US, Canada launch joint cybersecurity plan

CANADA and the United States say they are launching a joint cybsersecurity plan to protect their digital infrastructure from online threats. The action plan, under the auspices of the US Department of Homeland Security and Public Safety Canada,...

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Buildings destroyed in Sydney fire

AN overnight fire in Sydney's south west has caused $2 million worth of damage after burning down a mobile phone tower. The blaze in Lansvale also destroyed two communications rooms. Firefighters and police were called to the fire, near Hollywood...

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US senators want Libya video declassified

US Republican senators are demanding that the Obama administration make public the surveillance video taken during last month's deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya. The US ambassador and three other staff members were killed in the attack....

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Shot Malala's family arrive in UK

RELATIVES of teenager Malala Yousufzai, who was shot and wounded by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, are reported to have arrived in the UK to be with her as she recovers. Ziauddin Yousufzai, her father, is believed to be among those who have arrived...

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Aboriginal concerns halt oil project

BURU Energy says it has stopped work at its Ungani oil project in Western Australia after traditional owners claimed it had destroyed a significant Aboriginal archaeological site. KRED Enterprises on Friday said Nyikina Mangala traditional owners...

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Newman must release Caltabiano's CV: Labor

THE Queensland premier must release the CV of a senior bureaucrat accused of misleading a parliamentary committee, the Labor opposition says. Michael Caltabiano on Thursday stood down on full pay from his $500,000 a year post as transport and...

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Renewable energy target succeeding: report

AUSTRALIA'S renewable energy target (RET) has driven $18.5 billion of investment in clean power and eroded wholesale energy prices since it was introduced a decade ago, a new report suggests. The Clean Energy Council analysis released on Thursday...

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Seniors jump in Australian skydiving first

A 74-YEAR-OLD Queensland man has leapt out of a plane with 12 other seniors in an Australian skydiving first. The group, aged 60 to 74, accomplished the first sequential formation skydive by people over 60, succeeding 14,000 feet above the town...

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Talks for Aussie detained in Mongolia

AN Australian lawyer prevented from leaving Mongolia will meet local authorities on Saturday but Foreign Minister Bob Carr will not speculate on how long her ordeal might last. Sarah Armstrong was stopped at Ulaanbaatar airport last Friday because...

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Judge rejects drunk driver's kangaroo tale

A DRIVER who claimed his friend grabbed the steering wheel when a kangaroo hopped across the road has been found guilty of causing the passenger's death. Judge Paul Muscat said Jason Lee Jones had a probable blood alcohol concentration of 0.180...

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WA police pursuit bill to be introduced

DRIVERS who kill or injure other road users while fleeing police will face a minimum 12 months in jail under new legislation to be introduced to the West Australian parliament later on Wednesday. Police Minister Liza Harvey said mandatory jail...

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Fairfax must reveal printing plans: AMWU

FAIRFAX Media needs to reveal details of planned closures of its printing presses after announcing print editions will still continue for years, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says. Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood told...

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Action plan launched for children's health

THE views of thousands of children and young people have been canvassed for a national action plan to improve their health and wellbeing. The key aims of the plan will be announced at a summit on November 23 co-ordinated by the Australian Research...

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Man raped five women in their homes: crown

FIVE women were raped at knifepoint in their own homes by a man who disguised his face before blindfolding and tying them up, an Adelaide jury has been told. One woman was tied up on her bed after hearing the man open the door to the room where...

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New medical research centre for Sydney

A MEDICAL research centre in Sydney's southwest could lead to groundbreaking new treatments for cancer and other diseases, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. At the official opening of the Ingham Institute's new home at Liverpool Hospital on...

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Govt forced to find $16.4bn in savings

THE federal government has been forced to find an extra $16.4 billion of budget savings over the next four years to keep its surpluses intact, after a troubled global economy took a further toll on tax receipts. Treasurer Wayne Swan's mid-year...

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Govt cuts $1.1bn from private health

THE federal government has slashed $1.1 billion from private health insurance (PHI) in the mid-year budget update by again reducing the rebate paid to fund members. The changes could cost an individual with average hospital cover around $13-a-year....

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Japan island protests against US rapists

THE legislature of the Japanese island of Okinawa has passed a protest resolution after the arrest of two US sailors on rape charges, and says US bases should be shrunk or returned. The resolution approved on Monday demands proper punishment...

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Facebook removes fake Martin Bryant page

FACEBOOK has removed a page purporting to be the account of Port Arthur mass murderer Martin Bryant. The page includes several photos of Bryant and distasteful comments attributed to the man who killed 35 people in a shooting rampage in 1996....

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Rudd denies ghostwriting McKew's book

FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has shrugged off suggestions that he ghostwrote ex-MP Maxine McKew's tell-all political book, saying the claim "verges on sexism". The denial came after Ms McKew, who at the 2010 election lost the Sydney seat...

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Man critically injured in Mildura assault

A WEST Australian man was critically injured when he was knocked to the ground during an assault in northern Victoria. The Perth man was assaulted on a Mildura street early on Sunday morning after a minor altercation at a nightclub, police said....

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