Death toll in Canada rail crash up to 28

The death toll from the Canada rail disaster has risen to 28 after four more bodies were discovered. Source: AAP THE death toll from the Lac-Megantic train disaster has risen to 28 after four more bodies were pulled from rubble of the devastated...

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Local ballots for Labor preselection

LABOR will hold local ballots for preselection in five seats vacated by former prime minister Julia Gillard and several of her senior ministers. The national executive decided on Saturday the rank and file process would apply for preselecting...

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Abbott ventures into Rudd homeland

TONY Abbott has nudged a kid out of the way during a schoolyard game of footy. The federal opposition leader, who's known for his competitive streak, visited a Catholic college in Kevin Rudd's electorate on Friday. He spent time on the field...

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Body found in SA backyard

Origin agony as Gallen ruled out UPDATE: WHEN Paul Gallen made an early morning call to Laurie Daley today, the NSW coach knew he would be without his skipper for Origin III. Free rent is over for ALP relative EXCLUSIVE: THE brother-in-law...

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Bigger fines urged to save NSW koalas

PENALTIES for illegal logging in NSW forests should be 10 times higher to ensure koala habitats are preserved, the state opposition says. Forestry Corporation of NSW was fined a total of $900 last week after being found guilty of illegal logging...

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Qld jobless rate soars to 6.4pc

QUEENSLAND'S jobless rate is at its highest level since October 2003 after rising to 6.4 per cent. The Sunshine State has the second highest jobless rate after Tasmania. It has risen by half a percentage point in June to 6.4 per cent, well...

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NT 'stonewalling' on schools plan: Rudd

Kevin Rudd (L) can't understand why the NT government is walking away from extra school funding. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has accused the Northern Territory government of "stonewalling" on negotiations for the federal government's...

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Holden brushes off report of more funding

Holden has brushed off reports it wants more government funding, describing them as speculation. Source: AAP HOLDEN says reports it wants more taxpayer funding to ensure the future of its Australian car assembly operations is pure speculation....

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Tibetans shot marking Dalai Lama birthday

AT least eight Tibetans were injured, including two with serious head wounds, after paramilitary police fired on a crowd celebrating the exiled Dalai Lama's birthday in defiance of Chinese authorities, according to United States-based reports. ...

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Peugeot sales dive in first half

Carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen says its global sales plunged almost 10% in the first half of the year. Source: AAP FRENCH carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen says its global sales plunged almost 10 per cent in the first half of the year, mainly owing...

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Ten killed in Alaska plane crash

US authorities say an aircraft has crashed at an airport in Alaska, killing all 10 people on board. Source: AAP US authorities say an air taxi has crashed at an airport in Alaska, killing all 10 people on board. National Transportation...

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Unemployment tipped to have risen in June

THE unemployment rate is widely tipped to rise this week as businesses deal with slowing economic growth. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its labour force figures on Thursday. The median forecast from an AAP survey of 14 economists...

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Man loses foot in Qld farming accident

DOCTORS are racing against the clock to reattach a farmer's foot after it was severed during an accident on a southeast Queensland property. The man, in his 40s, had been mixing grain for feed on his property near Esk, northwest of Brisbane,...

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US leaker Snowden's asylum hopes rise

HOPES have risen that Edward Snowden may finally be able to leave Moscow, where he has been stranded in an airport for 14 days, after three Latin American countries offered the fugitive US intelligence leaker asylum. Bolivia on Saturday became...

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