'Not to publish' Diana photo sells in US

A PREVIOUSLY unseen press photo of a teenaged Princess Diana that a London tabloid deemed too hot to publish has sold for $US18,306, the American auctioneers handling the sale said Friday. The black-and-white image from the dawn of the 1980s...

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Homes spared from flooding for now

Emergency flood alerts have been issued for several Queensland towns, officials say. Source: AAP HUNDREDS of homes in low-lying areas just south of Gladstone have been spared from flooding for now, but the emergency is far from over. An...

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Man lashes out at police

A Brisbane man has violently lashed out at five police officers investigating a hooning incident. Source: AAP A BRISBANE man has violently lashed out at five police officers investigating a hooning incident. The 19-year-old was allegedly...

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Australians warned of Benghazi threat

The federal government has urged Australians to immediately leave the Libyan city of Benghazi. Source: AAP TWO Australians have been told to leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi as soon as they can due to a "specific and imminent threat"...

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Vic Catholic teachers will join strike

VICTORIAN Catholic school teachers will join their state school counterparts in a mass strike next month if a long-running pay dispute with the government continues. The government and the state teachers' union have agreed to resume talks on Thursday,...

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Japan's Algeria survivors, dead flown home

The nine Japanese survivors from last week's hostage siege in Algeria have arrived home in Tokyo. Source: AAP THE seven Japanese survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis, and the bodies of nine of the 10 dead, have arrived back in a shell-shocked...

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ASIC interviews Whitehaven Coal hoaxer

THE corporate watchdog has interviewed the man who issued a press release falsely claiming that the ANZ Bank had withdrawn funding for Whitehaven Coal. Jonathan Moylan, from the anti-coal mining group Frontline Action on Coal, has admitted to...

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NSW minister defends outsourcing road jobs

OUTSOURCING maintenance on Sydney roads will provide the NSW government with the "best bang for our buck", says NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay. The government is preparing a business plan to outsource maintenance of most Sydney roads to the private...

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Oswald to bring Qld rain on Australia Day

SOUTHEAST Queenslanders need to rethink their Australia Day plans with ex-tropical cyclone Oswald expected to dampen celebrations, forecasters warn. The Bureau of Meteorology says there's a fair chance any outdoor event planned for Saturday will...

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Dad in court after boy took gun to school

A GUN owner should not be made the scapegoat for his bullied son, who took his dad's revolver to school and fired a shot, an Adelaide court has been told. The man's lawyer, Octavia Henson, said her client believed he was the only person who knew...

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PM unveils new national security strategy

PM Julia Gillard says the first Australian national security strategy will focus on Asia. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled a new vision for Australia's security, with a focus on enhanced regional engagement and stronger...

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Two more arrested over attempted murder

TWO more men have been arrested over an attempted murder in Sydney's southwest in which a man was shot in the leg. Police were called to a unit in Harrow Rd, Auburn, about 6.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday following reports of a shooting. A 23-year-old...

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Parents baffled by YMCA processes

THE parents of boys molested by a YMCA childcare worker are upset about the organisation's conflicting accounts about whether it checked the man's references before hiring him. One boy's parents said it was hard to believe the non-profit organisation...

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Single mum prostitution 'hearsay': govt

REPORTS that some single mothers had turned to prostitution and stripping following welfare cuts to sole parents were "hearsay", the federal government says. The benefit cuts came in at the start of 2013 and will affect about 84,000 single parents,...

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Social media new tool for fire warnings

FIRE and emergency authorities may soon use sites like Instagram and Facebook to warn people about bushfires, an information systems expert says. Katina Michael, associate professor at the school of information systems and technology at the...

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'Missing' asylum boat found at sea

A BOAT carrying asylum seekers which was feared to be missing has been intercepted off Christmas Island this afternoon. Afghan Hazaras in Australia had raised concerns a boat had vanished in poor weather between Indonesia and Australia. The...

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CPI figures unlikely to trigger rate cut

ECONOMISTS believe consumer prices rose modestly in the December quarter, but not slowly enough to lock in another interest rate cut for Australian homeowners. AAP's survey of 14 economists reveals a median forecast for December's Consumer Price...

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Teen attacks hearing impared NSW pensioner

A TEENAGER has allegedly attacked a hearing impaired pensioner who confronted him for doing burnouts north of Newcastle. The 18-year-old suspended driver was performing burnouts in a Holden Commodore at the intersection of Poilus Parade and...

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Brisbane housing precinct not floodproof

QUEENSLAND'S acting planning minister says a residential development precinct under construction on the Brisbane River waterfront is not flood proof even though it was spared the devastation of floods in early 2011. Tim Nicholls, who is also...

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Rinehart urges Rio to move HQ to Perth

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has urged Rio Tinto to move their headquarters back to Australia. Source: AAP MINING magnate Gina Rinehart has urged Rio Tinto's new boss Sam Walsh to move the headquarters of the Anglo/Australian resources giant...

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PM attends Greig memorial service

Tony Greig's wife has given a tearful tribute to the former England cricket captain at the SCG. Source: AAP WITH a tearful tribute, a lot of laughs and a smattering of broad-brimmed hats, Tony Greig was given a fitting farewell at the SCG on...

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