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Swan's song: we hit right balance
9:04 AM AEST |
Under attack for not doing enough to take pressure off interest rates, Treasurer Wayne Swan claimed yesterday that inflicting more pain in the budget would have stopped the economy in its tracks.
Now for the budget and it's over to you, Labor
9:03 AM AEST |
The selling of the Labor Government's first budget is being done in waves, in a far more collegiate ministerial effort than the previous Coalition regime practised.
ASIO's spies spread wings beyond Australia's shores
8:58 AM AEST |
The worldwide hunt for terrorists is requiring ASIO to spread its wings and look increasingly overseas.
Police kill gunman in street shootout
Amid devastation, parents' grief turns to fury
Doubts budget will curb inflation
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Hundreds of 'friends' queue to join killer's Facebook site
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Mum's the word, but where's the medal?
When Canberra Paralympic powerlifter Deahnne McIntyre returned home last year with a ...
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Costigan tipped to face Rabbitohs despite training scare
9:08 AM AEST |
Canberra enforcer Neville Costigan sent another scare through the Raiders' camp when he pulled up clutching his troublesome left quadricep during a running drill yesterday.
Fisher thinking of England
9:09 AM AEST |
ACT Brumbies coach Laurie Fisher hopes to secure a head coaching position in England within the next three weeks after confirming yesterday that his days at the Brumbies are almost over.
Upheld selection appeal infuriates Robinson
Henin to quit sport, Belgian paper reports
Barrett unlikely to be a Raider
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