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<title><![CDATA[Spare a thought for poor jack mackerel]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The marine food chain goes something like this: sun, phytoplankton, zooplankton, shrimps, sprats, forage and demersal fish, pelagics and apex predators. Remove any one link and the whole web collapses.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Breast implant crisis puts watchdog in spotlight]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The regulator's passive response to concerns over leaking implants has spurred calls for change, writes Cosima Marriner.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Family rescued as hail hits home]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A STRING of thunderstorms that swept across Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the central coast and the Hunter Valley yesterday caused flash flooding and hail the size of golf balls.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The cloak and dagger operation to expose cruelty]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The abattoir workers were nervous. They were in a hotel room with a member of Animal Liberation NSW, the organisation they had phoned anonymously with stories of cruelty from inside the Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rail customer service: if you're Jewish catch a taxi]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHERYL BOGAN couldn't believe her ears. It wasn't until the CityRail employee repeated himself in a louder voice that she and her husband, Jeffrey, were sure they were under racist attack by a public servant. The customer service manager at Central Station, no less.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fugitive who comes in from the cold]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The state's most wanted man keeps haunting bush homes, writes Heath Aston.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hidden road signs a danger at schools]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IT WOULD take a very observant driver to spot the school zone sign for Bexley Public School. It's almost obscured by a young tree with lush foliage.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sink a few to keep the floats afloat]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE hangovers from this year's Mardi Gras could be even worse than usual. The organisers of Sydney's gay and lesbian festival are counting on increased revenue from the sale of alcohol to turn a profit after recording financial losses in the past two years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Terror six claim it was fix]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A SET-UP BY a foreign intelligence agency and a cover-up by senior federal government officials led to the conviction and jailing of six Australians in Sydney for terrorism, a Herald investigation reveals.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Westpac in Facebook crackdown]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WESTPAC is censoring criticism on social media sites amid growing public fury over its decision to retrench staff and raise interest rates independently of the Reserve Bank of Australia.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Go on, ditch your bank, says PM]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JULIA GILLARD and Wayne Swan are telling Australians to dump the big banks as payback for the decision by Westpac and ANZ to sever their links with the Reserve Bank's official cash rate.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Walters hits Ponting for six]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DOUG WALTERS, regarded as one of cricket's great swashbucklers, has earmarked Ricky Ponting as a batsman with all the attributes needed to bolster the Australian Test team's middle order at No.6.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Starc rises above to be Clarke's go-to man]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MITCHELL STARC might be the least experienced member of Australia's one-day international attack but the young gun has assumed the roles played previously by its most experienced bowler.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New halfback's debut delights refreshed Barnes]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[STAND-IN Waratahs captain Berrick Barnes has given his tick of approval to new halfback Sarel Pretorius, warning the team's first-round opponents, the Queensland Reds, to expect the unexpected when they meet in two weeks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Locals bet the farm on Crusaders' trial clash]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MANGATAINOKA: It was sport, the way it was meant to be played. Maybe not on a sheep paddock 2½ hours from Wellington, but on a field where atmosphere isn't a sound effect played over the speakers and hype does not constantly battle the concrete surroundings to make its presence felt.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jaques still hungry but not for seconds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ENGLAND-bound opener Phil Jaques is determined not to end his state career in the NSW second XI. Jaques, 32, signalled the end of his Australian first-class career by signing a two-year deal with English county team Yorkshire. However, along with rising star Nic Maddinson, he was left out of the Sheffield Shield side that lost to Tasmania in Hobart.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Giants' strides being made in midfield as season looms, says Sheedy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[GREATER Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy singled out a tough and nimble midfield as the most encouraging sign from the side's intra-club match, which was moved from Blacktown to the Swans' training ground outside the SCG due to flooding.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building brand Cummins]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The game's next big thing is itching to return to action, writes Daniel Lane.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AFL, Tassie rue their loss as Wade shows his mettle]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Matthew Wade is one of those force-of-nature cricketers who refuses to be kept out of the contest. It makes you wonder what football's recruiting scouts might have let slip through their collective fingers six years ago. For like Alex Keath, who has lately been cricket's poster boy in the matter of the teenager's football-versus-cricket dilemma, Wade also contemplated an AFL career. The little guy in its battle with footy, cricket has lately scored a couple of good wins.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Wright stuff: new season, new challenges]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CULBURRA-born Tyler Wright  is keen to get her season off to a good start at the inaugural Australian Open of Surfing at Manly beach tomorrow.]]></description>
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