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Player revolt led to Henjak sacking

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A SCATHING in-house review, Ivan Henjak's prickly personality and a player revolt were behind the Broncos' blood-letting.

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More speed cameras to target suburbs

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POLICE are taking the fight against speeding to suburban streets with a web of speed camera locations set to be approved for 40km/h and 50km/h zones.

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Storms cause flash-flooding in southeast

UPDATE SEVERE thunderstorms lashed the southeast with hail, strong winds and flash-flooding stranding motorists, bringing down trees and blacking out properties.

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NRMA rejects 'sunny day' flood claims

INSURER NRMA has told hundreds of anxious policy holders in southeast Queensland that their claims for flood damage will not be honoured because they were victims of "sunny day flooding".

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Steve's zoo will survive, says Terri

AUSTRALIA Zoo has survived 40 years and would "thrive" for another 40, says Terri Irwin, rejecting speculation the iconic attraction was crippled by debt.

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Aussies 'won't work in remote areas'

THE demand for foreign workers was being caused by Australians not willing to work in remote areas, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Labor better under Rudd

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The LABOR Party would be in a better position now if it had kept Kevin Rudd as prime minister, a new poll has found.

Secret videos that rocked AFL

EXPLOSIVE video and audio reveal what the St Kilda schoolgirl claims was a cocaine-fuelled sexual relationship with Ricky Nixon.

Refugees on the run, off the radar

ASYLUM seekers on the run as another boat is

Bahrainis pour into protest square

PROTESTERS poured into Manama's Pearl Square yesterday, intensifying calls for an end to the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty.

Taliban bomber kills 31 at Afghan office

A TALIBAN suicide bomber struck an Afghan government office today killing 31 people.

Zimbabwe police arrest 46 at Egypt lecture

POLICE detained 46 people, including a former lawmaker, for attending a lecture and discussion group on mass uprisings.

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Stokes talks up new media giant

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AUSTRALIA'S newest media giant, spearheaded by Seven tycoon Kerry Stokes, will be "strong enough and big enough" to pounce on any prey to "improve its position".

Reeling victims want homes raised

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MORE than 50 flood-affected Brisbane residents have approached City Hall about raising their homes after last month's disaster.

Loss of young men harder to justify

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Ian McPhedran: After Jamie Larcombe's death, the "necessary" sacrifice of young Australian lives in Afghanistan to stare down terrorism is becoming harder to sell.

Unionist maintains power rage

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IT WAS a $20 note and it came with the admonition from my father "not to spend it all in the pub".

Pisces

Feb 20 - Mar 20

People, like boats, want to be firmly anchored when life's seas are rough. In our efforts to resist the winds of change, we will often affix ourselves to a deep belief - and h... Read more

Today's poll

Will cutting the speed limit to 40km/h and 50km/h in suburban streets save lives?