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Labor struggling in key states
LABOR narrowly ahead but poll reveals it's in danger of losing 16 seats in Queensland and NSW.
Commonwealth Bank grabs record billions
BANK announces $6.1bn cash profit but pressure is now on to "give back to the community".
'You've left your kids with a paedophile'
HE was the man who promised a bright future for an unsuspecting young mum and her daughter.
Cousins' drug hell revealed in TV doco
WATCH sneak preview of an explosive tell-all documentary that the AFL hopes will help others.
Flight attendant a working man's hero
STEVEN Slater might be out of a job, but fed-up workers around the world say he's an inspiration.
Woman with rare disease begs PM to help pay for life saving drugs so she can have kids
The Socceroos team could find out the identity of their new coach as early as today
John Ibrahim and Firass Dirani snapped partying and posing
Katy Perry's airport decoy
Richard Dawkins compares burqa to rubbish and says the dress fills him with "revulsion"
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Perth
Cops find cat 'marinating' in car boot
A MAN is charged with animal cruelty after traffic cops discover a live cat covered in oil and peppers.
Black leggings a fatal 'health risk'
THAILAND has warned teens that a fashion craze for black leggings could be putting them at risk of catching deadly dengue fever.
Shooting underway for 'first' 3D porno
MOVE over Avatar, this 3D film features "orgies, swinging and some very graphic sex scenes".
Oxford Dictionary has vault of 'non-words'
NOT every word has what it takes to be in the dictionary and many will fade away if they're not used.
President in cotton bud mishap
THE mystery of the Romanian President's unscheduled hospital visit has now been explained.
Tied-up woman uses toes to type: Get help
VICTIM of armed robbery says laptop and "MacGyver moment" helped her alert authorities.
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Young voters silenced by electoral cracks
WHEN the majority of Australians flock to the polls, many young people will sit in silence, says Anthony Antioch.
National & Local
Man, 81, beaten to pulp 'in self-defence'
A DRIVER accused of a road rage attack says a pensioner attacked first, making him fear for his safety.
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Former cop on child porn charge
A FORMER NSW police officer will face court charged with sexually assaulting a child and producing and generating pornography.
No referendum on splitting state
PREMIER Anna Bligh won't allow a referendum to be held on whether or not north Queensland can become its own state, despite council support for the move.
Please let me have kids
A NEWLYWED with a deadly blood disorder has appealed directly to Julia Gillard to finance her treatment so she can have children.
Molotov cocktail starts house fire
A BLAIR Athol house fire could have been caused by a Molotov cocktail, police and firefighters are investigating.
Man killed after roo shooting
A 19-YEAR-OLD man has died after his vehicle hit a tree near Ravenswood, 80km south of Perth, last night after returning from a night of kangaroo shooting.
Crosses bear witness to Territory carnage
TERRITORY roads are strewn with crosses marking the deaths of dozens of young men and women killed in car accidents.
No jail over silence attempt
A SUSPECT who asked his mum to silence a witness has received a partially suspended sentence.
World
US commander's warning on Digger deaths
AUSTRALIAN forces can expect more casualties as Taliban insurgents move from more violent areas of Afghanistan.
Russia's record heatwave threatens fragile economy, as Moscow's morgues "overflow"
Socceroos to announce coach
ACCORDING to Fox Sports FC the new Socceroos coach could be named as early as today and you have the chance weigh in.
Business
Business
Coles pulls out of cigarette campaign
SUPERMARKET chain withdraws backing for $5 million pro-smoking adverts, saying it was misled.
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| ISF | iSOFT | 0.16 | 10.34% |
| SDL | Sundance Resour.. | 0.16 | 6.66% |
| CHC | Charter Hall Gr.. | 0.65 | 4.0% |
| ESG | Eastern Star Gas | 0.85 | -7.11% |
| AAX | Ausenco | 2.37 | -6.7% |
| LYC | Lynas Corp | 0.89 | -6.32% |
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Entertainment
Lara Bingle now among the US elite
AFTER months of turmoil, Lara Bingle has her career back on track and has joined one of New York's top modelling agencies.
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Travel
Terrified theme park visitors attack 'ghosts'
"ZOMBIE" slapped in the face by a man whose girlfriend was scared out of her wits and wanted to find out whether the "ghost" was real.
Travel Features
More than 100 ride rollercoaster naked to raise money for Bosom Pals Appeal
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Technology
I'm not a tech head, says struggling Abbott
OPPOSITION leader says details
of broadband policy are best left
to others: "I'm no Bill Gates here."
Coalition plan keeps 'us in backwater'
THE Coalition's broadband policy would rob Australia of the chance to lift itself out of the broadband backwater, industry experts say.
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