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Coalition deal won't involve new taxes

10 Sep 10 | THE Greens leader, Bob Brown, says he will not agree to pass any Coalition legislation that would increase taxes or put pressure on the budget.

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Human rights boss lashes 'race to bottom'

10 Sep 10 | THE race and discrimination commissioner has attacked the election campaigns of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, describing their debates on asylum seekers as a "race to the bottom".

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Who's who and Wyatts what of new kids on block

10 Sep 10 | WAS no one around to remind Wyatt Roy that a new kid's schooldays can be blighted by the company he keeps on day one? Australia has now seen him all gelled and eager on his first day at work in the custody of Eric Abetz, 52, and Philip Ruddock, 67, two of the scariest figures in the Liberal Party.

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Abbott tells Libs to lay off independents

10 Sep 10 | TONY ABBOTT has told his MPs to stop attacking the two independents who helped Labor form minority government, saying the Coalition might need them on occasion on the floor of the Parliament and possibly to form government should the Labor arrangement collapse.

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Google to second guess you

10 Sep 10 | GOOGLE will now begin searching the internet and displaying results from the moment users start typing, the company announced.

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Boys charged with student's assault

10 Sep 10 | TWO schoolboys have been charged over an assault that has left a fellow student in a coma.

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Fathers also get the baby blues

10 Sep 10 | DEPRESSION among fathers is so common that one in five will experience it while their children are young, research shows.

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Mountain bike riders set to blaze a trail through national parks

10 Sep 10 | SYDNEY'S mountain bikers have always been hampered by one thing - a conspicuous lack of proper mountain trails.

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Hospitals failing to treat critical cases on time

10 Sep 10 | BIG regional hospitals are struggling to treat on time emergency department patients who need urgent attention, according to independent statistics that highlight a continuing bottleneck in the NSW health system.

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NSW agencies fail to heed call for cuts in advertising

10 Sep 10 | ADVERTISING spending by NSW government agencies rose by $3.5 million last financial year, despite a promise by the Treasurer, Eric Roozendaal, that it would be cut by 25 per cent.

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Too many ethical lapses: Barbour

10 Sep 10 | THE people of NSW appear to have lost confidence in their government and have started to view everything with mistrust ''despite whatever good intentions the government might have'', the NSW Ombudsman, Bruce Barbour, said yesterday.

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State mulls uniform ban on outdoor smoking

10 Sep 10 | THE state government is considering a statewide ban on smoking in outdoor areas such as alfresco dining areas and children's playgrounds following lobbying by local councils and health groups.

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No sale: Abbott's enormous deal the independents rejected

10 Sep 10 | TONY ABBOTT'S spurned offer to the two country independents included a permanent $1 billion-a-year regional infrastructure package - an offer well in excess of Labor's proposed total infrastructure funding of $1.17 billion.

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Father fears reunion with missing son will hurt child

10 Sep 10 | KEN THOMPSON has confirmed that his son, Andrew, has been found and they will be reunited "within a couple of days".

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Was William Crews killed by friendly fire?

10 Sep 10 | HE WAS the easygoing country lad who always dreamed of following in his father's footsteps and becoming a police officer. | Charges laid over police shooting | Police work in the blood

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Catch of the day: dolphins shell out for a fish supper

09 Sep 10 | BOTTLENOSE dolphins in Western Australia have invented a clever new trick for catching dinner.

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Reprieve for old forest as Gunns downs axe

09 Sep 10 | TIMBER giant Gunns Ltd has broken ranks with Tasmania's forest industry and confirmed it will pull out of native forest logging altogether.

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Health talk in language they can understand

09 Sep 10 | A dictionary in Yolngu will counter fear and ignorance, writes Lindsay Murdoch.

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Police work in the blood

09 Sep 10 | Police work was in his family's blood and he gave his life for it at 26 | Charges laid over police shooting | Glen Innes police officer shot ... External Link

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Children want stepfather jailed 100 years

09 Sep 10 | TWO Melbourne children, a boy 10, and his sister, 9, want their stepfather jailed for ''100 years'' for his violent disciplinary and punishment regime that fractured their bodies and young lives. |