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11 min ago | www.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Mortimer is a must-have for the future: Eels chief

Extending rookie sensation Daniel Mortimer's contract long-term has been identified by Eels chief executive Paul Osborne as his priority during the off-season. Mortimer, who is the son of former Canterbury star Peter and the nephew of internationals Steve and Chris, has established himself as one of the game's great hopes with his class and natural ...

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21 min ago | www.watoday.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Deadly 24 hours claim three more lives

A deadly 24 hours on WA's roads has claimed another three lives including a Chinese visitor who was killed after being hit by a cyclist as she pushed her grandchild in a pram.

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25 min ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Capitalistroadster

Possible liferaft sighting sparks search - Yahoo!7 News

Three search planes are patrolling waters off central Queensland after the possible sighting of a life raft carrying two people.

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35 min ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Capitalistroadster

Aussies cash in on pay deal - Yahoo!7 News

Australia's elite cricketers will share in an extra $20 million after Cricket Australia posted better-than-expected figures.

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Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, Australia

36 min ago | australianwinereviews.blogspot.com | Capitalistroadster

Alontin's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond: Pinot Noir

Australian winemakers, without doubt, have made more progress with Pinot Noir in the last couple of years than with any other variety.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine

42 min ago | news.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Send Oceanic Viking to Sri Lanka: Joyce

An Australian customs ship holding 78 asylum seekers off Indonesia should be sent to Sri Lanka, where its passengers are from, Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce says.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Kevin Rudd

47 min ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster

ABC Sport - Gunners up to second as City slip

Captain's masterclass... Cesc Fabregas celebrates scoring Arsenal's third goal against Wolves.

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Related Topix: Sports, World Soccer, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Blackburn

49 min ago | mpegmedia.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster

Lindsay Tanner speaks on taxes

Lindsay Tanner talks about the government's tax review on ABC News Radio

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1 hr ago | www.canberratimes.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Intervention a '$1b disgrace' - The Canberra Times

ASSAULTS have increased, substance abuse has soared and school attendance rates are unchanged in the NT indigenous communities targeted by the Federal Government's intervention.

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1 hr ago | www.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Win or lose Cup bids, game is here to stay, says Buckley - A-League - Football

BEN BUCKLEY is confident that pressure on the domestic league will not affect the nation's bids to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

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1 hr ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster

YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder - ABC News

A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare.

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1 hr ago | bigpondnews.com | Capitalistroadster

Telstra BigPond News = McKinna lauds Mariners

Central Coast coach Lawrie McKinna has described his side's 4-0 demolition of defending champion Melbourne at Etihad Stadium as one of the best performances in his five years at the club and he hopes it's the spark his side needs to re-ignite its season.

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1 hr ago | www.news.com.au | Capitalistroadster

AdelaideNow... Australia fired up by possibility of series win

AUSTRALIA'S cricketers admit they remain mentally drained after an epic win in Hyderabad but will be motivated on Sunday by the chance to wrap-up a limited-overs series win over India at Guwahati.

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Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, Australia, India

1 hr ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster

Qld teachers set to be nation's highest paid - ABC News

The Queensland Teachers Union has reached an agreement with the State Government in their long-running pay battle.

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2 hrs ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster

Juveniles face jail for graffiti

Children in New South Wales could be imprisoned for up to six months if they are caught carrying cans of spray paint without a legitimate reason.

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Related Topix: World News, Headphones

2 hrs ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster

ABC Local - Bus driver on child porn charges

A 49-year-old Canberra man has been charged with administering a dangerous substance to a young girl and child pornography.

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2 hrs ago | www.foxsports.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Aussie quicks need to 'harden up' - Cricket - Fox Sports

Australia's injury-hit fast bowlers have been branded gym junkies who spend too much energy pumping iron and not enough time in the practice nets.

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Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, Australia, India, Pakistan

2 hrs ago | www.news.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Men swim to safety after boat collapse | National Breaking News

TWO men swam to safety after a large wave swamped their 4.3m aluminium dinghy after a day of fishing off Palm Island in north Queensland.

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Related Topix: World News

3 hrs ago | www.canberratimes.com.au | Capitalistroadster

Wreaths laid for ghost of the republic - The Canberra Times

What becomes of the broken-hearted? For the diehards of the Australian Republican Movement, 10 years after the referendum on an Australian republic was defeated, the answer is simple they cling to the dream.

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3 hrs ago | rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com | theworldasweknowit

Climate Communism

In Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has given the most chilling speech (PDF here) with respect to open policy debate that I have ever heard from a leader of a democratic country. The focus of his speech is on "climate change deniers." Who are these people? They include people who are skeptical of climate change science, but remarkably, they also include people who believe that climate change is real and a problem, but disagree with the Prime Minister's preferred policy approach. Rudd states that "climate change deniers" fall into one of three categories:

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