Election race a photo finish

A LATE swing away from Labor has put tomorrow's election on a knife edge, an exclusive poll shows. Labor's lead has closed to 52-48, according to the latest Herald Sun/Galaxy poll.

Alarm at telephone gambling

GAMBLERS could play lotto on their mobile phones under a new licence granted by the State Government to Greek gambling giant Intralot.

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Female warder in bash uproar

COLLEAGUES have accused a female prison officer of taunting an inmate as she was allegedly assaulting him. She is one of three staff who may be charged.

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AUSTRALIA'S biggest home lender has confirmed that mortgage rates will rise whether or not the Reserve Bank moves again on official interest rates.

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Another victim of train violence

ONE minute 20-year-old Tarrant Somerville was leaving a train; the next he was being woken by police, battered and bruised.

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Maguire breaks down again

ST KILDA defender Matt Maguire has been struck down by another stress fracture in his left foot. Maguire will miss the next four to six weeks of training.

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Bernie Banton's final victory

DYING asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton has secured one last, bittersweet victory over James Hardie as it settled his latest compensation claim.

Bali bombers still defiant

THE three men responsible for the 2002 Bali bombing were yesterday defiant and welcoming of their forthcoming executions as they were visited by family.

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Aussie dives on US worries

THE Australian dollar has become a major casualty of the economic uncertainty rocking the global financial system as investors grow increasingly worried about the chance of a recession in America.

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Di's list of lovers exposed

FIVE men were named as Diana's lovers yesterday. They included former England rugby union captain Will Carling and her police bodyguard, Barry Mannakee.

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Weirder and weirder

RUDD looks like winning and there shouldn't be much left to surprise us as Labor's Light on the Hill becomes the Light on the Till, Andrew Bolt writes.