THIS week's jobs data will highlight the stark contrast between the Australian and US economies, but Treasurer Wayne Swan says it's appropriate for the Government's stimulus to continue.
QUEENSLAND'S public sector teachers have settled a bitter dispute with the Bligh Government, accepting a deal that will make some the highest paid in the country.
VICTORIAN teenager Lachlan Edwards has been praised after he swam to the rescue of two people caught in a rip at Point Impossible Surf Beach in the state's southwest.
BRITISH public support for the war in Afghanistan is falling, while more than 40 per cent do not understand why British troops are fighting there, a poll released on Remembrance Sunday showed.
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