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"The ABC let down the Australian public badly when it abjectly surrendered the rights of its employee... to appease a lobby group," Justice Rangiah said on Wednesday.

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But there is little sense this will appease the anger on Labour's backbenchers about the situation in Gaza, nor the calls for the government to go further.

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But that doesn’t appease the tenants who say a reserved parking spot in Koreatown is more than just a luxury — it’s a necessity.

"I think the Australian government has had to make an urgent move to essentially appease the masses. But they haven't gone far enough."

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Palace chairman Steve Parish has helped appease his manager's very public angst by keeping the central defender despite agreeing to sell Guehi to Liverpool earlier on deadline day.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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