There are reports that the mining tax has collected no revenue for the second straight quarter.
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There are reports that the mining tax has collected no revenue for the second straight quarter.
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FILE - This Dec. 5, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking at the Interior Department in Washington. The president says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana. In a Barbara Walters interview airing Friday on ABC, Obama is asked whether he supports making pot legal. He says, "I wouldn't go that far." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 8, 2012 file photo shows marijuana plants flourishing under the lights at a grow house in Denver. President Barack Obama says he won't go after Washington state and Colorado for legalizing marijuana. In a Barbara Walters interview airing Friday on ABC, Obama is asked whether he supports making pot legal. He says, "I wouldn't go that far." (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 file photo,, State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, left, gestures as State Senator Mark Leno, right, looks on during a news conference calling for the end of Federal attacks on medical marijuana dispensaries in San Francisco. Ammiano has said he was “frustrated” by Obama's recent comments, saying the federal government needs to stop shuttering dispensaries in states with medical marijuana laws, including California. “A good step here would be to stop raiding those legal dispensaries who are doing what they are allowed to do by law". (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has defended the practice of "screening out" asylum seekers.
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Breaking the rules: cigarettes with an AUS code.
NBN pledge fails to quell outback satellite worries
An outback Queensland mayor says remote communities are still pushing ahead with a plan to get fibre optic cable to their shires, despite a new promise by the Federal Government.
The Government yesterday announced remote internet users would get faster speeds under the National Broadband Network (NBN), over the fixed wireless network and the satellite service.
Diamantina Mayor Geoff Morton says despite faster speeds, satellite will always have a time delay, making it unsuitable for certain applications, such as e-medicine.
"Because it is satellite, because there is a time delay, it can never be used for high-tech medical applications, some of the education applications, several things that satellite will never be able to do," he said.
"That is readily admitted by those in the industry.
"Satellite is good but it can only go so far, whereas optic fibre, it goes as far as it can ever go in the future.
"Everything with a satellite has a time delay, they cannot eradicate that.
"I've got satellite phones, I've got satellite TV, I've got satellite internet - no matter what happens, they cannot match copper wire or optic fibre for speed and reliability.
"With all the satellite gear I've got, it's affected by the weather, clouds, dust storms."
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