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GALLERY: Paul Hogan free to leave

3:36 PM AEST | Actor Paul Hogan is free to leave Australia after reaching an agreement with the Australian Taxation Office. | Hogan grounded over tax dispute External Link

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Political punters take wild roller-coaster ride

3:28 PM AEST | Centrebet's market shows the wild ride punters have been taken on in the wait for a decision on who will govern the nation.

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Oil platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico

1:06 PM AEST | VIDEO: An oil platform explosion on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster.

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NSW set for deluge

12:57 PM AEST | Rain is driving into western NSW, kicking off the seventh major rain event of the year.

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Frenchmen assaulted five teen girls: police

12:34 PM AEST | Two Frenchmen are accused of indecently assaulting five teenage girls who were on a school excursion.

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Father's Day miracle for Bill

12:22 PM AEST | Father's Day came a little early for Bill Langenhorst this year.

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Rudd twists Katter's arm to back Labor

12:09 PM AEST | Queensland independent Bob Katter has had his arm twisted "pretty firmly" by former prime minister Kevin Rudd to support Labor.

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Sydneysider's face bitten in shark attack

12:08 PM AEST | A Sydney man was bitten on the head by a shark off the Solomon Islands yesterday.

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Wife killer jailed until 2034

11:50 AM AEST | Des Campbell is sentenced to 24 years jail for killing his wife, whom he pushed over a cliff.

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Labor MP sunk after lie

9:26 AM AEST | The father whose question at a community forum led to outrage at a Queensland Labor MP two days before the federal election has admitted he lied. |

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Coalition puts pressure on rural independents

9:13 AM AEST | The Coalition has started to put the heat on the three hold-out rural independents - saying it was "inconceivable" any of them would back a Labor government that had joined the Greens to push a left-leaning agenda.

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Wilkie turns his back on $1b offer

8:33 AM AEST | Independent MP Andrew Wilkie knocked back a $1 billion incentive to side with the Coalition yesterday, choosing instead to bolster Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s chances of retaining power. |

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Federer rolls on as Davydenko falls in New York

8:31 AM AEST | Roger Federer has rolled into the third round of the US Open while sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko lost and Japanese qualifier Kei Nishikori dumped 11th seed Marin Cilic in five gruelling sets.

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Top seed Wozniacki storms through

8:29 AM AEST | Top seed Caroline Wozniacki has powered her way into the third round of the US Open, handing out a 6-0 6-0 whitewash to Taiwan's Chang Kai-Chen.

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Pluck of the Irish: Kennelly, Bloods turn it around

8:08 AM AEST | Sydney's loss to Melbourne six weeks ago was the catalyst for a drastic change, writes Michael Cowley.

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Poor planning to blame for building slump, says report

8:02 AM AEST | A PLANNING process ''full of vague and ill-defined statements'' and a ''lack of commitment'' to development by government agencies are the main reasons behind a 10-year slump in Sydney home building rates, a new report says.

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Wilkie takes gamble on faster pokie limits

6:57 AM AEST | REGULAR poker machine players will need to nominate how much they are prepared to lose every time they play, under a landmark agreement between Julia Gillard and the independent MP Andrew Wilkie.

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Pakistan trio charged by ICC over betting scandal

6:43 AM AEST | Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain claims that the three cricketers facing match-fixing allegations were "set up".

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In a game of being on target with figures Abbott shoots himself in foot

6:32 AM AEST | TONY ABBOTT has been poked in the eye by his own budget costings and his eagerness to spend - the same costings that, when the Coalition added them up, helped him successfully flay Labor for profligacy and waste during the election campaign.

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Wilkie rejects $1b sweetener

6:05 AM AEST | JULIA GILLARD is two seats away from forming a minority government after the Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie rejected a $1 billion offer from Tony Abbott and threw his support behind Labor.

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