A NASA spacecraft has sent back arresting pictures of the Hartley 2 comet on the outer fringes of the solar system.
Firefighters surround the Qantas superjumbo after it made an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore. VIDEO
US billionaire Robert Rich has set his sights on Bedlington Terriers - an English football team struggling to get 60 fans through its gates.
Farmer Ron Nobbs on his Norfolk Island property. Picture: Alan Pryke
Art critic Christopher Allen finds quite a few examples of bad art in this year's Sculpture by the Sea in Sydney. GALLERY
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Inflation risks ease as $A surges: RBA
11:43AM Enda Curran THE RBA today lowered its near-term inflation outlook to reflect the surging Australian dollar, which it said could push higher still.
Union plane concerns outrageous: Qantas
12:00PM QANTAS has rejected as "outrageous" union concerns over the outsourcing of maintenance of its aircraft, after an engine exploded on an A380.
NASA snaps comet in close encounter
1:01PM A NASA spacecraft has flown close to the Hartley 2 comet and sent images of the enormous rock that is hurtling along the fringes of the solar system
Dell to ditch 25,000 BlackBerrys
12:00PM Shayndi Raice DELL plans to move its 25,000 staff over to its own line of smartphones and then aggressively market a service to help other companies do the same.
Mamdouh Habib fails in passport appeal
1:04PM FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib has lost his bid for an Australian passport after his appeal to the Federal Court was dismissed.
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Inflation risks ease as $A surges: RBA
11:43AM Enda Curran THE RBA today lowered its near-term inflation outlook to reflect the surging Australian dollar, which it said could push higher still.
Gold dazzles in deluge of US money
12:11PM UPDATE: Sarah-Jane Tasker THE gold price continues to break new records, underpinning rapid investor interest in Australian gold stocks.
BHP rival plans IPO for fertilisers
10:38AM Robert Guy Matthews BHP rival Vale SA is planning to build on its foothold in the fertiliser business through an IPO of its growing assets in the sector.
National Affairs
Coalition dismisses budget pledge
11:14AM James Massola LABOR is "committed" and "determined" to return the budget to surplus by 2013, according to Finance Minister Penny Wong.
Tax revenues take a hit as dollar continues to boom
8:25AM James Massola A surging dollar is hitting tax revenues and could endanger the hoped-for 2013 surplus.
Bitar and Loughnane to sell their wares
2010-11-05
Next Tuesday, ALP national secretary Karl Bitar fronts the Canberra Press Club. On Wednesday it’ll be his Liberal counterpart federal director Brian Loughnane. …
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Merapi kills 18 in biggest eruptions
1:36PM INDONESIA'S Mount Merapi volcano has killed another 18 people today in its latest huge eruption.
Team orders could see Massa imprisoned
12:33PM FELIPE Massa has been warned he could face six years in prison if he helps Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso win the Formula One title.
Stop playing the Rudd blame game
Dennis Shanahan, Political editor LABOR needs to look at what was wrong with its policies in this year's election.
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Walking legend
9:49AM David Meagher OLGA Berluti's creations are a byword in luxury, worn by presidents and celebrities.
Banyan Tree opens new suites
Michelle Rowe EXPERIENCE the high life - for longer - in one of Banyan Tree Bangkok’s glamorous new rooms.
Dell to ditch 25,000 BlackBerrys
Shayndi Raice DELL plans to move its 25,000 staff over to its own line of smartphones and then aggressively market a service to help other companies do the same.
Gordon nominee appointed to Ten board
TEN Network Holdings says media lawyer Paul Mallam will join its board following nomination by its second largest shareholder, Bruce Gordon.
Other 'pet' Puglia deal questioned
Michael Owen, SA political reporter MIKE Rann is under growing pressure to explain connections with an area of Italy to which he has committed millions of taxpayer dollars.
Bitar and Loughnane to sell their wares
FINALLY, 10 weeks after the election, the party bosses have their say.
Stop playing the Rudd blame game
LABOR needs to look at what was wrong with its policies in this year's election.
Swan and Hockey's half-baked solutions
THE problem is the government guarantee which hasn't been properly designed, writes Henry Ergas.
Murray money a monopoly game
PLANS to buy back water will fail unless the plan is taken from the hands of bureaucrats, says Jeff Bennett.
Mentally ill need help after ALP failure
THE sick need support in their homes and to keep them off the street, not just in hospital, says David Cappo.
US needs to end the simplicity and grow up
OBAMA'S campaign stance as outsider has returned to bite him as Tea Party rhetoric, says David Aaronovitch.
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IF there's one thing more valuable right now than a Commonwealth Bank-enhanced mortgage repayment, it's a word (or two) from bank chief Ralph Norris.
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