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 Wayne Swan will set out a ten-year plan to pay for disability care and school funding increases in tonight's budget. The treasurer's sixth budget will reveal a decifit, but he is promising1 to outline a path back to surplus. Mr.Swan says there'll be significant savings2 on top of the cuts already revealed.

 
Coalition3 MPs and Senators will meet today to decide whether to back a referendum to recognize local councils in the constitution. A growing number of coalition members have been speaking out against the proposal. The Opposition's local government spokesman Barnaby Joyce backs the move, but others are threatening to cross the floor.
 
Shocking new research has revealed the extent of sexual violence in Victoria's psychiatric hospitals. The report by the Victorian mental illness awareness4 foundation has found nearly half of the female patients surveyed had been sexually assaulted inside psychiatric wards5.
 
Fire has gutted6 one house and severely7 damaged another at Taringa in Brisbane's west. The blaze broke out just before 11:30 last night, it quickly spread to the adjacent house, all ten occupants managed to escape unharmed. On the Gold Coast fire has severely damaged a Waterside home still being built, and Water police have rescued two men who abandoned their fishing trawler when it caught fire just off  Mermaid Beach.
 
Police investigating a shooting at Mother's Day parade in New Orleans have released security camera video of a possible suspect. Nineteen people including two children were injured in the attack, police are searching for three suspects seen fleeing the area. 

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1 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的，有前途的
参考例句：
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
2 savings ZjbzGu     
n.存款，储蓄
参考例句：
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
3 coalition pWlyi     
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
4 awareness 4yWzdW     
n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智
参考例句：
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
5 wards 90fafe3a7d04ee1c17239fa2d768f8fc     
区( ward的名词复数 )； 病房； 受监护的未成年者； 被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句：
  • This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
  • It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区，下设三个分区。
6 gutted c134ad44a9236700645177c1ee9a895f     
adj.容易消化的v.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 )；取出…的内脏
参考例句：
  • Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望？我是伤心透了！
  • The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 severely SiCzmk     
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
  • He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
  • He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

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