Elation as epic Antarctic trek ends

Tim Jarvis and Barry Gray after arriving at Stromness whaling station on South Georgia. Picture: Jo Stewart Source: adelaidenow EXHAUSTED and weather-beaten, Adelaide adventurer Tim Jarvis and British mountaineer Barry Gray yesterday completed...

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Put your money where your mouth is

Joe Hockey is holding on to his policy costings. Source: News Limited TREASURER Wayne Swan has challenged the Coalition to "come clean" over its financial priorities for voters, as an election-year brawl over policy costings begins. Opposition...

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This crocodile won't be beaten

One seriously big boy ... Cassius the crocodile / Pic: Brendan Francis Source: The Daily Telegraph George Craig with Cassius the crocodile / Pic: Brendan Francis Source: The Daily Telegraph LIKE the boxing legend he is named after,...

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Shock at death of an angel

A woman has been charged with murder after police discovered a badly beaten woman in a Sydney apartment. THE family of stabbing victim Susan Sarkis gathered together in grief yesterday as tributes poured in on a Facebook page honouring...

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Union funds blown on Bradman and Bono

Don Bradman during the 1948 "Invincibles" tour. A bat signed by members of his famous team was among items purchased with union funds. Source: Supplied DISGRACED former Health Services Union boss Michael Williamson spent thousands of dollars...

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Mexican cocaine flown to Australia

A FEARED Mexican crime gang has been using private jets to fly tonnes of cocaine into Australia. Authorities in the United States say the same aircraft have then shipped millions of dollars back to a drug lord working for the ruthless Sinaloa...

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Aussies get a rotten deal from Apple

AUSSIE consumers pay up to four times more than Americans for the same IT software, devices, games and downloads and a parliamentary inquiry is demanding to know why. The world's biggest tech companies, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe, have been summonsed...

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Poor students 'can be great teachers'

Educators point out that high-school exam results don't reveal the human qualities that make a good teacher. Source: News Limited STUDENTS who struggle through high school should still be allowed to train as teachers, the nation's biggest teaching...

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