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SEAN NICHOLLS Electricity trading rights for NSW power stations were sold for less than half their value by the former Labor government, handing a loss of $1.85 billion to the state, an audit has revealed.
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DANIEL HURST Together, formerly the Queensland public sector union, has de-activated its rivalry with the conservative side of politics.
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TOM ARUP Loggers can seek exemptions from state environment laws protecting endangered species under proposed changes quietly released by the state government.
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COURTNEY TRENWITH WA cities have been voted among the most liveable places in the world, winning five medals at the United Nations-backed Livcom Awards.
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Trifecta that hurts tourism
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Tributes flow as soldiers make final journey
DAN OAKES Three flag-draped coffins were a reminder of the dangers Australian soldiers face while serving in a distant and hostile land. And of the treachery that took three young Australians from their loved ones.
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Congo's Curse
The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the poorest countries in the world but is the home home to a nondescript black rock known as Coltan… a vital ingredient in the production of nearly every cell phone and computer on the planet. Without Coltan, our technology-driven lives would come to a screeching halt, and Congo has 80% of the world’s supply. It has lead to corruption and never-ending armed conflict that has devastated the country.
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British actor Stephen Fry's exclusive one-on-one chat with entertainment reporter Donna Demaio.
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Six Degrees of Cancer
We've all heard of six degrees of separation, the idea that everyone in the world can be connected in just a few steps. But what if those steps don't just relate to people but also to viruses, neurons, proteins and even to fashion trends? What if this six degrees of separation allowed us an insight into the mysteries that lay at the very core of Nature itself?
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Cain accuser wants to tell her side of story
SIMON MANN One of the women involved in sexual harrassment claims against Republican candidate calls for a confidentiality clause to be waived so she could talk openly about the matter.
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Boost for home owners, banks pass on rate cut
PETER MARTIN TWO of the big four banks have passed on in full the Reserve Bank's 0.25 percentage point interest rate cut and the others are set to follow within days.
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Woolworths shake-up
ELI GREENBLAT New boss Grant O'Brien triggers company-wide changes from fresh fruit to hammers.
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Decency the victim in this ugly spectacle
DANIEL FLITTON The government and the Coalition can agree on the bad guys, conspiring to rush through retrospective laws to firm up the definition of a 'people smuggler' in the face of a court challenge.
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Miami Heat owner Micky Arison has been fined $US500,000 for venting on Twitter about the NBA lockout.
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Hackers used Microsoft Word documents to infect machines.
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Governments must not curb online contact during social unrest.
Chemical firms in cyber attack
Goal was to steal compound designs, formulas and manufacturing details.
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THE BACKPACKER If you woke up tomorrow and Qantas didn't exist, would Australia be a worse place?
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SIMON WHITE Those were the desperate cries of the WA TAB's David Shortte as Dunaden and Red Cadeaux fought out an epic finish to yesterday's $6.2 million Melbourne Cup.
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