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Excavator tragedy widow still to give birth

5:15 PM | The wife of the demolition site worker crushed by an excavator bucket in south-west Sydney has not yet given birth, the construction union says.

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What a stitch up: Julia Gillard gets the needle

5:07 PM | She runs the country, keeps house for Our Tim and Julia Gillard is also a knitter.

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Hundreds of jobs under threat at Alcoa aluminium smelter

4:54 PM | Alcoa has announced a review of its operations at its Point Henry smelter in Geelong, Victoria. It is expected to be finished by June, when the company will decide on the future of the smelter and the jobs of 700 workers. Here's how the story broke online.

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How do you tell someone they're fat?

4:36 PM | Commenting on another person's weight is dangerous. But medical experts agree that to say nothing is more cruel.

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Middle in the Malcolm: Turnbull's tips to trimness

4:23 PM | A noticeably slimmer Malcolm Turnbull has told reporters his recent weight loss is thanks to less greed.

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20 lawyers in court for Rinehart appeal

4:09 PM | At least 20 lawyers, including four senior counsel and another four barristers, have converged on the NSW Court of Appeal today as Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, continues her quest to keep a family feud private.

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Search for husband after woman found dead in shed

1:50 PM | Police are searching for the missing husband of a woman found dead yesterday, and say they "hold concerns" for him.

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$620m NBN satellites to connect remotest towns

12:53 PM | The Gillard government has announced that the National Broadband Network will spend $620 million on two new satellites to connect some of Australia's most remote towns.

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I'm bad ... but not that bad: thief goes straight after finding child porn

12:16 PM | A magistrate has praised the actions of a man who stole a wallet and two mobile phones, then turned himself in to police when he found images of what he thought was child pornography on one of the phones, a court has heard.

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Seven-tonne fish pulled from water

12:01 PM | A 10-metre long whale shark has been pulled from the water off Karachi, Pakistan, with plans to put the giant on display.

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Guns in NSW: where they are ... legally

11:59 AM | The number of gun licences in NSW is more than 190,000 - according to the latest figures provided by NSW police.

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Springsteen tipped for AFL grand final

11:52 AM | Rumours are swirling that rock legend Bruce Springsteen has been locked in to perform at this year's AFL grand final in a welcome follow-up to last year's disastrous pre-match entertainment.

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Police pay $5m for false imprisonment and assault

11:40 AM | The NSW Police Force was forced to pay out more than $5 million to compensate people it had falsely imprisoned and assaulted last financial year.

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Kalajzich walks free after 25 years

11:21 AM | A quarter of a century after being jailed for the murder of his wife, Andrew Kalajzich has walked free from prison.

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Jenkins: backbench rebels no threat in political debate

11:21 AM | Former speaker Harry Jenkins has endorsed backbench rebels in Canberra who defy their party's leadership and speak out on issues.

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St George weir in danger of collapse

11:15 AM | Engineers from Brisbane are on their way to a weir just outside of St George that is in danger of collapsing.

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PM Julia Gillard live from Canberra

10:41 AM | The Prime Minister in a live press conference from Canberra. |

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Clouds: what they mean

10:35 AM | Most Englishmen come to Australia to see the sun. Gavin Pretor-Pinney came to see a cloud.

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White wombats - not your average marsupials

9:52 AM | They are white and very rare. And for 40 years, wombat rescuer Val Salmon saw only one white southern hairy-nosed wombat - until last October. |

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Working parents go beyond the tuckshop

9:29 AM | Working parents aren't always able to contribute to school life in the traditional ways, but there are other avenues, writes Jane Southward.

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