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Media wrap - A good old fashioned murder with a sex theme dominates the papers

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POLITICS AND ECONOMICS Elections Election campaign set to be long one – The Brumby Government will swing into election mode immediately after September's AFL grand final, making this year's state election campaign at least two months long, according to a leaked Labor document – Melbourne Sunday Age Political life Barry O'Farrell - the man labouring to be Premier - During a day in the life of the State's next likely Premier, Claire Harvey discovers he still indulges the occasional guilty pleasure - such as his love of a fat-free bitchy anecdote. The nice man of NSW politics has a gossipy streak and a sharp tongue – Sydney Sunday Telegraph Brisbane Airport billboard banned for being too political – Tension between Queensland and New South Wales became even more strained yesterday when Queensland officials not only banned an advertising billboard for being too political, but demanded the NSW lobby group pay the $25,000 fee for booking it – Brisbane Sunday Mail

Media wrap - Hunger strike largely ignored

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POLITICS AND ECONOMICS Political life Therese chooses my clothes, says Kevin Rudd – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has confessed he is no fashionista, and waits for his wife to lay out his tie for the day – Brisbane Courier Mail Taxation Wealthy get $55bn in tax breaks - As Wayne Swan considers a raft of taxation reforms proposed in the Henry review, figures released yesterday showed the government allowed about $31bn in tax concessions for housing in 2008-09. Australians putting money into superannuation received about $24.5bn – The Australian Immigration Delays spark Christmas Island hunger strike – Asylum-seekers  protesting inside the Christmas Island detention centre say they will remain on hunger strike until the Immigration Department guarantees to process their refugee claims faster – The Australian Sailor denies kicking SIEV 36 asylum-seeker - Appearing before a coronial inquiry in Darwin, Able Seaman Adrian Medbury disputed the evidence of RAAF corporal Sharon Jager,

No gain from loyally defending the leader

Queensland Liberal Senator George Brandis yesterday and deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop have done Tony Abbott no favours by buying into the debate about the importance of virginity for modern youth. Both were trying to come to the aid of their Leader whose comments in an interview  with the  Australian Women’s Weekly  have had the egg beater taken to them by journalists and Labor politicians. This is an issue of no lasting importance provided the Opposition allows it to peter out as the silly political season comes to an end with the return of the kids to school. Keeping on responding to Labor gibes, no matter how unfair they might actually be, simply reinforces the idea, in the minds of young women, that Tony Abbott is not a politician on their wave length.

Media wrap - Schools dominate the news pages

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POLITICS AND ECONOMICS Education Focus falls on big-fee schools as parents get reality check – Some elite private schools charging tens of thousands of dollars a year in fees scored lower on the national literacy and numeracy tests than neighbouring public schools – The Australian Keneally attacks 'crazy' gag on newspapers – In every  other state, newspapers can publish information about the relative performance of schools using data now freely available on the Federal Government's My School website. But in NSW, newspapers can be fined $55,000 for publishing these results thanks to a law that the Premier, Kristina Keneally, says is ''crazy'' and ''nonsensical'' – Sydney Morning Herald Top schools lagging on reading, writing tests – Some of of Victoria 's most prestigious schools are underperforming on national reading and writing tests when compared with similar schools, according to the Federal Government's controversial