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Woman knocked out, sexually assaulted in Rutherford

6:01 AM | A woman was knocked unconscious and sexually assaulted yesterday after stopping to help a man on the side of a Rutherford street.

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Alert: Bugaboo not the stroller of Choice

3:00 AM | It's a must-have status symbol among A-list celebrities and the yummy mummy set, but consumer group Choice says the swanky Bugaboo stroller is unsafe.

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Banks 'need to be pulled into line'

3:00 AM | The head of one of the nation's biggest unions believes Australian banks should be forced to mirror the movements of Reserve Bank interest rates when setting their own lending rates.

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Why changing drug laws is a political problem, not a scientific one

3:00 AM | The overarching goal of Australian drug policy is harm minimisation. One obvious way to minimise drug related harm is to prohibit its use.

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Call for guide over land use disputes

3:00 AM | The Baillieu government has been urged to roll out measures to better manage the simmering tensions between miners, farmers and environmentalists over the best use of land.

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Australian companies get first shot at green energy cash

3:00 AM | Australian companies will be guaranteed the chance to pitch for business flowing from the Gillard government's $10 billion clean energy fund that Labor will announce today.

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Butler triumphs over yoghurt

3:00 AM | WITH his tribal tattoos, whispy beard and long dreadlocked hair, John Butler looks exactly like what he is, a laid-back indie-rocker who takes things pretty easy. But he's shown he can be a tough businessman too, announcing he has taken on - and beaten - the American ad agency that produced a commercial to run during the American Superbowl football game this year which featured actor John Stamos and a song that sounded very, very similar to one of Butler's.

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Mobile internet growth has just tapped the surface

3:00 AM | A prospectus lodged in the US is a very dry affair these days but Facebook's paperwork for the float did highlight some great data points relating to what is going on online.

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US experts question prostate cancer test

3:00 AM | A US taskforce has recommended a common test for detecting prostate cancer in healthy men be abandoned, regardless of their age, igniting debate among Australian doctors and public health experts as to whether this country should do the same.

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Tug-of-love sisters stay in country while case is heard

3:00 AM | FOUR sisters at the centre of an international custody dispute could remain in Australia for another three months, after authorities agreed not to return them to Italy until their case is heard in the High Court.

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Flying Kangaroo takes leap of faith on reshuffle

3:00 AM | QANTAS will push the pause button on the aggressive expansion in Asia of Jetstar as it beds down the budget airline's new ventures in Japan and Hong Kong under new leadership.

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Housing a worry but economy booming, says OECD

3:00 AM | REAL estate prices are under threat from the high dollar along with confidence and jobs but the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Australia is set to grow at just about the fastest pace in the developed world for decades to come.

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Jail for spanking officer as appeal fails

3:00 AM | A DISGRACED naval officer jailed for spanking a junior female sailor has lost an appeal against his conviction.

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Hearings keep Thomson in the spotlight

3:00 AM | THE damage being inflicted on the government by the Craig Thomson affair shows no sign of abating with the MP referred to Parliament's privileges committee again yesterday - this time for allegedly misleading Parliament during his one-hour statement on Monday.

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