'Don't have a serious complaint, you wait'
PM rejects claims new GP fee will swamp hospitals -because people won't want to wait in emergency.
So, how did we get so lucky?
COMMENT Oil-price drop means more cash in your pocket than an interest rate cut. Here's why.
'I will be the one who slaughters you'
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Oh beer: truck derails Parkville tram
A tram and a beer truck have collided near Melbourne Zoo.
Racing rocked by more doping claims
Two more leading trainers have horses test positive to the outlawed blood doping drug.
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New vision of Paris gunmen
Video shows Cherif and Said Kouachi firing at police after their attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices.
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We support free speech ... when it suits
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Shares fight back as Telstra extends its rally and bargain hunters drive up some battered energy stocks.
Copper cracks under the pressure
Copper fell the most in almost six years on back of the World Bank's gloomy forecast.
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The much-awaited expansion of the ECB's asset-buying, or quantitative easing program will be larger-scale than expected.
Thailand shuts down Australian mine
Health concerns have led Thai authorities have ordered the suspension for 30 days of an Australian gold mine.
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Why the US will lose the oil price war
Analysis: It is hard for US companies to compete with the Middle East and Russia when it comes to oil.
Hollywood facing a power shift
Content is still king when it comes to entertainment but big Hollywood studios are facing a new challenge.
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- Aviation Booking.com's rise sparks concern
- Retail Ramsay Health joins break-up lobby
- Retail Woolies, Coles set for cheap fuel boost
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- Markets ASX stocks tipped to lag behind world
- Australia's richest blow $5 billion
- Currencies $A treading water ahead of jobs data
- Retirement Over 90s spend less, need more
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Are you the office slob?
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