Wallabies in dark over team to play Irish

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - Robbie Deans has presumably hatched a plan but his Wallabies charges insist they have "no idea" what reshuffled backline the shrewd coach will field for Saturday's Rugby Wo

Hanlong execs stand down amid ASIC probe

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - Hanlong Mining will stand down its executives who are being investigated by the corporate watchdog for suspected insider trading in the Chinese company's takeover targets.<

Carl's killer expected longer jail stay

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - The man accused of murdering underworld assassin Carl Williams wrote to a friend the day before the killing, telling him he had to "keep things in good order", a court has

Aussie set to walk free from Bali jail

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - A Melbourne man who was caught with $30 worth of methamphetamine in Bali is set to walk free from jail as early as next week.

Govt backs media inquiry

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - The federal government has agreed to an inquiry into Australia's media but does not see any merit in looking at the concentration of ownership.

Xenophon to name alleged sex offender

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - Independent senator Nick Xenophon maintains he will defy the Catholic Church and name a priest accused of sexually abusing Adelaide-based Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth

MPs continue to battle over carbon tax

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 13 Sept - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned coalition MPs they will be harshly judged by history if they do not vote for Labor's carbon tax legislation.

Carbon tax bills to be fast-tracked

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 12 Sept - The Labor government has reached a deal with the Greens and independent MPs to fast-track its carbon tax legislation through both houses of parliament by the end of Novemb

Australia continues impressive trade run

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 12 Sept - Australia has posted a trade surplus in 15 of the past 16 months, with exporters showing resilience in an uncertain global economic climate, despite the high Australian dol

Weather delays recovery of pilots' bodies

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SYDNEY (AAP) - 12 Sept - The family of an Australian man killed in a plane crash in Papua's remote highlands have faced another night of anguish as they wait for the body of their son to be recover

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