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Stanhope's $1b light rail vision

5:15 PM AEST | Canberra could become the light rail capital of Australia with a $1 billion system linking the city centre, airport and parliamentary triangle.

How Brown will use Senate power

5:08 PM AEST | Greens leader unveils balance of power policy agenda topped by climate change, euthanasia, maternity leave and a better deal for pensioners.

Young digger killed in Afghanistan

5:26 PM AEST | Australian soldier, 25, killed in a roadside bombing attack in Afghanistan, the youngest Australian soldier to be killed in the conflict so far.

Reaping rewards of a golden age

Life on the land: no rain, no cash, no hope

Business fears as workers win $22

Brawls, burn-outs and bashings for all to see

Suicidal prisoner 'failed by the system'

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SLIDESHOW: Diggers in Afghanistan

2:31 PM AEST | Images of Australian soldiers stationed at the new joint patrol base north of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.

VIDEO: It's a girl for Kidman and Urban

AUDIO: Garnaut's climate verdict

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We can't compete with big spenders

9:33 AM AEST | NRL clubs are powerless to stop their rugby union counterparts fom poaching talent, says Raiders chief executive Don Furner.

Nadal's on top of the world, even if it doesn't compute

7:12 AM AEST | Rafael Nadal stands on the verge of becoming the world's top tennis player - even if yesterday's rankings showed he was still No2.

Rawlinson's Russian rival on the ropes

Yellow jersey hopes slip for napping Menchov

Hurdles champ out of Beijing

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Can't tie a great down, sport

Didn't take an induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame to tell us that Rolf Harris was an icon.

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Hurdles champ out of Beijing

6:56 PM AEST | Reigning world champion Jana Rawlinson has been ruled out of the Beijing Olympics with a toe injury.

ABs law unto themselves: Smit

Dead soldier had integrity: teacher

Police hunt Gold Coast sex attacker

NRL teams round 18

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Hurdles champ out of Beijing

ABs law unto themselves: Smit

Dead soldier had integrity: teacher

Police hunt Gold Coast sex attacker

NRL teams round 18

Sallyanne Atkinson gets 'honorary Brazilian'

'Honorary Brazilian' for former Brisbane mayor

'We are all responsible' for children's deaths

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Taliban insurgency strengthens

11:20 AM AEST | Today's news of the death of SAS soldier Signaller Sean McCarthy comes amidst one of the bloodiest periods in the conflict, due a strengthening Taliban insurgency.

Mum would be proud of me: Prince Harry

Ailing US economy the battleground as downturn bites

G8 agrees on 'vision' to halve emissions by 2050

No concessions in women bishops vote

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