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Rann cautious on claiming victory

ISOBEL Redmond's Liberals are hoping a late charge from postal votes can force the hung parliament they need to have any hope of forming government. The Australian - Business - 4 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Frustrations await Bush, Clinton visit to Haiti

One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the ... Yahoo! News: World News - 3:09 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Trains to carry sands

A FOUR million dollar State Government grant will help build rail infrastructure to transport heavy mineral concentrate extracted from the Iluka mine site at Ouyen, saving more than 20,000 heavy ... Sunraysia Daily - 3 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Huge response to govt fee amnesty

THE State Government’s fee waiver could hit the $100 million mark in cash and payment plans ahead of a planned enforcement crackdown, Deputy Premier and Attorney General Rob Hulls announced ... Sunraysia Daily - 3 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Customers turned away

The Guildford Post Office has been petitioning Australia Post and the Government for more than two years to install an Electronic Point of Sale system, which would allow customers to ... The Bendigo Advertiser - 3 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Red-hot Coalition hits the hustings

THE Coalition’s frontline visiting Port Macquarie tomorrow will be the face of state government in 12 months if bookmaker Centrebet is any indication. Port Macquarie News - 3 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Strategist eyes the national prize

THE ability of the likes of Bruce Hawker to deliver a long-term state Labor government victory, when Premier Mike Rann was on the nose and damaged by affair allegations, should ... The Australian - 2:03 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Chye-Ching Huang: Lessons from across the Ditch can benefit us all

The Government has announced a New Zealand Productivity Commission modelled on Australia's. The idea behind these commissions is that an independent policy shop within government can push for beneficial policy ... New Zealand Herald Business - 2 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Eyes on China as trial begins

Foreign companies that do business in China will this be watching the trial of Australian Rio Tinto Group iron-ore chief Stern Hu this week to see if politics play as ... New Zealand Herald Business - 2 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Cocaine terrorist 'living in Sydney'

COLOMBIAN Government presses Australia on suspected member of FARC as former Greens candidate denies involvement in trafficking. Daily Telegraph | World News - 12:39 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Turning parks into bogs no easy sell

LOSING the seat of Adelaide may prevent a third-term Rann government upgrading Adelaide Oval so that AFL football can be played in the city centre. The Australian - The Nation - 12:33 a.m. Monday 22nd March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Thai stand-off continues as protesters create blood art

Thailand was mired in political deadlock on Sunday as demonstrators used their own blood to create a giant piece of protest art and rejected the government's offer of talks designed ... Yahoo! News: World News - 11:59 p.m. Sunday 21st March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

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Doctor, doctor, give me the nurse

The Rudd government's plan for an extra $600 million to train hundreds of GPs and specialists raises the broader question of whether having more doctors will give us better, more ... National Times - 11:33 p.m. Sunday 21st March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Cable chief Mike Fries questions NBN rate

There are unmarked reservations about the government's capability to draw private deal to its $43 billion nationwide broadband network behind the top of the world's second-largest cable-TV operator held the ... International Business Times - 11:10 p.m. Sunday 21st March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Yoga guru's party promises new twist on Indian politics

NEW DELHI: One of the world's best-known yoga masters is on a mission to get India's body politic to assume a more healthy position. The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines - 11:06 p.m. Sunday 21st March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend