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Live video: Abbott responds

4:58 PM AEST | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott responds to the decision by independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to back Julia Gillard in a minority government.

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Oakeshott, Windsor stick with Gillard

3:32 PM AEST | Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given almost $10 billion in incentives to regional Australia to help win the support of two key independent MPs and keep Labor in power. |

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Live video from 4.15pm: Gillard responds

3:03 PM AEST | Prime Minister Julia Gillard will respond to the news that she will retain government after gaining the support of independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor.

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RBA leaves rates on hold

2:30 PM AEST | The Reserve Bank has left interest rates on hold, partly because of concern about the global economy.

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Nation's secret scrawled on folder?

2:06 PM AEST | Could the secret to the nation's future be contained in the scrawl on independent MP Rob Oakeshott's folder? |

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Katter backs the Coalition

1:32 PM AEST | Queensland Independent MP Bob Katter has thrown his support behind the Coalition, but the other two independents are still considering their positions.

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Body of missing teen found

12:59 PM AEST | The body of a 15-year-old Sydney boy missing in the Snowy Mountains has been found.

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Swimmer asked to give back her Jag

12:30 PM AEST | Stephanie Rice has learnt just how costly an inappropriate tweet can be.

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Oakeshott, Windsor to make a call at 3pm

10:38 AM AEST | Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor are expected to reveal whether they will support a Labor or Coalition minority government during a press conference in Canberra at 3pm today. |

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Teenager still missing in snow

10:09 AM AEST | No footprints have been found of a 15-year-old Sydney boy with mild autism thought missing in the snow at Charlotte Pass.

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If you give a hoot, RSPCA wants you

9:17 AM AEST | The RSPCA has put out a call for new carers after being inundated with injured birds.

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Rising rates Catch 22 of surging economy

9:14 AM AEST | The strengthening economy should reduce the unemployment rate to 5 per cent or below by the end of the year, but this will put pressure on the Reserve Bank to begin raising interest rates again, new figures show.

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P&C group demands changes to MySchool

9:12 AM AEST | The MySchool website continues to attract criticism leading up to the expected issuing of NAPLAN results this week.

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Room to move on restrictions after wild ride

9:11 AM AEST | Canberra water restrictions could be eased again after the weekend deluge but the wild weather has also prompted a large section of southern NSW to be declared a natural disaster zone and left Victoria grappling with monster floods.

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Animal cruelty accused to live at monastery

9:09 AM AEST | A man accused of killing his pet Rottweiler and cruelty against two other dogs has been bailed to stay in an orthodox Serbian monastery on a farm in regional NSW.

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Claims of cash for bridge labour

9:05 AM AEST | The building union says it has evidence that up to half the men working on the bridge that collapsed in Canberra's north last month were hired as cash-in-hand day labourers, risking their lives for $40 an hour.

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