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Di hard with a vengeance, starring Princess Kristina

Posted: 27 May 10 | NSW Premier Kristina Keneally is following a tried and true formula |

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'Leftie' Fraser leaves party that left him

Posted: 26 May 10 | In resigning from the Liberal Party, Malcolm Fraser could well invoke the line that Ronald Reagan used to explain why he quit the Democratic Party - "I didn't leave the party, the party left me." |

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Playing God? Not just yet

Posted: 26 May 10 | Let's be clear. The development of a fully synthetic DNA transplanted into a bacterial cell is not the "creation of new life". What we have here is really better described as a very complicated transplant. |

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With sorrow and regret, Smith declares cooling-off period with Israel

Posted: 24 May 10 | Stephen Smith at the press conference today announcing Australia will expel an Israeli diplomat over forged passports used in an assassination of a Hamas leader. Photo: Glen McCurtayne |

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Manufactured scandal leaves another political career in tatters

Posted: 21 May 10 | David Campbell should not have resigned from the NSW cabinet for entirely personal behaviour, that was – as far as anyone can establish – neither illegal nor exploitative. |

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Time for Akermanis to come out from his cocoon of ignorance

Posted: 21 May 10 | What Jason Akermanis appears to be saying, in a nutshell, is: ''Look, it's OK to be gay, if you really must be, but keep it to yourself if you're an AFL player." |

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Women in sport hit the grass ceiling

Posted: 21 May 10 | Despite what many politicians might think, the talk in town isn't the new resources tax or the coming federal election - it's actually next week's State of Origin and who will win the men's FIFA World Cup in June. |

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Tony Abbott: not phoney enough

Posted: 20 May 10 | Tony Abbott needs to learn that sometimes honesty is not the best policy , writes Miranda Devine. |

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Barnaby's defence of 'Phoney Tony' didn't help

Posted: 19 May 10 | POOR Tony Abbott. Here he was trying to defend his honesty by confessing he sometimes didn't tell the truth, when who should come bustling into the confusion but Barnaby Joyce. |

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Prosperity cannot be paid forever by maxing out our green credit

Posted: 19 May 10 | Ross Gittins says we need a new economic model which recognises the environment as a cost - or we risk disaster. |

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Fidelity, it seems, is in the jeans

Posted: 18 May 10 | I WAS horrified this week to read that David Boreanaz had joined the ranks of celebrity apologisers and admitted to being unfaithful to his wife. At this point, your reaction will likely fall into two camps: first, disappointment, like mine. David, David. What were you thinking? Or, just as likely: David, David. Who the hell is David Boreanaz?* |

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Scheming king unwilling to stop the violence on Bangkok's streets

Posted: 18 May 10 | AS THAI troops moved to confront tens of thousands of protesters on a Bangkok university campus one evening in the political crisis of 1992, a vision appeared that brought days of violence to an instant halt. |

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The urban myth of the federal budget bounce

Posted: 17 May 10 | Another post-budget opinion poll, another non-existent bounce. |

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Abbott in fantasy land

Posted: 13 May 10 | Abbott's response: The 2010 budget is a work of fiction. |

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Battle of the burqa

Posted: 13 May 10 | Who knows the difference between ethics and morality? Belgium does, for one. Technically, there's not a lot in it. |

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Comical Abbott keeps Mickey Mouse Club entertained

Posted: 13 May 10 | Canberra awoke with a post-budget headache only to have Tony Abbott add to the pain by saying the Rudd government started out as Paris Hilton and ended up Uncle Scrooge. |

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Gittins' Budget verdict

Posted: 12 May 10 | The budget conjurer waves his magic cheque book again and asks us to follow him whichever way he goes. |

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Brown bids again in UK's eBay election auction

Posted: 11 May 10 | It’s the election that has had everyone stumped: the pundits, the pollsters, the press – and yesterday, even the politicians were left gobsmacked. |

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Those kilos that kill conversation

Posted: 11 May 10 | People on diets are the most boring people in the world. |

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Is happiness beyond our control?

Posted: 11 May 10 | Without sadness, we would never know what happiness is. Yet we live in a society that has become scared of sadness, and obsessive in its pursuit of the positive. |

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