Jackson doctor may testify in Aussie case

The doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson could be a witness in an Australian legal battle. Source: AAP THE doctor convicted of killing Michael Jackson could become a star witness in Australian dance choreographer Wade Robson's $US30...

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Protests, frenzy in US holiday shopping

The busiest shopping day of the year in the US has drawn mass crowds, worker protests and violence. Source: AAP THE busiest shopping day of the year in the US has drawn frenzied crowds, worker protests and a little violence as the holiday rush...

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Stabbed woman hails cab to NSW hospital

A NSW woman mustered the strength to wave down a cab to rush herself to hospital after suffering critical stab wounds. Police say a 42-year-old woman waved down a taxi driver on Villiers Street in South Grafton at 11.40pm (AEDT) on Friday and...

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Mother weeps as machete killers jailed

A SYDNEY mother who saw her son murdered with a machete held her hand to her chest and said "thank you" as the killers got lengthy jail sentences. Mahdi Mir, 23, Mohammad Karimi, 25, and John Khoury, 33, were sentenced in the Sydney Supreme Court...

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Teeth filing dentist avoids jail

A SYDNEY dentist who "callously" exploited elderly nursing home residents by unnecessarily filing down their teeth to make extra money has avoided jail. Andrew Istephan will instead serve his two-year sentence by way of an Intensive Correction...

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Don't junk Qld helmet laws: cycling group

A new Queensland report has recommended helmet requirements be scrapped for public cycle schemes. Source: AAP THE Queensland government is under pressure to ignore expert advice and retain laws requiring cyclists to wear helmets. A committee...

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Doctors urged to take fractures seriously

PEOPLE with osteoporosis could be put at risk by medical practices that do not take their fractures seriously, according to Australian scientists. They say most people with osteoporosis who suffer a fracture should be given bone-strengthening...

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Construction worker suicide rates higher

ALARMING suicide rates within the building industry have sparked a NSW program aimed at shattering the stigma associated with men reaching out for help. The Mates in Construction program, launched on Thursday, is seeking to connect workers with...

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UK expense scandal 'displacement activity'

BRITISH MPs fiddled their expenses as a "displacement activity" because parliament had become irrelevant and ineffective, Speaker John Bercow says. Bercow suggested the 2009 scandal was as much a symptom of decades of decline as "malice or corruption"...

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Retailers cashing in after solid year

WHO said Australian retailing was dead? JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman have proved the naysayers wrong, with their share prices almost doubling this year. And while people were writing off department stores David Jones and Myer 18 months ago, there...

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Three critical after Vic tank accident

THREE people are fighting for their lives and six others are injured after an industrial accident on a Victorian dairy farm. The group was working inside a water tank on a rural property in Cloverlea, near Warragul in the state's east, when...

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Retailers cashing in after solid year

WHO said Australian retailing was dead? JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman have proved the naysayers wrong, with their share prices almost doubling this year. And while people were writing off department stores David Jones and Myer 18 months ago, there...

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More beach monitoring after shark attack

A LARGE patrol vessel from Perth and aerial surveillance will continue in Western Australia's south west while school leavers are in the area after a fatal shark attack. Police will be in control of a school leavers party at Meelup beach on...

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New "selfie stick" named after Zuckerburg

IT is the ultimate statement of 21st century self expression - with the selfie so ubiquitous it's even recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary. Now Australian retailer Kogan is giving the selfie taker a helping hand, with a new tool named...

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Vic policeman burnt during siege

A MAN threw a flaming object at police during a siege in Melbourne, injuring an officer. Police responded to reports a man was threatening self harm inside his Parkdale home on Tuesday afternoon. The man threw a flaming object at one of the...

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Drugs arrests kick off WA schoolies week

SCHOOLIES week in Western Australia has started with arrests of several teenagers allegedly caught with cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis at a holiday house in Busselton. Police carried out a search warrant at a holiday village in the town, seized...

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BHP to replace two shiploaders

BHP Billiton will replace two shiploaders at Port Hedland at a cost of more than $300 million. The global miner said the $US301 million ($A329.02 million) Nelson Point investment would increase the reliability of the company's inner harbour...

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Vaccination sceptic forced to change name

THE Australian medical community has welcomed a decision to force a sceptical vaccination organisation to change its "misleading" name. The Administrative Decisions Tribunal on Monday upheld a decision by Fair Trading, which called on the Australian...

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Budget still in crisis says Cormann

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says the federal budget is still in crisis. Source: AAP FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann says the federal budget is still in crisis and the magnitude of the problem will be spelled out in the mid-year economic...

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Harry prepares for Antarctic trek

PRINCE Harry has been getting used to life in the sub-zero conditions of the Antarctic ahead of his charity trek with wounded servicemen and women. The 29-year-old made some final adjustments to the kit he will be taking with him on the 320km...

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Storm warning as hail hits the Gabba

NT residents are being urged to make final preparations as tropical Cyclone Alessia heads for the coast. STORMS are hitting Brisbane, bringing hail and damaging winds. Places in the firing line are Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Somerset...

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