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[Edition 26] SYDNEY, Tuesday: There were emotional displays and many tributes paid today as Elaine Nile, Christian Democrat MP of 12 years standing, announced her retirement from the Parliament. Ms Nile blamed smokers in Parliament House, the long hours demanded of politicians and her recent successes in the Christian Democrats’ “war on masturbation” as contributing…

[Edition 26] MELBOURNE, Monday: The Federal Court decision to allow single women and lesbians to use infertility treatment in Victoria has been attacked by the Federal Government, the Catholic Church and by pro-family community groups. The Minister for Health, Mr Michael Wooldridge said that “socially infertile” women would not be entitled to Medicare coverage of…

[Edition 20] In a desperate attempt to restore its reputation, a spokesman for Qantas has claimed that the Rain Man “no longer represents majority opinion in the autistic community”.