12:10:00 02/11/2012
The Federal Government has the power to remove asylum seekers if they don't invoke their rights under the Refugee Convention when they're interviewed by Immigration Department officials. The Government has revealed it's returned 26 men to Sri Lanka on those grounds. A former commonwealth ombudsman Allan Asher says the government may have breached its Refugee Convention obligations.
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12:14:00 02/11/2012
The Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation is in administration, leaving hundreds of employees fearing for their future and community pride shattered. In the past, the BAC won national recognition for services to outstations, employment for indigenous rangers and support for highly successful indigenous artists. But in less than three years the BAC has gone from a strong financial position to what's believed to be millions of dollars in debt.
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12:14:00 02/11/2012
Western Australia's police service says it's assessing the actions of officers in the investigation of Lloyd Rayney. The Perth barrister has been acquitted of the 2007 murder of his wife Corryn - there are now calls for a royal commission.
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- David Taylor
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12:22:00 02/11/2012
It's been an extremely difficult year for Qantas Airways. This time last year it was embroiled in an industrial dispute that cost the airline dearly. The group is now facing a new threat from rival Virgin's push into both the business and leisure travel markets. Today's annual general meeting was an opportunity for some share holders to express their frustration at the company.
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12:30:00 02/11/2012
Earlier this year, the government moved to protect smokers from their addiction, with the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes. And every other week there are stories in the media about the apparent rise of one addiction or the other be it internet, smartphones, food, sugar, or even sex. But are Australia's policy settings around addiction doing the job?
To discuss this, The World Today spoke to Dr Nicole Lee, an Associate Professor at the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University,
James Pitts, the chief executive of the rehabilitation centre, Odyssey House and the reformed heavy smoker, Sylvie Kapell who is also a Quitline Advisor.
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12:22:00 02/11/2012
Election officials in America's north-east are scrambling to make adjustments to voting plans because of damage from superstorm Sandy. It's unclear if power will still be out, but plans are being made to bring in generators or to move voting locations. With the race to the White House now in its concluding days, president Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney are back on the campaign trail, making their closing pitches.
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12:38:00 02/11/2012
With the US election just a few days away, both sides are honing their closing arguments. Women could be the demographic who decide this election and the Obama campaign has been making a strong push for their vote - especially after Mitt Romney's much-reported reference to having 'binders full of women' to choose from to fill top jobs when he was governor of Massachusetts.
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- Martin Cuddihy
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12:34:00 02/11/2012
The building that houses the museum responsible for the renaissance in Tasmanian tourism has been recognised at the National Architecture Awards winnig the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture.
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12:38:00 02/11/2012
A respected scientific journal has reported on an extraordinary talking elephant. The male can manage a few words of Korean with the clever use of its trunk. There are many types of birds which can mimic humans, but it's highly unusual behavior in an elephant.
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