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IR laws put brakes on carmakers
Sid Maher THE nation's carmaking industry is too small and too expensive to compete on the world stage.
Fighting worsens in South Sudan
2:12AM FIGHTING escalated in South Sudan last night, with a top commander in an oil-producing region allegedly defecting to rebels.
Palmer coal play gets federal OK
Andrew Fraser CLIVE Palmer has received a final federal government environmental approval for his $6.4 billion coal project in the Galilee Basin.
Disability pension faces review
2:39AM WITH almost 5 per cent of people on the Disability Support Pension, the Abbott government is reportedly considering a shake-up.
Bondi bashing victim 'up and laughing'
9:13AM AAP A MAN left critically injured after being bashed in Bondi last week has woken up.
Obama turns to Hawaii after bleak year
3:13AM A WEARY Barack Obama hopes the restorative power of sleep and the sunshine of his native Hawaii will restore his wilting fortunes.
EXCLUSIVE Long, dusty drive to a barren paddock
SUE NEALES ON the vast Hay Plains, boss drover Bill Little has 1500 young cattle rounded up and ready to move.
Small Fries give big fish the flick
PAIGE TAYLOR ORGANISERS of a kids surfing competition are on high alert.
- Two bodies found after Vic copter crash
- 'Topless' protest falls flat in Brazil
- Police probing Vic body find
- Lockerbie services held in UK and US
- Swedish Christmas goat engulfed in flames
- Astronauts begin urgent space repairs
- Saudi Arabia reports death from new virus
- Cafe fire shuts UK theme park
- US military aircraft hit in South Sudan
- Attacks across Iraq leave 15 people dead
- Oil rises on improved US economic growth
- Facebook's secondary offering at $55.05
- US bank kicks in $790m to Roy Hill
- China to drive volatility in year ahead
- Luxon sets Air NZ on new course
- Price of champagne to go up
- Qantas inflating its crisis: Air NZ
- Our fate may be better than you think
- Walsh's iron clad view of the world
- Turner expands Spicers portfolio
Opinion
'The government's strengths are being overshadowed by unfair focus on its mistakes'
THE government's strengths are being overshadowed by unfair focus on its mistakes.
'Changes to the Fair Work Act will do little to help Australia's present problems'
CHANGES to the Fair Work Act will do little to help Australia's present problems.
'Some in the media enjoy portraying the Prime Minister as a fundamentalist'
SOME in the media enjoy portraying the Prime Minister as a fundamentalist.
'Many suggested improvements ignore some fundamental economic realities'
MANY suggested improvements ignore some fundamental economic realities.
'Political appointees attract flak but are par for the course'
POLITICAL appointees attract flak but are par for the course.
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Reforms we have to have
Henry Ergas RESHAPING public spending must be at the heart of next year's agenda.
Fire danger back in many areas
12:51AM STRONG winds have blown away much of South Australia's fire risk but gusts mean people and property could in danger from bushfires elsewhere in the lead-up to Christmas.
Dumping 'least of SPC's woes'
Joe Kelly THE plight of fruit processor SPC Ardmona is due to a number of factors, the government's top economic advisory body has found.
EXCLUSIVE Aboriginal 'recidivists' to be managed
PATRICIA KARVELAS INDIGENOUS people in Cape York who refuse to address drug, alcohol and other problems will have 90 per cent of welfare payments managed.
EXCLUSIVE Qantas inflating its crisis: Air NZ
STEVE CREEDY AIR NZ chief executive Christopher Luxon has accused Qantas of orchestrating a crisis situation.
Khodorkovsky starts a free man
7:56PM RUSSIA'S most famous prisoner, the Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, today began life as a free man.
Abseiler falls to death
12:46AM AN abseiler fell to his death in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, but a woman companion has been rescued.
EXCLUSIVE Failed airline owned by bike stars
Anthony Klan BRINDABELLA Airlines, whose planes were grounded for safety breaches, is co-owned by two British former world motorcycling champions.
EXCLUSIVE Parents key to truancy 'army'
Patricia Karvelas CAPE York leader Noel Pearson has backed a plan to send 400 truancy officers into 40 communities to lift school attendance rates.
EXCLUSIVE Coalition push to axe forest listing
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Abbott government will push ahead with a bid to unwind World Heritage listing for about 100,000ha of Tasmanian forest.
Big four defend low rates on super
Andrew Main MAJOR banks denied yesterday they were pushing superannuation money into low-yielding bank accounts to boost profits.
TOP FEATURES
Aussie's Chinese jail term slashed
AUSTRALIAN businesswoman Charlotte Chou could be freed next year from a Chinese jail after her eight-year embezzlement term was slashed.
Fighting worsens in South Sudan
2:12AM FIGHTING escalated in South Sudan last night, with a top commander in an oil-producing region allegedly defecting to rebels.
Khodorkovsky starts a free man
7:56PM RUSSIA'S most famous prisoner, the Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, today began life as a free man.
Reforms we have to have
Henry Ergas RESHAPING public spending must be at the heart of next year's agenda.
Taking hypocrisy to a new level
PETER VAN ONSELEN POLITICAL appointees attract flak but are par for the course.
Bleak gallery
Get a dose of satire in our Bill Leak cartoon gallery.
The entire economy is like Holden writ large. Wages and working conditions are too generous for these times."
Tony on If in a hole, best to stop digging
Men lost at sea found clinging to Esky
Two men have been found grasping an Esky after spending the night in seas off the northern NSW coast.
1:35Abseiler dies in the Blue Mountains
Police are working to retrieve the body of an abseiler who fell to his death in the Blue Mountains.
0:31Obesity linked to pregnancy deaths
Rapidly rising obesity in Qld is leading to more deaths of pregnant women and an increase in birth defects.
0:38Govt defends approval of Palmer mine
The government has jumped to defend its decision to approve Clive Palmer's Galilee Basin coal project.
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2013 snapshots
A collection of The Australian's favourite pictures from an eventful year for the nation and the world.
EXCLUSIVE Qantas inflating its crisis: Air NZ
STEVE CREEDY AIR NZ chief executive Christopher Luxon has accused Qantas of orchestrating a crisis situation.
EXCLUSIVE Walsh's iron clad view of the world
ANDREW BURRELL AND PAUL GARVEY RIO Tinto boss Sam Walsh says the Chinese are now more relaint on iron ore imports as their supply dries up.
US bank kicks in $790m to Roy Hill
ANDREW BURRELL US Export-Import Bank has agreed to give $790m in loans for Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Court ruling may cut building costs
ROBERT GOTTLIEBSEN THE Federal Court verdict has made cheaper infrastructure construction viable.
CSL sale a curious call by Telstra
STEPHEN BARTHOLOMEUSZ THE Hong Kong mobile operator sold by Telstra could have provided it a platform for Asian expansion.
China to drive volatility in year ahead
TERRY McCRANN THE Aussie is likely to head lower after the Fed's tapering, but a surge in China's economy could halt that.
Dumping 'least of SPC's woes'
Joe Kelly THE plight of fruit processor SPC Ardmona is due to a number of factors, the government's top economic advisory body has found.
Aboriginal 'recidivists' to be managed
PATRICIA KARVELAS INDIGENOUS people in Cape York who refuse to address drug, alcohol and other problems will have 90 per cent of welfare payments managed.
Disability pension faces review
WITH almost 5 per cent of people on the Disability Support Pension, the Abbott government is reportedly considering a shake-up.
Toyota needs to shape up or ship out
JUDITH SLOAN SEE it from the point of view of the staff of the Productivity Commission.
No more delaying of the inevitable
Adam Creighton READING between the lines, the Productivity Commission's latest report says it is a miracle Australia still manufactures cars.
Reforms we have to have
Henry Ergas RESHAPING public spending must be at the heart of next year's agenda.
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Australia on the road to world No 1
Wayne Smith AUSTRALIA's aim to reclaim the world No 1 ranking will be two steps closer if it wins one of the remaining Ashes Tests.
Heart gift-wrap Victory derby win
MOMENT of madness from Patrick Kisnorbo has handed Melbourne Victory an A-League derby win on a platter at AAMI Park.
Stablemates in Flemington win
THE Chris Waller stable pulled off a double at Flemington in Melbourne yesterday with Instrumentalist and Index Linked.
Celebrating Lehmann makes us feel good
Gideon Haigh IS there an argument waiting to be made that Australian cricketers should only ever be coached by other Australians?
Fine young sportsman
A week at a time: Simon King HERE"s a Christmas tale to warm the cockles of any heart.
Forlorn Cook caught in limbo
Gideon Haigh THE relationship between batting and captaincy is a two-way street.
Court ruling may cut building costs
ROBERT GOTTLIEBSEN THE Federal Court verdict has made cheaper infrastructure construction viable.
US stocks hover after rally
8:07AM Chris Dieterich STOCKS were little changed one day after the Federal Reserve's pledge to keep its easy-money support in place for the long haul triggered a global rally.
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