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Thursday May 17, 2012
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  • Bikie mayhem rocks mall - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - THE outlaw motorcycle gang war in Queensland escalated into what police yesterday called "the worst possible scenario", with a woman who was an innocent bystander shot inside a busy Gold Coast shopping centre....
  • Parliament probes technology price gouge - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - Apple and Microsoft will be among technology companies asked to explain to Parliament why Australians pay much more for music and game downloads from iTunes, for example, than overseas customers....
  • Slipper trouble goes back 10 years - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - An ''urgent'' ministerial briefing note to the former special minister of state Eric Abetz warned that as far back as 2002 something was amiss with Peter Slipper's family travel expenses....
  • Broadband hope for island life - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - THE federal government's high speed broadband network could help stem the exodus of young people from struggling island communities, Australia's first forum on small islands will be told....
  • Staffer's $34,000 travel bill - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - IT APPEARS that it is not just Peter Slipper who is spending up big in the office of the member for Fisher....
  • Adolescents at 24? Don't worry, it's not just your kids - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - New research challenges assumptions about how we mature. Adolescents don't become true adults until their mid-20s....
  • Banking on finding your weak spots - The Sydney Morning Herald National Headlines (Saturday, 28 April) - Banks are using powerful new technology to target customers with financial products at a time when they are most vulnerable, leaving users in greater debt, a new report has warned....
  • Glad for Goodes - The Age Melbourne (Saturday, 28 April) - As the Sydney Swan prepares for his milestone game, there's widespread praise for the man himself....
  • Foragers having fungi - The Age Melbourne (Saturday, 28 April) - They're Victoria's hidden harvests... Natalie Craig reports on the secretive mushroom business....
  • One for the money - The Age Melbourne (Saturday, 28 April) - While big-budget musicals are raking it in, smaller productions are struggling to be heard, writes John Bailey....