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All rights reserved.heraldsun_national_2095Support for Gillard's Labor plunges againhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/Rm9VQxmO4Zk/story-fn7x8me2-1226033698095http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/support-for-labor-and-julia-gillard-plunges-again/story-fn7x8me2-1226033698095THE political rollercoaster has taken another sharp turn with Tony Abbott's Coalition back in front of Labor, the latest Newspoll reveals. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNDF07XoKnfkfNmUHwAfg_F4mmM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNDF07XoKnfkfNmUHwAfg_F4mmM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNDF07XoKnfkfNmUHwAfg_F4mmM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KNDF07XoKnfkfNmUHwAfg_F4mmM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/Rm9VQxmO4Zk" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMTPhillip Hudsonhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/support-for-labor-and-julia-gillard-plunges-again/story-fn7x8me2-1226033698095I wouldn't get married - Michael Kirbyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/y8QQlhE_vv4/story-e6frf7l6-1226033965893http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/former-judge-michael-kirby-wants-gay-marriage-but-not-for-himself/story-e6frf7l6-1226033965893FORMER judge Michael Kirby says he longs for the day when gay marriage is legal but he and his partner probably wouldn't wed. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zWfSXPJ1FXi4BC1IZN03oZEWPmY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zWfSXPJ1FXi4BC1IZN03oZEWPmY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zWfSXPJ1FXi4BC1IZN03oZEWPmY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zWfSXPJ1FXi4BC1IZN03oZEWPmY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/y8QQlhE_vv4" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:26:38 GMTAAPhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/former-judge-michael-kirby-wants-gay-marriage-but-not-for-himself/story-e6frf7l6-1226033965893Australia's wettest March on recordhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/j7vqMbvgUIg/story-fn7x8me2-1226033804719http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/australia-records-wettest-march-in-history-with-vic-70-above-average/story-fn7x8me2-1226033804719AUSTRALIA has recorded its wettest March in history with an average rainfall of more than 133mm. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eG8DyhSHBCziN9vXRq-0ktT4Eco/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eG8DyhSHBCziN9vXRq-0ktT4Eco/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eG8DyhSHBCziN9vXRq-0ktT4Eco/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eG8DyhSHBCziN9vXRq-0ktT4Eco/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/j7vqMbvgUIg" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:18:05 GMTGillian McGeehttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/australia-records-wettest-march-in-history-with-vic-70-above-average/story-fn7x8me2-1226033804719New detention centre on old Defence sitehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/pyT7OA_av-8/story-e6frf7l6-1226033964000http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/new-detention-centre-on-old-pontville-tasmania-defence-site/story-e6frf7l6-1226033964000<strong>By Malcolm Farr&nbsp;</strong>GOVERNMENT forced to open another mainland detention centre for asylum seekers, far away in Tasmania. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1PIbXk01mpqAakfDn7TlkSlhy_w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1PIbXk01mpqAakfDn7TlkSlhy_w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a 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href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UsNyWw0SP0rjHrK4UOXmTjGVJp0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UsNyWw0SP0rjHrK4UOXmTjGVJp0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UsNyWw0SP0rjHrK4UOXmTjGVJp0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UsNyWw0SP0rjHrK4UOXmTjGVJp0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/TVUJH8tWGLs" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:52:15 GMTBy AAPhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/afl-star-liam-jurrah-to-face-alice-springs-court/story-e6frf7l6-1226358512749Cigarettes sold cheap to win back customershttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/dHcOljxVviA/story-fn7j19iv-1226358487614http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/cigarette-giant-british-american-tobacco-australia-chops-up-the-prices/story-fn7j19iv-1226358487614TOBACCO giant is&nbsp;forced to sell cheap smokes to win back market share from illegal products sold in Australia. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dXtQdaXBP380fuDIqURZQ6eSk2A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dXtQdaXBP380fuDIqURZQ6eSk2A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dXtQdaXBP380fuDIqURZQ6eSk2A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dXtQdaXBP380fuDIqURZQ6eSk2A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/dHcOljxVviA" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:01:35 GMTBy Alison McMeekinhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/cigarette-giant-british-american-tobacco-australia-chops-up-the-prices/story-fn7j19iv-1226358487614'Labor must regroup. It's easy to blame others'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/ow1FXEsq2uw/story-e6frf7l6-1226358243687http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/labor-must-regroup-kelty-tells-actu/story-e6frf7l6-1226358243687FORMER trade unionist Bill Kelty has urged the government to take criticism on the chin and see the job through. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dOnpXtxO_bFKBu5D5U5lWD2Ts-0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dOnpXtxO_bFKBu5D5U5lWD2Ts-0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dOnpXtxO_bFKBu5D5U5lWD2Ts-0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dOnpXtxO_bFKBu5D5U5lWD2Ts-0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/ow1FXEsq2uw" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTBy Miles Godfreyhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/labor-must-regroup-kelty-tells-actu/story-e6frf7l6-1226358243687Ex-judge to rewrite Health Services Union lawshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/Fsq6uYtdQwI/story-e6frf7l6-1226358443631http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/ex-judge-to-rewrite-unions-own-laws-in-the-wake-of-the-health-services-union-scandal/story-e6frf7l6-1226358443631A FORMER Federal Court judge eyes new rules to cover the entire union movement to prevent a repeat of the HSU scandal. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJT8F2ajQV2JpWQuv2xiADIXe0U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJT8F2ajQV2JpWQuv2xiADIXe0U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJT8F2ajQV2JpWQuv2xiADIXe0U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OJT8F2ajQV2JpWQuv2xiADIXe0U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/Fsq6uYtdQwI" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTBy Simon Bensonhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/ex-judge-to-rewrite-unions-own-laws-in-the-wake-of-the-health-services-union-scandal/story-e6frf7l6-1226358443631Time running out for young sisters in hidinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~3/00boNFLR9I0/story-e6frf7l6-1226358423235http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/court-seeks-girls-in-hiding/story-e6frf7l6-1226358423235COURT to ask whereabouts of&nbsp;four girls defying orders to return to Italy to resume a shared custody arrangement. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gRzEvmoQzdXQj6Di6TE9z-PYdog/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gRzEvmoQzdXQj6Di6TE9z-PYdog/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gRzEvmoQzdXQj6Di6TE9z-PYdog/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gRzEvmoQzdXQj6Di6TE9z-PYdog/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HeraldSunNationalNews/~4/00boNFLR9I0" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTBy Ainsley Paveyhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/court-seeks-girls-in-hiding/story-e6frf7l6-1226358423235