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Abbott flees as Thomson votes with Coalition

30 May 12 | The exiled Labor MP Craig Thomson sent Coalition MPs running for the doors this morning as they sought to negate his support when he voted with the opposition.

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Queen to screen live: ABC bottles out of Shampoo

30 May 12 | The ABC has cancelled plans to screen the 1975 movie Shampoo starring Warren Beatty instead of covering one of the Queen's diamond jubilee main events live this weekend.

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Power sector primed for overload

30 May 12 | A farming family finds out the hard way that some of our key utilities face perverse incentives to invest more than they need to.

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IMAX in your living room: the future of TV

30 May 12 | A new television technology known as Super Hi-Vision offers viewers a picture 16 times the resolution currently available on HDTVs.

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Premier's park hunting backdown the price of power sale

30 May 12 | National parks in NSW will be opened up to recreational hunters as part of a deal between the Shooters and Fishers Party and the government to ensure passage of its electricity privatisation bill.

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It was THIS big! Monster tuna no fishy tale

30 May 12 | If this was one of the ones John West rejected, it must have been a very, very long time ago.

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High Court rejects marital rape appeal

30 May 12 | A man who argued he could not be guilty of raping his wife because no such offence existed in 1963 has lost his appeal to the High Court.

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Job hunting for a happy marriage

30 May 12 | How to pick a keeper - start with his job, divorce study finds.

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Spooked rare cockatoos fly away from Taronga Zoo

30 May 12 | Taronga Zoo is calling on the public to help find three rare red-tailed black cockatoos after they were spooked by four sea eagles during a bird show

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Lauren takes flight with $800,000 backing

30 May 12 | Lauren McLeod claims to be the first Australian to cross Mongolia's Gobi Desert entirely on foot, but arguably her biggest success came after hotfooting it to San Francisco.

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Peak hour in Pyrmont: bike lanes for the bridge?

30 May 12 | Peak hour on Pyrmont Bridge, with rangers waving orange lights trying to control hundreds of cyclists and pedestrians rushing by, is a scene that could fit in a Monty Python sketch.

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Is there any price PM won't pay to hang on? Apparently not

30 May 12 | Gillard made herself look foolish over foreign worker policy.

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MPs defuse row over foreign workers

30 May 12 | Labor will set up a committee of MPs to monitor the use of foreign workers on mining projects.

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June 30 tax tips to save a bundle

30 May 12 | Here are 12 simple strategies guaranteed to put cash back in your pocket before the changes come in for the next financial year, writes Annette Sampson.

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Court to rule on divorced Islamic couple's $50,000 'deferred dowry' deal

30 May 12 | A SYDNEY man whose Islamic marriage included a contract that he pay his wife a $50,000 ''deferred dowry'' if he left her is arguing the contract is unenforceable under Australian law.

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Laws to tackle slavery offences

30 May 12 | Forced marriage and organ trafficking are the targets of new federal laws to prevent 'slavery-like' practices.

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Packer pushes for Kennett to head company behind the Star

30 May 12 | BILLIONAIRE James Packer has upped his campaign for control of Echo Entertainment - the company that runs The Star casino in Sydney - by calling for the former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett to be made the company's chairman.

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Mental illness in men costs $3b, says report

30 May 12 | MENTAL ILLNESS in young men costs the Australian economy more than $3 billion per annum, a new report to be launched by the minister for mental health today reveals.

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