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East Timor says it will not negotiate on its threat to pull out of a multi-billion dollar deal with Australia to exploit gas reserves in the Timor Sea. It says the gas from Greater Sunrise will be piped to its shores and processed at a plant to be constructed there, or it will remain under the sea. But the Australian government says this is a commercial decision for resources giant Woodside and its joint venture partners. Woodside says East Timor's plan is too expensive and it favours building a processing plant above the gas field and piping it to a processing plant in Darwin.

The coalition is immobilised today as members and senators stand by, waiting to see when shadow treaaurer Joe Hockey will step in the ring and take on Malcolm Turnbull for the leadership. It's a move that seems inevitable now, with support for Malcolm Turnbull ebbing away. This morning two major opinion polls show Joe Hockey out-polling Malcolm Turnbull as preferred leader, both leaving Tony Abbott, still the only actual declared candidate for tomorrow's leadership ballot, a long way behind. Meanwhile, as the leadership tensions threaten to wreck the party, debate on the Emissions Trading Bill continues again this morning, with the government threatening to keep the Senate sitting all night, or as long as it takes.

The debt crisis engulfing Dubai, the Middle East's trading hub, continues to unnerve investors. Australian shares posted their largest one day loss in five months on Friday. And US stocks also tumbled when markets re-opened in New York after the Thanksgiving holiday. The uncertainty will be weighing on the minds of the Reserve Bank board as it considers whether to raise interest rates again tomorrow.

With the federal election due next year, the Labor party is going through the process of selecting candidates to run for parliament. The safe seat of Throsby has a 23% margin, so whoever is endorsed by Labor has a guaranteed entry into parliament. That being the case, you'd think competition would be fierce, but it's not. Only one candidate is expected for the safe Labor seat.

Hundreds of thousands of puppies are born every year, and many eventually end up in pounds, where most have to be put down. The vicious cycle involves unregulated breeders, pet stores, dog rescuers -- and the buyers who take in a puppy without thinking it through, then dump it. Reporter: Hagar Cohen. Kelly Kesper Kennels, January 2009This video was filmed at the Kelly Kesper Kennels in Victoria in January 2009 by Animal Liberation Victoria. [Duration: 3'44" 23.3MB]

Australia has had its fair share of pivotal political moments over the years. Moments that have engaged the interest and opinions of its people, and yet, through them all our democracy and our institutions have stayed strong and we have remained peaceful. Find a transcript of this lecture after the broadcast on the Boyer Lectures website Also today Edward Dyson's short story 'After the Accident' read by Gabriel Andrews.

Today marks one year since the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They devastated India's financial capital, killing 166 people and leaving widespread damage. It also left the Jewish centre, Nariman House, in ruins. Six people were killed there, including Rabbi Holtz-Berg and his pregnant wife Rivka. The centre had offered guests a Jewish experience in a foreign land, with a synagogue and kosher food. But when two gunmen burst in, they turned the centre into a battleground. Since the attacks, the Jewish centre has operated secretly from another location, with Nariman House remaining vacant. Today, it will be re-opened to the public in honour of those who lost their lives.

WA Income Management trial The federal government has announced an expansion of Northern Territory welfare reforms to non-Indigenous families. One year on from Mumbai A year ago the world was transfixed by a terrorist attack in Mumbai in India. Letters and pens for Cambodia Imagine you're at the airport -- you´re browsing for a book to read on the flight. Instead of the latest bestseller or trashy magazine though, you choose a story that resonates so strongly you decide to do something about it. Music Track - Slow Slow (Run Run) To run or not to run Finding the time to exercise is an ongoing struggle for many.

Bea Campbell The much-awaited inquiry into how Britain came to be involved in the Iraq war has started in London. However, unlike with Iraq, there's a swell of feeling tihin the government for staying the course in Afghanistan, which is seen as a legitimate conflict. Beatrix discuss this and the issue of counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. Future of the UN in Afghanistan A conversation with the head of the UN elections team in Afghanistan, who is back in Sydney briefly as the UN works out what it´s going to do with its staff in Kabul following the attack that killed several UN workers last month. After the Taliban attack on its guesthouse, the UN withdrew hundreds of staff from the Afghan capital - and in the process threw into doubt the very important parliamentary elections due early next year. The Poet and the Madwoman "When sanity had given way to reclusive imagination, I walked tall and deluded. Now I bask in the joy of being at home, complete, mindful of the capricious time when my mind was pierced by the steely shards of madness." A poem by Sandy Jeffs about what's it like living with schizophrenia. Sandy has lived with the mental illness for thirty three years and she discusses how the treatment and perception of mental illness has changed over this time.

Northern Territory consultation process 'flawed' The Australian Government has recently consulted with Aboriginal communities about the Northern Territory Emergency Response, known as 'the Intervention', launched by the previous Government. Tamil asylum seekers The Australian Tamil community wants the Australian government to lead an international campaign against the treatment of Tamils in Sri Lanka. New York schools performance questioned There´s been a lot of educational reform and experimentation going on in schools in New York city. Meet the listener: An ode to the amah Cathy Netherwood lived and worked in Hong Kong for fifteen years, it was there she gave birth to her son.

Let's return to the recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of Storm Financial Services. The collapse of the Townsville-based group left hundreds of investors, big and small, with losses of about $3 billion dollars. Sean McArdle is a forensic police officer with the Queensland Police. He lodged four submissions to the inquiry after losing up to $4 million in the Storm Financial debacle. But despite the huge personal loss, he sees himself luckier than many of the victims, like the scores of retirees who lost their entire life savings.

The Prime Minister last night announced an important step towards a National Disability Insurance Scheme. Kevin Rudd told a disability awards function that the Productivity Commission will investigate the feasibility of no-fault insurance cover for people who are disabled either from birth or through injury.

The failure of the Queensland-based advisory firm Storm Financial saw a lot of Australians lose a lot of money. Now the long awaited parliamentary inquiry has come up with 11 recommendations, but has stopped short of imposing an outright ban on financial advisers accepting commissions. It also recommends the law be changed to impose a duty of care on financial advisers so they put the interests of their clients before their own.