| Source: | 7.30 Report |
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| Published: | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:40 AEST |
| Expires: | Monday, November 17, 2008 6:40 AEST |
Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett has vowed to clean up Tasmania. The state's government has buckled under public and political pressure to announce an Ethics Commision with investagative powers independent of the police.
An elephant has turned over cars and injured its keeper in a five-hour rampage in India.
Scientists are giving the native bush rat a helping hand in its fight against its European rival.
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