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Black rights top Bob's list
Patricia Karvelas, Political correspondent INDEPENDENT MP Bob Katter has declared that indigenous policy will affect his decision about whether to back Labor or the Coalition to form a government.
Rubble on a street in Christchurch after an earthquake rocked the city early this morning. GALLERY Picture: AP
Paul Hogan shows his frustration at the scrutiny Project Wickenby has placed on him. Picture: Renee Nowytarger
Lamb is succulent and subtle in spring. David Herbert explains three ways to cook it, and Max Allen matches the wine.
Fremantle's David Mundy attempts to break the clutches of Hawthorn's Shaun Burgoyne Picture: Lincoln Baker
'Just way too bright,' says one fashion magazine editor of the Aussies' Commonwealth Games uniforms. GALLERY
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NZ quake damage to cost billions
8:50PM NEW Zealand's most destructive earthquake in nearly 80 years has floored buildings, tearing up roads and sending terrified residents fleeing into the streets.
Greens to rush same-sex bill
Patricia Karvelas and Matthew Franklin THE Greens will use their alliance with Labor to prosecute their push for same-sex marriage and liberalising the treatment of refugees.
Majority want the independents to back Labor
Dennis Shanahan MORE voters want the three rural independents to back a Labor minority government than the Coalition
Hawks kick themselves to exit race
7:00PM HAWTHORN faltered badly in front of goal as Fremantle secured its passage through to the second week of September.
Aussie tourist among dead in NZ crash
3:34PM Staff Writer NEW Zealand police are seeking the family of an Australian tourist who is among nine people killed when a light plane crashed in the South Island today.
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Canada's $3.75bn Andean swoop
Michael Bennet AUSTRALIA'S second-largest gold company, Andean Resources, has recommended a $C3.6 billion ($3.75bn) offer from Goldcorp Inc.
Bank bosses creme de la creme of big earners
Tim Boreham and Rebecca Urban AUSTRALIA'S 30 top executives have earned a collective $1.5 billion in the six years since mandatory disclosure began.
Pursuit of funds flattened MFS
Anthony Klan AS Michael King cursed, joked and threw about slang before court this week, he looked every bit the small-time Gold Coast solicitor.
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Black rights top Bob's list
Patricia Karvelas, Political correspondent INDEPENDENT MP Bob Katter has declared that indigenous policy will affect his decision about whether to back Labor or the Coalition to form a government.
Greens to rush same-sex bill
Patricia Karvelas and Matthew Franklin THE Greens will use their alliance with Labor to prosecute their push for same-sex marriage and liberalising the treatment of refugees.
Independents’ paradise
2010-09-03
Many countries routinely experience hung parliaments, but they usually involve minor parties. Australia’s current situation, with four or five individuals making the numbers, is unusual…
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Hamas tries to derail peace deal
Brad Norington, Washington correspondent FRESH threats from the Palestinian militant group Hamas are jeopardising Barack Obama's push for a Middle East peace deal within 12 months.
Hawks kick themselves to exit race
7:00PM HAWTHORN faltered badly in front of goal as Fremantle secured its passage through to the second week of September.
Gillard on the move for power
Paul Kelly, Editor-at-large THE PM shows her negotiating skills in the joust to form government.
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The truffles I've seen
Susan Kurosawa THE Perigord region of southwest France is a fabulous food destination.
SouFun float marks Telstra hiatus in China
Michael Sainsbury TELSTRA is charging ahead with the float of its biggest China business.
News site 'adult' in audit of MP usage
Fran Foo AN audit of NSW MPs' internet usage ranked the news and information portal news.com.au as the most visited "adult website".
Lecturer offered exam pass for sex
Bernard Lane A lecturer found to have pressured failing Chinese students for sex is unlikely to be the only academic to exploit the vulnerability of students.
Gillard on the move for power
THE PM shows her negotiating skills in the joust to form government.
Labor ahead in strategic power game
SO far Julia Gillard is doing a better job of wooing the three rural independents.
Sustainable? We're a lot smarter than that
A BRITISH architect is waging war against the 'carbonista' doomsayers, says Stephen Lunn.
Blair's half-heartedness makes book spellbinding
MUCH is unsaid in the former PM's apologia, says Matthew Parris.
Consult this for an easier life
IF barbecues are any measure, the real job seems to be going the way of dogs named Fido, says James Valentine.
Leadership foreign to ICC's wise monkeys
THE first person to be banned for life over this whole sorry match-fixing saga should be Pakistan Cricket Board president Ijaz Butt for gross incompetence.
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Short and sweet
WE tried to fight the urge (really, we did) to read anything into the fact that Julia Gillard's press release yesterday on the official resignation of Lindsay Tanner clocked in at just 164 words.
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