Abbott's plea to WA voters

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pleaded for Western Australian voters to back Liberal candidates. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has made a last-ditch plea to West Australian voters as they head to the polls for a Senate election re-run....

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Boy's parents located

POLICE have tracked down the parents of a young boy who was found wandering alone through suburban southwest Sydney. Residents of Claymore called police after spotting the boy in the street wearing pyjamas about 7.30am Saturday. Estimated to...

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ACCC won't block Transurban-led Qld bid

The competition watchdog won't oppose Transurban's bid for government-owned toll roads in Brisbane. Source: AAP THE competition watchdog will not oppose the proposed purchase of several government-owned Brisbane roads by a consortium led...

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Labor defends WA senate candidate

A WA Labor senate candidate called members of his own party "mad", the Australian reports. Source: AAP LABOR has gone on the defensive over a last-minute campaign to undermine the credibility of its lead senate candidate in Western Australia....

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RBA warns on rise and fall in real estate

RBA governor Glenn Stevens has warned home buyers a boom is usually followed by a fall. Source: AAP THE head of the Reserve Bank has warned Australians to be careful when borrowing and making investments in housing, as boom times don't last...

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Abuse 'only' in Aust, Salvos' victim told

A MAN brutalised in a boys' home says he was told by the global head of the Salvation Army that abuse only happened in Australia. Jim Luthy, president of Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN), told a royal commission hearing he wrote in 2010 to...

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Gunmen on loose in western Sydney

A woman has recounted hearing gunshots before a man cried for help outside her western Sydney home. Source: AAP A SHAKEN mother heard five gunshots ring out in her southwest Sydney street before a bloodied man stumbled up her driveway. ...

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Asset sales, cuts or tax to fund Qld dams

ASSETS will have to be sold, taxes raised or services reduced if southeast Queenslanders want their homes protected from floods. Premier Campbell Newman has ruled out borrowing any more money to fund a new suite of flood-mitigation projects announced...

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Obeids 'thought they were running NSW'

Banker Gardner Brook has told ICAC the family of Eddie Obeid "thought they were running the state". Source: AAP THE family of ex-NSW MP Eddie Obeid "thought they were running the state" and stood to earn a "bucketload" from an allegedly corrupt...

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Palmer says carbon tax bill has been paid

Clive Palmer says Queensland Nickel's $36 million carbon tax bill has been paid. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer has rejected claims that one of his companies, Queensland Nickel, is at risk of being shut down by federal authorities for failing to...

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New home sales at near three year high

NEW home sales are at a near three year high, driven by a boom in detached house sales. Detached house sales jumped 6.9 per cent in February, according to data from the Housing Industry Association. That led to an increase in total new home...

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SA still on target for surplus in 2015/16

NEWLY returned South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says his government still expects to return the state budget to surplus in 2015/16 - it's just not a promise. Mr Weatherill says the government's finances are on track but achieving budget...

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Mormons join Holi colour festival in US

Thousands of Mormon students are taking part in Holi Festival of Colours in the US state of Utah. Source: AAP TENS of thousands of people have gathered at a Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork for the start of an annual two-day festival...

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ALP-union member rules 'crazy': Plibersek

Deputy leader Tanya Plibersek says the Labor Party should not be putting up barriers to members. Source: AAP DEPUTY Labor leader Tanya Plibersek says the party should in some circumstances open up its membership to those not in a union, saying...

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