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Costello lures voters with tax cuts

10:29am: TREASURER Peter Costello and John Howard began the possibly not-so-hard sell on a Budget packed with give-aways today as Kevin Rudd attacked the package, saying it failed the "future test".

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Bid for an education nation

By Neale Maynard: SCHOOLS, universities and technical colleges will benefit from a range of new budget measures, but there will be some strings attached.

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'Don't jail me, I'm too beautiful'

PARIS Hilton has urged fans to sign a petition to pardon her "mistake" because she "provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives".

In pictures: The finest moments of Paris Hilton's simple life

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Happy family

Princess Mary has allowed a sneak peek at the first official photos with her daughter »
The photo shoot »

First acts

Aussie acts will open the Live Earth series of concerts around the world to raise awareness on climate change »

TV too PC?

Women – behind the scenes and in front of the camera –
are ruining TV, says British astronomer Patrick Moore »

Don't bring me down

Given the choice, most Russian cosmonauts would likely never come back to Earth »
Travel: Around the World »

Cads and dads

Evolution experts have found there are two types of men:
the dad and the cad »
Lovable rogues gallery »

FreedomTube

US military counters unofficial videos from Iraq with its own channel of war footage on video-sharing site YouTube »

Insensitive 'tribute'

Logies organisers have been branded cruel after Terri Irwin left the awards in tears »
Gallery: Logies red carpet »

Exhibitionists

It was more like Oscar night than a night at the museum as Hollywood's A-list turned out in force for a benefit gala »

Man sues after bar refuses entry

A REAL estate agent who was denied entry to a trendy bar claims the refusal left him psychologically damaged, and unable to socialise with clients for his work.

Warming hysteria misplaced

GLOBAL warming fear-mongering is so shameless and grotesque that sane people are prepared to believe insane things, writes Andrew Bolt.

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Crackdown on property rorts

ABOUT 20,000 aged pensioners who may be undervaluing their properties will be investigated in a move that could alienate the Coalition's most solid voter base.

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First pictures of Mary's baby

PROUD mum Australian-born Crown Princess Mary has allowed a sneak peek at the newest snaps in the royal family album - her baby daughter.

The Daily Telegraph

Bush revolt gains pace

By Rosanne Barrett: OUTBACK Queenslanders will campaign to rally their city cousins against expected forced amalgamations of local shires.

The Courier-Mail

Carl Williams love twist

CARL Williams' glamorous blonde friend thinks of him as a "teddy bear". Relatives have told how convicted murderer Williams pursued 21-year-old Renata Laureano

The Herald-Sun

Special test for Year 9's

SA's Year 9 students have had their literacy and numeracy skills tested for the first time to identify those who need help before Year 11 and 12.

AdelaideNow

Budget offers little for WA

THE federal budget is a cunning vote-buying exercise that offers little to help WA continue the resources boom, Premier Alan Carpenter says.

PerthNow

Family's fears

FIRE victim Tracy Hoskinson says she cannot be angry at her six-year-old son for lighting the inferno that devastated her home.

Our Mary: Latest Princess pictures

Mercury

Gilly clear in glove affair

CRICKET'S lawmakers have cleared Adam Gilchrist's use of a squash ball in his batting glove despite complaints from Sri Lanka it was an unfair tactic.

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Six men held over US terror plot

SIX suspected Islamic radicals have been arrested on charges of plotting an attack on New Jersey's Fort Dix army base with the aim of killing American soldiers.

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Denyer sorry for black moment

CHANNEL 7 television personality Grant Denyer has been forced to apologise for a crude and "racist" comment he made on breakfast radio about black men.

Love a long lunch?

MEANDERING between wineries in the Hunter, Lisa Bjorksten finds the Lovedale Long Lunch has all the ingredients to top her list of lazy weekend getaways.

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$85m 457 visa crackdown approved

THE federal government has moved to assuage fears over its controversial 457 visa program with the allocation of $85.3 million in additional funding to police Australia's temporary skilled migration program.

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Spiders flushed from boy's ear

TWO spiders living in a nine-year-old boy's ear were found after the boy reported a popping sound "like Rice Krispies" when they walked on his eardrum.