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Moranbah’s back in the news — our February story on the boom winners and losers in the Queensland mining town: theglobalmail.org/feature/homele… #mining about 8 hours ago via web
.@bernlagan uncovered the winners and losers of the mining boom theglobalmail.org/feature/homele… (also on @4corners tonight). #Moranbah #FIFO about 8 hours ago via web
4corners #4Corners reporter Andrew Fowler talks to #ABCNews24 about how mining developments are killing regional communities. bit.ly/L6Df4b RT about 9 hours ago via web Retweeted by TheGlobalMail and 16 others
@bernlagan uncovered the winners and losers of the mining boom theglobalmail.org/feature/homele… #Moranbah (also on @4corners tonight). #FIFO about 9 hours ago via web
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The homecoming story of a boy convicted of people-smuggling, held in a maximum-security prison for 2.5 years theglobalmail.org/feature/ali-ja… #AliJasmin 10:08 PM May 23rd via web
53 per cent of working Australians do not work standard nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday hours. theglobalmail.org/feature/who-mo… via @MikeSeccombe 7:11 PM May 23rd via web
A viral Internet video shines a new light on government corruption in Indonesia: theglobalmail.org/feature/shamel… @AubreyBelford 4:36 PM May 23rd via web
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The work-life dilemma, Kiwis on the move, a new take on Manhattan bums — and more: theglobalmail.org 4:15 PM May 23rd via web
"The boundaries of the outback are fences of the mind." @mpbowers reveals his love affair with Lake Eyre: theglobalmail.org/rnr/photo-essa… #PhotoEssay 11:08 PM May 22nd via web
Ringside for Egypt's #election circus — @jessradio follows Egypt’s frontrunner for president, Amr Moussa theglobalmail.org/feature/going-… #Egypt 12:57 AM May 22nd via web
"There could be a gay gene in the Abbott family. Tony Abbott may have gay nieces or nephews." theglobalmail.org/feature/why-wo… #gaymarriage #Abbott 10:38 PM May 20th via web
After 45 years together, John and Arthur want the right to get married theglobalmail.org/feature/why-wo… Why won't Australia let them? via @crittenden_s 10:36 PM May 20th via web