Greste family weighs bid for pardon

The family of Australian journalist Peter Greste may seek a pardon from Egypt's new president. Source: AAP THE family of Australian journalist Peter Greste may seek a pardon from Egypt's new president, fearing a legal appeal could take too...

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Alleged gang rape disgusting: NSW police

Police are hunting six men involved in the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in Sydney's west. Source: AAP THE gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in a Western Sydney car park stairwell has disgusted police. THE girl was in the Liverpool...

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Heavy rains in China kill 26

26 people are dead and three are missing in southern China after five days of rainstorms. Source: AAP FIVE days of rainstorms in southern China have left 26 people dead and another three missing. IT has also led to direct economic losses...

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Win for endangered woylie efforts

BOUNDING away in the blink of an eye, releasing a woylie into the wild is a challenging task for Department of Parks and Wildlife officers. BUT their efforts have been rewarded, having recently achieved the largest translocation of the critically...

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Qld ministers meeting in Palmer's seat

QUEENSLAND cabinet ministers are meeting in Clive Palmer's Sunshine Coast electorate only days after the mining magnate confirmed he would be suing the deputy premier. MINISTERS and department heads are holding a community forum, with approved...

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NSW teenager survives 80m cliff fall

A TEENAGER'S survival from an 80-metre cliff plunge in NSW's Hunter Valley is "mind-boggling". THE 17-year-old and a group of friends were trying to get into a dance party in Watagan State Forest, 20 kilometres west of Lake Macquarie, on Saturday...

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US and NZ unite in climate change fight

Barack Obama has praised NZ PM John Key as a key ally in his efforts to tackle climate change. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama has praised New Zealand Prime Minister John Key as a key ally in his crusade to tackle climate change. ...

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Great white shark numbers are surging

Great white shark numbers are surging in the western North Atlantic, a study shows. Source: AAP GREAT white shark numbers are surging in the western North Atlantic after decades of decline. A NEW study by National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

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Guns, snakes, drugs found at Rebels' homes

Guns, snakes and drugs have been seized in Sydney's west as police target an outlaw bikie gang. Source: AAP GUNS, snakes and drugs have been seized in Sydney's west as police target an outlaw bikie gang. FOUR men were also arrested as...

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Aussie food growers hurt by poor labelling

Misleading labels on supermarket shelves are hurting Australian food manufacturers, inquiry told. Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN food growers and producers are being hurt by confusing food labelling crowding supermarket shelves, an inquiry has heard....

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Infratil selling Australian business

ENERGY, airport and transport investor Infratil says it has provided interested parties with a confidential information memorandum on its Infratil Energy Australia (IEA) business. THE Wellington-based investor, which is managed by Morrison &...

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Vic Libs deny pre-poll talks with Rise Up

THE Liberals have not held preference discussions with the hard-right Rise Up Australia Party ahead of Victoria's election, a government minister says. PASTOR Danny Nalliah, who leads the Christian Rise Up party, says he spoke to a Liberal candidate...

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Vic mine owners 'obliged to manage risk'

A perfect storm of unforeseeable events led to a fire in a Victorian coalmine that lasted 45 days. Source: AAP THE owners of a Victorian coalmine that caught fire cannot hide behind regulations to avoid their responsibilities, an inquiry...

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Pay rises in the growing US economy

IF you hope to get a raise that finally feels like one, it helps to work in the right industry. HISTORICALLY, at this stage in the US economy's recovery, pay would be rising in most sectors. But five years after the Great Recession officially...

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Vic premier encourages early Shaw apology

VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine is encouraging rogue MP Geoff Shaw to offer an early apology for misusing his entitlements. THE balance-of-power MP has been ordered to apologise to the parliament by September 2 for misusing his parliamentary...

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Local vaccination objection rate doubles

THE number of Australian children formally registered each year as a vaccination objector has doubled in the past decade. THERE were just over 2000 children whose parents registered them as vaccination objectors during 2002, ensuring they go...

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Hong Kong tourist injured in Perth mugging

A 31-YEAR-OLD tourist is nursing a fractured eye socket after being mugged in the Perth CBD. THE woman, who had just arrived from Hong Kong, was walking across from the Esplanade Bus Port on Sunday evening when she was approached by a man who...

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PNG top cop jailed, bailed and knighted

PAPUA New Guinea's police commissioner has been jailed, bailed and knighted in the space of a weekend. AND in what could make for one of the most awkward knighting ceremonies in history, the judge who sentenced commissioner Tom Kulunga on Friday,...

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Qld chief justice critics told to shut up

Queensland science minister has lashed out at critics of Tim Carmody's appointment to chief justice. Source: AAP A QUEENSLAND government minister has lashed out at critics of Chief Magistrate Tim Carmody's appointment to chief justice, saying...

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Firies cancer law not ruled out: Vic govt

Volunteer firefighters rally in Melbourne for access to compensation for cancer contracted at work. Source: AAP THE Victorian government says it hasn't ruled out changing the way firefighters access cancer compensation as hundreds rallied...

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Teen batts victim's boss faces Qld court

THE employer of a teenager who died under the Rudd government's home insulation scheme has appeared in a Queensland court charged with perjury. CHRISTOPHER Jackson, 51, is accused of lying to a coronial inquest that investigated the deaths of...

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NSW funding back for city homeless, women

HOMELESS services in Sydney have been thrown a multimillion-dollar lifeline as the NSW government presses ahead with reforms to halt the "inner-city drift". THE government had foreshadowed cuts to inner-city areas through its Going Home, Staying...

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Protecting reef should be priority: poll

A poll shows Australians want those in power to make protecting the Great Barrier Reef a priority. Source: AAP MOST Australians want those in power to make protecting the Great Barrier Reef a priority, a new poll carried out on behalf of...

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Green groups facing off against Rinehart

Green groups are challenging Gina Rinehart in a Queensland court in a bid to stop a mega coal mine. Source: AAP GREEN groups are challenging billionaire Gina Rinehart in Queensland's highest court in a bid to stop a mega coal mine. Ms...

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Muir struggles during rare interview

LESS than a month before he becomes one of the most powerful players in Australian politics, senator-elect Ricky Muir has admitted in to easily getting flustered when talking about an issue that should be close to his heart. The Motoring Enthusiasts...

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Aust shares expected to open higher

THE Australian share market is expected to open in positive territory on Tuesday in the absence of any significant data in the US. AMP Capital Investments chief economist Shane Oliver said strength on US markets on Friday would most likely provide...

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Plibersek says PM embarrassing

Labor slams Prime Minister Abbott as embarrassing for cancelling meetings with finance officials. Source: AAP LABOR'S slammed Prime Minister Tony Abbott as embarrassing but his office has denied he's cancelled meetings with the world's top...

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Budget could still get through: Govt

Mathias Cormann warns against about assumptions which government budget measures will be blocked. Source: AAP THE government is still confident it can get its toughest budget measures through the upper house, despite rumblings they'll be blocked....

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Brisbane's Eagle Farm to get $22m upgrade

A LONG-AWAITED upgrade of Brisbane's Eagle Farm racecourse is off and racing with a $22 million refurbishment to be complete ahead of next year's winter carnival. The makeover, the first since 1972, includes the reconstruction of the racing...

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Hertz to review years of financial results

HERTZ Global Holdings Inc says it has to review and correct its financial reports from the past three years after an audit by the car rental company found accounting errors. The announcement, made in a government filing on Friday, sent Hertz...

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Clavell's ex denies causing SA road death

THE ex-girlfriend of dead fugitive Rodney Clavell has been ordered to stand trial over the hit-and-run death of a cyclist who was a leading Adelaide midwife. Samantha Magdaleine Farrer, 37, of Queensland, pleaded not guilty on Friday to three...

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NZ's North Island rattled by 5.1 quake

NEW Zealand's central North Island has been rattled by a 5.1 magnitude quake. The 76km deep earthquake was centred 20km west of Ohakune, in the Tongariro National Park, just before 4pm on Friday. Thousands reported feeling the moderate quake...

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Qld govt to absorb fed pension cuts

The Queensland government will absorb all federal concession cuts to pensioners and seniors. Source: AAP THE Queensland government will absorb all concession cuts to pensioners and seniors dished out by the federal government. Two days...

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Newman to defend Palmer court action

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman (pic) will defend a defamation suit taken by Clive Palmer. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman has stood by claims Clive Palmer tried to buy his government, saying the public deserved to know...

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Shipyards warned projects may go overseas

THE federal government has warned Australian shipbuilders it could look overseas for new frigates if they don't lift their game in building three new air warfare destroyers (AWD). The $8.5 million AWD project is running almost two years late and...

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Jet hitch for Abbott before trade trip

An aircraft breakdown has delayed the start of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's trade and security trip. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has had an inauspicious start to his four-nation trade and security mission, with his plane suffering...

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Phones, drugs hurled over NSW jail fences

War-zone technology is being installed at NSW jails to combat drugs being thrown over prison fences. Source: AAP WAR-ZONE technology is being installed at NSW jails to combat the long-running problem of mobile phones and illicit drugs being...

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Govt spending down 0.8% in Mar qtr

A fall in government spending of 0.8% in the March quarter will be a drag on economic growth. Source: AAP GOVERNMENT spending fell in the March quarter, but the drag on economic growth will be more than offset by positive trends in foreign...

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Medicare fee hits human rights: advocate

Indigenous health advocates say a proposed Medicare co-payment is breaching human rights. Source: AAP A PROMINENT indigenous health advocate says the Abbott government is breaching human rights with its proposed Medicare co-payment. Julie...

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Scipione welcomes abuse report

The NSW police commissioner has welcomed the Special Commission of Inquiry report into child abuse. Source: AAP NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says the senior officers caught up in allegations of cover-up of child sexual abuse in the...

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Mickelson says he's co-operating with FBI

US golfer Phil Mickelson confirms that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him. Source: AAP US golfer Phil Mickelson has confirmed that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him at a tournament this week. The...

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People want vision, not complainers: PM

Tony Abbott says he is the man with the plan and the Australian public will back him. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS want a man with a plan, not a bunch of complainers. And that's why Tony Abbott remains confident the $7 Medicare co-payment and...

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Indigenous war veterans honoured in Vic

Indigenous war veterans have been honoured at a ceremony at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance. Source: AAP INDIGENOUS war veterans have been honoured at a ceremony at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance. The ninth annual Victorian Indigenous...

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SA teen charged over stabbings, assault

A teenager stabbed two men and struck a third in the head in an altercation in Adelaide, police say. Source: AAP A TEENAGER stabbed two men and struck a third in the head in an altercation in Adelaide, police say. A large disturbance...

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Finance head David Tune retires

Party drug smuggler faces life in jail A UK man faces life in prison after being caught at Sydney Airport attempting to smuggle over 2kg of ecstasy in five tins of bath salts off a flight from Abu Dhabi. Tooth decay costs taxpayers $2.7m...

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Vic Liberal MP may vote to sink Geoff Shaw

Labor are collecting votes to find Victorian Independent MP Geoff Shaw in contempt of parliament. Source: AAP VICTORIAN Liberal MP Ken Smith says he may vote with Labor to find balance-of-power Geoff Shaw in contempt of parliament for misusing...

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Egypt's Sisi wins overwhelming majority

Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set for an overwhelming victory in Egypt's presidential poll. Source: AAP FORMER army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is assured of an overwhelming victory in Egypt's presidential election, securing 96.2 per...

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Mother, 6 kids die in Philippine tent fire

A fire has killed a woman and her six children in a tent refuge for Typhoon Haiyan survivors. Source: AAP A WOMAN and her six children who were in a shelter for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan have all died after a fire swept through their tent....

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Govt seeks advice on sacking SES boss

NSW Premier Mike Baird will consider sacking SES commissioner Murray Kear (C) after ICAC's findings. Source: AAP THE NSW government is taking legal advice about sacking State Emergency Service (SES) boss Murray Kear. The Independent Commission...

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