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Gonski: public schools targeted for cuts, says Adrian Piccoli

Piccoli
3:00pm | The federal government has signalled that any cuts to funding for the states that signed on to Gonski would be borne by public schools.

GrainCorp decision wedges Hockey

HOCKEY. 29 NOVEMBER 2013. AFR PIC BY PETER BRAIG. TREASURER JOE HOCKEY MAKING BIG GRAINCORP ANNOUNCEMENT IN SYDNEY.
12:29pm | By rejecting a US takeover bid for GrainCorp, the Treasurer prevented party-room mayhem amid threats from colleagues.

Coalition's NBN deadline 'tough' to meet: Ziggy Switkowski

Dr Ziggy Switkowski, Executive Chairman of NBN Co, during Budget Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 19 November.
1:05pm | NBN Co chief has admitted it will be ''tough'' to meet the federal government's 2016 delivery deadline for the national broadband network.

Krystal Muhieddine found in Victoria

Krystal
1:39pm | Hunters Hill teenager Krystal Muhieddine has been found in Victoria and is safe with police, her father said.

Pub violence: venues face bans on glasses and shots before midnight

SydneyBar
The state's most violent licensed venues could be forced to implement a ban on shots and glassware earlier than midnight under a further government crackdown.

Edward Kelly's sister begs killer to return her brother's head

Stenberg
2:27pm | Margaret Simmons faced her brother's murderer and asked only one question: "Where is his head?"

Simon Gittany led a luxury lifestyle despite limited business success

Simon Gittany and his girlfriend
Even as he awaited trial for murdering his fiancee, Simon Gittany was looking for new ways to make money - in March he registered the intriguing business name Sex Candy.

The 'eye sniper' and the girl protesters: Egypt's tale of two trials

Egyptian supporter of ousted President Mohamed Mursi
6:16am | Two high-profile Egyptian trials, both arising from years of turbulent protests, have delivered sharply contrasting sentences.

Leonie Hutchinson disappearance: Hunter Valley police follow new leads

Leonie
10:52am | Leonie Hutchinson was only 18 months old when she disappeared from Scone in the Hunter Valley.

Bathurst school angers parents by banning girls from wearing shorts

ShortsBan
A NSW primary school has banned girls from wearing shorts and made the wearing of dresses mandatory against the wishes of a number of students and their parents.

Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Kiis 2Day FM goodbye

Kyle Sandilands.
12:46pm | After an unrivalled decade at the top of FM radio, Kyle and Jackie O celebrated their final breakfast on 2Day FM on Friday without any of the controversy that marked their reign.

Hong Kong ferry accident leaves 80 injured

A Turbojet ferry
10:07am | Eighty people have been injured after a high-speed ferry travelling from Hong Kong to Macau hit an "unidentified object" in the water.

Rory McIlroy joins Adam Scott on top of Australian Open leaderboard

Rory McIlroy.
12:43pm | Rory McIlroy has thrown down the challenge to the record-breaking feats of Adam Scott, by taking a share of the Australian Open lead at Royal Sydney.
 

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