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GALLERY: Paul Hogan free to leave

03 Sep 10 | Actor Paul Hogan is free to leave Australia after reaching an agreement with the Australian Taxation Office. | Hogan grounded over tax dispute External Link

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Political punters take wild roller-coaster ride

03 Sep 10 | Centrebet's market shows the wild ride punters have been taken on in the wait for a decision on who will govern the nation.

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Oil platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico

03 Sep 10 | VIDEO: An oil platform explosion on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster.

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NSW set for deluge

03 Sep 10 | Rain is driving into western NSW, kicking off the seventh major rain event of the year.

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Frenchmen assaulted five teen girls: police

03 Sep 10 | Two Frenchmen are accused of indecently assaulting five teenage girls who were on a school excursion.

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Father's Day miracle for Bill

03 Sep 10 | Father's Day came a little early for Bill Langenhorst this year.

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Rudd twists Katter's arm to back Labor

03 Sep 10 | Queensland independent Bob Katter has had his arm twisted "pretty firmly" by former prime minister Kevin Rudd to support Labor.

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Sydneysider's face bitten in shark attack

03 Sep 10 | A Sydney man was bitten on the head by a shark off the Solomon Islands yesterday.

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Wife killer jailed until 2034

03 Sep 10 | Des Campbell is sentenced to 24 years jail for killing his wife, whom he pushed over a cliff.

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Labor MP sunk after lie

03 Sep 10 | The father whose question at a community forum led to outrage at a Queensland Labor MP two days before the federal election has admitted he lied. |

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Coalition puts pressure on rural independents

03 Sep 10 | The Coalition has started to put the heat on the three hold-out rural independents - saying it was "inconceivable" any of them would back a Labor government that had joined the Greens to push a left-leaning agenda.

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Wilkie turns his back on $1b offer

03 Sep 10 | Independent MP Andrew Wilkie knocked back a $1 billion incentive to side with the Coalition yesterday, choosing instead to bolster Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s chances of retaining power. |

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Federer rolls on as Davydenko falls in New York

03 Sep 10 | Roger Federer has rolled into the third round of the US Open while sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko lost and Japanese qualifier Kei Nishikori dumped 11th seed Marin Cilic in five gruelling sets.

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Top seed Wozniacki storms through

03 Sep 10 | Top seed Caroline Wozniacki has powered her way into the third round of the US Open, handing out a 6-0 6-0 whitewash to Taiwan's Chang Kai-Chen.

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Pluck of the Irish: Kennelly, Bloods turn it around

03 Sep 10 | Sydney's loss to Melbourne six weeks ago was the catalyst for a drastic change, writes Michael Cowley.

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Poor planning to blame for building slump, says report

03 Sep 10 | A PLANNING process ''full of vague and ill-defined statements'' and a ''lack of commitment'' to development by government agencies are the main reasons behind a 10-year slump in Sydney home building rates, a new report says.

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Wilkie takes gamble on faster pokie limits

03 Sep 10 | REGULAR poker machine players will need to nominate how much they are prepared to lose every time they play, under a landmark agreement between Julia Gillard and the independent MP Andrew Wilkie.

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Pakistan trio charged by ICC over betting scandal

03 Sep 10 | Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain claims that the three cricketers facing match-fixing allegations were "set up".

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In a game of being on target with figures Abbott shoots himself in foot

03 Sep 10 | TONY ABBOTT has been poked in the eye by his own budget costings and his eagerness to spend - the same costings that, when the Coalition added them up, helped him successfully flay Labor for profligacy and waste during the election campaign.

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Wilkie rejects $1b sweetener

03 Sep 10 | JULIA GILLARD is two seats away from forming a minority government after the Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie rejected a $1 billion offer from Tony Abbott and threw his support behind Labor.

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