MP says give 'measly' $25m to SPC

Federal cabinet will discuss a proposal to co-invest in SPC Ardmona's fruit processing operations. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has used the rejection of taxpayer support for fruit processor SPC Ardmona to set an important "marker"...

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Treasury Wines tank on share market

Treasury Wine Estates has issued a profit warning in the wake of weaker than expected sales. Source: AAP TREASURY Wine Estates has been hammered on the stock market, with its shares falling by 20 per cent after it issued a profit downgrade...

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Police given bus CCTV after woman pinned

A woman has died in hospital after being pinned under a bus for two hours in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP AFTER the death of two pedestrians on the same day in Sydney, police are urging the public to be more careful crossing roads. A 51-year-old...

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MP says give 'measly' $25m to SPC

Federal cabinet will discuss a proposal to co-invest in SPC Ardmona's fruit processing operations. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has used the rejection of taxpayer support for fruit processor SPC Ardmona to set an important "marker"...

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Police given bus CCTV after woman pinned

A woman has died in hospital after being pinned under a bus for two hours in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP AFTER the death of two pedestrians on the same day in Sydney, police are urging the public to be more careful crossing roads. A 51-year-old...

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MP says give 'measly' $25m to SPC

Federal cabinet will discuss a proposal to co-invest in SPC Ardmona's fruit processing operations. Source: AAP A LIBERAL MP has called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his cabinet to approve a $25 million handout to fruit processor SPC Ardmona,...

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Treasury Wines tank on share market

TREASURY Wine Estates has been hammered on the stock market, with its share price falling more than 16 per cent after the company flagged a profit downgrade from weaker sales in Australia and China. The troubled wine giant has cuts its full year...

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Labor hopeful takes on Bishop in Griffith

THE battle for Kevin Rudd's seat has become personal, with his replacement candidate trading barbs with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop about their work histories. Ms Bishop was in the Brisbane-based seat of Griffith on Wednesday campaigning with...

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WA voters "prevented from voting": AEC

The High Court will begin hearings into the flawed West Australian Senate election count. Source: AAP VOTERS in WA whose ballot papers were lost before the senate recount were "prevented from voting" lawyers for the Australian Electoral Commission...

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US led push to dismantle Syria stockpile

PRESIDENT Barack Obama says it was American diplomacy and threat of force that has led to the plan to eliminate Syria's deadly stockpile of chemical weapons. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, Obama promised anew to support opposition...

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Tai chi program reduces blood sugar: study

AN Australian-developed tai chi-based exercise program has helped people reduce their blood sugar and blood pressure, according to a new study. The gentle program is based on movements from the ancient Chinese form of exercise, but is specifically...

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Human remains found near croc attack site

Police continue their search for a 12-year-old boy taken by a crocodile in the Northern Territory. Source: AAP HUMAN remains have been found near where a 12-year-old boy was taken by a crocodile in the Northern Territory. Authorities have...

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Man 'groped blind woman on train'

A BLIND woman has told a Sydney court she found two five cent coins between her breasts after being allegedly groped by a Bangladeshi refugee. Holly Craig, 23, told Sydney's Central Local Court on Tuesday that Rubel Sheikh, 25, stopped her on...

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Government to put unemployed to work

The government will reportedly expand the work-for-the-dole scheme introduced in the 1990s. Source: AAP THE federal government's move to force the unemployed into a range of new community labour positions is akin to paying workers below the...

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Shark cull activists take bait from lines

SHARK cull activists have removed bait from drum lines in Western Australia's South West after the first shark caught on the line was killed on Australia Day. A three-metre female tiger shark was shot four times in the head, dragged out to sea...

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Treasurer sets fed debt limit at $500bn

TREASURER Joe Hockey has given a directive to set Australia's debt limit at $500 billion, despite parliament voting to abolish the ceiling altogether. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said it was a classic example of the coalition saying one thing...

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