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Rudd vaults back into election spotlight Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has launched himself into the federal election campaign with a strident attack on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Abbott to take control of hospitals A Coalition government would move to take full funding control of hospitals but only with agreement from the states and territories, Tony Abbott has announced. No comment: Murdoch not drawn on preferred PM Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch has declined an opportunity to nominate who he would like to see win Australia's federal election. Hewitt unlikely to keep fighting New Idea A lawyer for Bec Hewitt says it is unlikely she will pursue further legal action against New Idea over a story the magazine ran in which it falsely claimed she was having an affair. Aboriginal candidates target their place in history Only two Aborigines have been elected to Federal Parliament even though it has existed for more than 100 years.
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Spruik the economy, stupid As with so many of its other policies, this Labor Government has proved spectacularly inept at explaining and defending its record on the economy. But it shouldn't be that difficult. Should it? Almost alone in the industrialised world, Australia enjoys low unemployment, low inflation, low interest rates and robust economic growth. It's about time Labor started focussing on these facts a bit more. Rudd's return, the final countdown Has Kevin Rudd's interview with Phillip Adams turned Labor's campaign around and saved Julia Gillard? Quite possibly. Population sustainability and the Ponzi demography For the first time since it began, the term 'Ponzi demography' has entered the Australian population debate. A super scandal Keating called it his greatest reform for workers but compulsory superannuation is delivering woeful returns. Labor wars: Return of the Rudd He's back. Just as Julia Gillard is attempting to turn the election campaign into a referendum with her as the central question, Kevin Rudd rouses himself from his hospital bed to declare he'll be campaigning far and wide in Labor's cause. The Rudd sunspot has flared again. This re-emergence by the former prime minister onto campaign centre stage will have a number of effects.
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US allows BP to cement well shut The US point man to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has authorised BP to finally cement the busted oil well that has gushed crude into the waters since April, but said a relief well should be finished as planned. Mob burns trio to death over cable theft An angry mob in the South African city of Johannesburg has burnt three men to death for allegedly stealing power cables. Cargo ships collide, up to 10 missing Up to 10 people are feared dead after two cargo ships collided in Indonesian waters.
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Churchill, Ike 'covered up wartime UFO' Britain has released hundreds of previously secret UFO files, including a letter saying that Winston Churchill ordered a 50-year cover-up of a wartime encounter between a UFO and an RAF pilot. Google ends Australian-made Wave Internet giant Google says it will cease to develop its freshly launched Wave communications platform, which had aimed to liberate people from the constraints of traditional email. Cat-like croc fossil discovered in Africa The fossilised remains of a small land-dwelling crocodile that jumped for prey like an agile cat have been found in Tanzania.
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US allows BP to cement well shut The US point man to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has authorised BP to finally cement the busted oil well that has gushed crude into the waters since April, but said a relief well should be finished as planned. Killer wasps on NZ mission Hundreds of tiny Tasmanian wasps will be sent to New Zealand to fight a caterpillar ravaging eucalypt trees and causing rashes. Greens: Liberals scaremongering about marine parks The Greens have criticised the Federal Opposition for conducting a scare campaign about marine parks on the Far South Coast of New South Wales.
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