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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