Duo beat Vic man in street robbery

A Melbourne man has been beaten by two men during a late night street robbery, police say. Source: AAP A MELBOURNE man has been beaten by two men during a late night street robbery. The 28-year-old had been walking along Sydney Road in...

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UK kids most scared of spiders and bugs

A fear of creepy-crawlies is most likely to give children sleepless nights, a British survey shows. Source: AAP A FEAR of creepy-crawlies is most likely to give children sleepless nights, according to a British survey about what scares them...

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Couple win holiday, then become drug mules

A PERTH couple who believed they had won a holiday to Canada were actually being tricked into becoming unwitting drug mules, federal police have revealed. The cruel scam was uncovered by the AFP and Australian Customs officials earlier this month,...

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TAFE supporters protest in Sydney

TAFE teachers and supporters have gathered in western Sydney to protest against cuts to the sector ahead of a national letterbox drive next month. The small band of protesters huddled outside NSW Liberal MP Geoff Lee's Parramatta's office on...

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Port of Tauranga expects flat earnings

PORT of Tauranga, New Zealand's biggest export port, expects annual earnings to be broadly in line with a year earlier and has experienced a lag in dairy shipments after the false botulism scare in August. The company forecasts annual earnings...

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Crews on edge as NSW blaze flares up

FIRE crews remain on edge after a flare-up of a bushfire burning out of control at Springwood in the Blue Mountains. An air crane is being sent to the fire, one of three blazes currently at "watch and act level" in the mountains west of Sydney...

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Qld CSG water to be used for drinking

BRISBANE Oct 23 - Queensland deputy premier Jeff Seeney says water created as a by-product of coal seam gas exploration is a "resource" that could be used for drinking and irrigating farmland. He was in Chinchilla in the state's south west on...

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Radio group defends chairman's prank words

Southern Cross Media's chairman says his comments about the royal prank were taken out of context. Source: AAP SOUTHERN Cross Media's chairman has accused a British MP of relying on sensationalist media reports to condemn his language about...

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Southern Cross hit over executive pay

SOUTHERN Cross Media's shareholders have delivered a first strike against the broadcaster for its executive pay policy. Just over 30 per cent of shareholders voted against the company's remuneration policy at its annual general meeting on Tuesday....

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Rio to cut jobs as it outsources to IBM

MINING giant Rio Tinto is likely to axe hundreds of back office jobs after signing an outsourcing deal with US technology company IBM. Rio has signed a $100 million, 10 year deal with IBM that will allow the miner to cuts costs in areas such...

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SA Gov unveils $36 billion transport plan

THE South Australian government has unveiled a $36 billion, 30-year integrated transport plan for Adelaide and regional SA. The plan includes an extensive network of trams across the suburbs, underground train and bus services for the city centre...

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Laos remembers air crash victims

Investigators believe they have found the black box from a plane that crashed in southern Laos. Source: AAP LAOS has called for a minute of silence to pay tribute to the 49 people, including six Australians, who died last week in a plane crash...

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Real test of new NSW train times

The NSW government says people will be pleased with changes to Sydney's public transport services. Source: AAP PEAK-HOUR commuters will put Sydney's sweeping public transport changes to the test on Monday. While the changes mean an extra...

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Khloe Kardashian to return to Australia

KHLOE Kardashian must be having mixed feelings about returning to Australia in November. Last time she visited, in 2011, she and her older sister Kim flew into a media storm. They arrived in Australia in the wake of Kim's announcement that she...

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