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PUBLIC servant labelled "grinch" for trying to ban nativity scenes from government agency offices.
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A UNI student who searched his own name was shocked to learn he'd been convicted of murder.
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AUDIT shows child pornography may have been viewed on NSW parliamentary computers.
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Not guilty plea to Utzon attack
A MAN has pleaded not guilty in a Sydney court to assaulting the son of Joern Utzon, the architect of the Sydney Opera House.
Flood cuts highway near Emerald
RISING floodwaters in central Queensland have closed the Capricorn Highway, 60km west of Emerald.
Knife-threat neighbour had blackout
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Policeman denies lying to superiors
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