Labor claims first home buyers locked out

The NSW opposition says investors are receiving more help to buy property than new home buyers. Source: AAP INVESTORS are receiving NSW government help to buy property at nearly twice the rate that new home buyers are, the state's opposition...

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President Obama meets Malala

US President Barack Obama (R) has met in Washington with Pakistani advocate Malala Yousafzai. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama has met with 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls' education and the target of a Taliban assassination...

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Gun seized after Vic woman shot dead

POLICE have seized a firearm and are questioning a 34-year-old man after a young woman died of a gunshot wound at a Melbourne house. In a bizarre twist, the bodies of two women were found in a house in the same street soon after the shooting,...

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FTAs threaten cigarette packaging: Greens

TOBACCO companies will have the green light to sue Australia over plain packaging if the government fast-tracks free trade agreements, Greens leader Christine Milne says. Senator Milne has warned Prime Minister Tony Abbott not to rush into the...

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WA's top cop rejects raising drinking age

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch has backed a call by Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose for an increase in the drinking age. Ms Buttrose said this week that a trial rise of the drinking age to 21 was worth exploring as she was...

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Collision system failed on Qantas plane

QANTAS says two jets that had a near miss over Adelaide were never on a crash course, despite coming within 3km of each other and a collision avoidance system on one of the planes not working. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) began...

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Trade above US gridlock: expert

AN international trade expert does not believe the political upheaval in the United States will have an impact on the country's trade policy despite the obvious major differences between its two major parties in other areas. US President Barack...

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ACT offers $5000 rewards for illegal guns

THE ACT government is offering up to $5000 for information about illegal guns following a series of shootings in Canberra. The crackdown, aimed at criminal gangs, follows shootings in Canberra's north in August, including a drive-by attack in...

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Early intervention key to saving Aust kids

NICOLE Anderson's memories of her childhood are patchy and marred by the trauma of her mother's struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. It was only when she received treatment for postpartum depression that the now 46-year-old remembered being...

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Vic protesters vow to block East West Link

PROTESTERS have vowed to follow drill rigs from site to site in a bid to stop the completion of preliminary work for Melbourne's $8 billion East West Link tunnel and tollway. The ongoing demonstrations, which halted drilling tests for several...

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Teen leads police on east Sydney chase

A TEENAGER had three young passengers on board when he allegedly led police on a chase through Sydney's east. Police say officers patrolling Bellevue Hill in the early hours of Monday tried to stop a Subaru Impreza for a random breath test....

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Qld nurse in dash to survive viper bite

A BRISBANE nurse survived a week with life-threatening poison running through her veins after being bitten by a snake in Nepal. Delmae Ryan stepped on an Asian Pit Viper in Pokhara on September 28 but found Nepal's hospitals did not stock the...

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Small plane crashes in Bundaberg

A 60-YEAR-OLD pilot has been seriously injured after his plane crashed into bush in southern Queensland. Emergency services found him trapped inside the wreckage of the ultra-light plane off Moore Park Road, Bundaberg on Sunday morning. It...

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UK warship opens to public in Sydney

SHE is the envy of sailors around the world. Her modern exterior and state-of-the-art technologies have turned heads ever since she entered Sydney Harbour for the International Fleet Review. Now the public has the chance to enter the belly of...

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