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Failed firm bills potato growers

South Australian growers still owed money by collapsed potato firm Mondello Farms say they are now being billed by the company for seed.
ABC - May 9, 12:35 pm
Judd to play on with Blues in 2014

Carlton star Chris Judd has committed to the club for next season.
May 9, 12:29 pm
Total employment soared in April

The number of people employed rose by 50,100 in April, sending the jobless rate back down to 5.5 per cent, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show.
May 9, 12:17 pm
Stocks to watch at noon on Thursday

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange at noon on Thursday
May 9, 12:13 pm
'Red List' introduced to protect at risk ecosystems

A team of international scientists is drawing up a "Red List" identifying ecosystems on the brink of extinction - and Australia appears eight times.
ABC - May 9, 12:08 pm
No pardon for sandwich-throwing kid: PM

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has declined to intervene in the punishment meted out to the Queensland student accused of throwing a sandwich at her.
May 9, 12:03 pm
Tomic's father barred from French Open

The French Open's tournament director says John Tomic will be barred from the grand slam competition this year.
ABC - May 9, 12:00 pm
Adelaide jewel theft 'rivals Hollywood chase scene'

Police have compared the pursuit of an alleged jewellery thief in Adelaide with a Hollywood movie chase scene.
ABC - May 9, 11:58 am
4yo treated in hospital after bleach thrown from car

Police say it is lucky a baby and four-year-old girl were not seriously injured when bleach was thrown at them from a car in Sydney's north-west.
ABC - May 9, 11:57 am
Abuse whistleblower 'went through hell'

A New South Wales police whistleblower says he put himself and his family through hell campaigning for a royal commission into child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
ABC - May 9, 11:51 am
Both sides wrong on parental schemes: ACCI

Business is opposed to the paid-parental leave schemes of both side of politics, a survey by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has found.
May 9, 11:50 am
Qld disability groups pleased Newman 'finally acted'

Queenslanders living with disabilities are praising the State Government for signing up to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
ABC - May 9, 11:44 am
Miners attack levy for 'legacy' site clean-ups

A mining exploration company has criticised the Northern Territory for imposing what it calls a poorly thought out environmental levy on the mining industry.
ABC - May 9, 11:31 am
We will find health savings: Plibersek

The federal budget will invest strongly in health, but savings will be found, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says.
May 9, 11:30 am
Budget pressure not from spending: Gillard

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says a short fall in tax revenue, not government spending, is putting pressure on the budget.
May 9, 11:26 am