Iraq war about oil: Greenspan
Posted on 17 September, 2007
Former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, for years an inscrutable seer on the economy, is causing a stir by alleging in his new memoir that "the Iraq war is largely about oil."
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Bent cops linked to gangland murders
Posted on 14 September, 2007
Victorian police have for the first time confirmed links between senior officers and Melbourne's gangland murders.
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Solarium campaigner dies of skin cancer
Posted on 13 September, 2007
A Melbourne woman who developed melanoma after using solariums has lost her battle with cancer.
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Political suicide to dump Howard: Hewson
Posted on 12 September, 2007
Former Liberal leader John Hewson has called for Liberal MPs to rally behind Prime Minister John Howard's leadership.
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Qld reflects on Beattie legacy
Posted on 11 September, 2007
Interest groups and lobbyists are taking stock of the impact retiring Queensland Premier Peter Beattie had on the state.
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Economy no longer enough: Howard
Posted on 10 September, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard admits Australia's ongoing economic prosperity is not enough to ensure his Government is re-elected at the upcoming federal election.
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Bush calls for action on trade, terrorism
Posted on 7 September, 2007
United States President George W Bush has urged Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries to join a push to revive the stalled Doha Round of trade negotiations, saying his country has the will and the flexibility to conclude the deal.
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Opera star Pavarotti unconscious: reports
Posted on 6 September, 2007
Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, is unconscious and suffering from kidney failure.
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Interest rates hold at 6.5 pc
Posted on 5 September, 2007
Interest rates remain steady at 6.5 per cent.
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Police want court order against APEC protesters
Posted on 4 September, 2007
New South Wales Police will today seek a Supreme Court order to prevent the biggest APEC protest planned for this Saturday.
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Howard to APEC protestors: support us, don't attack us
Posted on 3 September, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard has appealed to people considering violent protests at this week's APEC summit to change their minds.
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Jana claims gold, Gay storms to sprint double
Posted on 31 August, 2007
Australian super mum Jana Rawlinson says she is thrilled with her gold medal win in the 400 metre hurdles event at the world athletics Championships in Japan.
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Sydney racing carninval in chaos
Posted on 30 August, 2007
The horse flu crisis in New South Wales has worsened with eight thoroughbreds at a stable at Randwick Racecourse testing positive to the virus.
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Brough rejects poverty increase claims
Posted on 30 August, 2007
The Federal Government has rejected figures from a group of welfare organisations that show the number of Australians living below the poverty line has grown substantially in the past decade.
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Aussie firemen to tackle Greek inferno
Posted on 29 August, 2007
Australia is offering to send five bushfire officers to Greece, where about 25 fires are still burning in a national disaster that has claimed more than 60 lives.
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Girl, eight, dragged by school bus
Posted on 28 August, 2007
An eight-year-old girl was dragged by a school bus yesterday afternoon, when her backpack got caught its doors in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
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Business calls for education overhaul
Posted on 27 August, 2007
Australia's peak business lobby group says the nation's school system is at risk of falling behind other major countries.
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Rudd health plan would cause 'enornmous upheaval'
Posted on 24 August, 2007
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott is warning that Labor's $2 billion plan to overhaul the health system will lead to enormous upheaval and could make the situation worse.
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Govt attacked over Haneef 'spin'
Posted on 23 August, 2007
The Australian Council for Civil Liberties has backed a decision to publicly release the transcript of a second Australian Federal Police (AFP) interview with Dr Mohamed Haneef over alleged links to the failed UK bomb plot.
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Dams topped up as wild weather lashes QLD
Posted on 22 August, 2007
Brisbane's main water source, Wivenhoe Dam, has had between 70 and 80 millimetres of rain over the past few days and weather experts say more storms are on the way.
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