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KEVIN Rudd doesn't excel in soaring rhetoric, but his pragmatism should suffice to secure the centre.

A CONSUMPTION model is attractive for an emissions trading scheme, but Kyoto prescribes a production model.

THE Rudd Government has shown shrewd vision in upgrading our defence capabilities.

SACRIFICE quality and profitability will slump.

QUEENSLAND and NSW are refusing to co-operate in delivering a national industrial relations system.
Opinion

KEVIN Rudd doesn't excel in soaring rhetoric, but his pragmatism should suffice to secure the centre.

A CONSUMPTION model is attractive for an emissions trading scheme, but Kyoto prescribes a production model.

THE Rudd Government has shown shrewd vision in upgrading our defence capabilities.

SACRIFICE quality and profitability will slump.

QUEENSLAND and NSW are refusing to co-operate in delivering a national industrial relations system.
Property

WESTFIELD Group said first-half net profit fell 35 per cent as property revaluations dropped because of the global credit crunch.

CENTRO Properties Group tumbled today after it warned a stabilisation plan might devalue its already battered securities.

GPT Group has reported a net loss of $68 million for the six months to June 30, compared with a profit of $737 million a year earlier, as it attempts to sell Australian and European assets worth $1.7 billion.

SHOPPING centre owner Macquarie CountryWide Trust has reported a net profit after tax of $100.4 million -- down from $493.3 million last year -- following property revaluations.

BUILDING industry employers have taken the extraordinary step of urging companies to bypass unions and sign non-union deals with employees that promise more flexible working arrangements.
Sport

WEST Coast yesterday put star midfielder Daniel Kerr on the market, but he comes at a substantial price.

DIRK Kuyt saved Liverpool from early elimination in the Champions League after scoring late in extra-time against Standard Liege today.

WORLD No.2 Jelena Jankovic struggled but held on to beat Sofia Arvidsson 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 in the second round of the US Open.

CHELSEA chief executive Peter Kenyon dropped a hint that Robinho's transfer to Stamford Bridge is close to completion after admitting the Real Madrid winger will give the team an added dimension.

INDIA survived Sanath Jayasuriya's explosive half-century to clinch the series against Sri Lanka with a 46-run victory in the fourth one-day international today.
Editor's Choice

KEVIN Rudd doesn't excel in soaring rhetoric, but his pragmatism should suffice to secure the centre.

A CONSUMPTION model is attractive for an emissions trading scheme, but Kyoto prescribes a production model.

THE Rudd Government has shown shrewd vision in upgrading our defence capabilities.

SACRIFICE quality and profitability will slump.

BILL Clinton has urged Democrats to back Barack Obama.
Breaking News

A "GET-WELL" email from Brisbane Lions' coach Leigh Matthews has cheered an Australian man recovering in a Bangkok hospital after his 11-day jungle ordeal.

THE High Court has upheld the convictions of a Melbourne brothel owner who became the first person found guilty of possessing and using sex slaves in Australia.

AN unemployed drifter who kidnapped two children after butchering three members of their family in a crime spree that shocked the US should be executed, a federal jury in Idaho said overnight.

A SERVING New South Wales police officer has been accused of having sex with a child and possessing child pornography.

OPPOSITION Leader Brendan Nelson has labelled the Government's FuelWatch scheme as nothing more than a "foolwatch" scheme.
Business
Features

HEATED car seats bring relief in cold winters but new research suggests this luxury extra is damaging men's chances of conceiving children.

WHEN all that sweet talk from your partner doesn't match behaviour, your relationship could be in trouble - actions mean more than mere words.

WOMEN are still treated as cheap labour with their incomes falling well short of their male counterparts, unions have claimed.

GOLD Coast business leaders have slammed as 'preposterous' a move by grocery giants Coles and Woolworths for 18-hour-a-day trading.

CANADIAN internet blogger Christian Lander has a world smash with his 'observational humour' site turned bestseller Stuff White People Like.
Queensland News

PARENTS will become bartenders and bouncers under new laws that allow children to be served alcohol at home as long as they don't get 'unduly' drunk.

THUNDERSTORMS may sweep through Brisbane later today, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting rain for the city.

THE best options for the controversial North Bank project on the Brisbane River include four tower blocks up to 30 storeys high, a new report reveals.

A CONVICTED pedophile priest has been defrocked by the Anglican Church more than 30 years after he sexually assaulted a boy in Brisbane.

PEOPLE near Brisbane's D'Aguilar Forest Reserve have been warned to watchout for smoke pollution next week as authorities conduct a burn-off.

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