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LINTON BESSER The state's corruption watchdog will open a public inquiry into the relationship between Sydney's powerful Kazal family and a senior government official the Kazals retained in a secret arrangement.
Nile ties his vote to timetable change
Fringe housing flawed, planners warn
Council tries to thwart church's towering ambitions for old site
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CSI ignoring the gritty reality
Australia's first and only specially built forensic science facility.
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MELODY PEDLER Regional Queenslanders disillusioned with the big two political parties have begun considering how they will vote in the lead up to the next election.
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DYLAN WELCH, NICK MCKENZIE AND RACHEL OLDING Police chiefs, politicians condemn leaking of sensitive police intelligence to outlaw motorcycle gangs, with the NSW opposition lashing Victoria Police.
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Lovett won't take stand in rape trial
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New app to take visitors on tour
International recognition of our iconic architecture is set to get a boost.
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COURTNEY TRENWITH Western Australia still faces a dearth of workers despite Perth being reclassified a regional city to allow it access to a greater pool of migrant workers.
Accused molester 'tricked' children
Police investigate after boy dies in fatal crash
Sentencing delay over truck and bus crash
Spanking scandal: Perth man faces US justice
'Australia' actor found dead
Body of AFI winner David Ngoombujarra found in Fremantle.
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Indepedent MP Tony Windsor said it is unlikely the Gillard government will win the next election, but he stands by his decision to support her, saying at least Labor was trying to achieve something.
Basin plan all about the results, not litres
Side deals hold back refugee agreement
State leaders call for end to failing indigenous action
Thomson demands councillors explain job centre 'conflict'
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There is no evidence of outside involvement in the death of phone hacking whistleblower Sean Hoare, an autopsy has found.
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CAROLYN BOYD It's perhaps not really a surprise that some of the more affordable areas of the nation's most expensive city are thriving.
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Entire suburb a fake
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Murdoch survives grilling but empire teeters
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MICHAEL WEST It was painful to watch. It soon became clear that Rupert Murdoch just wasn't up to a grilling from British MPs on a mission.
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ASX US debt plan sparks relief rally
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TIM DICK 11:39am Those who tuned in to see an angry British parliamentary committee give Rupert Murdoch a metaphorical right hook over phone hacking saw a shaving cream pie shoved in his face and his wife Wendi ...
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