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Poll puts Gillard ahead - but only by four seats

PHILLIP COOREY Labor is clinging to a four-seat majority according to 28,000 voters sampled in the most comprehensive poll undertaken in Australian politics.

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Teary Rudds launch 'stranger than fiction' novel in Brisbane

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Mobile-phone math part of Labor's finance schooling plan

The Pulse Crazed candidates career across continent 50

Of course, I lied: MP lives to fight another day

JOANNE MCCARTHY A defiant Kerry Hickey says he will stay in politics after a dramatic day in which the Cessnock MP admitted lying about having a baby with a NSW parliamentary staff member.

Bikie breaks golden rule of silence in fatal airport brawl trial

Sydney drug haul worth $46 million: police

Dubious investment scheme nets millions: police

Forests NSW investigated over logging breaches

Shark victim scared after earlier near miss

WA TODAY Shark attack victim Nicholas Edwards had previously had a near miss while surfing on the Gold Coast, his mother revealed.

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Soldiers told to cut outfits that could kill them

Dingo back in the dock over Azaria This article contains a video that will play automatically.

ADHD diagnosed by mistake in young

Corby could be out of prison in little more than four years This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Rare double quake 'caused Samoa tsunami'

The devastating tsunami which killed nearly 200 people in Samoa and Tonga last September was the result of a rare double earthquake and not one as previously believed, scientists say.

Three dead in cold waters as boat sinks

Drug gang hires pretty women to carry out killings

Pakistan floods ravage area 'the size of England'

Would-be 'hostage taker' detained at Turkey's Israel embassy

DFO's fate may be settled shortly

2:50pm Insolvency firm KordaMentha says talks are ongoing and the future of DFO, which is understood to have debts of $550m, should be known soon.

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Housing affordability sinks as rates bite 45 This article contains a video that will play automatically.

need2know Stocks end mixed as banks balance BHP drop

Garimpeiro 'Southern dickheads' were right about CuDeco

BHP makes $43b fertiliser bid This article contains a video that will play automatically.

Wage data to leave RBA rates on hold

Key 452 Capital staffers signal walkout

Elizabeth Knight Finally, some good news for DJs

Rigour in promises doesn't count for much

LENORE TAYLOR The real restraint on infrastructure pork barrelling in this campaign has not been ''policymaking rigour'' or ''independent assessments'' but a shortage of cash,.

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Peter Costello Don't blame Latham for home truths 144

Damon Young Instructive lesson in class at the auctioneers 8

Rodney Tiffen Shock of the new, or why voters want life to be simpler 11

Adam Morton Sorry state of play when China leaves us for dead on climate 39

Fears mobile game apps could get the chop

BEN GRUBB 3:40pm The games industry slams federal government moves to censor mobile game apps, with developers saying they will stop selling their apps to Australians due to the prohibitive costs.

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Cheque 'proves' Facebook treachery

Windows 7 mobile phones will link to Xbox 360 consoles

Teens return Labor to power in Google poll This article contains a video that will play automatically.

NYC woman to Google: Who's posting trash about me?

Least-known, most exhilarating hikes

Walk this way to experience some of the least-known yet most exhilarating hikes from the Northern Territory to Nepal.

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Potosi Tourists escape Bolivian blockade

UK Get back: Aussies return to London

Air travel First and business class flying high in recovery

Ben Groundwater Doing terrifyingly, stupefyingly crazy things 19

Rappers de-pimp their rides

RICHARD BLACKBURN US rap artists, known for their flamboyant taste in cars, are opting for less flashy wheels.

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French strip-tease challenge 4 This article contains a video that will play automatically.

The small car with seven seats 5

400km/h Porsche sells for $4.4 million 11

Falcon's new V8 ups the ante 26

Mortimer's been left idling on the grid

GREG PRICHARD Eels star Daniel Mortimer may not play first grade again this year after missing selection for clash with Tigers.

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Swimming Thorpe world record falling was last straw, says Phelps

Football Nicolas Anelka banned for 18 matches

Cricket Punter has put pressure on side: Trott

Football Spurs suffer Champions League setback This article contains a video that will play automatically.