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Some of the defining images of 2011. Digital image: Josh Fagan

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(Adapted from news quiz on the inside back page of RMIT Catalyst edition 6)

Leader News story: Plain packet cigarettes to reduce Victorians’ cancer risk.

PLAIN packaging cigarettes will reduce the number of Victorians diagnosed with lung cancer, the Victorian Cancer Council says.

Proposed packet designs.

Current affair radio piece on the ongoing issues and internal politics of the Wonthaggi desal plant for RMIT Journalism. Broadcast on Multicultural Media Exchange.

With growing unrest between construction groups and unions, the future of Victoria’s desalination plant is in serious doubt.

The troubled desalination project in Wonthaggi, in Victoria’s East, has cost taxpayers $5bn and could cost more if construction continues to be stalled.

Now unions are calling for peace talks amid ongoing industrial disputes between the workers and construction company Thiess Degremont.

Full script below.
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Leader news story: Rally against sheep slaughter at MCG.

ANIMAL RIGHTS protesters will gather at the MCG tonight to rally against non-stunned slaughter of sheep.

Digitally altered image of sheep on MCG.

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Leader News story: Police to crack down at Spring racing carnival.

Punters could face on-the-spot fines of $489 for being drunk and disorderly

‘DON’T BET on avoiding a breathalyzer,’ reads the billboard on Epsom Rd, opposite Flemington racecourse.
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