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Players give NAB Cup the thumbs down

FIRST scorned by the coaches €” led this week by Essendon's Matthew Knights €” now the friendless NAB Cup has been deserted by top players as calls intensify for the pre-season tournament to be scrapped.

'Girl power' day on cards as Clinton heads Down Under

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.

The story's corny but true: the farmer takes a bribe

FILM THE INFORMANT! (M) 4/5 108 minutes

Migrants Love Us Despite The Efforts Of Hanson

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.

Turmoil Focus For Diplomat

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.

Footy Star Hall The Hot Topic Once More

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.

Summit Even Covers Dating

A FREE or cheap dating service to help love-lorn women meet "decent Newcastle men" has been suggested as a topic for this weekend's Lake 2020 summit.

The Passed Particle Mystery Deepens

IN LANGUAGE, there's a conventional co-occurrence of topic and form that allows most communication to happen joltlessly.

Party Still Going For Serbian Supporters

THERE is only one conversation topic buzzing at the tables of Stephanie Boskovic's Serbian restaurant this week - and that is the tennis.