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Kerry Packer threatened to kill Malcolm Turnbull in the fallout over diary notes relating to a failed business deal – but what did he say to the man who wrote them?

Hoover was sold at the Casterton Working Dog Auction yesterday, fetching $35,200. Casterson Kelpie Association chairman Rob Pilmore told 3AW the dog is worth the hefty price. READ MORE: Hoover's breeder says the dog is worth every penny.(Supplied) "In a labour shortage in rural areas at the moment a good dog is very valuable and can cut a lot of work out on a farm," he told Ross and Russel. "The breed has been specifically bred through all these years to get to the point it is now, and it's phenomenal what a dog can do now." Mr Pilmore said Hoover was a terrific dog.

Lawyer Bernard Collaery… charged with conspiring with Witness K and unlawfully disclosing information to the Timor-Leste government. “Where, oh where, was Chief Minister Andrew Barr? I have searched the records and can find not a single indication of his support for Bernard Collaery,” writes “The Gadfly” columnist  ROBERT MACKLIN.  IT was good to see Canberra’s Labor senator Katy Gallagher and MPs Andrew Leigh, Alicia Payne and David Smith joining the protest against the outrageous prosecution of former ACT Attorney-General Bernard Collaery last week. Robert Macklin. But where, ...

Line them up… columnist Robert Macklin can’t wait for his next shot of AstraZeneca. “In the few days immediately after my AstraZeneca shot, I was suddenly aware that my lungs felt much more expansive. The 50 laps in the pool – previously a bit of a struggle towards the end – were easy as pie,” writes ROBERT MACKLIN.  Robert Macklin. ON March 29 I had my first AstraZeneca shot, a little ahead of schedule because for the last three years I’ve been engaged in a rear-guard action against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – COPD – a polite version of em...

IAN MEIKLE. ruffle the feathers of Greens leader, government minister and anti-gas man Shane Rattenbury in the Assembly the other day.  Ian Meikle. Ratters had been nudged to admit that the spanking new $300 million Civic office block, built to house 1100 ACT public servants, is powered by… (oh, no; oh, yes) gas! Despite contradicting his own government’s (subsequent) policy on smart energy, the ACT has signed a 20-year lease with an additional option of a further five years that could lock in the power source for up to 2046. Given he’ll be 76 when the lease expires, there’s ...