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Terminal illness such as cancer can be cured by prayer, the head of the Catholic Church in Australia says.

But Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell admits such cures, like the miracle attributed to Mary MacKillop, is rare.

"Yes, obviously (cancer can be cured by prayer)," Cardinal Pell told ABC television today.

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass whereof he spake unto thee, saying, 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them'; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: For the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded to walk in. So shallt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy Chapter 13 verses 1-5.

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Labor urged to dump 'item of ridicule' Rudd

Former Queensland Labor treasurer Keith De Lacy says the party should dump Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as leader.

Mr Rudd was working in the Queensland Government when Keith de lacy was Treasurer.

Mr De Lacy, who is now chairman of mining company Macarthur Coal, says if Labor does not replace Mr Rudd it faces a decade out of power.

In an opinion piece for The Australian newspaper, Mr De Lacy writes the Prime Minister has become an "item of ridicule".

He says he regrets there is no alternative but to change the leader for someone who cares about Australia and the electability of the Labor Party.

Mr De Lacy says the federal Labor Caucus has little time to waste.

Some members of the Caucus have expressed concern about loss of support because of the conflict between the Government and the mining industry over Mr Rudd's proposed mining super profits tax.

But despite increased pressure from the industry and sinking support in opinion polls, Mr Rudd yesterday dismissed suggestions he was getting ready to compromise on the proposed tax.

The Westpoll published in the West Australian newspaper shows Labor's primary vote in WA has fallen to just 26 per cent compared with the Coalition's 52 per cent.

After preferences, the Coalition leads 62 per cent to Labor's 38 per cent.

The Westpoll surveyed 400 people compared with national polls which question more than 1,000 people.