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Clem7 owners in receivership

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RIVERCITY Motorway Group, the owner and operator of Brisbane's troubled Clem7 tunnel, has gone into receivership  with debts of $1.3bn

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Aussie looters hit quake victims

Christchurch earthquake

UPDATE TWO Australians among bogus officials going door-to-door in quake-ravaged Christchurch scouting out appliances to steal from stressed locals.

I love you - let's overthrow the government

LIBYA'S revolutionaries reportedly posed as star-struck lovers on a dating site to organize their revolt against Col. Muammar Gaddafi.

Cops probe Virgin mid-air scare

POLICE are investigating whether criminal damage caused a smoke scare on a plane that took off from Brisbane today.

Jones to PM: You're late and you're a liar

RADIO host Alan Jones repeatedly calls Prime Minister a liar and berates her for being late to his morning chat show program.

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Families stung by $166 health hike

HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon approves health insurance price hike of 5.57 per cent from April 1.

Higginbotham back for Reds

Scott Higginbotham

WALLABIES backrower Scott Higginbotham has forced his way into the Reds starting line-up for the Super 15 match against the NSW Waratahs in Sydney.

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Freak injury shatters Mariners

Matt Simon

THE Mariners preparations for the A-League semi-final showdown with Roar have been stunned by a freak injury to striker Matt Simon.

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Gillard's dukes up over carbon tax

Gillard on carbon tax

JULIA GILLARD has come out fighting against claims that her plan for a carbon tax is a broken election promise.

'My son's the victim of legal gang rape'

SHOCKING outburst by Julian Assange's mother after UK court orders his extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault charges.

Families hit with $166 health hike

FAMILIES will have to fork out more for their private health cover from April after Health Minister Nicola Roxon approved a hike in premiums for 34 of 35 funds.

Gaddafi: Drugs and Osama are to blame

Gaddafi

LIBYAN leader blames drugs and Al Qaeda for the uprising against his rule in a new speech as the country falls into terrified chaos.

Married three days after being rescued

THREE days after being pulled from the rubble, Emma Howard has just married her husband in a small ceremony in Christchurch.

I love you - let's overthrow the government

LIBYA'S revolutionaries reportedly posed as star-struck lovers on a dating site to organize their revolt against Col. Muammar Gaddafi.

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Carbon tax fuels trade and job fears

peter anderson

AUSTRALIA'S powerful business lobby has attacked the lack of detail in the Gillard Government's carbon tax plan while warning it threatens jobs and will fuel uncertainty.

Petrol hike fuels interest rate rise

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PETROL prices are tipped to jump 10 cents a litre within a fortnight, costing the average household an extra $10 a week.

Plan puts pall on farmer's market

Coorparoo markets

A MOVE to convert the former Myer building at Coorparoo into a transit centre has put the struggling fresh food market in jeopardy, developer claims.

Gillard's love of tax

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Tony Abbott: Julia Gillard has never met a tax she didn't like and hike - and it's now clear that the Labor Party's plan for the year ahead is higher taxes.

Shrines to war may be priceless

War memorial

WAR artist Cecil "Unk" White rattled some medals when he likened a statue of a Digger in the Australian War Memorial's Hall of Memory to a "petulant poofter".

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