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Fri 24 May 2013

Official cash rate record low

THE Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision this month to cut the official rate to 2.75% takes the cash rate to a record low since reporting began in the 1990s.

Property
12:00pm

Kidney disease often goes unchecked

DESPITE one in three Australians being at high risk of kidney disease, the chronic illness remains low on the health radar of many people.

Health
9:00am
APN Newsdesk

Paris Hilton signs to Cash Money records

PARIS Hilton has signed to Cash Money record label and will release a house music album later this year. She has already recorded a single with Lil Wayne.

Celebrity
9:00am

Ballina jet boat saves the day for beached yacht at Byron

BALLINA'S Jet Boat rescue service has saved the day - or night - of True Bluess, the single-masted yacht that washed up on Byron Bay's Main Beach yesterday.

Titanic struggle to prove violin’s authenticity resolved

THE violin thought to have been played by the band leader on the Titanic as the ship sank has been declared genuine following a computerised scan at a hospital.

News
8:12am
Chloe Hamilton

Minister called to lift mining industry's veil of secrecy

HE LED the call for developing countries to be more open about mining royalties but Gary Gray was has been called on to do the same for Australia.

Predictions for an action packed weekend of Super Rugby

THE Chiefs' hard-fought victory over the Hurricanes last week sees the defending champion sitting pretty on top of both the overall and NZ Conference ladder.

Sport
8:00am
Pomeez61

Gina Rinehart rated more influential than Julia Gillard

GINA Rinehart is rated as more influential than Prime Minister Julia Gillard in a list of the world's most powerful women released by Forbes magazine.

Business

Hungry? Print a pepperoni pizza

NASA is funding the development of a machine capable of cooking a Mars-gherita at the push of a button. In space, hit Ctrl+P for pizza.

Offbeat
Simon Usborne

Baby rhino horns in as baby giraffe announced for zoo

TERRI Irwin gushed like a proud new mum when she saw the newest member of the Australia Zoo family: a 70kg baby boy rhino.

Two arrested for conspiracy to murder soldier in London attack

A MAN and a woman, both 29, have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in relation to the Woolwich terror killing of Drummer Lee Rigby.

News
Kim Sengupta

First step to fixing highway

AFTER years of lobbying to have the Pacific Hwy upgraded, the Pacific Highway Taskforce is hoping a political pledge will finally be seen through.

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