THE Rudd Government has abandoned its promise of a new, cleaner system of political funding before the next election, prompting Opposition claims it has caved in to union pressure.

Who is Julie Hempenstall? She lives in Bendigo and she likes reading Australia's historic newspapers. The National Library has hoisted its collection on the net and had them digitised by computers. I can see what keeps her there.

Now the swelling's gone down on Tiger Woods's dented head, the campaign to rehabilitate his dented image has begun with news he may seek rehabilitation for sex addiction. Meanwhile, talkback radio listeners have the fate of Chris Smith, 2GB's former afternoon announcer, to ponder. The disease excuse is the defence strategy..read more

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