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Live: Sydney Roosters v Canterbury Bulldogs

8:55 PM | The Twitter Outlaw, James Polson, on deck as the Roosters hold the Bulldogs.

Shuey facing ban for striking, 11 charged over melee

6:06 PM | West Coast midfielder Luke Shuey is the only player who will require a tribunal visit to play this weekend following the match review panel's weekly review.

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Fallen Digger's mother slams casket story

5:36 PM | THE mother of one of the Australian soldiers, whose bodies were placed the wrong way up in their caskets, has slammed coverage of the issue as ‘insensitive’.

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Couple safe after airport run stretches past 20 hours

5:19 PM | An elderly couple who went missing on a drive to Melbourne Airport yesterday have been found in the city's east this afternoon, more than 20 hours after starting their journey.

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WAFL player banned for two years over drug use

4:38 PM | Perth footballer Joel Fiegert has been banned from the WA Football League for two years after testing positive to amphetamines last year.

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The best 30 minutes on Australian TV

3:38 PM | Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell debuted on Friday night to 664,000 metropolitan viewers, ranking it slightly ahead of Sunday night's Midsomer Murders finale on Sunday. Has the ABC hit comedic and ratings gold? Steve Molk certainly thinks so.

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Sentence them to life: Milat victim's mother

3:35 PM | The mother of the teenage boy murdered by the great-nephew of serial killer Ivan Milat has called for him to be sentenced to life in prison.

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Aussie swimmers sitting pretty after Europeans fire their best shots

3:07 PM | Australia remains ranked to win six gold medals in the pool at the London Olympics following the completion this morning of the European Swimming Championships in Hungary

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Women's silent suffering

2:57 PM | It happens to one in four mothers but they rarely reveal their pain.

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Victoria says no to revised Basin Plan

2:48 PM | THE Victorian Government will not support the Murray Darling Basin Plan released today to state water ministers for a six-week consultation period.

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Be afraid: Die Hard 4 reveals a real threat

2:45 PM | Five years on, John McClane's security nightmare is not so sci-fi.

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Teen entrepreneur squatted at AOL for two months undetected ... and built a business

1:52 PM | Eric Simons is the kind of young entrepreneur who will do anything to make it. So secretly squatting the headquarters of internet giant AOL late last year until he was caught wasn't out of the question.

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Roosters star Leilua arrested

1:23 PM | SYDNEY Roosters' preparations for tonight's game against Canterbury have been thrown into disarray after representative centre BJ Leilua was arrested on the weekend.

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For Tigers tragics, he's a Maric made in heaven

1:00 PM | For a generation, Richmond fans have been waiting for a Monday like today, when they can listen to a cult hero say good things about the Tigers after a win that meant something.

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The three-headed monster that is swallowing the NRL

12:50 PM | Forget AFL, Super Rugby or even the A-League, the biggest rival to the NRL competition is State of Origin.

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Truckie shooter guilty of manslaughter

12:49 PM | The alleged shooter of a stray bullet that killed truckie Bob Knight during a gun fight in south-west Sydney has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

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Raid triggered by Facebook photo of savings: police

12:39 PM | A 17-year-old girl posted a picture of her grandmother's cash savings on her Facebook page and triggered a home invasion, say police.

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Not choice, bro: Kiwi loses cool over TV ad

12:29 PM | A disgruntled Kiwi has been hit with a string of charges after losing his cool over a local TV advert poking fun at the New Zealand accent.

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Tamou cleared for Origin but Matai faces two-week ban

12:16 PM | Cowboys and NSW prop James Tamou can breathe a sigh of relief after escaping charge for decking Benji Marshall - however the news is not as bright for Manly centre Steve Matai.

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Howes crying wolf on foreign workers

12:13 PM | Gina Rinehart’s foreign worker deal is only a surprise for those who weren’t paying attention, and the feigned outrage overshadows the much bigger story of skills shortages - in many industries.

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