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www.smh.com.au - News Index for 16/10/2007


National

40c top tax rate

Triumph won't help Howard's war

A pocket full of sweeteners

Working mothers, middle-income voters targets

Two old poker faces deal a tricky hand

Ignore poll, Labor urges bank

Minerals boost PM's war chest

Rudd yet to give the nod on Sunday debate

Bank may burst PM's bubble

Putting journos in charge: I'll drink to that

Rudd meets nurses, Howard vows to fatten wallets

Slot in more pokies

Brethren secretive on funds source: claim

Hopefuls can't depend on how the land lies

First appeals: one to the pocket, one to the heart

Unis urge students to enrol

Night of crisis at hospital

Iemma blocks questions about Orkopoulos affair

Council knew of fault on road that collapsed

Web browsing with no strings attached

Perks of old job a boon for Debus

Cheap housing quota off the boil

Redeveloped public housing estate not so public

Luna Park may reap millions for $1 land buy

Manly joins small bars push

Bones could be from shipwreck victim

IVF treatment up for women in their 40s

Couple's long road to vindication

Clip go the shearers in mulesing trial

Driver badly burnt as car blazes

Gammy back may halt toads' leap

Woman accused of murder denied bail

Shark attack victim punched for her life

Children's magazines thick with junk food ads, study finds

World

Party too corrupt, Hu tells Congress

Unrest in focus as officials gather for Pacific forum

Explosion prompted terrorism raids

Britain cultivates Taliban defectors

Russia told of plot to murder Putin in Iran

Future borderline for children of Burmese illegal immigrants

Israeli PM faces new corruption inquiry

Island nation may quit smoking

Lost marbles mourned in a moving moment

Belgian Resistance hero dies

Business

Wholesale gas prices hit

PBL demerger hits tax-law hurdle

Growth in lending as big four come out on top

Hormone therapy on trading desk

Consumer tax cuts are bait for Reserve

US banks set up fund to protect credit market

Fincorp directors feel the heat as court freezes assets

Campaign to drag up incomes over 20 years

Late - but bound for Sydney

Global crunch whips up bonanza for online trader

Looking well beyond the Tweedle twins

Zinifex sale to raise up to $2.2 billion

Citigroup's consumer unit faces hard questions

Tax cut promise fuels strong dollar

To fresh peaks and down the other side

Tensions and soaring demand send oil above $84 a barrel

Pallinghurst still chasing ConsMin takeover

Sport

Bennett game for Beijing tilt

The eagle that stranded: Australian and Indian teams have lucky escape

That's gotta be plumb: how Johnson rescued his career from the gutter

Easts left Green about the gills as bowler claims St George spotlight

Jaques seizes the day in big play for Test job

Only a wipe-out will deny Fanning a world crown

Persistent ankle injury puts paid to Hewitt's top-16 hopes for Open

Thompson talks of Europe in brekkie row reflux action

Sav trumps Graham in a battle of the punters

Maybe Better not to win Caulfield - trainer

Cumani wants a flash of inspiration from Moon

Rampant Rodd's calling the tune

Els re-emerges as a seventh wonder of the matchplay world

Opinion

Ears to the pulpit, when it suits

Heart of darkness, airfare not included

Not negotiable - the four essentials for families

Don't 'Helen' me when I don't know you from a bar of soap

Age shall not weary them of pleasure

Entertainment

Say goodbye to Hollywood, baby

Tradition in the best of taste

A Blue Mountains slow half dozen

Family secrets

No jacket required

Fresh pasta

Goodbye, yellow brick load

The smooth operator

Ramsay gains two Michelin stars

Let us eat cake

A bald premise, but then everyone's in on the act

Jason didn't fancy Kylie at first

Bloom blames paparazzi for crash

Tahyna's romance on crest of a wave

Spears gains once-a-week overnight visits

Warrants served over Anna Nicole's death

Snoop Dogg gets down and dirty

McCartney, Mills thrash out settlement

Reese, Ryan divorced

Esquire names Charlize its Sexiest Woman Alive

Hasselhoff has alcohlism relapse

Warnie hits a six for Kath and Kim

Give it a Ms

Toxic terrors

Of elephants and ear wax

Culture vulture

Mr G a rip-off, claims teacher

TV that might just save your life

Kyle and Jackie O best on-air team

Bindi's a big fave - and Zac's just hot

Not a McLeod in sight

Not Quite Art

The Sopranos

Apes in Danger: Chimpanzee

Underwater!

Surprise Surprise Gotcha

Coming up roses after the Savage days

Music of heart tops pops, weddings and funerals

Lost and found

The Cat Empire hitting the right environmental notes

Madonna dumps label in $134m deal

Stars bypass record labels

Diamonds in the rough

Up all night, playing all day

New spotlight on the unjoyous boy

Worst-lyricist label has Sting to it

George faces up to his conscience

Rumours fly of star visit

Laura enjoying the journey

Cate's crown starts to wobble

Blood, guts and body politics

Moore wins star on Walk of Fame

Mr Darcy turns comic

Monster mash

Beyond Bollywood

Fonda keen to show she's still got it

When art and road signs hang out …

Battlers in choir reap award

Woman for all seasons

Verdi, there, here and everywhere

Potent after decades and downpour

Festival of wonder, demons and memories

Brass section gives Czechs a bounce

Rooty Hill to Covent Garden in one leap

A cavalier frame of mind

The toast of the town

The gypsy gadfly returns

'Dead' Prince Harry sculpture on show in London

Putting on a brave face

Mr Yalandja's traditional sculptures go to Washington

Giorgio's great bag of fruit for Cate

Cranky rockers plug in, tune up and fall apart

Bright sparks make best reuse of e-waste for art's sake

Fun, even if he's pipped at the post

From singing Idol to author

The power of London

Life is more than just a punctuation mark

Doris Lessing wins Nobel prize for literature

Booker candidate defends novel

Daring to utter the F-word

A broken song for New Orleans

Blurred lines of an American dream

Columns

Editorial: A dazzling lure for the voters

Column 8

Letters: A timely tribute to health professionals who make life worth living

Obituaries: Politician on a mission for Timor


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