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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