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HIS retirement may have caused the by-election but his name was taboo at Labor's campaign launch for Griffith.

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PEOPLE are leaving southeast Queensland in droves. So where are they going?

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Kochie fires up over 'demeani...

IT STARTED with a cranky blog post and ended with Sunrise host David Koch blowing up about a "twisted agenda".

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Nightclub bashing victim dies

Nightclub bashing victim dies

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Channel Seven has defended the dating question that courtside interviewer Samantha Smith asked Eugenie Bouchard.

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Act now to stop booze-fuelled violence

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