Have you really read today's paper? 1. What is the name of the commonly used anti-depressant said to have caused a man to strangle his wife of 50 years? 2. How much will truck buyers save on a $270,000 K104 Kenworth rig after tax cuts in the Budget? 3. A financial hotshot - who lost his job after he wrote an explicit email - wrote there were how many women left for him to sleep with? 4. When did the Hill brothers start their youth retail company Globe International? 5. Which country expressed unofficial interest in Stuart MacGill's services last year?
Today's main story: Beazley cornered on tax Kim Beazley's vulnerability to a tax scare campaign was heightened yesterday when he failed to blunt a high-level warning from within that Labor was willing to lift taxes to pay for its election promises.
The warning, from Labor frontbencher Stephen Conroy yesterday - to a Canberra school audience - surprised and shocked his colleagues. Mr Beazley said last night, "Families will benefit from GST rollback, while Labor will not increase personal income taxes." But he failed to give similar assurance about other taxes such as company and indirect taxes.
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Reporter at work Former Crowded House frontman, Neil Finn talks to Iain Shedden about his new supergroup, and why he loves the internet.
"His website www.nilfun.net is a constantly moving piece of art that involves music, photography, design and regular first-hand updates on his life and career." Check out Iain's article in The Weekend Australian. SITE HIGHLIGHT Riots, allegations of sexual abuse and beatings - South Australia's Woomera Detention Centre doesn't leave the headlines for long. Check out our coverage of the controversial subject of asylum seekers. Your view "I, like many frustrated dads, would love to see more of our children. They deserve equal contact with both parents, yet time & time again the family courts claim "it is in the best interests of the children" that the sole parent be a mother because they are more nurturing. What rot! "
S Graham