Labor may take new media changes to poll

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy says Labor will consider what policies on media reform, if any, it will take to September's election. The government withdrew four bills last month after it could not gain the support of the crossbenchers...

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UK still dominated by Thatcher legacy

MARGARET Thatcher's free-market reforms were controversial, but they fundamentally changed the British economy and still provide a yardstick against which her successors are judged. During the 1980s, her Conservative government deregulated the...

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US loses 'true friend': Obama on Thatcher

US President Barack Obama says after the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that America has lost a "true friend" and the world a champion of freedom and liberty. "As an unapologetic supporter of our transatlantic alliance,...

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Thatcher's battle with dementia

IT is a sad irony that, during her time in power, Margaret Thatcher was renowned for her razor-like intellect and power-house memory. No one at that time could have foreseen her later mental decline, least of all her daughter Carol. In her memoir,...

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Climate change blamed for bumpier flights

FLIGHTS will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warn. Already, atmospheric turbulence injures hundreds of airline passengers each year, sometimes fatally, damaging...

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Thatcher triggered cultural revolution

AS well as overhauling Britain's economy, Margaret Thatcher triggered a cultural revolution by igniting a creative burst of anger at her policies, including slashing arts funding. Thatcher "had a phenomenal impact on the cultural landscape of...

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Friends and foes pay tribute to Thatcher

FORMER friends and foes alike from across the world have paid tribute to the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, remembering an "extraordinary leader" who stamped her authority everywhere. The "Iron Lady" was a polarising figure in...

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Reports of star's demise premature

MARGARET Thatcher's death caused paroxysms of confusion on Twitter where some users were apparently left with the impression that the singer Cher had died. Members began posting comments on the microblogging site with the hashtag #nowthatchersdead...

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