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Funding jeopardised as hospital targets blown

3:00 AM | HOSPITAL doctors say they are unlikely to meet a new federal government target to admit or discharge emergency department patients within four hours, jeopardising millions of dollars of federal funding.

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Weekday slog a good reason for a free run

3:00 AM | LIKE so many great ideas its brilliance lies in its simplicity: a free five-kilometre timed run every Saturday morning in a local park run by volunteers open to all-comers.

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Winds down trees and power lines across city

3:00 AM | Winds of up to 100 kilometres an hour caused injury and widespread damage throughout Melbourne yesterday.

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Aussie icons now species in danger

3:00 AM | We are sentimental but no Australian brand is going to survive simply because it is Australian.

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Regulator helps David beat Goliath Google

3:00 AM | Australian entrepreneur Mark Bowyer has won a small but important victory against Google.

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Rinehart threatens to cancel ransom insurance for her children

3:00 AM | THE bitter battle between Gina Rinehart and her three eldest children has escalated, with Australia's richest person threatening to withdraw the ''ransom insurance policy'' she holds for the family unless they agree to keep details of the legal action private.

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No arrests yet over embassy invasion

3:00 AM | POLICE have made no arrests in relation to an attack on the Syrian embassy in Canberra, amid claims intruders were provoked by ''erroneous statements'' from the Australian government and media about events in Syria.

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Rudd faces grilling over executives held in Dubai

3:00 AM | THE Foreign Affairs Minister, Kevin Rudd, will face questions in Parliament tomorrow about whether he has done enough to help two Australian executives facing bribery charges in Dubai over a 2007 property deal.

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Filmmaker dies flying helicopter for new doco

3:00 AM | AN AUSTRALIAN screenwriter described as James Cameron's ''right-hand man'' was one of two filmmakers who died in a helicopter crash on Saturday near Berry on the NSW south coast.

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Family links strong in Australian cells

3:00 AM | FAMILY connections and friendships are at the core of the terrorist networks active in Australia over the past 12 years, a Monash University researcher has found.

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Westpac slow to pass on rate cuts

3:00 AM | WESTPAC home loan customers are still waiting - some up to four months - for the bank to pass on two pre-Christmas interest rate cuts. The bank says it is ''an opportunity for the customer to get ahead by paying more than they need to''.

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Poll throws Gillard a lifeline

3:00 AM | JULIA GILLARD has been handed a lifeline with the latest Herald/Nielsen poll showing support for the Prime Minister and her government increasing sharply.

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Inglis down but the count may not be as long as first feared

3:00 AM | GREG INGLIS is confident he has suffered only ligament damage to his left ankle and not another case of syndesmosis, but the South Sydney star still faces up to six weeks on the sidelines.

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Daley: Learoyd-Lahrs a shoo-in for Origin

3:00 AM | INDIGENOUS All Stars coach Laurie Daley believes Canberra prop Tom Learoyd-Lahrs should be ''one of the first front-rowers picked'' for NSW after his performance on Saturday night.

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Victory too old, too slow

3:00 AM | Former coach Ernie Merrick left Melbourne Victory an enduring legacy during his six years in charge.

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Sydney flounders after coach moves on

3:00 AM | News of Vitezslav Lavicka's imminent departure failed to inspire Sydney as they crashed to a 5-2 loss to Newcastle.

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Fred the key to a Heart revival

3:00 AM | Melbourne Heart has only itself to blame for failing to take three points against Victory.

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Prahran after hat-trick

3:00 AM | Prahran is preparing for a unique three-peat in Premier Cricket.

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Dutch courage: Boeljon heads for the bar after striking gold

3:00 AM | YOUNG Dutchwoman Christel Boeljon came to Royal Pines with just one ambition - to make the cut after missing out on her three previous visits - but on the final green yesterday she looked to the heavens, maybe in thanks, and then held her head in her hands, surely in disbelief.

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The pressure is off: Carter looking forward to the future

3:00 AM | TOM CARTER is a man playing without fear. Without fear of failure or being overlooked for a contract extension beyond this season. For at the age of 29, the Waratahs' incumbent No.12 enters 2012 with a world of opportunity at his feet.

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