

  Special prayers have been held at the tomb of Mother Teresa in the Indian city of Kolkata to mark the 10th anniversary of her death.

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• Stats show fairness test working: Hockey

  Published: September 5, 2007, 5:08 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Industrial Relations, Community Society, Government Politics, Federal Government, Work, Australia

  The Federal Government says new statistics released by the Workplace Authority show the new fairness test imposed on workplace agreements is working.

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