Teeth filing dentist avoids jail

A SYDNEY dentist who "callously" exploited elderly nursing home residents by unnecessarily filing down their teeth to make extra money has avoided jail. Andrew Istephan will instead serve his two-year sentence by way of an Intensive Correction...

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Don't junk Qld helmet laws: cycling group

A new Queensland report has recommended helmet requirements be scrapped for public cycle schemes. Source: AAP THE Queensland government is under pressure to ignore expert advice and retain laws requiring cyclists to wear helmets. A committee...

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We'll help Palmer keep plant open: Newman

THE Queensland premier says his government will help federal MP Clive Palmer keep his Townsville nickel refinery open. Campbell Newman has called on the mining magnate to keep his promise to invest $1 billion in the Yabulu plant, protect existing...

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Doctors urged to take fractures seriously

PEOPLE with osteoporosis could be put at risk by medical practices that do not take their fractures seriously, according to Australian scientists. They say most people with osteoporosis who suffer a fracture should be given bone-strengthening...

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Retailers cashing in after solid year

WHO said Australian retailing was dead? JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman have proved the naysayers wrong, with their share prices almost doubling this year. And while people were writing off department stores David Jones and Myer 18 months ago, there...

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Retailers cashing in after solid year

WHO said Australian retailing was dead? JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman have proved the naysayers wrong, with their share prices almost doubling this year. And while people were writing off department stores David Jones and Myer 18 months ago, there...

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More beach monitoring after shark attack

A LARGE patrol vessel from Perth and aerial surveillance will continue in Western Australia's south west while school leavers are in the area after a fatal shark attack. Police will be in control of a school leavers party at Meelup beach on...

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New "selfie stick" named after Zuckerburg

IT is the ultimate statement of 21st century self expression - with the selfie so ubiquitous it's even recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary. Now Australian retailer Kogan is giving the selfie taker a helping hand, with a new tool named...

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BHP to replace two shiploaders

BHP Billiton will replace two shiploaders at Port Hedland at a cost of more than $300 million. The global miner said the $US301 million ($A329.02 million) Nelson Point investment would increase the reliability of the company's inner harbour...

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D'ath throws hat in ring for Redcliffe

FORMER federal MP Yvette D'ath will seek preselection to stand for Labor in the state seat of Redcliffe. Ms D'ath recently lost her federal seat of Petrie, which takes in parts of Redcliffe. The by-election is expected to be held in early February,...

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