President Obama meets Malala

US President Barack Obama (R) has met in Washington with Pakistani advocate Malala Yousafzai. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama has met with 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, an advocate for girls' education and the target of a Taliban assassination...

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Labor claims first home buyers locked out

The NSW opposition says investors are receiving more help to buy property than new home buyers. Source: AAP INVESTORS are receiving NSW government help to buy property at nearly twice the rate that new home buyers are, the state's opposition...

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Bali victims remembered 11 years on

LITTLE children clambered around the Bali bombing memorial in Sydney on Saturday, knocking the flowers laid by the friends and family of those killed. One boy asked his new playmate, "Which one is yours?" And she, a girl no older than seven,...

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FTAs threaten cigarette packaging: Greens

TOBACCO companies will have the green light to sue Australia over plain packaging if the government fast-tracks free trade agreements, Greens leader Christine Milne says. Senator Milne has warned Prime Minister Tony Abbott not to rush into the...

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Gun seized after Vic woman shot dead

POLICE have seized a firearm and are questioning a 34-year-old man after a young woman died of a gunshot wound at a Melbourne house. In a bizarre twist, the bodies of two women were found in a house in the same street soon after the shooting,...

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Aust plants get multimillion-dollar home

FORGET the humble windowsill - the nation's plants now have a multimillion-dollar place to call home. The Australian PlantBank, opened on Friday at the Australian Botanic Garden, will conserve and research the nation's unique flora. The $20...

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Cash Converters to fight $40m class action

Cash Converters is facing a class action for allegedly charging extremely high interest rates. Source: AAP CASH Converters will fight a $40 million legal battle launched by customers claiming they were charged illegal levels of interest on...

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Collision system failed on Qantas plane

QANTAS says two jets that had a near miss over Adelaide were never on a crash course, despite coming within 3km of each other and a collision avoidance system on one of the planes not working. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) began...

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WA's top cop rejects raising drinking age

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch has backed a call by Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose for an increase in the drinking age. Ms Buttrose said this week that a trial rise of the drinking age to 21 was worth exploring as she was...

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India, China top gold consumers

INDIA and China are the biggest consumers of gold jewellery, bars and coins by far. A PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on the direct economic impact of gold says the global gold supply reached 4,477 tonnes in 2012, up 48 per cent from 3,017...

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Vic baby battling disease is one in 120

EVERY parent wants their child to be exceptional. But when your son is one of only 120 people in the world with a rare genetic disorder, being exceptional can be isolating and scary. For the Melbourne family of Ace Bartlett, who is nearly two...

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New jet simulators for Adelaide

A NEW jet simulation centre positions Adelaide as a focus for pilot training in the Asia-Pacific, the South Australian government says. Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) on Tuesday opened a new facility at Parafield Airport, in Adelaide's northern...

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Vic protesters vow to block East West Link

PROTESTERS have vowed to follow drill rigs from site to site in a bid to stop the completion of preliminary work for Melbourne's $8 billion East West Link tunnel and tollway. The ongoing demonstrations, which halted drilling tests for several...

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Early intervention key to saving Aust kids

NICOLE Anderson's memories of her childhood are patchy and marred by the trauma of her mother's struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. It was only when she received treatment for postpartum depression that the now 46-year-old remembered being...

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Life sentence for Leeding's killer

THE gunman who murdered Gold Coast detective Damian Leeding will remain in jail until 2031 but that is cold comfort for his grieving family. The police officer's mother wept in court on Tuesday as the man who shot her son in the head was handed...

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Tas bushfire official warns on insurance

THE official in charge of handing out Tasmania's disaster recovery money has warned that too many households are under-insured ahead of the looming bushfire season. Pat Leary, who chairs the committee overseeing the distribution of money raised...

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Teen leads police on east Sydney chase

A TEENAGER had three young passengers on board when he allegedly led police on a chase through Sydney's east. Police say officers patrolling Bellevue Hill in the early hours of Monday tried to stop a Subaru Impreza for a random breath test....

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Qld nurse in dash to survive viper bite

A BRISBANE nurse survived a week with life-threatening poison running through her veins after being bitten by a snake in Nepal. Delmae Ryan stepped on an Asian Pit Viper in Pokhara on September 28 but found Nepal's hospitals did not stock the...

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UK warship opens to public in Sydney

SHE is the envy of sailors around the world. Her modern exterior and state-of-the-art technologies have turned heads ever since she entered Sydney Harbour for the International Fleet Review. Now the public has the chance to enter the belly of...

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Laser shone at police chopper in Melbourne

TWO Melbourne youths have been charged after a laser pointer was aimed at a police helicopter. Police say the laser beam came from a moving car in the northern suburbs but the chopper's crew were able to direct officers on ground to locate the...

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US forces nab militant in Libyan capital

A Libyan militant leader, wanted by the US, has reportedly been kidnapped. Source: AAP US special forces have carried out a raid in the Libyan capital to capture a militant leader wanted for his role in the 1998 bombings of the US embassies...

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