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Enlarge textUnless you count a few high school detentions, I have never been locked up, so I wasn't sure what to expect from the marathon six hour media lock-in for the federal budget in Canberra.
topPirate Party sails towards 2013 election
Australians with a vested interest in stronger governmental transparency and free speech could have another voting option in the upcoming federal election.
As the year winds down and holidays kick in for most, it's as good a time as any to catch up on all those longform stories you tweeted, talked or heard about but never got around to finishing.
Guardian ends Facebook 'social experiment'
British media outlet the Guardian has announced plans to shortly kill off its Facebook-integrated social reader, a little more than a year after it first launched in September, 2011.
No winners in Guardian-WikiLeaks fight
It should have been a vote to celebrate a hero, but the furore over the Guardian's 'Person of the Year' competition has put two very different individuals in the limelight for all the wrong reasons.
A virtual tour through tsunami-hit Japan
From eerie abandoned schools to huge beached ships, anyone can now experience the colossal impact of Japan's 2011 tsunami up close.
Twitter execs to swoop on Australia
With a green-and-gold logo, a dedicated Australian handle and meetings with top local businesses, could Twitter be setting its sights on a permanent home down-under?
Twitter fail: Susan Boyle’s accidental adult party invite
The PR team of British singer Susan Boyle delivered the twittersphere a collective heart attack yesterday with the joyful peddling of a hashtag nobody thought to double-check.
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