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Kingmaking trio still deciding
A final decision on who will govern Australia for the next three years is not expected until next week.
NZ to spend $3.5m on Pacific tsunami system
The Govt will spend $3.5m to upgrade tsunami warning systems across the Pacific, Murray McCully announced today.
<i>Inside Money: </i>Why financial advisers need monitors
Just in time for Spring the Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers (AFA) has blossomed.
Gillard inches closer to reins of power
Julia Gillard is now just two seats short of the 76 she needs.
Australian election: Key independent chooses Gillard
Julia Gillard is closer to retaining power in Australia with one of the four independents choosing her over Tony Abbott.
NZ as a republic 'inevitable' - Cullen
Former Deputy PM Michael Cullen has outlined a proposal which would see Parliament elect the Head of State, telling a conference there was "inevitability" about NZ becoming a republic.
Former Lehman boss comes out fighting at crisis inquiry
The former boss of Lehman Brothers has let loose his bitterness at the US government's failure to save his firm in 2008.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Income splitting hardest on poor
Peter Dunne's bill is unfair, unaffordable and unlikely to happen, writes Brian Fallow.
Labor draws level as Gillard signs up Greens' Bandt
Caretaker Prime Minister Julia Gillard has moved to shore up her claim for power.
<i>Mirko Bagaric:</i> Coalition pact likely with Labor in wilderness
Professor Mirko Bagaric writes that the trio who hold the balance of power in Australia represent strongly conservative areas.
<i>Editorial:</i> Obama right to turn the page on Iraq
President Barack Obama has brought down the curtain on the seven-year conflict in Iraq.
Gillard signs deal with Greens
An agreement with the Green Party brings Labor's seat tally to a total of 73.
<i>John Armstrong</i>: A textbook example of crisis management
Watching John Key and Bill English dispose of South Canterbury Finance was a bit like watching a python swallowing an antelope.