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Footy show apologises for Megan Gale comments

A retired footy star has apologised for comments he made about model Megan Gale on The Sunday Footy Show yesterday.
March 28, 2011, 7:12 am
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Qantas under 'threat' from union demand

Qantas' international operations face oblivion within months if unions press ahead with their claims for guaranteed job security, Australia's leading aviation consultancy warned yesterday.
March 28, 2011, 6:18 am
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PM, Abbott exchange insults

An angry Julia Gillard accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of being a "hollow, bitter man" who associates with extremists, misogynists and sexists as hostility between the pair hit a new low.
March 25, 2011, 2:21 am

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Gillard in bid to woo nation's top polluters

Julia Gillard has moved to bring big polluters deeper into negotiations over compensation for climate change action as thousands of people rallied outside Parliament House yesterday calling her a liar and demanding she kill off the carbon tax.
March 24, 2011, 2:45 am

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Protesters see red over tax on carbon

Tony Abbott's so-called people's revolt on the carbon tax yesterday morphed into a protestathon of everything from calls for a Royal Commission into the disappearance of the Beaumont children to boat people and global conspiracies.
March 24, 2011, 2:41 am

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Small miners get $100m tax reprieve

Small iron ore miners can pocket profits of up to $100 million before being hit with the full force of the mining tax.
March 24, 2011, 2:25 am

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Fares slashed as Virgin eyes $80m loss

The Virgin Blue Group has slashed its domestic and international fares as it strives to avert a second half loss of up to $80 million as natural disasters drive passengers away and fuel cost send costs soaring.
March 23, 2011, 9:52 am
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Delayed tax summit gets go-ahead

The nation's tax experts, business leaders and community members will finally get a tax summit but the Gillard Government will not touch any proposals that would change the GST, the mining tax or its planned carbon tax.
March 21, 2011, 6:08 am
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Prince's visit boosts morale in Ipswich

Prince William's whistlestop visit to Ipswich has brought a morale boost to flood-devastated residents and in return he received a warm Australian welcome.
March 20, 2011, 2:29 pm

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Boy scores wedding invite

Ten-year-old Queensland flood victim Zander Locke says he has scored an invitation to Prince William's wedding next month.
March 20, 2011, 12:37 pm

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Germany mourns Knut, polar bear sensation

Germany was in stunned mourning on Sunday after the sudden and premature death of Knut, Berlin's world-famous polar bear, at the end of what animal welfare groups said was an unhappy, short life.
March 20, 2011, 10:19 am

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Ipswich crowd awaits prince's arrival

An expectant crowd of 2000 invited guests and hundreds of onlookers is waiting for the arrival of Prince William in Ipswich.
March 20, 2011, 9:29 am

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Prince charming Cardwell

Prince William brought birthday cheer to a 102-year-old woman when he touched down in the cyclone-ravaged Queensland coastal town of Cardwell on Saturday.
March 19, 2011, 12:54 pm

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Teargas, ammo arrive at Christmas Island

Teargas and ammunition was offloaded at Christmas Island airport this morning as police beefed up their arsenal in case of more rioting at the main detention centre.
March 19, 2011, 12:42 pm

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Detainees' wait now three times longer

Asylum seekers have to endure detention almost three times as long as a year ago, with the average waiting times blowing out to 213 days.
March 19, 2011, 8:29 am
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How the rioters took control

The first dull thuds of teargas launchers firing their charges echoed around the main detention centre at 8.15pm.
March 19, 2011, 8:29 am
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Innocent detainees attacked

Asylum seekers who refused to join Thursday night's riot on Christmas Island were beaten by fellow detainees, it emerged yesterday.
March 19, 2011, 8:27 am
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Garnaut ties income tax cuts to carbon tax

Most Australians would get a tax cut to shield them from higher living costs after a carbon tax is introduced next year under a plan devised by the Gillard Government's top climate change adviser.
March 18, 2011, 5:20 am
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Taxpayers 'better off under ETS'

The Federal Government’s key climate adviser says lower and middle income earners would be better off under a carbon price.
March 17, 2011, 11:40 am

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PM strikes at extreme Greens on carbon tax

Julia Gillard has distanced herself from the Greens in an apparent response to Tony Abbott's taunts that the real prime minister is Bob Brown.
March 17, 2011, 5:30 am
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