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Howard's former adviser helps independents

26 Aug 10 | John Howard's former chief of staff, political strategist and Coalition adviser Graeme Morris, will advise the three country independents about reforming parliament, including options for a unity cabinet. |

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Abbott reverts to type

26 Aug 10 | Just 48 hours after declaring he wanted a ''kinder, gentler polity,'' a much more familiar Tony Abbott, the political scrapper, roared back to life. |

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Greens' son to be sentenced for dealing cannabis

26 Aug 10 | Greens federal Senate candidate Lee Rhiannon has supported her eldest son in court as he awaits sentence for possession of and dealing with more than $290,000 worth of cannabis. |

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Baby 'Bridget' alive when abandoned: police

26 Aug 10 | A newborn baby found dead in a box in Sydney's inner west a week ago may have been alive for 24 hours, police say. The baby, posthumously named Bridget, after Saint Bridget of Kildare, was found in a black cardboard gift box in a garden of a unit in Strathfield.

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Mutilated cat found in Sydney garden

26 Aug 10 | Police do not yet know the motive for the savage killing of a cat, which was cut in half and left on its owner’s front lawn in Sydney's south-west yesterday morning.

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Man charged with murder over shooting in Werrington

26 Aug 10 | POLICE charged a man with the shooting murder of a 17-year-old boy in Werrington on Sunday.

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Teenage girl approached in South Penrith

26 Aug 10 | A 16-year-old girl was approached by a man driving a car as she walked along Smith Street, South Penrith yesterday.

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Weather chaos

26 Aug 10 | Emergency services have warned of more potentially hazardous weather today following a night of chaos.

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Death creates new doubt over Afghan mission

26 Aug 10 | Jared MacKinney will never see his unborn child after becoming the latest soldier to be killed in Afghanistan.

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Police claim win over alleged alpine drug ring

26 Aug 10 | Police believe a series of arrests and the seizure of illegal substances worth more than $40,000 has shattered a major drug network operating in the Snowy Mountains ski resorts.

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Paul Hogan grounded over tax dispute

26 Aug 10 | ONCE the face of Australia overseas, Paul Hogan has been prevented from leaving the country because of alleged tax debts. |

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Abbott's baulk on costings call edges power to Gillard

26 Aug 10 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has potentially jeopardised his prospect of taking power after refusing a crucial request from Independent powerbrokers who want Treasury to trawl through the main parties' election commitments. |

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Nine months' jail for toddler assault, but babysitter walks free

26 Aug 10 | A 38-YEAR-OLD Southern Tasmanian babysitter was yesterday sentenced to nine months' jail for assaulting a toddler who died in her care last year.

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Charity employee stole $140K to fund net chat addiction

26 Aug 10 | A man who stole more than $140,000 from the charity where he was employed spent the money fuelling an addiction to internet chat sites.

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Rosie the hero pooch saves family from fire

26 Aug 10 | SILKY terrier, Rosie, may not make much of a guard dog but she protected her family's East Launceston home when a fire broke out in the lounge room on Tuesday morning.

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