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SOFTENING up voters for harsh measures, Julia Gillard observed a fortnight ago that “Tuesday 14 May will be no old-fashioned pre-election budget night”.

Opinion

A budget that breaks promises and raises taxes

CHAMPIONSHIP levels of stupid abound in the business world again this week, but why is an ugly old man so scared of fat people?

Business

How to hate fat and drop rocks on people

HOW will we know whether or not Wayne Swan’s federal budget is a good one? The popular test used to be pretty simple: deliver jobs for all or face the axe.

Business

Wayne Swan, give us a strategy for creating jobs

<strong>UPDATE:</strong> IT'S not every day high school students share a room with politicians but today Pioneer State High School captains were given that opportunity.

Politics

Students rub shoulders with 'head honchos' at summit

HEATHROW airport should handle 136 extra departures and arrivals every day, and add more night flights: that is the demand from industry leaders.

Travel

Aviation industry pushes for more flights at Heathrow

<strong>UPDATE:</strong> Andrew Johns and Eddie Hayson at risk of being banned from race meetings for life if they fail to appear at the More Joyous inquiry.

Sport

Johns and Hayson ordered to appear at More Joyous inquiry

A SKYDIVING plane carrying nine people was over the allowable weight limit and unbalanced when it plummeted to the ground and burst into flames, killing everyone.

News

Skydiving plane overload contributed to nine deaths

IT WILL be standing room only at today’s racing NSW inquiry into the circumstances leading up to the inglorious effort of champion mare More Joyous.

Sport

More Joyous could result in trio of bans

ROLLS-ROYCE has been rocked by the resignation of its aerospace boss today, in the midst of an investigation into bribery allegations in Indonesia and China.

Business

Rolls-Royce aerospace boss leaves after only four months

A mother-of-two, declared legally dead in 2010 after disappearing without a trace eight years earlier, has been found alive in Florida.

Offbeat

Mum who was declared dead returns after 11 years

THE Queensland Government will hand out over $700,000 to local councils and industry to boost wild dog management programs across the state.

News

Wild dogs targeted in Queensland with $700,000 funding

MANY small and mid-sized retailers will do as much as 20-40 percent of their annual sales in the final two months of the calendar year.

Business

How to maximise holiday sales and profits

A voluntary commercial net licence buy-back scheme will not relieve pressure on Coast fish stocks, a recreational fishing advocate claims.

News

Lack of bites on net buy-back a bad sign for Coast fishing

RUSSELL Crowe commemorated Anzac Day by turning out for the dawn service in Coffs Harbour.

News

Russell Crowe commemorates Anzac Day in Coffs Harbour

THE Australian Cricket Ashes squad selectors say they have picked 16 players they believe give them the best possible chance of winning in English conditions.

Sport

Michael Clarke joined by Brad Haddin to lead Ashes squad

WHEN ABC Coast FM music programmer Mary-Lou Stephens started sought advice on writing a book she was simply told to “get honest”.

Lifestyle

Sex, Drugs and Meditation from the heart of Mary-Lou

A MAN who was too drunk to properly stand drove 7km through the centre of the Sunshine Coast in daytime traffic.

News

Unable to stand, let alone drive - caught on knees at car

THE legalisation of same-sex marriage by New Zealand marriage has failed to change the minds of Australia’s political leaders.

News

Greens fight for gay marriages to be legal on Aussie soil

THE Boston Globe reports the injury toll after two bombs rocked the Boston Marathon has now risen to 125, while three people have died.

News

Boston explosions kill three, more than 100 injured

NOOSA Biosphere Ltd has favoured cultural and environment issues to the detriment of economic initiatives, according to Jeff Nuske.

News

Bid by True Blue Noosa to offer fresh council choices

<strong>UPDATE</strong>AN ADVANCED ballistic missile defence system will be deployed in the Pacific in a direct response to increased threats from North Korea.

News

US to station ballistic missile defence in Guam

A WITNESS to the brutal bashing of cricketer Jesse Ryder has described hearing the blows as his alleged attackers kicked him while he was lying on the ground.

News

Witness describes 'sickening' attack on NZ cricketer

<strong>UPDATE: </strong>Fraser Coast councillor Daniel Sanderson has welcomed news work will start next month on the Stockland redevelopment.

Business

Stockland expansion is worth shouting about: councillor

METGASO'S withdrawal from the Northern Rivers scuttles Casino's hopes of becoming region's industrial centre through the lure of cheap energy, GM says.

News

Metgasco withdrawal will hurt Casino, says council GM

Aussie veteran Lleyton Hewitt has set up a third round clash with Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in the $US5 million ATP Masters tournament in Indian Wells.

Sport

Hewitt hungry for ATP win after booking spot in third round

IF AUSTRALIA’S overseas oil supply was significantly disrupted tomorrow, the nation could come to a standstill within three weeks, the NRMA has warned.

News

NRMA calls for review of dependence on foreign fuel

THE American College of Sports Medicine states clearly that there is no benefit from alcohol use for sports performance.

Lifestyle

Consuming booze can inhibit sporting prowess

THE Western Corridor NRL bid remains in play after NRL chief executive David Smith said expansion of the competition was back on the table.

Rugby League

NRL chief: Growth of game is on the table

THE man who has now served 12 years in jail for the murder of Tasha Douty on Brampton Island in 1983 is on the verge of submitting an application for a pardon.

Crime

DNA could hold the key to freedom

SCOTT Prince and David Stagg will make their eagerly-awaited returns to the Broncos for the trial against the Gold Coast this Saturday night.

Rugby League

Key players return to game in Broncos and Titans trial match

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