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Police to widen forest bone search

01 Sep 10 | A forensic expert has predicted it could take almost 10 years for a body to decompose and become skeletonised inside the Belanglo State Forest.

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Lane admitted in fax 'there were three children', court hears

01 Sep 10 | When Keli Lane finally admitted she had given birth to three children, she told a social worker she could ''now stop telling half truths and lies''.

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Macdonald defied cabinet to appoint his man for Middle East

01 Sep 10 | The disgraced former minister Ian Macdonald appointed Karl Kazal as his personal envoy to the Middle East despite the cabinet office refusing to endorse an official appointment.

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ICAC begins inquiries into Sydney Water employees

01 Sep 10 | The NSW corruption watchdog has launched two investigations involving employees of the state-owned Sydney Water corporation, including a bizarre plan to bottle Sydney drinking water and market it internationally. Public hearings are scheduled to begin this month.

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Rural independents' decision is likely by Friday

01 Sep 10 | The three rural independents have signalled they will give their decision by as early as Friday about who will govern Australia. The fourth independent, Andrew Wilkie, has shelved his promise of a quick decision after rejecting a confidential offer from Labor.

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Secret favours greased Rocks deal

01 Sep 10 | A lease for a multimillion-dollar waterfront building owned by taxpayers was signed over to a politically connected Sydney family after it retained a senior state government official in a secret arrangement.

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Hunt on for Albury shooting clues

31 Aug 10 | POLICE have scoured the surrounds of a Glenroy home where a man was shot early today. |

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Phones ring hot for popular independents

31 Aug 10 | It's not just the eccentric telephone manner of Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan that has been bedeviling one of Canberra's most sought-after politicians. |

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Labor loses slender lead on crucial two-party vote

31 Aug 10 | With the Coalition taking the lead in the two-party preferred vote, Tony Abbott returns to Canberra to woo the crucial independents. |

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Labor loses slender lead on crucial two-party vote

31 Aug 10 | Labor has lost its hold on the national two-party preferred vote, one of the key elements Julia Gillard has relied on to argue her party has the better right to form a minority government. |

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Security at airports is laughable, expert says

31 Aug 10 | Australia’s airport security checks are ‘‘laughably low tech’’, allowing cyber-savvy criminals to exploit flaws in a system largely reliant on identity cards, a leading aviation security expert says. |

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No Milat probe on Belanglo bones

31 Aug 10 | Serial killer Ivan Milat will not be questioned by police about the discovery of human bones in the forest where he dumped seven victims until evidence can be found linking him to the find.

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Photographers worried about permit trend

31 Aug 10 | WAGGA photographer John Egan has warned governments at all levels that rules restricting photography in public places have the potential to strangle the industry. |

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Scone horseman killed by train was a ‘loveable larrikin’

31 Aug 10 | A 46-year-old Scone man who was killed by a train yesterday has been described as a “loveable larrikin” and a “true horseman”. |

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Scone rail death mystery

31 Aug 10 | Johnny ‘‘Lulu’’ Lawler died after a coal train hit him as he stood on the tracks and leant on the platform at Scone railway station. |

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Three independents are to be applauded

31 Aug 10 | WHAT a pity Australia can’t have Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter as our leaders. |

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Kooragang oil spill could cost ship owners millions

31 Aug 10 | The owners of the ship involved in the Kooragang Island oil spill are facing fines of up to $10million under the Marine Pollution Act.

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Murder of magpies spotted in horror-movie proportions

31 Aug 10 | The NSW National Parkes and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has explained why magpies like each other’s company after a Dubbo resident reported encountering “a scene” from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror movie The Birds when walking in Birch Avenue at the weekend. |

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Alleged knife attacker refused bail for ‘protection’ of victims

31 Aug 10 | A Dubbo man was again refused bail yesterday after allegedly slashing a man with a knife on Myall Street early Sunday morning. | Man hurt in knife attack

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Impossible fine for van that 'was never there'

31 Aug 10 | When Len Worgan received a fine for his van being left in a Newcastle car park, he had something to point out. The van was never there, it was too big to fit through the gate.

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