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Dali the world famous Spanish artist(1904-89) has his first exhibition in Melbourne, Victoria until October 4. Over 200 works will be on display .

Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One chief, said yesterday that he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies and praised Adolf Hitler for his ability to "get things done". In an outspoken interview with The Times , the 78-year-old billionaire chastised contemporary politicians for their weakness and extolled the virtues of strong leadership.

The rivalry between Australian wunderkind Mark Occhilupo and California soul champion Tom Curren produced the most exciting competitive clashes in the history of surfing.

BILLIONAIRE Clive Palmer is broadening his reach in the resources sector after buying BHP Billiton's Yabulu nickel refinery and setting his sights on its mothballed $US2.2 billion Ravensthorpe mining operation.

Police said the boy was using a trampoline placed under a clothes line in the backyard of his New Norfolk home, north west of Hobart, about 11.30am today.

A 29-year-old Ballarat man allegedly found with more than 200,000 child pornography images has been released on bail.

Washington, July 3 : The parents of a three-year-old Southeast Portland boy who died after an Indian-American doctor nicknamed 'Dr Death' operated on him have settled their wrongful death lawsuit for USD 200,000. According to the lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court by the child's parents, the doctor, Jayant Patel, perforated the boy's bowel. Dr Death is also wanted by Australian authorities for the unexplained deaths of 13 Australian patients...

The Steve Fielding / Penny Wong meeting and subsequent documentation show the government doesnt have a clue about the climate. All the documents are attached in the link.

IN the past three weeks ancient Rome, the Paris Opera Ballet and Spanish master Salvadore Dali's art have come to Australia.

Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying.

FORMER Wallaby coach Eddie Jones attacked rugby union's handling of the Lote Tuqiri dumping as "spiteful" for leaving him in club-less limbo.

Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill shut down one line of speculation when he said the police were not involved in the decision to cut loose the code's $900,000-plus-a-year star. O'Neill said he had "no problem" with the Tuqiri camp revealing the reason for the sacking but the call was with them. Tuqiri and his legal team have declined the offer. Jones said rugby's split with the dreadlocked powerhouse was "very undignified". "You don't like to see people terminated like that. It's quite sad that Lote is left without a club for a period because of registration deadlines in the NRL and French rugby," Jones said from Japan. "The worst thing is that the decision was done in spite with no thought about his welfare. Lote has been good for Australian sport. If he's not playing rugby, as a sports fan, I'd like to see him playing league." Asked if his spite gibe was directed at O'Neill, Jones said: "I won't say that but John O'Neill's previous feelings about Lote are on public record."

Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered three new dinosaur species after examining fossils dug up in Queensland.

THE Fed labour government has named six broadband-deprived areas as the first recipients of its new broadband scheme . Emerald and longreach QLD. south west Gippsland VIC. Geraldton WA. Darwin NT. Broken Hill NSW. and Victor Harbour SA.

Australian rock artists have banded together in a series of concerts to raise money for the threatened Tasmanian devil an Australian icon, which has been ravaged by a contagious facial tumour disease.

The Round 14 match of the Titans is nearing with all tickets sold out to Sundays match between the 2 AFL league leaders Geelong and St.Kilda both unbeaten after 13 games.

TWO people have died in separate accidents this afternoon in Queensland - one south of Brisbane and one near Yeppoon.This tragedy just days after another horror smash in Victoria that claimed 4 young lives all under the age of 21. With Australias soft laws on driving anyone over 18 is free to get a license and no training is required for migrants from other countries there will continue to be horror smashes on Australias roads

A middle aged couple from the gold coast QLD and an Adelaide man in his 40s were the 2 only winners of first division in the record 106 million lottery drawn last night. The Adelaide man a blue collar worker could not believe his luck and was in shock. The other winners a gold coast couple returned to work today despite there win. There was a record scramble for tickets last night as 10 million tickets were bought across Australia.

UNION leaders will seek to use the new workplace laws starting today to pursue annual pay rises of 4 per cent across 1300 agreements in the manufacturing sector, with better-performing companies to be hit with claims of 6 per cent.

POLICE appear to have cleared Malcolm Turnbull over the OzCar scandal but the opposition faces a new political headache, with Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey yesterday questioning the Howard government's cherished economic legacy.

Richard Farmer from crikey.com gives a sum up of this mornings papers and the head line story of the day

Revealed: student death toll set to rise - Sydney Morning Herald Grants double-up fuels regional home boom - The Australian - read these and more here...