Upturn next year: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Economy to pick up next year: Rudd
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says there are signs the economy will improve next year.
Yesterday in Parliament the Opposition put Mr Rudd him under pressure over job losses, the low level of business confidence and other signs of the slowing economy.
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Costello our best asset: Abbott
Liberal frontbencher Tony Abbott has added fuel to the fire of the Liberal leadership debate by saying Peter Costello is the party's "best political asset".
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Billions lost
Centro and Allco post huge losses as the global credit crunch hits their bottom lines.
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Obama to accept Democratic nomination
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Angry journos picket Fairfax offices
- Man 'stabbed couple, fled to Hong Kong'
- 10 dead in Fiji bus crash
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Power play: Iemma's move 'smacks of desperation'
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Putin accuses US of provoking Georgian conflict
- Pentagon-hacking UFO hunter loses extradition appeal
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Acting community mourns Priestley's death
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AFL, Players Association back drug policy
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Angry journos picket Fairfax offices
- Partygoer 'bashed with skateboard'
- Police investigate teen cyber bullying
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Power debate polarises NSW
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Acting community mourns Priestley's death
- Man 'stabbed couple, fled to Hong Kong'
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Power play: Iemma's move 'smacks of desperation'
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Roosters, Rabbits to settle bad blood
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Dozens of people have died, and thousands are relying on helicopter food drops, as floods cut off large parts of India and Nepal.
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The 7.30 Report's Kerry O'Brien asks Kevin Rudd about Australia's slowing economy.
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Primate keeper Louise Grossfeldt talks about the birth of a baby gorilla at Taronga Zoo.
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NSW Premier Morris Iemma has announced he is intending to push on with a form of electricity privatisation without the green light from Parliament.
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PM Kevin Rudd has called Peter Costello a 'smiling predator' as he blamed his time as treasurer for the state of the economy.
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In a chorus of loud cheers and applause, Hillary Clinton moves the motion to nominate Barack Obama.
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WA police have released footage of Claremont serial killer victim Jane Rimmer talking to a man.
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News Audio: Peter Garrett speaks about changing his tune and approving expansion of SA's Beverley uranium mine.
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The World Today: Sara Everingham reports the Royal Australian Institute of Architects says Australia's biggest cities need to grow up and not out.
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News Online: The manager of Moorabbin Airport, Phil McConnell, talks about safety concerns following yesterday's crash.
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News Audio: Listen to Cape York Institute director Noel Pearson speaking at the Qld Media Club about his philosophy for his policies for Aboriginal communities.
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News Audio: Sabra Lane reports for AM a Senate committee on FuelWatch says the scheme should go ahead, but Coalition senators attack the report as flawed.
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News Audio: NSW Treasurer Michael Costa tells Adam Spencer he'll consider leaving politics now his plan to privatise electricity is headed for defeat.
Features and Analysis
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'Little boy Barry'
Young 'Barry' Obama's years in an Indonesian school has inspired currents students.
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Indigenous tourism
Under a new tourism plan, Aboriginals in Kakadu are being encouraged to set up their own ventures.
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School reports slammed
An OECD report says comparing the performances of schools does not produce better results.
Changing his tune
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Obama takes the stage
Barack Obama to take stage at Democratic convention to formally accept presidential nomination.
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Indonesian students rally behind 'little boy Barry'
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ANC struggling for definition: analysts
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Analysts doubt Russia, Georgia conflict will spark Cold War
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North Pole ice cap 'melting faster than ever'
I'm not sure if the Democratic delegates attending the party's national convention in Denver this week are here for the speeches or the chance to boogey in the aisles. More
Production plummets
Sport
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Ivanovic knocked out
Julie Coin registered one the biggest upsets in US Open women's history, defeating Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
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Sports Commission boss calls for lottery boost
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AFL, Players Association back drug policy
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Socceroo McDonald savours Battle of Britain
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Venus strolls into US Open third round
The alleged glassing which has left Greg Bird's NRL career teetering on a knife's edge has taken a strange new twist, with the league itself fingered in a bizarre blame game. More
One more win
Entertainment
- Kernaghan to take main stage at Gympie muster
- DMX pleads guilty in Florida drugs case
- Galleries scramble to save Titian
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Coens' comedy divides critics
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Acting community mourns Priestley's death
Box or Bust takes a look at what critics are saying about Hellboy 2, Not Quite Hollywood and Bonneville. More
The film City of God has a doco feel to it, probably because all of the amateur stars grew up in the very same Rio slums. More
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Offbeat
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'Blasphemous'
Italian museum refuses Pope Benedict's request to remove crucified frog sculpture.
Photos
British artist Marc Quinn's solid gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss, entitled Siren 2008, August 28, 2008. Quinn's work is the largest gold statue since Ancient Egypt and will premiere at the British Museum as part of the exhibition Statuephilia: Contemporary Sculptors at the British Museum' on October 4, 2008.
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New arrival
Primate keeper Louise Grossfeldt talks about the birth of a baby gorilla at Taronga Zoo.
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Feature
Can we sell it?
The TV regulator is planning tougher guidelines to protect children from the dangers of ads.
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Feature
Phar Lap's Cup?
A VRC historian believes the 1930 Melbourne Cup has been changed and reused.
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Blog
Too much fun
Kim Landers wonders if Democrats are in Denver just for the chance to party.
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Opinion
Giving guidance
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- Friday: Liberal Party tribute dinner for Peter Costello, Melbourne.
Indonesia correspondent Geoff Thompson visits Barack Obama's old school in Jakarta, and also speaks to former classmates of Obama.
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