| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Wednesday, October 8, 2008 1:14 AEST |
| Expires: | Tuesday, January 6, 2009 1:14 AEST |
The US economy has dominated the audience's opening questions in the second presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat rival Barack Obama. Senator McCain laid out a plan to buy up bad mortgages, while both presidential candidates agreed one of the world's richest men, Warren Buffett, would make a good treasury secretary.
Scientists are giving the native bush rat a helping hand in its fight against its European rival.
It is time to pay our politicians properly, says former Liberal MP Bruce Baird.
Former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane blames the global financial "mess" on bonus-hungry executives.
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