Inflation blow to budget recovery
Adam Creighton and David Uren THE high Australian dollar has triggered a slump in inflation, clearing the path for further interest rate cuts but adding to the budget challenge.
EXCLUSIVE Harry's tour of duty down under
JACQUELIN MAGNAY and BRENDAN NICHOLSON DEFENCE has begun planning for Prince Harry to spend six months on secondment with the Australian Army as officials assess the risks.
EXCLUSIVE Wall collapse used to bash Grocon
John Ferguson, Victorian political editor AUSTRALIA'S most militant building unions will politicise the site of a wall collapse to launch an industrial campaign against Grocon.
Alcohol-related admissions double
Amos Aikman and Mark Schliebs ALCOHOL-RELATED emergency admissions to Alice Springs hospital have almost doubled since the Banned Drinker Register was scrapped.
EXCLUSIVE Rainbow Labor's gay-marriage push
Patricia Karvelas LABOR'S gay group - Rainbow Labor - will launch a national campaign to promote pro-gay-marriage MPs and senators.
EXCLUSIVE Goodbye kids, hello boomer bounty
Rick Morton and Rosie Lewis AFTER decades spent working and raising children, Texan couple Richard and Kathy Joseph seized the moment and headed down under.
Hans Fleer, left, took control of his army comrades near Nui Dat in 1970 when their commander was killed, and ran into machine-gun fire to rescue wounded Diggers.
EXCLUSIVE Family learns deeds of an Ice Man
Cameron Stewart HOW Hans Fleer was not awarded the Victoria Cross still puzzles his mates. They talk in whispers about the day he earned his nickname "The Ice Man".
Australia's Ashes squad
Australia's squad for the winter Ashes tour of England has been named. See who made the cut.
'For those who think that a high dollar is a bad thing, they should realise there is plenty of upside as well'
FOR those who think that a high dollar is a bad thing, they should realise there is plenty of upside as well.
'It doesn't take much to rile Wayne Swan'
THE government should restore funding cuts.
'The value of the Australian dollar is dictated by unpredictable global currency tides'
A PRUDENT return to surplus would reduce future risks to the nation's economy.
'American power underwrites the Asian security order'
AS its economy recovers, America is rebalancing its focus on the region.
'There is one hill still to climb - to make our greatest soldier-citizen a field marshalÂ’
THE great general merits promotion.
'It is fair to say the cricket selectors got the ingredients right after some inedible offerings last summer'
CAN we make that Test squad bound for England any better by fiddling with the work of John Inverarity and his mates?
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Australia marks Anzac Day.
Baby boomers like Americans Richard and Kathy Joseph are a swiftly growing segment of Australia's tourism market.
Pauline Webber pieces together the story of her uncle Alec, whose life was cut short by a German U-boat.
A children's book written in a prisoner of war camp has now been adapted for the stage.
As long as your house is big enough, all you need with this TV is the popcorn.
High wired is here: a daily snapshot of what's new, interesting, amusing and alarming in higher education, by Stephen Matchett.
Child-safety workers 'powerless'
Sarah Elks CHILD-safety officials were powerless to remove Leanne Thompson, 15, from the dysfunctional home of her boyfriend before she died.
Several surprises at fine-art auction
MICHAELA BOLAND QUALITY attracted competitive bidding at Deutscher and Hackett’s first fine art auction for the year last night, but it was cold comfort nonetheless.
Low-level clerk may be big-time hacker
Jared Owens A COMPUTER help-desk clerk has been accused of manipulating confidential data, amid revelations he is a leader of Lulzsec.
US ducks claims of Syrian gas attack
John Lyons, Middle East correspondent THE US will face pressure to intervene if a claim by Israel that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons is verified.
French fight gay marriage
POLICE fought battles with protesters in central Paris last night after the French parliament allowed same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children.
What drives Canada train terror accused
Alexandra Frean, Washington DEPENDING on who you ask, Chiheb Esseghaie was a hard-working industrial biologist or an angry and religiously strict young man with "diabolical ideas".
Low-level clerk may be big-time hacker
Jared Owens A COMPUTER help-desk clerk has been accused of manipulating confidential data, amid revelations he is a leader of Lulzsec.
TAFE staff reeling over Qld IR gambit
John Ross QUEENSLAND TAFE staff are reeling at plans to erase 48 per cent of their award for a 2.2 per cent annual pay rise.
Slight lift for Fairfax tabloids
Nick Leys FAIRFAX Media's move to tabloid publishing at its flagship mastheads has generated a slight spike in sales for the publisher.
NEWSPOLL
Four former POWs will make a pilgrimage to Thailand's infamous Hellfire Pass on the Burma railway.
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John Howard's 'Whoop-de-do' moment
Dairy firm on brink of collapse
BLAIR SPEEDY TASMANIAN dairy company Tamar Valley will tomorrow appeal to creditors for support.
Woodside walks the dividend talk
PAUL GARVEY WOODSIDE Petroleum chief Peter Coleman says he expects to see other resource companies also crank up their dividends.
Peace promoter enlists heavyweights
DAMON KITNEY TANYA Oziel has launched a high-powered networking group linking business and sport.
Spending up or cutting to the bone
David Uren, Economics editor A PRUDENT return to surplus would reduce future risks to the nation's economy.
US committed to role in Asia
Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor AS its economy recovers, America is rebalancing its focus on the region.
High dollar slams brakes on prices
FOR those who think that a high dollar is a bad thing, they should realise there is plenty of upside as well.
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T20 killing our batting: Taylor
PETER LALOR MARK Taylor believes Twenty20 cricket is to blame for the impoverished state of batting in Australian cricket.
Anzac face-off on a foreign field
Greg Denham ST Kilda coach Scott Watters has urged his players to embrace the spirit of Anzac and play above themselves.
Patient Rogers collects reward for a long innings
PETER LALOR SELECTORS give a second chance to a veteran who never gave up.
Five openers but no howlers
CAN we make that Test squad bound for England any better by fiddling with the work of John Inverarity and his mates?
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New Australia vice-captain Brad Haddin says he was always confident of returning to Test cricket knowing that when he plays his best, he's the top gloveman in the country.
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Gayle's 30-ball ton a world record
Bayern thump Barcelona 4-0 in ECL semi
Greenberg says Smith criticism off the mark
ARTS, LIFE & STYLE
Connect the dots
GLYNIS TRAILL-NASH, FASHION EDITOR LUXURY Italian menswear label Zegna marries Italian craft with Australia's finest for its new capsule collection.
Tale born in the darkest of days
THE Australian stage welcomes the adaptation of an illustrated children's book written in a PoW camp.
How to marry in style
COUPLES are making their weddings unique by giving them themes, such as Alice in Wonderland, The Great Gatsby or even zombies.
Top of their game
SUSAN KUROSAWA ADVENTURE travellers are seeking the best local guides money can buy.
PM urges other states to back Gonski
Ben Packham CLAIMS Labor's Gonski reforms will centralise control of schools in Canberra cannot be sustained following NSW's decision to back the agreement, Julia Gillard says.
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