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The Clean Energy Target ditched in favour of a new plan Malcolm Turnbull says will cut power bills and carbon emissions. Mixed reactions to Australia's appointment to the United Nations Human Rights Council. A call for harmony from Alpha Cheng whose father Curtis Cheng was murdered outside a Sydney police station.


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By Michael Tomalaris, Greg Dyett

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The Clean Energy Target ditched in favour of a new plan Malcolm Turnbull says will cut power bills and carbon emissions. Mixed reactions to Australia's appointment to the United Nations Human Rights Council. A call for harmony from Alpha Cheng whose father Curtis Cheng was murdered outside a Sydney police station.



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