Planets like Earth could be orbiting one in four stars like the Sun, suggesting potential homes for life could be common in our galaxy.
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez kisses Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner as she grieves at predecessor husband Nestor's wake.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie is shutting his Hobart rug shop for his new job. See what other interests members have declared.
Julia Gillard and partner Tim Mathieson head off in an RAAF plane for Hanoi this morning for the East Asia Summit.
Directors are ruining action scenes with ultra-rapid edits, random close-ups and violently shaking cameras, says Lynden Barber.
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Don't politicise military, Robb warned
10:42AM Joe Kelly A KEY defence lobby group has rejected as abhorrent a call to make military chiefs more accountable, because it fears it would politicise their role.
Mark Scott's ABC contract extended
11:55AM Amanda Meade THE managing director of the ABC, Mark Scott, has had his contract extended by another five years.
Election will be like Everest: Keneally
9:46AM NSW Premier Kristina Keneally says she's facing the toughest set of circumstances in Australian politics.
NZ parliament protects Hobbit films
1:09PM Rebecca Howard NEW Zealand's parliament passed an urgent legislative change today as part of deal to keep the making of The Hobbit films in the country.
Family 'vindicated' by coroner's ruling
12:20PM Jodie Minus THE family of Elijah Holcombe, shot dead by a police officer, say they feel vindicated by a coroner's decision to refer the matter to prosecutors.
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Macquarie readies capital deployment
12:19PM UPDATE: Scott Murdoch MACQUARIE Group has foreshadowed it could be on the hunt for more mergers and acquisition activity as it looks to deploy excess capital.
White knight may lance BHP bid: Potash
10:26AM UPDATE: Sarah-Jane Tasker POTASH Corp's quarterly earnings have jumped 60 per cent, making CEO Bill Doyle more confident a white knight will trump BHP's bid.
RBA to lift rates in December: Bloxham
2:37PM Enda Curran PAUL Bloxham believes the RBA will hold off lifting interest rates till December, when a 25-basis point move up is more than likely.
National Affairs
Gillard to meet Obama in Japan
11:51AM UPDATE: Joe Kelly JULIA Gillard will hold her first face-to-face meeting with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of next month's APEC leaders summit in Japan.
Government a game to Labor: Abbott
1:11PM Joe Kelly TONY Abbott has accused Labor of treating government like a “political game”, as the Liberal Party reviewed the result of the August election.
Abbott is not Howard: so what?
2010-10-28
John Howard is back in the limelight this week, flogging his memoirs. He seems well rested, chipper and enjoying himself. The former prime…
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Toddler found alive days after tsunami
12:41PM A TODDLER has been found alive in a clump of trees in the Mentawai islands days after the Indonesian tsunami swept through and killed his parents.
Danger signs as England ring changes
1:36PM AUSTRALIAN coach Tim Sheens claims England look more dangerous after they made several changes ahead of Sunday's Four Nations rugby league clash.
We can't afford NBN without scrutiny
Henry Ergas GRAEME Samuel's convoluted stance on cost-benefit analysis undermines transparency.
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Crisis? Let's throw a global party
12:47PM Robert Frank THIS will not only be the biggest party ever, but the most extravagant.
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Kendall Hill A DOYENNE of Cape Town's Bo-Kaap community opens her doors to share the secrets of her culinary heritage.
Conroy, Telstra differ on NBN trial
Fran Foo TELSTRA pre-selected 100 customers to its free NBN Tasmania trial -- contrary to what the Communications Minister said in the Senate.
NZ parliament protects Hobbit films
Rebecca Howard NEW Zealand's parliament passed an urgent legislative change today as part of deal to keep the making of The Hobbit films in the country.
Bid to lift choice for uni students
Andrew Trounson, Julie Hare VICTORIA yesterday called for more student choice and new private providers in university education.
We can't afford NBN without scrutiny
GRAEME Samuel's convoluted stance on cost-benefit analysis undermines transparency, says Henry Ergas.
Cash control would ensure unis' survival
THE failure to allow universities to set their student fees will have serious consequences, writes Judith Sloan.
To a dark yet expensive age
THE premier state tried to be green but ended up a mixture of black and blue, says Keith Orchison.
Mutant rebels need some causes
LOOK left, look right, then watch for the shoe from the left, says Mirko Bagaric.
Merger talk shows our ugly side
THE reaction of Australian politicians to the stock exchange takeover is shameful.
ANZ leads way to greener pastures
THE banks have found themselves in a political storm partly of their own making.
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Songs of praise
YOU'RE a famous rocker, you've recently been in court on assault charges (or, more specifically, for kicking your father-in-law in the groin in an, ahem, unguarded moment; self-defence, you say) and suddenly you're being welcomed on stage by George Negus for your induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
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