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Top Stories Coalition questions treasury forecasts The opposition has questioned Treasury's budget forecasts that mining tax revenue will increase 1000%. Obama mourns victims of huge tornado Barack Obama has vowed to stand with the people of Oklahoma, whose lives were destroyed by a huge tornado. » Essendon AFL player stabbed » Salvation Army alarmed by survey » Aust waiting on US Afghan decision » Treasury stands by budget forecasts » Vaccine laws to allow for exemptions » more Top Stories


Features Next gen New Xbox One game console unveiled Green blood Royals speak out against wildlife trade Great progress UK hails brain disease breakthrough
National Opposition questions treasury forecasts The opposition has questioned Treasury's budget forecasts that mining tax revenue will increase 1000%. » Exemptions in NSW vaccine laws » Man shot in park in South Sydney » Police eye zero alcohol before age 25 » Gillard takes vote pitch to western Syd » more National News	World Hezbollah sends new fighters to Syria A watchdog and others says Elite Hezbollah fighters have poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria. » Twister tracked 1999 storm's path » Gay marriage bill passes UK hurdle » Tourists die in Turkey balloon collision » Pope statue unveiled in potato field » more World News

Great profit Luhrmann gets last laugh at box office Entertainment Bieber's pet monkey becomes 'German' Justin Bieber's pet monkey has officially become German property after being seized by customs in March. » Luhrmann gets last laugh at box office » 2DayFM edges WSFM on Sydney radio » House Rules bounces back in ratings » Aussie garden wins Chelsea Flower Show » more Entertainment News


BUSINESS JP Morgan shareholders keep chairman JP Morgan Chase shareholders have rejected a proposal to split the chairman and chief executive roles. » Myer posts another small rise in sales » IMF tells UK to dump RBS, Lloyds shares » GlaxoSmithKline to axe 120 jobs » $A lower awaiting Bernanke testimony » more Business News	MONEY Loading... » more Money News

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Odd Spot 'Ameristralia' campaign set for failure A campaign to create Ameristralia, a merger of Australia and the US to form one nation, is doomed to fail. » 'Drop bear' falls from tree in US » Cat adopts piglet as one of its own » Life-size Barbie dream house » Toilet paper shortages in Venezuela » more Odd Spot News	Technology New Xbox One game console unveiled Microsoft has unveiled an eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One video game console. » Apple denies tax 'gimmicks' » Yahoo unveils makeover of flickr site » Report reveals online stranger danger » Optus rolls out 4G to Canberra » more Technology News

National - Regional Ten new schools for southeast Qld QLD's government says 10 new schools will be built to meet growing student demand in the state's southeast. » Searchers for couple find jewellery » Sydney home invader ties up woman, 84 » Sydney residents warned of conman » Horseplay at NSW parliament » more National - Regional News	Crime Grief counsellor jailed for sex crimes A grief counsellor who sexually abused two teenage boys decades ago has been jailed in Adelaide. » Man on trial for abusing WA hostel girls » Trio plead not guilty to killing tourist » Elderly man victim of 'vicious' attack » Drug row led to stabbing, WA jury told » more Crime News
Travel British woman dies on Indonesian island A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle. » Robocops on Brazil football duty » Daft Punk's Wee Waa launch » Life-size Barbie dream house » Carter named as next Air NZ chair » more Travel News	Environment Royals speak out against wildlife trade The royals have delivered impassioned pleas for action against the illegal trade in wildlife. » Clean Up boss urges container deposits » Dire outlook despite warming 'pause' » Puffin's diminishing with climate change » First case of fatal lyssavirus in horse » more Environment News




Health UK hails brain disease breakthrough Scientists believe they have the key to help lead to an earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders. » WA teen exercise rates alarming » Traffic 'making Sydney workers sick' » Psychiatric treatment angers advisers » Expert in bid to explain childhood pain » more Health News	EDUCATION PM claims Abbott falls $26 billion short The PM says a coalition government would have to make further budget cuts to cover a $26 billion shortfall. » Unemployed youth mix job hunt with study » Cuts to public sector in Budget » Greens want inquiry into NAPLAN tests » Environment 'shapes individuality' » more Education News