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National

Divide and rule

Tim Elliott A high-achiever from a young age, Kim Williams is known as one of our top business leaders. Now, the workaholic's sudden departure as News Corp's CEO has given him time for reflection.

Rare public holiday line-up could mean a 10 day break

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JAMES ROBERTSON This month offers us an opportunity for work-avoidance on a scale not seen in more than a decade.

Movie pirating: Ticket price 'no excuse'

GARRY MADDOX The head of a leading cinema chain has hit back at claims that higher ticket prices justify the illegal downloading of movies.

Genetic testing for incidental illnesses challenges medical ethics

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Julia Medew Increasingly powerful genetic tests are raising ethical questions for doctors who are starting to find out more about what could be in store for people's health, including predispositions for mental illnesses and cancers.

James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch close to One.Tel settlement

Ben Butler Adele Ferguson James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch could settle a long-running dispute over their conduct as directors of dotcom bomb One.Tel as early as next week.

Sideline shouting rigged Victorian soccer games

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English soccer players involved in an international match-fixing scam in Australia feared they would be caught because the local ringleader would shout instructions during the matches, a court has heard.

Soldiers on leave act as guards at Manus Island detention centre

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Noel Towell, Michael Gordon Australian soldiers on leave from the army are enlisting for lucrative work as guards at Papua New Guinea's Manus detention camp amid claims of drug abuse and thuggish conduct among its newly recruited security force.

Flight recorders for MH370 unlikely to be recovered for some time

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ANNE DAVIES Do not expect to hear news of black boxes being recovered for several days if not weeks, despite the Prime Minister declaring on Friday: ''We are confident that we know the position of the black box flight recorder to within some kilometres.''

Tony Abbott accused of breaking promise on pension age

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James Massola, Anna Patty, Matthew Knott, Judith Ireland The Abbott government is actively considering raising the pension age to 70 and changing indexation arrangements for the payments in the budget.

Missing Qld three-year-old found safe

1:31am A three-year-old girl who went missing from her Queensland home has been found safe and well at the local showgrounds.

Chloe Campbell: Three-year-old at centre of major police search has been found alive

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1:45am Chloe Campbell, the three-year-old girl who went missing from south-east Queensland, has been found alive.

Cyclone Ita tears through far north Queensland

Powerful system ... A satellite image of Cyclone Ita hitting far north Queensland. The storm crossed the coast as a category 3 system near near Cape Flattery with destructive winds of up to 230 km/h.

Ben Sharples and Marek Strzelecki 12:29am Queensland takes shelter in evacuation centers as Cyclone Ita tore inland near Cooktown and Cape Flattery, weakening slightly.

Souths fury at Burgess stick attack

Ian McCullough 10:52pm South Sydney have lodged a complaint with Penrith after Sam Burgess was struck by a Panthers fan as he left the field on Friday night.

Pole vault champ Hooker calls it quits

Steve Larkin 10:13pm Pole vaulter Steve Hooker has announced his retirement from athletics, ending one of Australia's most decorated track and field careers.

Cooktown residents to assess Ita damage

12:47am After a night of high winds and heavy rain, residents of Cooktown will emerge on Saturday morning to see severe tropical cyclone Ita's fury first hand.

Victorian Sheldon wins 69kg booxing title

9:17pm Victorian Lauren Sheldon wins the 69kg women's national boxing title with a second-round knock down of NSW fighter Astrid van der Sluys.

Folau pulled from NSW side by ARU

9:09pm Israel Folau has been withdrawn from the NSW Waratahs' side to play the Western Force on medical advice from the ARU.

Wind batters Cooktown as Ita arrives

9:19pm Resident Russell Bowman says winds from severe tropical cyclone Ita is intensifying as the storm approaches his town.

Brumbies edge out Reds in Brisbane

Jim Morton 9:39pm The Brumbies have consolidated their lead at the top of Super Rugby's Australian conference with a 23-20 victory over Queensland in Brisbane.

Titans down Broncos 12-8

Laine Clark 8:57pm The Titans have clawed their way back in a tense NRL clash to down Brisbane 12-8 on the Gold Coast - their first derby win in two years.

Jets keep finals hopes alive with win

Angela Habashy 8:30pm After a 2-0 win over Adelaide, the Newcastle Jets need Sydney FC to lose by a margin of two goals on Sunday to snatch a place in the A-League finals.

Gritty Souths hold off Penrith

Ian McCullough 8:59pm South Sydney secured a second successive win with an 18-2 victory over Penrith at Sportingbet Stadium.

Qld premier warns of bogus SES callers

6:44pm People posing as State Emergency Service workers are offering to take the belongings of residents on Cyclone Ita's path 'to a safe place'.

Roll confusion for Labor's Blain candidate

Neda Vanovac 6:10pm The Labor candidate for Saturday's Blain by-election is listed in the electoral roll as living in a residence he only settled on Wednesday.

Coles recalls more Easter eggs

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Saffron Howden, Amanda Hoh 5:51pm Coles has recalled another two types of its Easter eggs, bringing the total number of chocolate products removed from shelves this week to five.

Cycling boss to stay until May

Roger Vaughan 5:19pm Interim Cycling Australia chief executive Adrian Anderson says the body has made significant progress in overhauling its finances and governance.

NSW introduces risk-based liquor licensing

4:56pm NSW venues will soon pay more for their liquor licences if they have late trading hours or if they have a bad compliance history.

Man's death in Melbourne fire 'suspicious'

4:52pm Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation of a fire in a Malvern East garage in which a man's body was found.

Lover helped corrupt customs worker: court

Jacqueline Le 4:49pm A former quarantine officer was manipulated into helping her boyfriend track shipments of illicit substances, her lawyers say.

NRL player wins appeal for drunk assault

4:46pm An NRL player with a long history of alcohol abuse has been urged by a Sydney judge to use his battle to help others.