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Sick day? Work Saturday instead: Telstra gets creative with those who dare to get sick. Scroll down to the third item here. 

NT hacker charged: An expert hacker allegedly shut down the Northern Territory Government computer system and deleted thousands of employees' identities, a Darwin court heard yesterday. Read on in this Northern Territory News story. 

Kevin vs Brendan: So, was it an "inflation-fighting budget" or a "high-taxing budget"? Let Annabel Crabb in The Sydney Morning Herald be your guide.