The Australian – Top News
January 13, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
- Bashing of banks 'could cost jobs'
WAYNE Swan's assault on the banks over their mortgage rates and profitability is threatening to backfire. - Retailers face staff cuts
RETAILERS are warning of more job losses after the Reserve Bank's two rate cuts late last year failed to lift consumer spending. - Top officials admit dam strategy error
TWO senior water executives were of the view that Wivenhoe Dam was run in a strategy subsequently shown to be wrong. - Rudd supporters canvassed Oakeshott
INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott has revealed that supporters of Kevin Rudd have canvassed him about a leadership change. - Facebook friends fight the flood
AS the floodwaters rose, Ella Worboys and her family agreed on this much: sandbags were not going to cut it this time. - Old-school learning best: Pyne
SCHOOL education under a Coalition government would focus on improving the knowledge of students rather than training in skills. - MP rejects rebate means test
THE means test on the private health insurance rebate is in jeopardy after MP Tony Crook declared he would not support it. - Pensive evacuees bunker down across state
Flooding has become a terrible part of life in the cotton-growing town of St George. - Contador banned for two years
SPANISH cyclist Alberto Contador has been suspended for two years and stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. - New York Giants win Super Bowl 21-17
AHMAD Bradshaw scored a touchdown with 57 seconds remaining to give the New York Giants a 21-17 victory over the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

