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Hawke launches ALP campaign in key seat
9:39AM Christian Kerr LABOR is wheeling a big gun on to a key election battleground, with Bob Hawke today launching the party's campaign for the Melbourne seat of Deakin.
Protester Bradley Smith is led away after disrupting Julia Gillard's speech on climate change. Picture: Kym Smith
Kristy Oberthur, near the Hay Point coal facility in Mackay, is concerned about the resources rent tax. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen
Miranda Kerr and her actor beau Orlando Bloom have tied the knot in secret, just a month after announcing their engagement.
South Africa's Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, announcing his retirement from public life. Picture: AP
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PM vows to ban 'dirty' power stations
1:11PM UPDATED: Matthew Franklin JULIA Gillard will ban new coal-fired power stations that use "dirty" technology and require that any power station built can be retro-fitted with developing clean coal technology.
Abbott pledges to boost port security
1:18PM Tony Barrass TONY Abbott has committed almost $100 million to strengthening security at Australia's ports and airports.
Bonnie forces evacuation at BP site
1:23PM Susan Daker and Angel Gonzalez TROPICAL storm Bonnie has forced the evacuation of a drilling rig and other vessels at the BP oil-spill site in the Gulf of Mexico.
Murali's mark won't be beaten: Warne
12:15PM AUSTRALAIN legend Shane Warne insists Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan's record total of 800 Test wickets will never be beaten.
Hells Angel to take police to High Court
12:52PM A HELLS Angels bikie will fight in the High Court to overturn a NSW Police application to outlaw his gang.
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Babcock drowning in debt, court told
11:33AM Scott Murdoch THE last CEO of Babcock & Brown, Michael Larkin, today said the collapsed financial group was overwhelmed with debt during its demise.
Woodside backs off Pluto FID target
1:31PM UPDATE: Matt Chambers WOODSIDE'S search for gas and suppliers for the expansion of its Pluto project looks like dragging second-stage approval into at least 2011.
Slowing China shakes commodities
8:10AM Analysis: Andrew Batson A SLOWDOWN in China's headlong economic growth, while moderate so far, is reverberating through global commodity markets.
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Hawke launches ALP campaign in key seat
9:39AM Christian Kerr LABOR is wheeling a big gun on to a key election battleground, with Bob Hawke today launching the party's campaign for the Melbourne seat of Deakin.
Libs promise simple way to sack
Patricia Karvelas, Political correspondent THE Coalition has promised to make it easier for small businesses to sack employees by changing Labor's existing unfair dismissal laws.
Voting intentions the only predictor
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Here are a couple of questions, the correct answers to which are the opposite of what you might expect. During the 1996 election…
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Wrong fax number causes diplomatic spat
9:04AM THE US has apologised to Russia for not giving prompt consular access to a pilot held for smuggling, saying it hit the wrong number on a fax.
Ponting eyes famous comeback
8:50AM Peter Wilson at Headingley RICKY Ponting was at his most determined when he marched to the crease at Headingley last night.
PM missed the Jakarta memo
Dennis Shanahan, Political editor Labor is mixing the separate matters of asylum-seekers and urban overcrowding
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Hermes figures point to luxury revival
8:31AM Mimosa Spencer, Amelie Baubeau HERMES' sales jumped 27 per cent in the second quarter, another sign that luxury is back.
The world's most underrated destinations
By Christina Pfeiffer, Sarah Nicholson and Anthony Dennis MANY will tell you the best destinations have already been overrun by tourists, but that’s not entirely true.
NBN coverage increased to 93pc
Mitchell Bingemann THE federal government will extend the fibre footprint of the NBN to an additional 1.6 million premises should it regain power at this year's election.
Burger joins as M&C; wins David Jones
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M&C SAATCHI has hired Jacques Burger from The Campaign Palace to reunite him with former boss Mike Abel at M&C Saatchi Abel South Africa.
Young should get grants priority
Cheryl Jones AFFIRMATIVE action for young research-grant applicants is among the recommendations of a report on ways to drive international collaborative research.
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Rudd is Gillard's unguided missile
Kevin Rudd is the Jason Akermanis of Australian politics. Like Aker, Rudd’s a talented bloke but not everyone seems to like him.
PM missed the Jakarta memo
Labor is mixing the separate matters of asylum-seekers and urban overcrowding
Dangerous hands to be holding power
The Greens are poised to be part of the next government, but can they be trusted, asks Kenneth Wiltshire
Reconciliation plan unlikely to bring peace
Negotiating with the Taliban won't work, writes Frud Bezhan
Bernanke gives RBA a breathing space
YESTERDAY'S congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke was good news for Julia Gillard.
Europe shows the alternative to growth
A shrinking population and inflated expectations are a damaging mix, writes Oliver Marc Hartwich
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