Woman sexually assaulted in Vic

A SOUTH American woman has been sexually assaulted by a man who gave her a lift on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Police say a man approached the 28-year-old, who is working in Australia as a nanny, at McCrae on Sunday and offered her a lift...

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Measles linked to Sydney dance event

DANCERS who participated in a Sydney competition recently have been warned to be on the lookout for measles symptoms. NSW Health issued a health alert after being made aware of three measles cases in people who probably contracted the infection...

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Scooter company on track for first profit

SCOOTER maker Vmoto expects 2013 will be its first profitable year, thanks to growing sales in China. The company makes electric and petrol scooters in China, and distributes them to more than 30 countries. Vmoto also owns 10 retail outlets...

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Perth gets ready for NYE parties

LIVE music, fancy-dress parties and fireworks are on offer in Perth for New Year's Eve, but police are warning revellers to act responsibly. An extra 1000 police will be on the streets on New Year's Eve, to clamp down on rowdy or anti-social...

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Die-hard spectators snag NYE spots at 5am

FOR some New Year's Eve revellers, the distant sparkle of fireworks is enough to entertain. But for others, the occasion is worth setting up a camping chair and waiting 20 hours to ensure a front-row seat for the show. Every year a trickle of...

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Palmer a tease over Muir deal: Xenophon

INDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon says Clive Palmer is teasing the public about his political alliance with motoring enthusiast Ricky Muir, comparing the billionaire to a burlesque dancer. A one-page memorandum of understanding between the Palmer...

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Man enters embassy in Indonesia: report

A man is being questioned by police after he scaled the Australian embassy wall in Indonesia. Source: AAP POLICE have reportedly found two knives and a rope on a man who scaled the Australian embassy wall in Indonesia. According to a...

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Government won't 'speculate' on GP fee

THE federal government has refused to "speculate" about a proposal to make patients pay a $5 fee for bulk-billed GP visits. A national Commission of Audit has received a proposal for a co-payment scheme for GP consultations. Doctor groups and...

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WA's Taste Master reluctant to leave

JUMPING out of a plane was not as frightening as scaling the famously hair-raising Gloucester Tree in Western Australia's South West region, the man with one of the best jobs in the world says. Rich Keam counts the 72-metre tree near Pemberton...

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Man, girl found at north Qld campground

A man and a girl are missing after leaving a Townsville home to look for a campsite, police say. Source: AAP A MAN and a young girl who were missing for 24 hours near Townsville have been found. Police say the man, 32, and the six-year-old...

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Rescue setback for ice-stranded ship

A Chinese rescue icebreaker has been forced to turn back from rescuing a ship stranded in sea ice. Source: AAP AN Antarctic rescue mission has suffered a setback after two icebreakers abandoned efforts to free a research ship stranded deep...

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NSW's 12km traffic queue spoils holidays

HOLIDAY makers in NSW are facing traffic jams up to 12 kilometres long, with queues growing throughout Saturday. Southbound traffic at Macksville was backed up 12kms at 2pm, adding 60 minutes travel time. In Woodburn, near Lismore, Northbound...

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Kids to benefit from big federal programs

KIDS with bad teeth are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of two federal government programs focused on children starting in the new year. A new schools funding system begins in 2014 and will pump hundreds of millions into schools and their...

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Firms not liable on apartheid: US judge

TWO German companies, carmaker Daimler AG and defence group Rheinmetall AG, cannot be held responsible for atrocities committed by the apartheid government in South Africa, a US judge ruled Thursday. New York District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin...

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WA govt's shark kill plan proceeds

THE West Australian government has revealed the beaches where up to 72 baited hooks will be used to catch and kill sharks this summer under its controversial new "mitigation" policy. The Liberal state government has come under fire for recently...

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Cops to speak to men injured in NSW crash

A single-vehicle crash on the M1 motorway on the NSW Central Coast has claimed the lives of two men. Source: AAP POLICE are waiting to speak to three men injured in a horror crash on the NSW Central Coast that claimed the lives of two friends....

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Vic journo appeals to Thai governor

AN Australian journalist, increasingly anxious over law suits brought against his Thai-based website by the Royal Thai Navy, has lodged an appeal with a provincial governor to try to persuade the navy to drop the charges. Alan Morison, formerly...

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WA woman charged over $1.5m drug stash

A 47-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged over a drug stash, estimated to be valued at more than $1.5 million. Police raided a home in Morley in suburban Perth on Tuesday, uncovering about three kilograms of drugs believed to be methylamphetamine....

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Two men arrested over SA police chase

Two men have been arrested after a police pursuit in Adelaide's southern suburbs. Source: AAP TWO young men have been arrested on Christmas Day after a police pursuit through the southern suburban streets of Adelaide. While responding...

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Man charged after NSW church-goer stabbed

A man has been charged after a woman was allegedly stabbed while walking to church in Sydney. Source: AAP A MAN has been charged after a woman was allegedly stabbed while walking to church in Elizabeth Bay. The 44-year-old woman was walking...

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Thousands turn out for community lunches

THOUSANDS of Sydney-siders who would otherwise be alone for Christmas will spend the festive season celebrating with their communities. More than 600 people - including a few famous faces - turned out for the Wayside Chapel Christmas lunch in...

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PaperlinX to axe jobs in Europe

PAPER merchant and packaging supplier PaperlinX will cut 75 jobs in Germany and 65 in the United Kingdom as it continues to restructure its operations. The redundancies will take effect in the second half of the current financial year. PaperlinX...

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Welby posts Christmas video message

THE Archbishop of Canterbury has posted a Christmas video message on Instagram. The Most Rev Justin Welby appears in the short clip on the photo-sharing website as part of the Church of England's social media campaign called Christmasmeans....

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Man stabbed, woman left unconscious

A MAN has been found with stab wounds to his neck and a woman has been found unconscious in Sydney's west. Police were called to a house on Woodville Road, Guildford, just after midday on Tuesday after reports of a man and woman fighting in...

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Thiess wins $230m coal contract

LEIGHTON Holdings-owned Thiess has won a $230 million, one-year contract extension at Glencore Xstrata's Mt Owen Coal Mine in the NSW Hunter Valley. Engineering services group Thiess will provide full services operating the mine until December 2016,...

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Batts royal commission gets underway

Commissioner Ian Hangar outlines his priorities for Royal Commission into the Home insulation program A royal commission into the Rudd government's home insulation scheme is set to begin in Brisbane. Source: AAP A...

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Anti-govt protests in Bangkok

THOUSANDS of anti-government protesters have surrounded a Bangkok electoral office to block political parties from registering for the February 2 national polls, but failed to stop 35 parties from being declared eligible. Protest leader Suthep...

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Spacesuit flaw postpones ISS repairs

A NEW flaw has emerged with a US-made spacesuit, forcing NASA to delay until Christmas Eve the next outing to repair the International Space Station. The problem came up in a system that handles water condensation in veteran astronaut Rick Mastracchio's...

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Man critical after CBD assault

POLICE are searching for a man who intervened in a couple's fight, seriously injuring a 38-year-old man in the early hours of Sunday morning. The couple were arguing on the footpath of Queen Street near the intersection with Wharf Street around...

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Two men killed in gyrocopter crash

A PILOT and his passenger were checking fire damaged bushland when their gyrocopter crashed northeast of Melbourne, killing both. The bodies of the 51-year-old pilot from Melbourne, and a second unidentified man, were found in rugged terrain...

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Fears for missing Qld teenager

Police fear for a 14-year-old Gold Coast girl missing for four days. Source: AAP POLICE fear for a 14-year-old Gold Coast girl missing for four days. Shaylin Cole has not contacted family or friends since she was last seen at Mudgeeraba,...

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Abseiler dies in the Blue Mountains

AN abseiler has fallen to his death in the Blue Mountains, while a woman has been rescued. Both are believed to be aged in their 20s. The female abseiler was lifted to safety about 1.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday at Katoomba. The woman was found...

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Winds ease fire threat, but blow out power

STRONG winds have blown away much of South Australia's fire risk, but also torn down trees and left thousands without power. A cool southerly change, which came after temperatures soared past 40 degrees, rolled in on Friday and brought wild wind...

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WA stolen generation test case fails

AN Aboriginal family split up by the West Australian government's past policy of forcibly removing indigenous children has lost a Supreme Court bid for compensation. Donald and Sylvia Collard, from the wheatbelt town of Kondinin, and their seven...

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New sheriff in town, Qld bikies told

TWO more alleged outlaw bikie gang associates have been refused bail over a pub meeting, with a magistrate warning there's a "new sheriff in town". Accused Rebels associates Steven Smith and Joshua Carew were remanded in custody in the Brisbane...

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Leighton wins $100m rail contract

CONSTRUCTION giant Leighton has won a $100 million contract to build a train support facility in the NSW Hunter Valley. The facility will support rail operator Aurizon's coal haulage fleet and will involve the construction of a train provisioning...

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Grave found in search for Korean man

BRISBANE police are reportedly preparing to dig up a shallow grave as they search for missing South Korean man Min Tae Allen Kim. Mr Kim, 28, was last seen by his housemates at their Cannon Hill home about 2.45pm (AEST) on Monday. He'd had...

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Santos to buy gas from Origin for GLNG

SANTOS has struck a deal with Origin Energy to buy gas to supply the Gladstone liquefied natural gas (GLNG) project in Queensland. Origin will supply 100 petajoules (PJ) of gas over five years from January 2016, and could supply additional volumes...

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Qld medics on alert as bacteria kills boy

A SIGNIFICANT jump in the number of deaths caused by a common bacterial infection in Queensland has sparked a state-wide alert to all doctors and hospitals. The alert comes after a child became the seventh person to die from group A streptococcus...

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Hockey highly dishonest on budget: Swan

FORMER treasurer Wayne Swan has lashed out at his successor for "dishonesty of the highest magnitude" and fiddling the budget figures, after Joe Hockey forecast four years of deficits amounting to $123 billion. Mr Swan, now a Labor backbencher,...

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Browse would have cost $80b; Woodside

ENERGY giant Woodside Petroleum has revealed the cost of its controversial Browse onshore gas project would have exceeded $80 billion, almost double the previous estimate. Woodside and its joint venture partners spent $2 billion studying the viability...

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RBA's Stevens won't rule out selling $A

The central bank governor says he is willing to intervene in currency markets to lower the dollar. Source: AAP THE Reserve Bank governor has not ruled out intervening to lower the value of the Australian dollar, and says he has considered doing...

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Budget update a wake-up call: business

BUSINESS groups hope the mid-year budget update will be a wake-up call to the Abbott government to deal with the challenges it now faces. The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO) released on Tuesday forecasts the 2013/14 budget deficit...

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Armed hold-up at Sydney service station

THREE men armed with a rifle, a baseball bat and a length of wood have held up a service station in Sydney's west and fled with cash and cigarettes. Police say the men entered the service station on Joseph Street in Lidcombe at about 3.35am (AEDT)...

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Sydney taxi fare freeze recommended

A PROPOSED freeze on Sydney taxi fares will mean a pay cut for drivers and ignores soaring prices for LPG, the NSW Taxi Council says. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) proposed a freeze on Sydney taxi fares for 2014/15 in...

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Pressure grows for NSW pub lockouts

EMERGENCY service workers and doctors are demanding NSW government action to stop the carnage caused by alcohol-fuelled violence. NSW confirmed it was the capital of drunken violence at the weekend, with 540 arrests during a trans-Tasman operation...

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AWE rejects oil and gas suitor Senex

SENEX Energy has withdrawn its $752 million takeover offer for fellow Australian oil and gas producer AWE. Senex made a non-binding takeover proposal last Wednesday, which AWE rejected on Sunday. A successful takeover would have merged Senex's...

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Aurizon to cut rail fleet, cancel project

FREIGHT and coal haulage operator Aurizon will take a hit of almost $200 million as it cuts the size of its rail fleet and cancels a major Queensland project. The company, previously known as QR National, is reducing its locomotive fleet by...

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Police assaulted at NSW soccer game

A POLICEMAN had to use "defensive strikes" to force a man to release his grip on his groin during a brawl at a Newcastle A-League soccer match. Another police officer was punched in the head by another man in the melee, which saw a spectator...

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Missing Qld man found after four days

A MAN who went missing for four days in southwest Queensland, sparking a massive air and land search, has been found. Two aircraft, police and State Emergency Service volunteers helped search a property south of Quilpie after the man, in his...

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Fawcett auction items sell for $200,000

PERSONAL items belonging to late actress Farrah Fawcett have fetched $US200,000 ($A224,997.19) at auction. Items including the iconic red swimsuit she wore for an Esquire magazine shoot, her passport, a script from her 1984 TV film The Burning...

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Woman hit by garbage truck in Melbourne

A young woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a garbage truck in Melbourne CBD. Source: AAP A YOUNG woman is in a critical condition in hospital after she was hit by a garbage truck during a night out in Melbourne. The...

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Bali punch victim on the mend

THE family of an Australian surfing teacher who suffered major head injuries when he was punched in Bali hope he will be able to speak and swallow soon. Matt Scarff, 41, was allegedly punched by a stranger outside the Townhouse Club in Seminyak...

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Bushfire threatens lives, homes in WA town

High temperatures in Western Australia have prompted bushfire warnings for much of the state. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS are battling an out-of-control bushfire that is threatening lives and homes northeast of Perth. An emergency warning...

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Vic motorcyclist critical after collision

A 50-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist has life threatening injuries following a collision with a car in Melbourne's north east. Police believe the motorcycle was struck by a car in Warrandyte South about 11.20am on Saturday morning. The motorcyclist,...

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Calls for crackdown on 'scourge of Sydney'

IT'S been described as "the scourge of Sydney". And police officers, doctors and nurses say they've had enough. As yet another young man fought for his life in hospital after a horrific night of brutality on Sydney streets, front-line workers...

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Dutch poll says 21% 'back more euthanasia'

MORE than one in five Dutch people believe that euthanasia should be allowed for elderly people who are "tired of living", new research suggests. Of 2000 Dutch people polled, 21 per cent said euthanasia should be allowed for people who no longer...

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NSW man jailed for beheading murder

A MAN who shot and decapitated his neighbour after an argument about a tree has been sentenced to at least 19 years in jail. Jonathon Andrew Stenberg, 47, killed Edward "Ned" Kelly, 54, at his Broadwater home on the NSW north coast in June last...

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NSW 'expedited' mine extension application

MINING giant Rio Tinto and the NSW government have flatly denied claims they are abusing the planning process to expedite a coal mine expansion approval. While the NSW Planning and Infrastructure Department conceded it did "expedite" its assessment...

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