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Hopes fade for the lessons of Kokoda crash
THERE was no sun over Kokoda in the morning of August 11 last year. Showers bucketed down while dense cloud blanketed the ridges of the Kokoda Gap.
Overseas jaunt cheaper than in own state
FOR Perth couple Stephanie Dodd and Kris Longmore, Bali was a no-brainer. The Indonesian island beat anything Australia could offer.
Coal-gas water safety queried
QUEENSLAND'S emerging coal-related gas industries are under a cloud following another contamination scare on the Darling Downs.
Libs squeeze more out of Kevin O'Lemon
THE Liberal Party appears to have settled on the defining advertising image of the election campaign, branding Labor the lemon party