| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Friday, November 28, 2008 2:43 AEDT |
| Expires: | Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:43 AEDT |
James Kelly reports many Gold Coast retailers say business is down on last year as tougher economic times seem to be rub off on schoolies celebrations.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
The US president-elect, a self-confessed Spider-Man fan, will star in an edition of the comic.
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