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Rates cut by 1 per cent
2/12/2008 |
The Reserve Bank has slashed its key interest rate by more than expected in its latest effort to prevent Australia's economy from sliding into a recession.
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Over the moon: The Gods are smiling
2/12/2008 |
The gods of love and thunder smiled on Canberra last night. Venus, Jupiter and a three-day-old crescent moon appeared as a smiley face.
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Killer Carl Williams bids lonely farewell to mum
2/12/2008 |
Funeral for Barbara Williams as 'mummy's boy' Carl says goodbye from his cell.
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Laying down her lollipop
2/12/2008 |
AFTER holding up her lollipop outside Daylesford Primary School for 24 years, Evelyn Rogers is calling it a day.
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Smoking cure gets health warning
2/12/2008 |
AUSTRALIA's drug regulator has issued a new warning about the popular quit-smoking pill Champix, which it linked to depression, aggression and suicidal thoughts and behaviour in some users.
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90 cents a litre just in time for Christmas holidays
2/12/2008 |
THE price of petrol should drop to 90 cents a litre at service stations across Sydney in the coming weeks following dramatic falls in the price of oil, according to analysts from the NRMA and CommSec.
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Lily aims for father Luc's giddy heights
2/12/2008 |
It's been more than 20 years since Luc Longley picked up a basketball at the Australian Institute of Sport.
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Obama picks Clinton
2/12/2008 |
President-elect Barack Obama picks a "team of rivals" to head up the US's national security.
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Release asylum-seekers 'within a year'
2/12/2008 |
No asylum-seeker will be held for more than a year unless they pose an unacceptable security risk and most detainees will be released within 90 days.
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Parents threaten action on bullying
2/12/2008 |
The families of ACT bullying victims are threatening legal action against the Education Department for allegedly failing to provide their children with a safe learning environment.
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ACT fares better in ABC drama
2/12/2008 |
ACT parents will be better off than those in NSW, Queensland and Victoria following the probable demise of several Canberra ABC Learning Centres.
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11-year-old escapes abduction attempt
2/12/2008 |
Police have warned parents and children about safety around schools after reports two men tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl in Goulburn.
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Secret police files leaked to alleged crime bosses
2/12/2008 |
Top-secret Victoria Police files leaked to alleged crime bosses and killers.
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Stranded Aussies fly home
2/12/2008 |
Relieved travellers fly home from trouble spots.
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Rates on track for 44-year low
2/12/2008 |
The Reserve Bank board is expected to cut interest rates by 1 percentage point today and to follow up with a series of aggressive cuts that will take home mortgage rates to their lowest level since Robert Menzies was prime minister.
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Silver lining in dark clouds
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Green groups condemn climate plan delay
1/12/2008 |
A CENTRAL plank of the NSW Government's climate change plan has been delayed. Targets for statewide energy efficiency improvements have been put back to next July.
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Silver lining in dark clouds
1/12/2008 |
THE economic crisis is producing a new round of winners and losers as the Reserve Bank slashes interest rates for home owners, consumer prices continue to fall, and pensioners and families line up for cash bonuses.
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Funding row puts private schools at risk
1/12/2008 |
THOUSANDS of independent schools could be deprived of government funding next year because of a political impasse over Federal Government plans to force them to teach a national curriculum and disclose their sources of private income.
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Principals' powers may grow
1/12/2008 |
STATE education systems will be rewarded for giving school principals greater control over budgets, including teacher salaries. In NSW, the Department of Education has central control over staffin...
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Strict controls sought on bailed pedophile
1/12/2008 |
THE movements of serial pedophile Kenneth Davidson Tillman should be monitored for the next five years to ensure public safety, a court has heard.
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