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Our team looking sheepish Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago AUSTRALIA dispensed with the usual subjects of rugby, sheep, underarm bowling and the Kiwis' risible Olympic medal count yesterday and found a new way to offend New Zealand. Rudd redfaced over 'lefty Clark' missive The Age Our envoy apologises for slur on Kiwi leader The Australian New Zealand Herald - ABC Online - Stuff.co.nz - Melbourne Herald Sun all 374 news articles

ABC News

Humpback whale calf faces grim fate The Age - 5 hours ago VETS were last night preparing to test the health of a baby humpback whale abandoned off Sydney's northern beaches, to help determine if and when the ail- ing creature needed to be put down. Video: Lost Whale Needs Another Mother to Survive AssociatedPress No baby whale feeding solution after expert talks ABC Online BBC News - NEWS.com.au - Gold Coast News - The West Australian all 891 news articles

Sydney only Australian city on world edition of Monopoly board game The Australian - 4 hours ago SORRY Melbourne but Sydney is the only Australian city to be included in the first international version of the famous money board game, Monopoly. Sydney monopolises international spot The Age Accidental Premier in plastic top hat and boot Daily Telegraph Herald Sun - ABC Online - NEWS.com.au - LIVENEWS.com.au all 40 news articles

BBC News

Extradition go-ahead in 'Nazi' case The Age - 5 hours ago AUSTRALIA is a step closer to its first extradition of an alleged Nazi war criminal after a Perth magistrate yesterday ruled that 86-year-old Charles Zentai should stand trial in Hungary. Accused Nazi released on $50000 bail The Australian Alleged war criminal Zentai granted bail ABC Online BBC News - Jerusalem Post - Sydney Morning Herald - Melbourne Herald Sun all 292 news articles

WA today

Babies aborted late would require legal burial NEWS.com.au - 2 hours ago By Geraldine Mitchell EMOTIONS ran high over plans to decriminalise abortion in Victoria after it was revealed yesterday any baby aborted after 20 weeks must be given a legally recognised burial. Politicians on both sides part ways over abortion bill The Age Vic abortion laws stir debate Sky News Australia The Australian - ABC Online - Christian Today -- Australia - Radio Australia all 59 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Melbourne to London for $1000 return with AirAsia X Melbourne Herald Sun - 4 hours ago MELBURNIANS could soon fly to London for less than $500 - or under $1000 return - on AirAsia X. Passengers will pay extra for meals, entertainment, checked-in luggage and blankets. AirAsia X launches flights to Melbourne NEWS.com.au New route ... AirAsia X will offer flights from Melbourne to Kuala ... The Age The Australian - ABC Online - New Straits Times - Peanuts! Low Cost Airline News all 60 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Guard's quick shot killed thief Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago Dib and his yet-to-be-named accomplice were waiting for the Armaguard van near the National Australia Bank on George Street, Parramatta, at 6.30pm. Guard unlikely to face murder charge after robber's death NEWS.com.au Post mortem done on robbery suspect Melbourne Herald Sun The Australian - ABC Online - Daily Telegraph - Parramatta Advertiser all 400 news articles

Orange parrot can't scupper desalination plant The Australian - 4 hours ago PLANS to build Australia's largest desalination plant on the Victorian coast have won preliminary environmental approval, despite a report acknowledging the rare orange-bellied parrot has used areas near the site as a feeding ground. Environmental study gives desal plant green light The Age Desalination plant site not harmful Herald Sun ABC Online - ABC Regional Online - The Australian all 23 news articles

The Age

TAFE teachers vow to step up pay action The Age - 5 hours ago Some of the thousands of TAFE teachers who marched on State Parliament yesterday to protest against their pay and conditions. Photo: Jason South THOUSANDS of TAFE teachers who yesterday walked off the job for the first time in 13 years have vowed to ... Local teachers join city demo Bendigo Advertiser TAFE teachers to strike ABC Online Melbourne Herald Sun - NEWS.com.au - ABC Regional Online - Geelong Advertiser all 38 news articles

Fleet that launched 100 years of mateship The Australian - 4 hours ago ALL during the night they lined the shores and the docks, bobbed on boats big and small, huddled for space on hilltops outside the city, to make sure they didn't miss the first glimpse of it coming to Sydney. US warship arrives for Great White Fleet anniversary Sydney Morning Herald US warship marks Great White Fleet's arrival ABC Online The Age - LIVENEWS.com.au - TVNZ - International Herald Tribune all 151 news articles

'Laos jungle' Aussie now ill in hospital The Age - 10 hours ago A 40-year-old Victorian man lost in the Laotian jungle for 11 days remains seriously ill in a Bangkok hospital after being evacuated by helicopter, Australian authorities say. Australian man critical after 11 days in Laos jungle ABC Online Aussie survives 11 days in jungle NEWS.com.au Melbourne Herald Sun - Herald Sun - Radio Australia - The Age all 59 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Dumpster kids just playing - DoCS The Australian - 11 hours ago THREE young children thought to have been living in a dumpster behind shops in NSW's Hunter region have been identified. But it now seems they had only been using the dumpster as a cubby house. Children feared to be sleeping in bin Sydney Morning Herald Dumpster kids: Home or cubby house? ABC Online NEWS.com.au - The Age - Daily Telegraph - Sky News Australia all 335 news articles

The Australian

Opposition flags tax cuts for families and small business ABC Online - 13 hours ago The Opposition Leader Colin Barnett looks set to announce tax cuts for families and small businesses during the election campaign. State election on a 'knife-edge': Carpenter ABC Regional Online Election on 'knife-edge': Carpenter WA today The West Australian - Busselton Dunsborough Mail - The Age - NEWS.com.au all 168 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Fire official threatened to shoot boss Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago A FORMER contracts administrator for the NSW Fire Brigades admitted yesterday that when the Independent Commission Against Corruption inquired into him in October last year, he had told an administrator he would "shoot ya". 'I'm gonna f***ing shoot ya' - firey's threat Daily Telegraph False tenders to fire squad 'netted $2.5m' The Australian NEWS.com.au - The Age - ABC Online - LIVENEWS.com.au all 584 news articles

Poverty still grips Pacific The Australian - 4 hours ago AUSTRALIA'S Pacific neighbours are "seriously off track" in achieving their poverty reduction goals by 2015 and trail sub-Saharan African in their regional economic performance. Aid linked to progress will not solve Pacific crisis: report The Canberra Times Troubled Pacific 'on verge of violence' Stuff.co.nz LIVENEWS.com.au - The Age - The Australian all 145 news articles

DNA testing could reveal WWI Digger's identity The Australian - 4 hours ago DNA tests could reveal the identity of a World War I Digger whose complete remains have been unearthed by British archeologists at an old battlefield site in Belgium. Old Aussie soldier uncovered in Belgium Sydney Morning Herald the digger who went down fighting The Age NDTV.com all 11 news articles

DPP Mohamed Haneef claims news to Philip Ruddock The Australian - 4 hours ago FORMER attorney-general Philip Ruddock has expressed surprise at claims by commonwealth prosecutors that their officers were subject to extreme pressure from the federal police during the bungled Mohamed Haneef investigation. Haneef lawyer hits at AFP The Age CDPP was wrong to allow Haneef to be charged, inquiry told ABC Online Press Trust of India - Pakistan News - The Australian - The Australian all 53 news articles

Exports 'endangering' shark species NEWS.com.au - 15 hours ago THE Federal Government is under pressure to declare the Coral Sea a safe haven for sharks as new figures show a rise in shark product exports. Fin exports harming shark numbers: WWF ABC Science Online Australia slammed over shark fin exports Dive Magazine ABC Online - The Age - Radio Australia all 19 news articles

Benbrika trial jury retires to consider verdict ABC Online - 12 hours ago Benbrika and his 11 co-accused have pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges. (ABC: file photo) The jury in the trial of 12 men accused of forming a Melbourne-based terrorist cell has retired to consider its verdict. Jury out in Benbrika terror trial The Australian Terror jury considers verdict The Age The Canberra Times - The West Australian all 26 news articles

TopNews

Taxpapers slugged $109 a day for Patel NEWS.com.au - 10 hours ago By Rosemary Desmond QUEENSLAND taxpayers are forking out more than $100 a day to keep Jayant Patel in food and board awaiting his court case. Dr Jayant Patel costs state taxpayers $109 a day The Australian Patel costing Qld taxpayers $1.5ka fortnight ABC Online Brisbane Times - Newstrack India - NEWS.com.au all 35 news articles