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1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 min. 3 sec.) ; 330320228 bytes |
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GOVERNMENT'S ASYLUM INCENTIVES SHOW WEAKNESSAustralia has shown the first signs of blinking in the stand-off with a group of desperate asylum seekers. The Federal Government has offered to fast track the claims of the Sri Lankans, provided they leave the Oceanic Viking.20 ASYLUM SEEKERS AGREE TO LEAVE BOATThere has been a development onboard the Oceanic Viking. Twenty of the Tamils are now willing to be placed in an Australian-funded detention centre in Tanjung Pinang.NO MORE TROOPS SAYS US KABUL AMBASSADORThe United States ambassador in Kabul has written to the White House, advising against sending thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan.UNICEF DEFENDS AID WORKERS IN SRI LANKAThe United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has defended the actions of its aid workers in Sri Lanka, after one of the country's senior diplomats accused one man of effectively promoting terrorist propaganda.RUDD AFFIRMS LONG-HAUL STAY IN AFGHANISTANThe Prime Minister has used his visit to Afghanistan to underline Australia's commitment to staying the course in the eight-year long war.MARK SIMKIN WITH A RUDD UPDATE FROM NEW DELHIThe ABC's chief political correspondent Mark Simkin is travelling with the Prime Minister and filed this update a short time ago.TANNER, PYNE DEBATE THE WEEK IN POLITICSFinance Minister Lindsay Tanner and the Opposition's education spokesman and manager of Opposition business Christopher Pyne join Lateline to debate the week in politics.WOUNDED SOLDIERS OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND*Warning: This report contains strong languageThe Defence Department has told Lateline that of the 34 diggers wounded this year, 28 of them were from IEDS or roadside bombs, a number of them were serious and two were partial leg amputees. But beyond these figures there is hardly ever any personal detail released publicly of the often very different lives these soldiers now have ahead of them |
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Broadcast 2009-11-12 at 22:25:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Economic forecasting.
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Financial services industry.
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Labor market.
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Licenses.
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Rating agencies (Finance) -- Law and legislation.
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Rio Tinto Company.
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Australia.
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China.
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Streaming video
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Alle, Scott, reporter
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Gunning, Tim, contributor
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Kraehe, Graham, contributor
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Lakos, Martin, contributor
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Moore, Ali, host
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Moshirian, Fariborz, contributor
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Robertson, Andrew, contributor
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Segal, Julian, contributor
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Toth, Julie, contributor
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Vamos, Pauline, contributor
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Walker, John, contributor
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Woolrich, Neal, reporter
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