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A devastated Stephanie Rice announces in California that injury will force her to miss the Commonwealth Games. Picture: AAP
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Abbott vows to cut boats to 3 a year
Patricia Karvelas, Political Correspondent TONY Abbott has staked his political success if he is elected prime minister tomorrow on the promise that he will cut unauthorised boat arrivals to three a year.
Rivals resort to final scare campaigns
Matthew Franklin and Patricia Karvelas JULIA Gillard and Tony Abbott are waging trench warfare in the campaign's final hours, blitzing media trying to scare voters off electing their rival.
Australian freed after Thai protests
AN Australian arrested during violent street protests in Thailand is to be freed after pleading guilty to breaching the kingdom's emergency laws.
Rice succumbs to shoulder injury
UPDATED: Nicole Jeffery in Irvine TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has announced tearfully that she is withdrawing from the Commonwealth Games team.
Christine Nixon quits board of Foster's
3:17PM HEALTH problems and the fallout from Victoria's bushfires appear to be behind former top cop Christine Nixon's resignation from the board of Foster's.
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Rio dismisses talk of BHP JV problems
2:45PM UPDATE: Chuin-Wei Yap RIO Tinto has dismissed speculation its iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton is set to collapse because of regulatory disapproval.
Potash CEO could net $500m if BHP wins
2:49PM UPDATE: Sarah-Jane Tasker POTASH Corp boss Bill Doyle could pocket $US445.4 million ($500m) if BHP Billiton’s hostile bid for his company succeeded.
Stocks in the red, traders drop dollar
4:55PM UPDATE: THE stockmarket closed firmly in the red today on unexciting profit results while the Australian dollar fell in a flight to safety.
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The nation's best election coverage
3:27PM STARTING with the nation's most respected poll - and continuing online through the entire weekend - The Australian promises the best coverage of the election.
PM hammers Abbott 'risk' message
11:01AM UPDATE: Matthew Franklin, Chief political correspondent JULIA Gillard has used her final day of campaigning to warn Tony Abbott is a risk to families and to again accuse him of lying about Work Choices.
The western Sydney myth
2010-08-20
This is obviously a very good Newspoll for the Coalition. From those primary numbers (44 to 35, Greens on 14) the…
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'Arms dealer' loses extradition fight
2:54PM A THAI appeals court has granted a US request for the extradition of Viktor Bout, an alleged Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death".
Edington bright spark on dull day
2:09PM Nicole Jeffery in Irvine ON a tough day for the national team, it was left to Sophie Edington to fly the Australian flag at the Pan Pacific championships in California.
Leaders prove their mettle under fire
Dennis Shanahan NEITHER Julia Gillard nor Tony Abbott deserves to lose this election.
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Hotel of the week: Mumbai's jewel
Christine McCabe The handsome Moorish domes of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace hotel are as potent a symbol of this "Maximum City" as the nearby Gateway of India.
NBN no cost to homes: Gillard
Joe Kelly PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has denied people would have to pay thousands of dollars to rewire their homes to get Labor's national broadband network.
Liberals and Labor go online
Simon Canning The Liberal Party has launched an online game urging voters to "Give Labor a Whack'' while Labor is depicting Tony Abbott as a monster.
Libs to cut incentives for poorer students
Andrew Trounson A COALITION government would slash incentive payments for universities to enrol more students from poorer backgrounds.
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Follow the bookies and you won't go wrong
THIS morning a Coalition win looked possible again. The polling showed it neck and neck on the mainland - and in Tasmania, neck and neck and neck.
The myth of western Sydney
IF national support for Labor is as bad as Newspoll suggests, one hope for the ALP is that it's particularly bad in western Sydney. And no, I’m not contrarian.
Leaders prove their mettle under fire
NEITHER Julia Gillard nor Tony Abbott deserves to lose this election.
Populate or live in boredom
TELL me where you live, and I'll tell you how prosperous you are, says Johan Norberg.
Nation building pushed off rails by NBN
THE Age's editorial writers heralded the national broadband network in June, writes Jonathan Pincus.
Price of diplomacy is worth paying
HOW valuable, in today's world, is Australia's diplomacy - compared, say, with its military spending or with its official, governmental aid?
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