Kingmaker returns to muted reception
A CHILL was not the only thing blowing down the main street of Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast yesterday.
James Madden
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Coalition’s break for the bush ‘ignored’
MANY families in the bush earning under $55,000 a year would have paid no tax if the independents backed the Coalition to form government.
Oakeshott hints at big Abbott offer
ROB Oakeshott has indicated that Tony Abbott made a last-ditch attempt to woo the independent MP by offering him a senior Coalition position.
Kingmakers to face the fury
INDEPENDENTS Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor have defied decades of tradition in their seats by backing Labor.
RDO got in way of hunt for Dragan
THE Australian Federal Police spent almost half a million dollars and more than six weeks trying to track down fugitive Dragan Vasiljkovic.
Friends farewell ‘adventurous spirit’
GLENN Bourke had been telling friends for months that he couldn’t wait to go skydiving.
Rioters sent to Curtin as overcrowding denied
THE Department of Immigration has denied there is overcrowding at the Darwin Immigration Centre.
Protesting asylum-seekers sent to WA
THE Afghan asylum-seekers who staged a dramatic breakout from the Darwin Immigration Centre yesterday will be transferred to a detention centre in WA today.
Fears of copycat escape bids after breakout
SCORES of Afghan asylum-seekers spent last night in the Darwin watchhouse after a dramatic mass breakout from the city’s immigration centre.
Rail union presumes Labor loss in NSW
THE powerful NSW Rail Tram and Bus Union has effectively conceded Labor will lose the state election in March
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