Abbott is playing race card: Greens

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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been accused of playing the race card on the eve
of Australia Day.
In a controversial speech delivered on Friday, Mr Abbott suggested that recent

Williamson causes trouble in Tamworth

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He may be country music royalty but John Williamson can still get on the wrong side
of the law - even in Australia's country music capital.

Venus downs Dellacqua in straight sets

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She might have had her Australian Open campaign cut short but local favourite Casey
Dellacqua admitted to being "stoked" after her straight sets loss to hard-hitting

Davydenko shows as Federer`s big threat

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No longer the invisible man, Russian juggernaut Nikolay Davydenko has emerged as
Roger Federer's greatest Australian Open threat after parlaying his phenomenal form

Police to reconstruct slaying of Indian

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Slain Indian student Nitin Garg's final moments will be re-enacted in Melbourne on
Saturday night in a bid to catch his killer.

Cyclone Magda damages buildings in WA

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Tropical cyclone Magda may have damaged some buildings as it crossed the Kimberley
coast but there are no reports of injuries, West Australian officials say.

Some migrants resist equality: Abbott

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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says some recent migrants oppose equality and he
suspects Australians are anxious that citizenship is given away too lightly.

Fire crews battle bushfire near Cessnock

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About 90 firefighters have been working to protect properties from a bushfire that
has burnt through 20 hectares in the NSW Hunter Valley.

Doug the koala dies during surgery

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The baby koala shot with a slug gun has died on the operating table.
Doug was found with pellet wounds to his ribs and abdomen at the base of a tree at a

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