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Hundreds of Hastie staff stood down by SMS

9:20 AM | Hundreds of Victorian workers are receiving text messages this morning saying they have been stood down without pay after the embattled engineering company Hastie collapsed under an estimated $500 million debt.

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Daring to fail at 23: Australia's hackathon hero

9:12 AM | Peter Watts is just 23, but the Australian networks like a seasoned pro and his app is turning heads in the music industry.

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A serious man

7:44 AM | Some say bookmaker Tom Waterhouse is too young, too rich and too lucky. Will his wager on online gambling pay off?

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More jobs gloom as engineering firm collapses

6:56 AM | More than 2000 jobs will be axed as engineering company Hastie collapses under estimated $500 million of debt.

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Misuse of medicines the new danger

1:00 AM | THE misuse of prescribed pharmaceuticals is Australia's fastest growing drug problem, raising the possibility that deaths from prescribed drugs may eventually surpass those from illicit drug overdoses, doctors have warned.

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Call for comment reveals cracks in new free-range egg label plan

1:00 AM | THE introduction of a controversial new definition of free-range eggs could be delayed after the consumer watchdog decided to call for public comments on the standard, which animal welfare and consumer groups strongly oppose.

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Nobody home? Postie to leave parcels for pick-up at a locker near you

1:00 AM | IT'S THE flaw in the online shopping experience: the goods arrive when no one is home.

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Children's anti-violence group ditches Hackett

1:00 AM | THE swimming great Grant Hackett has been sacked from his role as ambassador for the children's anti-violence charity the Alannah and Madeline Foundation after more damaging allegations about his marriage break-up emerged.

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Hospital tests for Obeid

1:00 AM | The former Labor Party powerbroker Eddie Obeid remains in hospital after suffering a suspected stroke but his son Moses said ''he'll be back very soon, fighting fit''.

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Cables reveal Australia, US focus on Assange

1:00 AM | THE WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange remains the target of a US government criminal investigation and the subject of US-Australian intelligence exchanges, Australian diplomatic cables obtained by the Herald reveal.

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PM questioned over Rinehart workers deal

1:00 AM | THE federal cabinet is divided over the integrity of the Prime Minister, with senior ministers disputing her claim she did not know until the last minute about a deal to allow Gina Rinehart to import 1700 workers to help build a massive iron ore project in Western Australia.

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BYO policy takes technology out of pockets and into the open

1:00 AM | SINCE the beginning of this term, students in years 7 to 12 at Ravenswood have been allowed to bring in their own piece of technology from home to use at school.

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Greens state MP lines up for Senate

1:00 AM | THE Greens are hoping that state MP Cate Faehrmann will win a NSW Senate seat for the party at the next federal election.

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Dysfunctional, or stretching the truth

1:00 AM | THERE are two explanations for the curious case of the Prime Minister and the Gina Rinehart workforce deal: that the government is utterly dysfunctional or that Julia Gillard has stretched the truth. Or possibly both at the same time.

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Crewman delighted more veterans will go to memorial unveiling

1:00 AM | BARNEY GREATREX was shot down in a Lancaster bomber over Europe in 1944, the only member of his crew to survive.

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Steroid seizures linked to bikie gangs on the rise

1:00 AM | STEROIDS are fast becoming the drug of choice for the state's bikies, and police are regularly seizing large quantities of the illicit imports without even trying.

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Another first for a family used to breaking down barriers

1:00 AM | IN 1959, Margaret Williams became the first Aborigine to graduate from university. Now her great-niece Melissa Williams is following in the family footsteps, becoming the first winner of a new executive coaching scholarship for Aboriginal women.

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Industry challenges planning shake-up

1:00 AM | BUSINESS, development and design groups fear they are being sidelined in the biggest shake-up of NSW planning laws for 30 years and have challenged the government over its failure to set up a promised panel of experts to advise on the changes.

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Don't tell the Cathedral

1:00 AM | Beyond the reach of the heavy patriarchal authority of the Catholic hierarchy is a kinder, wiser and more accepting church which needs to step up.

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Home brands rely on foreign imports

1:00 AM | THE supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are relying on cheap labour in countries such as South Africa and Thailand to deliver their burgeoning home brand lines at the lowest prices.

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