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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Thu 19 Apr, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Gillard pushes the case to cut rates Julia Gillard says the Federal Government's pursuit of a budget surplus is an economic imperative that will leave the Reserve Bank room to ease interest rates. More » Government attacks Hockey welfare comments Bryce cuts ribbon on ABC's new Brisbane HQ Public servant wins compo over work trip sex injury Wife killer jailed over frenzied public attack Photos show US troops posing with Afghan remains Spitfire pilot farewelled after 70-year wait Plain packaging hearing wraps up in High Court Man charged with kidnapping, rape of tourist India tests missile capable of reaching China More Analysis » Eye popping politics: Hockey 'entitled' to candour Every now and again, Joe Hockey stands up and says something so completely correct that his colleagues automatically want to track him down and thump him. This time, though, Joe's really done it. And he knows he's really done it, because he went to London to say it. So wherever you are, Joe â€" hiding in some mansion next to Julian Assange's, or submerged under the Thames and breathing through a straw â€" thank you for your candour, at least. More » Enough is enough: get us out of Afghanistan Experience and exploitation: defining internships Church of hypocrites: Catholics should practice what they preach Don't shoot the messenger, ban the reader instead Tread lightly when easing Burma sanctions Media provoke hordes, act surprised The tired mantra of 'tough on crime' is failing Clean Energy Finance no silver bullet Why are we still surprised to see dark faces on TV? Just In More Just In » Gillard pushes the case to cut rates Julia Gillard says the Federal Government's pursuit of a budget surplus is an economic imperative that will leave the Reserve Bank room to ease interest rates. More » Toxic highway inquiry proceeds as all clear given Watchdog brands missed landing as wake-up call India tests missile capable of reaching China Public servant wins compo over work trip sex injury Plain packaging hearing wraps up in High Court Fortescue to launch mining tax challenge Government attacks Hockey welfare comments Boy drowns in remote Kimberley community Shares extend gains as miners claw back World More World » Photos show US troops posing with Afghan remains By Stephanie Kennedy in Washington A US newspaper has posted previously unseen photos showing US soldiers posing with the mangled remains of suspected Afghan suicide bombers. More » Breivik reluctant to discuss militant contacts Monitors mobbed as gunfire erupts in Damascus UK accused of botching radical cleric's deportation Spanish king apologises for hunting trip Business More Business » Gillard pushes the case to cut rates Julia Gillard says the Federal Government's pursuit of a budget surplus is an economic imperative that will leave the Reserve Bank room to ease interest rates. More » Government attacks Hockey welfare comments Plain packaging hearing wraps up in High Court Fortescue to launch mining tax challenge Telstra jobs could go in move to NBN Shares extend gains as miners claw back BHP denies hiring contract workers for closed mine World markets slip as euro fears resurface Politics More Politics » General wants glacier demilitarisation after avalanche Pakistan's army chief has made a rare call for the demilitarisation of the world's highest battlefield after touring the site of an avalanche that buried 129 Pakistani soldiers near the border with rival India. More » Calls for troop withdrawal to fund pension increase Gillard to use surplus to sell rate cut Kimber elevated to DPP in SA Hockey calls for wholesale review of welfare payments Sport More Sport » Elsom named on Tahs bench Former Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom has been named on an eight-man bench for the Waratahs' clash with the Rebels. More » Lynagh stable after suffering stroke Sheens to meet with Test referee Play abandoned as rain lashes second Test Shillington handed reins at Raiders Drogba guides Chelsea to win over Barca Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Doubts over 'world's biggest dino eggs' claim A Chechen university claims to have found an unprecedented stash of giant fossilised dinosaur eggs in a remote mountainous area of the North Caucasus region. More » Discovery makes final flight to museum Science fuels push for education rethink New internet technology out of this world Unique greenhouse could spur outback growth Environment More Environment » Toxic highway inquiry proceeds as all clear given The NSW Roads and Maritime Service says no toxic materials have been found at a Pacific Highway site where five workers became ill. But an independent review of the case ordered by the State Government is proceeding, under the guidance of a former Parks and Wildlife Service boss. 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