| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:45 AEDT |
| Expires: | Wednesday, March 4, 2009 5:45 AEDT |
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered his long-awaited national security statement, announcing Australia's first National Security Adviser and flagging a white paper on counter-terrorism. Catch up on the main points of his speech.
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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