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Airline freebies to minister
Exclusive: Fair Trading Minister received airline upgrades from a powerful Sydney property family last year.

Medich has change of heart
Property tycoon Ron Medich withdraws his application for an AVO against his wife.

Faces peep from the past
These sandstone faces have been staring at passers-by for a century and a half.

Hard act to Folau
By 9.20pm tonight, the rugby league career of Israel Folau could be over.

Tandy keeps quiet; plunge not limited to just NSW
THE controversial betting plunge on the Cowboys-Bulldogs encounter in round 24 was not confined to NSW. The Herald has learnt that apart from TAB Sportsbet and other bookmakers, most of the other bets on the North Queensland penalty goal to open the scoring were placed through UNiTAB in Queensland.

Secrets of the Old Masters
It's contemporary painting done the old school way, writes Steve Meacham.

Wilkie rejects $1b offer
Julia Gillard is two seats away from forming a minority government.

Darkness clouds ALP gain
JULIA GILLARD won a vital advantage yesterday and is tantalisingly close to power, but any outcome is still possible as the reels keeping spinning on the poker machine of Australian democracy.

In a game of being on target with figures Abbott shoots himself in foot
TONY ABBOTT has been poked in the eye by his own budget costings and his eagerness to spend - the same costings that, when the Coalition added them up, helped him successfully flay Labor for profligacy and waste during the election campaign.