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	8/20/2013: FRONT PAGE: PARACHUTE PETE LABOR’S star candidate Peter Beattie has been parachuted into two key seats in north Queensland in a sign the party has given up on the Brisbane seat the former premier was drafted to save. Just 12 days after being dropped into Forde, Mr Beattie took... Visit Courier Mail Web Site

	8/20/2013: Front Page: SHATTERED DREAM SHOT dead before his life had barely begun, Chris Lane, 22, is the latest victim of senseless US gun crime. With three teens now facing the death penalty over the Oklahoma drive-by, even hardened police were shocked. “There has been some pretty weak... Visit Daily Telegraph Web Site

	8/20/2013: FRONT PAGE: CRACKDOWN THE Adult Parole Board has been releasing serious violent and sexual offenders far too easily and is infected with a culture that is tilted in favour of very serious criminals, a damning government report has found. Under sweeping changes proposed to... Visit Herald Sun Web Site

	8/20/2013: FRONT PAGE: GAY HATE MAIL A TASMANIAN Senate candidate is at the centre of a row over the attempted distribution of election material describing gay people as ‘‘perverse’’ and Kevin Rudd as Judas. Bearing the name and the image of Tasmanian independent candidate Andrew... Visit Hobart Mercury Web Site

	8/20/2013: NEWS: Court told of ice haul TWO Hells Angels members who were arrested in a McDonald’s drive- through over alleged drug trafficking had their bail applications heard in the Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday. Phillip Pearce O’Shea, 40, of The Gardens, who police say is the Hells... Visit NT News Web Site

	8/20/2013: FRONT PAGE: ‘IT WAS JUST SO SENSELESS’ In a small town on the other side of the world, a young Australian’s promise was snuffed out in the most brutal and inexplicable fashion. Jogging through the leafy streets of Duncan, Oklahoma last Friday, Chris Lane must have felt the world was at his... Visit Sydney Morning Herald Web Site

	8/20/2013: NEWS: Car giant blasts ‘hand grenade’ tax change ONE of Australia’s biggest car companies has accused the Rudd Government of lobbing a “hand-grenade” into the market, amid revelations fleet orders have slumped by 37 per cent in the past fortnight. Hyundai - the second-highest seller of passenger... Visit The Advertiser Web Site

	8/20/2013: Front Page: New parole crackdown Dan Oakes and Josh Gordon The State Government is set to introduce a radically tougher parole system in response to a series of high-profile murders committed by violent offenders on parole. It is understood that a report by retired High Court judge... Visit The Age Web Site

	8/20/2013: FRONT PAGE: Clouds build over ALP’s Sunshine State campaign KEVIN Rudd’s do- or- die hopes of picking up a swag of Coalition seats in Queensland to hold government are fading, with Labor preparing defences against a reinvigorated push f rom Tony Abbott to expand his backbench on the Prime Minister’s home... Visit The Australian Web Site

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