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...AND ANOTHER THING

GOLF, opined Mark Twain, ruins a good walk. What type of bon mot would he have used to describe the Sydney-to-Hobart crawl? Alex Shabs, Elwood

Green's manager vows to bring on the big guns - Holyfield and Tyson

DANNY GREEN'S management believes he can revive boxing as a big-time sport in Australia by providing the public with attention-catching "events", hence their desire to line up the likes of Evander Holyfield and even Mike Tyson.

Stench revisited rivals the latest

The timing could hardly be better: as allegations of corruption continue to swirl around the NSW Parliament following the murder of Michael McGurk, the veteran former state MP and noted corruption fighter John Hatton has announced the imminent launch of his biography. Its title? The Stench in this Parliament. Penned..read more

Where the mild things are

A navel-gazing Coalition is in dire need of leadership, policies and luck.

Liberal senator crosses the floor on refugee bill

DEFIANT Opposition MPs allowed the Government yesterday to remove "a blot on our statute book" billing refugees for their detention.