08 Sep 10 | ROB OAKESHOTT, one of the two independents who handed Julia Gillard power, will consider the offer of a ministry over the next few days.
08 Sep 10 | Scandal-hit Wayne Rooney scored as England seized control of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 10-man Switzerland on Tuesday.
08 Sep 10 | Brett Holman reinforced his status as one of the Socceroos' big guns with a decisive half hour display in Australia's 2-1 friendly win over Poland in Krakow.
08 Sep 10 | POLICE have charged a 21-year-old man with murder and sexual assault following the death of a three-year-old Narrabri boy this week.
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08 Sep 10 | As Rob ''make mine a filibuster'' Oakeshott took most of yesterday afternoon to explain his reasons for backing Julia Gillard's government, our thoughts turned to the Helpmann Awards the night before, and the efficiency with which presenters and winners were hustled on and off the Opera Theatre stage.
08 Sep 10 | HURSTVILLE City Council will demolish the Mortdale Masonic Hall even though it is listed on its heritage register, a decision the National Trust says will set a ''poor precedent'' for conservation.
08 Sep 10 | ALL Australians who own computers should immediately invest in anti-virus software, the Australian Federal Police commissioner, Tony Negus, said yesterday.
08 Sep 10 | REFORMS to the way the State Parliament operates, including time limits on questions and supplementary questions for the opposition leader, will be considered following an election-based deal to overhaul procedures in Federal Parliament.
08 Sep 10 | MUCH will be said about Tony Windsor siding with Labor and helping Julia Gillard remain prime minister. Commentators will tell you his conservative New England electorate will run him over with a B-double. Hold your judgment.
08 Sep 10 | FINANCIAL markets have greeted the minority government led by Julia Gillard with scepticism, sending the Australian dollar lower amid fears for the stability of an alliance of Labor, Greens and independents.
08 Sep 10 | AUSTRALIA is set to go to a referendum before the next election on the constitutional recognition of its first peoples.
08 Sep 10 | A TAX summit scheduled for the middle of next year will consider the list of Henry review options the government did not rule in or out, including an overhaul of the family and welfare payments systems, and levies on road use.
08 Sep 10 | THESE were the last words uttered by Australia's first Speaker in the House of Representatives: ''Dreadful - dreadful.''
08 Sep 10 | KELI LANE told police she conceived her daughter Tegan after a brief affair with the baby's father - and that ''part of the agreement between us'' was that he take custody of the child.
08 Sep 10 | PETER CAREY is a step closer to becoming the first person to win the Booker prize three times after his most recent novel, Parrot and Olivier in America, was named on this year's six-book shortlist.
08 Sep 10 | BULLIES and their victims share many childhood traits and only a few factors decide whether a child will become one or the other, research shows.
08 Sep 10 | A POLYPILL that combines three drugs to lower blood pressure and cholesterol should be subsidised for all Australians with more than 5 per cent risk of a heart attack or stroke within five years, experts have recommended in a new report.
08 Sep 10 | THE indigenous leader Noel Pearson's last-minute intervention with Rob Oakeshott has backfired for the Liberal Party.
08 Sep 10 | Europe captain Colin Montgomerie welcomed Tiger Woods' inclusion in the US Ryder Cup team here on Tuesday after the golfing superstar was handed one of four wildcard berths on the American squad.
08 Sep 10 | JULIA GILLARD has promised to heed the lesson handed to Labor at the election and govern with a new style of openness after her nerve-racking wait ended and she scraped back into power by the slimmest of margins.
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