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Kerry O'Brien ends reign as 7.30 host Kerry O'Brien, the veteran host of the ABC's 7.30 Report, has announced he is stepping down from the role. Liberal MP rejects Labor's speaker offer Coalition MP Alex Somlyay has turned down an offer from the Government to become deputy speaker and pair his vote with Labor Speaker Harry Jenkins. Melbourne gripped by footy fever The captains of St Kilda and Collingwood have raised the premiership cup in front of more than 100,000 fans in central Melbourne ahead of Saturday's AFL grand final. India shouldn't have got Games: Coates Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates says India should not have been awarded the Commonwealth Games. Obama to give Australia a miss United States president Barack Obama has announced he will make a long-awaited trip to Indonesia in November, but Australia is again off the itinerary.
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For honour and glory: It's Malthouse's moment A premiership at the goliath that is Collingwood with a custom-built team playing a revolutionary style of football would elevate Mick Malthouse beyond reproach. The timing is immaculate. A plan is perfectly coming together. Malthouse will become untouchable if he can complete the job tomorrow. Simultaneously he'll be the man many a rival club will want the piece of. Never a better time for pipsqueaks Now that every vote counts, and Governments can be made or destroyed on a single voice, there has never been a better time for pipsqueaks. Overlooked? Traduced? Ignored? Smarting from a years of hard work repaid by anonymity? This parliament offers a blessed chance at redemption – or revenge. The matter of whether Ms Gillard will govern by one vote or two rests with Alex Somlyay, the former chief Opposition whip. Inspirational Bloodlines Message Stick is exploring the bloodlines of six Indigenous families and their exceptional contribution to Australia. Weekly wrap: some things never change we started this week out nervous about what to expect, but finished up relieved that some things never change. Passion for the Pies: a life of thorns and Roses I first met Bob Rose as a lost six-year-old boy in Wangaratta. From that day onwards there was no question, I was Collingwood for life. Life rarely dealt Rose a fair hand. Yet he was by all accounts a remarkably composed, pleasant and generous man who never seemed burdened by adversity. So keep this in mind Collingwood fans. History was far more unkind to Rose than to any one of us.
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US urged to reject Indonesian ambassador Human rights advocacy groups for East Timor have urged the US president to overturn the appointment of Indonesia's new ambassador to Washington. Wolfmother hounded over Jakarta gig U-turn Wolfmother have defended their decision to play a Jakarta music festival sponsored by a tobacco company, despite the misgivings of frontman Andrew Stockdale. US executes woman for double murder A woman convicted of a double murder has been put to death by lethal injection, becoming the first woman in nearly a century to be executed in the US state of Virginia.
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Facebook apologises for worst outage in 4 years Facebook says it suffered its worst outage in over four years, with thousands of users locked out of the social networking site this morning. Scientists seek deodorant for smelly kiwis Researchers are hoping to develop a deodorant for New Zealand's native birds to stop them falling prey to introduced predators. The lure of Antarctica attracts an intrepid woman Rachael Robertson was working as a park ranger when an advertisement in the paper caught her eye.
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More long, hot days on the way Tasmania's mild summers will soon be a thing of the past, with climate researchers predicting an increase in the number of hot days and the length of heat waves. Queensland 'the most littered state' Keep Australia Beautiful says Queensland has been disgraced in a new national litter index. Fraser's Lake McKenzie reopens after $3m revamp Fraser Island's iconic Lake McKenzie, off south-east Queensland, has reopened five months after being closed for upgrades.
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