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4:00 AM AEDT | The former general manager of Wollongong City Council, Rod Oxley, has a black mark against his name courtesy of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, but that has not stopped him lecturing other local government types on corruption prevention.
4:00 AM AEDT | A SIMULATED mosque was created in a tent to help ease suspicion of Islam in a celebration of Australia's cultural diversity at Darling Harbour yesterday.
4:00 AM AEDT | A BIG environmental group will buy water on the open market to direct flows to wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin that have dried up because of poor irrigation.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE Fair Work Ombudsman has warned backpackers about how to defend their rights after revelations that fruit pickers have been abused, denied water and paid a fraction of what they are owed.
4:00 AM AEDT | SOME epileptics should have their fitness to drive decided by an RTA-run expert panel rather than the ''unsafe'' option of leaving it to their treating doctor, neurologists say.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE Greens' hold on a balance of power in next Saturday's Tasmanian election appears to be strengthening.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has promised to release Ken Henry's long-awaited review of the tax system by the budget in May.
4:00 AM AEDT | FEWER homes will be fitted with insulation when the government reinstates its suspended rebate scheme because of the cost of safety measures needed to remedy faulty installations already made, the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, says.
4:00 AM AEDT | JULIA GILLARD has sought to warm the government's relationship with the Premier, Kristina Keneally, after a prime ministerial snub in front of cameras last week.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE creator of the blood test used to detect prostate cancer has admitted it has become a ''hugely expensive public health disaster'' and should be abandoned.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE nation's two leading scientific agencies will release a report today showing Australia has warmed up significantly over the past 50 years. It is a response to recent attacks on the science underpinning climate change.
4:00 AM AEDT | ''I DON'T know how I picked up the courage,'' Michelle Lakin says. ''You just don't know what you're capable of until you get into these situations.''
4:00 AM AEDT | DAYS after police smashed a multimillion-dollar drug ring with alleged mafia links in Sydney and Mildura, a new report by Italy's top anti-mafia investigators has named several Calabrian mafia clans that have created "permanent links" with key family members in Australia.
4:00 AM AEDT | WRITTEN off for dead just five days ago, Taronga Zoo's teak-tough elephant calf has emerged from intensive care to perform his first routine on the public stage.
4:00 AM AEDT | FOR a story already wedged firmly in the gutter, it was hard to imagine how the tale of Lara Bingle and Michael Clarke could descend any further. But we had all forgotten about the sewer.
4:00 AM AEDT | THOUSANDS of unemployed people have gained exemptions from the obligation to look for work under Labor government policies that some believe are too compassionate.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE sister of a Sydney newsagent who was killed along with his family in their North Epping home has refused to comment on claims of a breakthrough in the murder investigation.
4:00 AM AEDT | A MAGISTRATE has dismissed the final claim brought by former partners of law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell who had argued they were entitled to $30,000 in fees earned by the firm in the month they quit.
4:00 AM AEDT | ALMOST one-third of undergraduate students have seriously considered quitting their course, according to a study examining the quality of learning in the nation's universities.
4:00 AM AEDT | SHOPS, hotels and offices will soon be forced to widen corridors, install ramps and renovate toilets under new rules to improve access for the elderly, families with prams and people with disabilities.
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