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	8/7/2012: NEWS: Gillard to target state network charges in power costs attack THE Prime Minister who introduced a carbon tax will today blame state governments for soaring electricity costs, calling on them to do more to cut the bills that are crippling families. Just a month after the carbon tax started, PM Julia Gillard will... Visit Courier Mail Web Site

	8/7/2012: Front Page: THE GREAT COACH POACH WHILE our athletes might be lagging behind in the Olympic gold medal tally, the same can’t be said for Australian coaches — they have guided overseas athletes to 14 gold medals so far, in swimming, rowing, cycling and the triathlon. Now the Australian... Visit Daily Telegraph Web Site

	8/7/2012: FRONT PAGE: Gillard’s prices blame game FIVE weeks after imposing a 10 per cent hike in electricity bills with the carbon tax, Julia Gillard says power prices are rising ‘‘too far and fast’’. But the Prime Minister says it’s not her policy but the states and power companies who are to blame... Visit Herald Sun Web Site

	8/7/2012: FRONT PAGE: CHOPPING BLOCK CASH-strapped timber company Gunns has conceded that its $2.3 billion pulp mill almost certainly will not proceed. The company yesterday said it wrote off the $250 million investment it has made in the Bell Bay project over the past seven years as... Visit Hobart Mercury Web Site

	8/7/2012: NEWS: Wakeup to us A REMOTE Territory teacher will use her winnings from a maths award to take her students on an excursion to a supermarket — 300km away in Alice Springs. Senior school teacher Ioana Suciu, 30, has won a national award for her work helping students... Visit NT News Web Site

	8/7/2012: FRONT PAGE: ‘That was the first step to becoming a legend’ – Bolt sees double ONE down, one to go. Usain Bolt, by his own proclamation, must once more summon the easy genius within to win the 200 metres if he is to lock in his legacy as the greatest track athlete on record. Back-to-back 100m golds were not enough for this... Visit Sydney Morning Herald Web Site

	8/7/2012: Front Page: FOLEY’S POWER PLAY dent of the Power. Confirming the sacking of coach Matthew Primus yesterday, Mr Duncanson also announced he would stand down at Port’s annual meeting in December. By then, Mr Foley will have formed a team to take charge of the Power boardroom. FORMER... Visit The Advertiser Web Site

	8/7/2012: FRONT PAGE: Gold in the water and fire in the belly of sailor Tom Slingsby TOM Slingsby, of Gosford, raised a nation’s morale by winning a longed-for gold medal in the Laser class of singlehander dinghies at the Olympic sailing regatta last night. ‘‘I’m the happiest guy on the planet,’’ he said, before he’d even got out of... Visit The Age Web Site

	8/7/2012: FRONT PAGE: Coached by Skype, boy racer in final BY the time teenage Olympian Steve Solomon had thundered into London’s 400m sprint final, he had already outstripped his country’s expectations. In an Olympiad being decried for its lack of Australian gold medals, the 19-year-old’s unexpected heroics... Visit The Australian Web Site

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