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Labor MP Frank Sartor to retire from parliament
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ENVIRONMENT Minister Frank Sartor will announce this morning he is retiring from parliament.
Business
Boost skilled migration, leaders say
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BUSINESS leaders are demanding an immigration rise to avoid a wages blowout as skills shortages spread from resources to the wider economy.
NAB faces retail compensation bid
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BANK facing class action from retailers over losses made during busy Christmas period.
Strike threat at Gorgon
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THE first hint of strike action on Australia's biggest development has surfaced.
Sport
Australia loses World Cup bid
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AUSTRALIA’S dreams of hosting a World Cup have been dashed, with Qatar named as winner of the 2022 bidding process.
Aussies lose three wickets for two
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SIMON Katich and Ricky Ponting made ducks as Australia crashed to 3-2 after winning the toss and batting in the second Test in Adelaide today.
Mitch's sacking not my call: Punter
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RICKY Ponting is at loggerheads with chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch over the sacking of Mitchell Johnson.
GWS tap into WA's rich football vein
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GWS have secured three emerging young stars from WA - Gerald Ugle, Nathan Wilson and Simon Tunbridge - who are all set to join the club.
Entertainment
Rob and Kristen's 12-hour sex scene
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ROBERT Pattinson has revealed how he and Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart got hot'n'heavy on set.
World
Disney village rocked by first murder
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DISNEY'S planned community, Celebration, near Orlando, Florida, was rocked by its first-ever murder, a mysterious homicide that had police desperately searching for clues today.
Haiti mob kills 12 over cholera fears
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HAITIAN mobs fearing a cholera epidemic have killed at least 12 people in recent days whom they accused of trying to spread the disease, including through witchcraft, police say.
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