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Hogan can leave Australia: ATO

ACTOR Paul Hogan has been given permission to leave Australia after a travel ban placed on him by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) was lifted.

Autopsies for PNG crash victims

THE bodies of the four victims of this week's plane crash in Papua New Guinea will be transported to Brisbane for autopsies, being released by a PNG coroner.
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No 'Wilkies' in Katter's wishlist

QUEENSLAND independent Bob Katter says there's "no Andrew Wilkies" in his list of 20 conditions for Labor and the coalition to consider.
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Councils in new funding strife

COUNCILS across Australia could suffer significant financial trouble unless the nation holds a Constitutional referendum.

Neighbours want police dog dead

AN IPSWICH boy is in hospital with deep wounds to his leg after being attacked by a police dog which was searching a Goodna house on Lang Court yesterday.
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Wilkie sides with Labor

INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie says he has decided to back a Labor minority government.

Girl, 3, hit for waving Aussie flag

A MAGISTRATE has told a Maroochydore man that he had no right to discipline a three-year-old girl who was waving a small Aussie flag in his face.

Fred Nile denies viewing porn

NSW Christian Democratic MP Fred Nile says a member of his staff viewed pornographic websites 'for just a few seconds' for research purposes, not for a 'perve'.

Man 'threw schoolgirl at bus'

POLICE have arrested a man for allegedly trying to stab a schoolgirl with a syringe and throw her in front of a bus in Maroochydore this morning.

Labor defends deal with Greens

LABOR'S agreement with the Australian Greens is common sense, Treasurer Wayne Swan says, but the coalition has attacked Labor for selling its soul.
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