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RED TED HAS RUN HIS RACE: Victoria’s alternative Premier thinks we’re racist

Victorian Liberal leader Ted Baillieu has managed to turn his biggest potential vote-winner of law and order into a momentous snafu. Baillieu's claims that Victoria is being over-run by racists who roam the state terrorising minorities has already prompted concern from senior Liberals who are worried about his judgment.

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BOO HOO: Greg Sheridan backs Indian claims Melbourne is a seething mass of race-hate

The Australian's highly regarded foreign editor has stirred controversy by agreeing with controversial claims from the Indian media about cosmopolitian Melbourne.

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FIRST BLOOD: Victorian Liberals hopeful of giving Brumby a blood nose with big swing in Altona

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ROTTEN: Fairfax falsehoods have real world cost

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has found that serious allegations of wrongdoing made by the Sydney Morning Herald's Kate McClymont and Vanda Carson were false. Sydney broadcaster Alan Jones looks at the damage done by this dastardly duo.

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