And one last farewell - Ian Woods, the Sky News Australia correspondent, is leaving Sydney and heading home.

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The billionaire told Sky News Australia he will explore ways to remove stories from Google's search indexes, including Google News.

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His battles have ranged from the famed lifelong rivalry with fellow Aussie and one-time partner Kerry Packer to fierce competition with The New York Times, Time Warner Cable and most recently Google (in an interview last year with Sky News Australia, he threatened to remove stories from the search engine so readers would pay for content).

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