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Hockey to release full Coalition policy costings
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Live Coalition to outline its spending and savings list as Rudd makes his final national address before poll day-
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Obama and Putin set for collision
Russian president signals he will take action if America strikes at Assad as US counterpart admits relations have hit a wall- Obama: the world set a red line on Syria, not me
- Putin's spoiling tactics unravel as evidence piles up
- Syria chemical attack 'may have been overdose'
- Strikes must be firm and fast, says French PM
- US Congress to vote on 90 days for Syria strikes
- Syria chemical attack: the intelligence dossiers
- US and UK to press Putin on gay rights
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Palmer threatens to sue Murdoch
Palmer accuses News Corp of targeting his campaign and says Wendi Deng was a Chinese spy while married to Murdoch -
Gary Tweddle's body identified
Condolences pour in to Facebook page for 23-year-old who went missing in the Blue Mountains on 16 July -
The battle for Braddon rages
When Rudd and Abbott both descend on northern Tasmania on the same day you know the going is getting tough -
Ariel Castro found hanged in jail
Man who imprisoned three women for years in US received life sentence a month ago -
Chelsea Manning asks for pardon
US army private applies to president and army secretary for reduced sentence over WikiLeaks conviction -
Next iPad will be narrower – leaks
'iPad 5' is also thinner, while second-generation iPad mini looks almost identical to first version launched last year -
Heaviest drinkers are drinking more
Top 10% of heaviest drinkers found to be consuming 4-5% more alcohol than a decade ago, and women draw level with men -
Baghdad bombs leave dozens dead
Deadly blasts rock Iraqi capital in latest in series of suicide attacks by Sunni militants on Shia districts -
Peru snowstorms spark emergency
Tens of thousands of animals killed and crops ruined as temperatures tumble to lowest levels in decades -
Obama raises prospect of NSA curbs
President defends NSA but acknowledges 'legitimate questions' about the agency's role -
Fukushima leak at lethal level
Exposure to emissions would be fatal within hours, say Japanese authorities, as race to build frozen wall begins -
Aunt suspected of gouging boy's eyes
Zhang Huiying killed herself by jumping into a well six days after attack, according to China's state media -
Tourism council makes reef plea
Industrialisation of Queensland coast will be shaped by a federal government decision on port expansion -
Malaysia accused of asylum arrests
Crackdown on illegal migrants sees thousands of people arrested, allegedly including asylum seekers and children -
Fort Hood killer forcibly shaved
Death row jailers dispense with concession that let Nidal Hasan keep facial hair during court martial
Editors' picks
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What's the best city in the world?
New York comes out on top, but London and Paris are a close second in Ipsos Mori survey -
Toronto lineup touted as best ever
Canadian film festival hopes to outshine Venice and Telluride with films including WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate -
Running across the ocean
Rose George started running while on a container ship researching a book. Did you start in a similarly unlikely environment? -
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Has spring sprung where you are?
Share your pictures and photographs as winter draws to a close and flowers start to bloom
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Environment: Labor v the Coalition
Guardian Australia: The campaign has finally seen a flurry of announcements covering Australia's vast and complex environmental challenges -
Abbott on Kitchen Cabinet
Steaks are high for Tony Abbott as he faces Annabel Crabb on ABC1's Kitchen Cabinet - will it be a rare treat or a bloody mess? -
The spending promise tracker
See how much Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have promised on the election trail with our interactive spending tracker -
Mr X makes the Greens cross
Nick Xenophon has been attacked for putting Sarah Hanson-Young's South Australia Senate seat in peril by favouring the Liberals
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AFL: what now for the vanquished?
Russell Jackson: This season's finals start at the weekend but how are the teams that missed out set for 2014? -
Nadal v Robredo – live!
Live Game-by-game report: Will Rafael Nadal make it to the US Open semi-finals? Join Graham Parker NOW -
Bolt says he will retire after Rio 2016
Athletics: Usain Bolt has confirmed he plans to retire from athletics after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro -
United still baffled by Herrera farce
Football: Man Utd have reiterated that they did not know the lawyers involved in their move for Bilbao's Ander Herrera
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Why can't rugby stars model undies?
Alex McClintock: To some, for Sandor Earl to take his kit off is a distraction to many. But if he were a woman, you can bet it would be different -
Disability in Indigenous Australia
In this photographic essay, Belinda Mason explores disability in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities -
The Moralez trial's painful lesson
Hadley Freeman: Misogyny is now at the point where girls as young as 11 are being portrayed as voracious temptresses
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Making lesbian film was 'horrible'
Blue is the Warmest Colour actors claim sex scene took 10 days to shoot -
Björk – review
Accompanied by David Attenborough voiceover and Icelandic choir, Björk dazzles on the final stop of Biophilia's world tour, writes Betty Clarke
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Gluten-free, nut-free breakfast
It can be tricky to find a granola free from gluten, but making your own using creates a tasty twist on a delicious breakfast
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Tornado rips through east Japan
Tornado on Monday left dozens injured and many properties damaged
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