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Activist of the digital age

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A wingnut gets his comeuppance

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia's war on renewables

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Australia is burning

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Pope decries consumerism

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Tony Abbott, Rupert Murdoch (Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte/Lionel Bonaventure/Photo montage by Salon)

Murdoch's anti-climate crusade

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (AP/Andy Wong)

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (AP/Andy Wong)

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In this Thursday, April 17, 2014 photo provided by the Australian Defence Force the Phoenix International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Artemis is craned over the side of Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield before launching the vehicle in to the southern Indian Ocean in the search of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370Malaysia Airlines MH370. Up to 11 aircraft and 12 ships continue to scan the ocean surface for debris from the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. (AP Photo/Australian Defence Force, Bradley Darvill) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Lsis Bradley Darvill)

In this April 4, 2014, photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Defence vessel Ocean Shield tows a pinger locator in the first search for the missing flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder in the southern Indian Ocean. Ocean Shield, which is carrying high-tech sound detectors from the U.S. Navy, was investigating a sound it picked up. (AP Photo/ADF, LEUT Kelly Lunt, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Leut Kelly Lunt)

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CORRECTS THE SOURCE - In this March 16, 2014 satellite imagery provided by Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Defence on Thursday, March 20, 2014, a floating object is seen at sea next to the descriptor which was added by the source. Australia's government reported Thursday, March 20, 2014 that the images show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner floating in an area 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth Australia. (AP Photo/Commonwealth of Australia - Department of Defence) (Ho)

This Friday, March 21, 2014 graphic provided by Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), shows an area in the southern Indian Ocean that the AMSA is concentrating its search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on. Planes are flying out of Australia again to search for two objects detected by satellite that may be debris from a missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner. (AP Photo/Australian Maritime Safety Authority) (AP)

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Australian PM Julia Gillard (Troy Constable/Wikimedia)

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