WHEN Hillary Clinton last visited Australia, hot on the heels of her husband's second-term election as US president in 1996, she mused privately whether Australia would get a female prime minister before the United States had its first woman president.

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FUNNY how nobody talks about immigration any more. The hottest topic of five years ago has vanished from the national agenda. That's probably because Australians think there isn't much of it happening these days.

IN THE world's hot spots, negotiators quietly work to defuse tension - how they get it right is the hot topic for PhD candidate Ali Naseer Mohamed.

HIS 2008 season has been one of the most talked about in Swans history, but now it is accolades and not criticism which sees Barry Hall the topic of conversation once again.