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5:29 AM AEST | THE conservative upper house MP Fred Nile has called for the same-sex adoption bill before NSW Parliament to be resubmitted to the lower house, saying the legislation will not succeed if another vote is held.
5:29 AM AEST | AS ROB OAKESHOTT took to his Parliament House lectern to announce just who he had finally decided to make prime minister, one of the televisions in one of his local pubs, the Port Macquarie Hotel, was switched from a racing channel to the news.
5:20 AM AEST | THE independent MP Bob Katter backed the Coalition yesterday afternoon - but then indicated he may retract his support in the interest of stable government.
4:00 AM AEST | TONY WINDSOR and Rob Oakeshott are to be commended for making the only sensible decision and choosing to return the Rudd-Gillard government for a second term.
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4:00 AM AEST | A MAN in his 20s was flown to John Hunter Hospital after a sawmill accident in Nundle yesterday.
4:00 AM AEST | IAN and Jean McKay discovered the devastation the flood caused at their Creswick home several hours after they were evacuated on Saturday.
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3:00 AM AEST | CHANGES to airline policies may force musicians to either buy a separate seat for their instrument or take the risk of putting it in the cargo hold.
3:00 AM AEST | VICTORIANS should brace themselves for a plague of mosquitoes and an outbreak of Ross River fever as floodwaters recede across the state.
3:00 AM AEST | THE Reserve Bank has presented the incoming government with a glowing picture of the economy, arguing that near-perfect conditions are likely to continue for about a year.
3:00 AM AEST | HOW Julia Gillard secured power may provide the best pointer to the way Australia's first woman prime minister
3:00 AM AEST | BENJAMIN ''BJ'' FLORES, who will challenge Danny Green for his IBO cruiserweight title in November, attributes his toughness to many sources, particularly his grandfather, whose will to live after his plane crashed in the remote Yukon Territory was praised by then US president John F. Kennedy as a ''miracle''.
3:00 AM AEST | OWNER Lloyd Williams has restocked his Melbourne Cup team to make up for the loss of 2007 winner Efficient with two late buys in time for yesterday's first declarations for the spring feature races.
3:00 AM AEST | RYAN O'KEEFE is confident his Swans teammate Ben McGlynn will be physically and mentally ready to take on the Western Bulldogs at the MCG in Saturday's semi-final, less than a month after having his face rearranged in a sickening incident against Fremantle.
3:00 AM AEST | A rising All Black drew inspiration from Lance Armstrong in the five-eighth's battle against testicular cancer, writes Rupert Guinness.
3:00 AM AEST | EVEN if the Dragons win the premiership this season, Wayne Bennett believes it will be several more years before the team reaches its full potential and the master coach hopes to still be in charge when it does.
3:00 AM AEST | JULIA GILLARD and the Labor government will have to take responsibility if Australia returns to the polls soon, Tony Abbott has declared, while signalling he would stick with his aggressive style of opposition that brought him so close to victory.
12:00 AM AEST | SHELL-SHOCKED residents have begun a massive recovery effort after the weekend's heavy rainfall caused flooding and forced evacuations at Creswick, Clunes and Allendale.
07 Sep 10 | LIVE: Abbott addresses the media. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott responds to the decision by independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to back Julia Gillard in a minority government.
07 Sep 10 | Julia Gillard responds to the decision by independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to back her as Prime Minister in a minority government.
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07 Sep 10 | Windsor and Oakeshott hand power to Gillard.
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