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Inglis to miss Roosters match

5:31 PM | South Sydney's Greg Inglis is almost certain to miss the NRL season opener against the Sydney Roosters, after he was today ruled out for four to six weeks.

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Child calls police after mother's suspicious death in unit

5:14 PM | Two children, aged three and five, were in a Sydney unit when their mother died in suspicious circumstances, say police.

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Dolphin activist gets Hollywood backing

4:18 PM | Hollywood action veteran Rutger Hauer has tried to shine on a light on the case of a Dutch environmentalist jailed in Japan since mid-December over an alleged minor assault.

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PM talks up economy, not leadership

3:47 PM | The economy will be the political battleground in 2012, Prime Minster Julia Gillard said today, as she refused to be drawn on questions regarding leadership tensions with Kevin Rudd.

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Retail sales in worst showing since 1984

2:35 PM | Retail sales posted their weakest annual growth in 27 years in 2011, as consumers cut spending in favour of saving or paying down debt.

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Body in fridge may be linked to biker's head-on crash

1:53 PM | Police have not ruled out a murder-suicide after finding the body of a woman stuffed into the fridge of her Chatswood unit just hours after a man, believed to be her flatmate, was killed in a motorbike accident.

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'Sydney extremists' behind Canberra embassy attack

1:08 PM | The Syrian embassy believes "extremists from Sydney" who are not Syrian were behind the attacks at the weekend and has called on the Australian government to take the investigation into the incident seriously.

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Surfwear pioneers not short of ideas

1:03 PM | When Kelly Slater stormed to his history-making 11th world surfing title late last year, a team of scientists at Deakin University in Geelong were watching intently and taking notes.

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Media attacks on PM 'sexist', says Greens leader

12:57 PM | The Greens leader Bob Brown has declared the "unrelenting criticism" of Prime Minister Julia Gillard is sexist and said male media commentators were the biggest culprits.

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Melbourne's elusive goat finally caught

12:11 PM | The escaped goat has finally been captured.

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MPs accuse Rudd of inflating support as PM urges calm

11:09 AM | Labor MPs have expressed anger that they are being counted among supporters of former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who is accused of inflating his numbers in caucus to destabilise the leadership of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

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Sydney's sunny weather coming to an end

11:06 AM | After Sydney's sunniest weekend since December, cloud cover quickly rolled in this morning with a southerly change.

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Prime Minister regains slight edge on Rudd among the party's faithful

10:56 AM | The Age/Nielsen poll shows Julia Gillard has now regained a slight 50- 47 per cent lead as preferred Labor leader among ALP voters while Coalition voters overwhelmingly prefer Kevin Rudd.

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Super Bowl XLVI

10:54 AM | The New York Giants have beaten the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI. This is how all the drama unfolded. All times are AEDT.

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Carbon tax only a good start: report

10:50 AM | A carbon price alone will not be enough for Australia to meet its target of a dramatic cut in greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.

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Independents undecided on leashing watchdog

10:47 AM | The Labor government is yet to persuade crossbenchers to support legislation to abolish the controversial building industry watchdog.

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Get your heart racing

10:40 AM | It's not just how often you exercise but how hard you do it that is vital when seeking to lose weight.

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Reset your body clock

10:34 AM | Learn to tune into your body's internal 'master clock' and reap the benefits to your health and energy levels.

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Baby girl drowns as floodwaters hamper response

9:15 AM | AN 18-MONTH-old baby girl has drowned in a dam on a property 20 kilometres south of St George after paramedics were hampered in their response by floodwaters.

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New crew laws will destroy jobs: Qantas boss

9:11 AM | Qantas's chief executive, Alan Joyce, has renewed his attack on proposed law changes limiting the airline's ability to hire foreign flight crews, arguing they will force it to dump services to Darwin and Cairns.

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