Scandal-free Dragons kick off season

Posted: 12 Mar 10 | The rugby league season kicks off tonight embroiled in its now familiar crisis and cloud of controversy. |

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Insane, or just mad for life?

Posted: 12 Mar 10 | It never ceases to amaze a ski bum like me the jaw-dropping talents of people you meet on the slopes. |

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There's more to Indonesia than terrorism

Posted: 11 Mar 10 | Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is right - the death of terrorist Dulmatin is great news. |

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Posted: 10 Mar 10 | On March 1, a group of students protested at military research being carried out at Wollongong University. They called for research funding to go instead to areas such as global warming. |

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Wollongong a shining light in student sector

Posted: 10 Mar 10 | The release yesterday of a review into Australia's international student sector carried few surprises. |

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Parental leave levy reeks of party politics

Posted: 09 Mar 10 | Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan for a six-month paid parental leave scheme to be funded by big companies smacks of political opportunism. |

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Sex a piggish issue for some

Posted: 09 Mar 10 | I think the Argentinian president is telling porkies. |

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Reopening of Keira St step to better CBD

Posted: 07 Mar 10 | The demolition of the Berlin Wall had huge global significance. But when it comes to deconstruction, smashing through Keira St - opening it up to cars for the first time in 25 years - is arguably going to have more impact for most of us. |

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Will voters end Iraq ordeal?

Posted: 07 Mar 10 | There are some bombs going off, but apart from that the election in Iraq on March 7 is a model of its kind. |

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Govt's health depends on hospital plan

Posted: 04 Mar 10 | The NSW Government and those in other states and territories have a month to decide whether to take their medicine. |

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Lotteries sale should benefit us all

Posted: 03 Mar 10 | Governments of all descriptions have made an art form of selling off state and federal assets to pay down debts and shore up their balance sheets. |

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Playing politics with OH&S

Posted: 03 Mar 10 | Talking on radio about the death of Graham Palmer, who was the manager of his Picton farm, Graeme Kirk described Mr Palmer as a "can do type of person" managing "a dream" both men shared. |

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Perth coach has a spot of sour grapes

Posted: 02 Mar 10 | Is Rob Beveridge for real? The Perth coach's rant against the Wollongong Hawks isn't just poor form, it's downright bizarre. |

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Campbell kills transport plan closer to home

Posted: 28 Feb 10 | In reflecting on the NSW Government's metro transport blueprint, we were left wondering what the plan is to improve public transport in the Illawarra. |

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Mossad's silly Arabian night

Posted: 28 Feb 10 | Everybody assumes that Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence service, carried out the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas commander, in Dubai last month. |

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Life lessons from botch job

Posted: 26 Feb 10 | I have my own worrying roof insulation story. It's nowhere near as troubling as Environment Minister Peter Garrett's, and is microscopic alongside the tragic tales of the four poor souls electrocuted while carrying out the Federal Government's $2.45 billion program. |

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