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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