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Fears for 600 Alcoa jobs

09 Feb 2012, 6:42PM

Union leaders are confident they can save thousands of jobs that rely on the operations of Alcoa's Point Henry smelter, but government help may be necessary, Gareth Boreham reports. Read more

Roma, Mitchell clean up, St George waits

09 Feb 2012, 7:19PM

The flood-damaged towns of Roma and Mitchell in southern Queensland continued their painstaking recovery work as waters finally began to subside from St George. Read more

Labor on verge of private health victory

09 Feb 2012, 8:00PM

The Gillard government appears to have the numbers to pass its changes to private health insurance. Read more

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Telstra gains one million more customers

09 Feb 2012, 4:58PM

Telstra's continued its strong customer growth in the first half of 2011/12, adding more than a million customers across mobile and internet. Read more

Qantas checks two months late: union

09 Feb 2012, 2:42PM

Qantas should have checked its fleet of A380 aircraft for structural damage months ago, the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers' Association says. Read more

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