| Source: | Lateline |
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| Published: | Friday, October 10, 2008 4:15 AEST |
| Expires: | Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:15 AEST |
Australian stocks plummeted more than eight per cent today as investors followed the panic ensuing on Wall Street. The meeting of world finance ministers on the weekend now faces the task of developing a plan to halt the slide.
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.
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