| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Wednesday, October 8, 2008 3:02 AEST |
| Expires: | Tuesday, January 6, 2009 3:02 AEST |
The fastest man on water, Ken Warby, has travelled from his home in Ohio to the National Maritime Museum in Sydney to mark today's 30-year anniversary of his world water speed record, which he set with a $65 motor. Mr Warby has challenged someone to break his record of 511 kilometres an hour in an interview with The Midday Report.
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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