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Subject: ABC transcripts Sunday 11/8/2013 re Friday 8/11/2013==re Friday 8/2/2013

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Timeline: Leaders' debate in video
Posted 9 minutes ago

Look back on the first debate between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in the 2013 federal election campaign.

Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, australia
Economy dominates debate as PM makes gay marriage pledge
By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths
Posted 15 minutes ago | Updated 5 minutes ago

The Prime Minister has promised to move towards legalising same-sex marriage in the first 100 days of a re-elected Labor government, in the first - and perhaps last - leader's debate of the election campaign.

The exchange between Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott otherwise focused heavily on the economy and who could be trusted to best manage it.

Alongside the weighty discussion about the economy - in particular, productivity, costings and the GST - the issues of aged care, climate change, asylum seekers, Sydney's second airport and same-sex marriage were also addressed.

Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, rudd-kevin, abbott-tony, canberra-2600, australia
Man who abducted daughter turns himself in
Posted 50 minutes ago | Updated 3 minutes ago

A man who abducted his 10-month-old daughter and allegedly assaulted the child's grandmother has turned himself in to police.

Topics: crime, assault, mount-gambier-5290, sa
How the leaders' debate unfolded on social media
Curated by Gary Kemble
Posted 1 hour 11 minutes ago

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have met at the National Press Club for the first leaders' debate of the Australian election campaign. Relive the debate through the eyes of ABC journalists, politicians, and social media users.

Topics: federal-elections, rudd-kevin, abbott-tony, federal-government, social-media, australia
Aussie Buckman through to Moscow semis
By Luke Pentony in Moscow
Posted 1 hour 34 minutes ago | Updated 51 minutes ago

Australia’s Zoe Buckman is through to the semi-finals of the women’s 1,500 metres on day two of the world track and field championships in Moscow.

Topics: sport, athletics, australia, russian-federation
Ashes Fourth Test Day Three: live blog
By James Maasdorp
Posted 3 hours 31 minutes ago | Updated 34 minutes ago

Some late hitting from Ryan Harris helped Australia to 270 all out, a lead of 32 on day three. Follow Grandstand's live blog.

Topics: ashes, cricket, sport, england, australia
Man charged for driving 110kph over speed limit
By Kathryn Magann
Posted 4 hours 46 minutes ago | Updated 2 minutes ago

A man has been charged after police in New South Wales clocked him driving 110 kilometres per hour over the speed limit.

Topics: traffic-offences, kempsey-2440, nsw
Bondi vet Chris Brown collapses during City2Surf run
Posted 5 hours 29 minutes ago | Updated 5 hours 27 minutes ago

The star of the popular television show Bondi Vet, Chris Brown, was one of seven people taken to hospital after Sydney's annual City2Surf fun run.

Topics: accidents---other, television, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Philippines braces for Typhoon Utor
Posted 6 hours 22 minutes ago | Updated 16 minutes ago

The Philippines is bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Utor with authorities warning of heavy rains and potential floods in what is expected to be the strongest storm to hit the country so far this year.

Topics: cyclones, philippines, asia
NZRU steps up campaign for SBW
Posted 6 hours 31 minutes ago

The NZRU has stepped up its bid to lure back Sonny Bill Williams by offering a three-year deal to the code-hopper.

Topics: nrl, rugby-union, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, new-zealand
Essendon awaits AFL decision on scandal
Posted 6 hours 35 minutes ago | Updated 6 hours 24 minutes ago

Charges could be laid against Essendon in the next two days with the club saying it can then speak freely about the supplements saga.

Topics: australian-football-league, sport, doping-in-sports, essendon-3040, vic, australia
Search for man who bashed woman, fled with child
By Loukas Founten
Posted 7 hours 21 minutes ago | Updated 55 minutes ago

South Australian police are urging a man who allegedly bashed his infant daughter's grandmother before fleeing with the child in tow to contact police.

Topics: missing-person, assault, crime, mount-gambier-5290
Labor unveils $35m plan for disadvantaged job seekers
Posted 8 hours 19 minutes ago | Updated 7 hours 1 minute ago

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has unveiled a $35 million plan to help young, disadvantaged job seekers become more employable.

Topics: federal-elections, unemployment, community-and-society, vocational, queanbeyan-2620, australia
Joyce wants code of conduct, ombudsman for dairy industry
Posted 9 hours 10 minutes ago

Nationals candidate Barnaby Joyce says he supports a mandatory code of conduct and ombudsman to oversee the dairy industry.

Topics: dairy-production, rural, brisbane-4000, qld, nsw
Remains found after fire destroys house at Boggabilla
Posted 9 hours 32 minutes ago | Updated 8 hours 1 minute ago

Police believe they have found the remains of a 14-year-old girl in a house that was destroyed by fire in north-west New South Wales.

Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, death, boggabilla-2409
NSW to consider chemical castration for child sex offenders
Posted 9 hours 39 minutes ago

Chemical castration is among the alternative sentencing options for child sex offenders to be considered by a New South Wales parliamentary committee.

Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, nsw
Bullets fired at home in Sydney's west
Posted 9 hours 48 minutes ago | Updated 9 hours 37 minutes ago

A house has been sprayed with bullets in what police believe was a targeted attack in Sydney's west overnight.

Topics: crime, police, colyton-2760
Assange says US plan to limit surveillance programs vindicates Snowden
Posted 10 hours 57 minutes ago | Updated 9 hours 35 minutes ago

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called plans to limit the US government's sweeping surveillance programs a victory of sorts for fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.

Topics: security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, government-and-politics, united-states
Ashes 2013: fourth Test, day two: The verdict
By ABC staff with wires
Posted 11 hours 58 minutes ago | Updated 11 hours 49 minutes ago

Grandstand brings you expert analysis, player reaction and everything you need to know about day two at Durham.

Topics: cricket, sport, ashes, england, united-kingdom
Fears of 'predatory' tactics after Waterhouse takeover
By Nick Pedley
Posted Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:29am AEST | Updated 11 hours 53 minutes ago

A leading anti-gambling advocate fears there will be more predatory" behaviour targeting problem gamblers in the wake of the $34 million takeover of TomWaterhouse.com.

The chair of the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce, Tim Costello, fears there may be some nasty fallout from William Hill's takeover of the Australian online betting organisation.

The takeover gives the UK betting giant access to Tom Waterhouse's client list, including the betting habits of vulnerable gamblers.

Topics: gambling, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, australia
Hundreds attend funeral for Canadian boys killed by python
Posted Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:23am AEST | Updated Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:39am AEST

Hundreds of people have attended a funeral in Canada for two young boys who were killed by a huge python as they slept.

Topics: reptiles, death, community-and-society, canada
Clutch finish leaves Furyk one clear at Oak Hill
Posted Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:46am AEST | Updated 7 hours 28 minutes ago

Jim Furyk leapfrogged Jason Dufner into the lead with one round to go in the year's final golf major, the PGA Championship.

Topics: golf, sport, united-states
Emotional day for Chris Rogers as century leaves Australia well-placed
Posted Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:57am AEST | Updated 10 hours 51 minutes ago

It was an emotional day for Chris Rogers, whose maiden century leaves Australia well placed in the fourth Test.

Topics: cricket, sport, ashes, england
Baby snatched after grandmother assaulted in SA: police
Posted Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:47am AEST | Updated Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:51am AEST

Police in South Australia say a man seriously assaulted the grandmother of his child before snatching the child and fleeing in the early hours of this morning.

Topics: missing-person, police, assault, mount-gambier-5290
Bushwalkers winched to safety from national park south of Sydney
Posted Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:39am AEST | Updated 2 hours 47 minutes ago

Police have rescued nine people, aged in their 60s, who failed to return from a bushwalk at Heathcote National Park, south of Sydney.

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