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Coming Up: News conference from Opposition Immigration spokesman @ScottMorrisonMP at 2.15pm AEST. #auspol 13 minutes ago via HootSuite
abcnews #Earthquake struck 10km east of #Christchurch and was followed by a magnitude 3.5 aftershock about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by ABCNews24 and 30 others
Info on NZ quake RT @geonet Quake: mag 5.2, 11 km deep, Fri, May 25 2:44 pm (NZST), geonet.org.nz/3711648g 10 km east of Christchurch about 1 hour ago via HootSuite
Live Now: Immigration Minister @bowenchris speaking at the National Press Club on the future of skilled migration. bit.ly/abcnews24 about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
Immigration Minister @bowenchris is giving today's National Press Club address 'The Future of Skilled Migration' at 12.30pm AEST. #npc about 2 hours ago via HootSuite
James Kelly joins us now with the latest development on the intl custody battle involving four Qld girls. bit.ly/abcnews24 about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
Next: We talk to the astronomer who inspired Jodie Foster’s character in ‘Contact’, retiring as Director of the Centre for SETI Research. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
Next: The chairwoman of the global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International joins us to discuss corruption issues in Australia. about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
JohnBarronABC Tonight; Robert Reich on Wall St reform and Joe McGinniss on Palin, Nixon and Ted Kennedy plus Ken Mayer on Wi. #planetamerica ABC24 6pm about 4 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by ABCNews24 and 1 other
Coming Up: @jhutcheon talks to the 'Alien Hunter' Dr Jill Tarter, retiring from the @SETIInstitute after 28 years. 10.40am AEST. about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
paulwkennedy Watch Contact Sport tonight @ABCNews24 730.. A doco: The Ghosts of Australian Football.. Remembering a tragedy from 1892. @BreakfastNews about 5 hours ago via Twitter for iPad Retweeted by ABCNews24
Next @BreakfastNews 6am AEST: @peter_dutton on #auspol, Mark Olive on #SorryDay & @VividSydney Director Jess Scully bit.ly/abcnews24 about 8 hours ago via HootSuite
BreakfastNews Tomorrow: Federal Politics with @peter_dutton; #SorryDay with Mark Olive and Jess Scully on #vividideas about 16 hours ago via web Retweeted by ABCNews24
A reminder that you can continue the #FutureForum discussion and watch the Q&A on the website here bit.ly/KjUyzZ about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
tas_mi @ABCNews24 - No human nature is more than just the elements of science it is the intrinsic human condition about 15 hours ago via web in reply to ABCNews24 Retweeted by ABCNews24 and 1 other
Do you agree with Kate Reynolds on the #FutureForum? Do you expect science to rescue us and therefore we don’t need to take action now? about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
Ivan_Crisp @ABCNews24 how would good exist without evil. Its the balance of opposites that makes the world work. Would love still be love without hate? about 15 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to ABCNews24 Retweeted by ABCNews24 and 3 others
hlambrick @ABCNews24 Singer argument, not convinced. We need dark/ bad so we can appreciate good/light. Nihilism is not my idea of happiness about 15 hours ago via web in reply to ABCNews24 Retweeted by ABCNews24
What do you think of Liesl Capper’s suggestion that in the future we will have multiple AI avatars for diff parts of our lives? #FutureForum about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
Should we genetically modify humans so that they can do no evil, as Peter Singer suggests on the #FutureForum? bit.ly/abcnews24 about 16 hours ago via HootSuite

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