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Wallabies their own worst enemies as they failed to learn from past mistakes, with All Blacks belting them 49-28 and taking away any hope they had of regaining the Bledisloe Cup

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Rudd was 'Lib double agent'

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HOWARD Government leaked damaging information about Labor for Rudd to feed to the press.

Gillard woos voters with super booster

Julia Gillard

PRIME Minister promises no-frills scheme that will give workers an extra $40,000 in their retirement.

Nixon sorry for Black Saturday bungle

Christine Nixon

ROYAL Commission lambasts former police chief for "hands-off approach" to bushfire disaster.

Pupils taught man, T-Rex lived together

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EXTREMISTS hijack lessons, telling children spell protected Adam and Eve from dinosaurs.

Rehab Matt has slipped from the wagon

Matt Newton

FRIENDS fear controversial actor has returned to party lifestyle that led to stay in rehab.

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MasterChef finale a ratings winner and a crazy trend called “tombstoning” top list

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Penile electrosurgery? Proceed with care

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A GROUP of brave surgeons in Taiwan have been exploring the effects of electricity on penises.

Hidden treasures in man's underwear

Trousers down

OFFICIALS caught a man trying to smuggle £10,000 ($17,330) out of Northern Ireland in his underwear.

Pampered pigs 'feel optimism'

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SCIENTISTS have taught pigs to indicate their optimism and pessimism about life depending on their environment.

Man finds $5000 pot stash in painting

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AN 80-year-old man found hidden treasure in a painting he bought at a post office auction: almost two kilograms of marijuana.

Housewives 'same as sex workers'

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INDIAN court criticises country's census for grouping housewives with prostitutes and prisoners.

Cop skips beat to see dwarf porn star

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A POLICE officer has resigned from the force after leaving his beat to see a well known dwarf porn star.

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Balloon ban a real letdown

Balloons

A MAJOR waste strategy has proposed a helium balloon ban at hundreds of government-related events across the state to stop litter and protect wildlife.

Coup for spring fashions

Karen Webster

MELBOURNE Spring Fashion Week will undergo a radical transformation this year with the inclusion of A-list designers.

SA's 'terror-threat' bridges revealed

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SA's defective bridges can finally be revealed, after they were kept secret because the information could benefit terrorists groups such as al-Qaida.

'We'll sell RAAF houses to public'

THE 395 Darwin RAAF base houses will be fixed up and sold off direct to the public under a Coalition government, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said yesterday.

Lions prepare to pounce at Boyer

IT'S a day when only the best will do and that's what coach Michael McGregor hopes his Lions can produce today.

Vettel heads Red Bull quinella

Vettel heads Red Bull quinella

SEBASTIAN Vettel and Mark Webber will start from the front row of the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix after the Red Bull duo dominate qualifying.

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