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Treasury finds $7bn hole in Abbott costings
Dennis Shanahan and Lanai Vasek TREASURY'S costings of the Coalition's election promises have found a $7bn hole in the opposition's claim that it would save $11.5bn over the next four years.
Miners Rod Boeck, Aub Turner, Dale Collison and Wilf O'Donnell on the NSW south coast. Picture: Melanie Russell
Sara-Jane Oakeshott, wife of independent MP Rob Oakeshott, with their children in Port Maquarie. Picture: Jane Dempster
Barack Obama has followed the tradition of US leaders and had the Oval Office redecorated. GALLERY: All the presidents' offices
Julia Gillard prepares to shake hands with Greens leader Bob Brown on an alliance. Picture: Ray Strange VIDEO
Stylist Ken Thompson compares the latest runway suits to the redefined styles in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. VIDEO
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PM's high-risk Greens embrace
Matthew Franklin and Patricia Karvelas JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation's parliamentary deadlock.
Treasury finds $7bn hole in Abbott costings
Dennis Shanahan and Lanai Vasek TREASURY'S costings of the Coalition's election promises have found a $7bn hole in the opposition's claim that it would save $11.5bn over the next four years.
Coalition offers MP pokie deal
Lanai Vasek INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie last night extracted an offer from Tony Abbott on measures to tackle addiction to poker machines.
Another big stink for BER bureaucrats
Anthony Klan THEY are two of the most senior officials handling the rollout of the federal government's troubled schools stimulus scheme in NSW.
Growth spike raises rates threat
David Uren, Economics correspondent A POWERFUL finish to the financial year has put rate rises back on to the Reserve Bank's agenda as consumers spend on cars and holidays.
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Stellar growth lights fuse
Scott Murdoch AUSTRALIA'S comeback on the global stage as one of the world's best-performing economies sent the sharemarket and dollar surging yesterday.
Regionals ponder merger logic
Brett Clegg and Scott Murdoch DAVID Liddy didn't mince words. "There has to be fundamental structural change in the industry," he said.
Nufarm calls in debt advisers
Rebecca Urban AILING agribusiness group Nufarm has appointed external advisers to assist with a possible restructure.
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Treasury finds $7bn hole in Abbott costings
Dennis Shanahan and Lanai Vasek TREASURY'S costings of the Coalition's election promises have found a $7bn hole in the opposition's claim that it would save $11.5bn over the next four years.
PM's high-risk Greens embrace
Matthew Franklin and Patricia Karvelas JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation's parliamentary deadlock.
A 50-50 finish and a headache for AEC
2010-09-01
CLOSE results are every election administrator’s nightmare. Recall the 2000 US presidential election, which was famously close, mostly in the state of Florida.…
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Obama turns to the fight at home
Brad Norington, Washington correspondent BARACK Obama has linked the official end of a combat role for troops in Iraq to his domestic need to shift attention to the US economy.
Player agent is part of NRL bet probe
Peter Kogoy A PLAYER agent's possible involvement in the betting scandal surrounding an NRL match between Canterbury and North Queensland is being looked into by police.
In praise of good patriots and reasonable people
Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor BARACK Obama deserves credit for wisely following the path laid by George W. Bush.
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Look on the bright side
9:06AM A LUXURY surf pad overlooking Tamarama Beach, Sydney, is being reluctantly sold.
ANZ offers free payments on iPhone
Fran Foo ANZ Bank's iPhone users will be able to transfer money to anyone with a mobile phone free of charge, thanks to a new application dubbed goMoney.
Hard times linger in results
OVERVIEW: Tracy Lee and Tim Boreham CORPORATE Australia barely turned in a positive performance for earnings growth last year.
Talking up regional revolution
Bernard Lane A MINI-EDUCATION revolution talked up by independent MP Rob Oakeshott could be tried elsewhere in regional Australia.
Pact puts Labor brand and Gillard leadership on line
THAT the ALP has entered into an alliance with the Greens to stay in office is a measure of Labor's weakness and desperation.
United until they do part
JULIA Gillard and Bob Brown wed in a simple civil union ceremony at Parliament House yesterday.
Pitchforks and pork are no way to run a country
A return to tariffs and protectionism mocks political trailblazers such as Bert Kelly, says Gary Johns.
In praise of good patriots and reasonable people
BARACK Obama deserves credit for wisely following the path laid by George W. Bush.
Watchful RBA eye on consumer figures
WAYNE Swan is right that many other treasurers would kill for a set of economic numbers such as Australia's, but the RBA doesn't share his enthusiasm.
Learn to speak Italian in four easy decades
OUR new Italian teacher tells us grammar is for life. He's a stickler for correct nomenclature as well as endless exercises, says Helen Trinca.
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Protect us, please
WE'VE had Thatcherism and Reaganism, but is the world ready for Katterism?
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