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An Australian shearer has upset the Kiwi guns to win the first title of the New Zealand shearing season.

Aussie shearer upsets Kiwis

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A top Tory has launched a furious attack on the proposed referendum on Alternative Voting and denounced the system as "unsatisfactory, un-British, and causing frustration and anger". Edward Leigh, former chairman of the powerful Public Accounts Committee, said it was insulting to the electorate to force this "confusing" system on them.

Alternative vote system 'an insult'

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I'm over day lilies. My partner, The Landscaper, is in the final throes of an affair with them, but I have a new best friend.

Google for gardens

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Milford Sound is pretty, but some believe it is a little busy, according to a visitor perception survey.

Milford Sound crowds off-putting

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Gillard visits troops in Afghanistan On her way to Europe, Prime Minister Julia Gillard stops off in Afghanistan to visit Australian troops.

War on the bad guys takes a malign turn

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STIR: Breakfast host Paul Henry has raised eyebrows by questioning whether Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand is a New Zealander.

Henry quip sparks race uproar

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THOUSANDS of troops are in north Queensland to take part in the most complex war games ever undertaken by Australian defence personnel.

War games begin in north Queensland

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HERETIC bishops have been burned at the stake and soldiers shot down during the English Civil War so it's not surprising Oxford is regarded as one of the most haunted cities in England.

Tourist captures spooky image on camera

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Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett didn't want an inquistorial-style integrity commission.

Tassie opts for a kinder, gentler integrity body

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A New Zealand television presenter was suspended on Tuesday after sparking a race row by questioning whether the country's ethnic minority governor general was a proper New Zealander.

New Zealand Governor-General Anand Satyanand and his wife Susan.