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Nothing left in batting bank
TEST greats have warned Australia can no longer draw on its middle-order to rescue its top guns when they fail in Ashes battle.
Queenslanders were begged to spend up big, and are out in force at the sales
Follow all the Ashes action from the MCG as it happens
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Second cyclone headed for Gulf
6:25PM QUEENSLAND could cop another cyclone this week and experts are warning the sodden southeast to prepare for more flooding.
In Queensland
Confidential
Woodford's a permanent fixture
A 500-year plan shows the Woodford Folk Festival - which will celebrate its 25th event in a few days - is here to stay.
The top 10 quotes of 2010
FROM Tiger Woods trying to justify cheating on his wife through to Julia Gillard sticking up for redheads, here are this year's most quotable quotes.
Sport News
England lead by 59 at stumps
AUSTRALIA'S Ashes campaign is terminally ill after a humiliating opening day to the fourth Test at the MCG.
Oats through, Wild Thing collides
WILD Oats XI was the first boat through Sydney Heads, but rival Wild Thing collided with a media boat in the early stages of the Sydney to Hobart.
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National
Home pool warning after near-drowning
11:35AM BACKYARD pool owners have been put on safety alert after the near drowning of a toddler on Christmas Day.
Lifestyle
Flu rates skyrocket 700 per cent
Suzanne Dorfield THE number of flu cases in Brisbane is seven times higher than it was in December 2009, experts say.
World
Schapelle Corby's jail term cut
3:49PM INDONESIA has granted holiday remissions to Australian prisoners Schapelle Corby and Renae Lawrence, cutting their sentences.
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Business
Builders take a bath in the big wet
12:01AM Mitch Gaynor WET weather has cost builders more than $500 million as heavy rains add salt to the wound in an already tough year for the sector.
Money
Gen Y leads Boxing Day spending
2:53PM By Miles Godfrey, Darren Cartwright and Melissa Iaria AFTER keeping the purse strings tight all year, Aussies have finally splurged at Boxing Day sales.
Property
There's limited value in new homes
By Alex Tilbury NEW house and land packages are not the best investments, according to a new analysis.
Travel
Top travel moments of the year
By Kate Schneider A CROCODILE on a plane, a mystical Goliath tiger fish and shocking footage of cruise chaos among the top stories of the year.
Weird Stuff
New York City's panda fight club
Angry enough to punch a defenceless panda? Then come to New York and beat one black, white and blue.
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Pineapple Politics
Chief Justice Paul de Jersey is on the charge on behalf of almost 70 of his subordinates for the right to soap up without having to tiptoe to the common showers and share with other judges.
