PM sympathetic to Egypt, supports Greste

PM Tony Abbott has reached out to Egypt in the case of Australian journalist Peter Greste (pic). Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has told the Egyptian president that detained Australian journalist Peter Greste was simply doing his...

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Police try to identify body found in river

A woman's body has been pulled from a western Sydney river, police say. Source: AAP A WOMAN'S body has been pulled from a western Sydney river. The body was found near the Camellia Bridge at Rydalmere about noon on Friday. Police hope...

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Ford CEO's pay up 11% to $US23.2 million

FORD chief executive Alan Mulally's compensation rose 11 per cent to $US23.2 million ($A25.12 million) in 2013, as the company reported record profits in North America and Asia. Mulally earned $US2 million in salary, the same as 2012. But he...

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Search for MH370 takes dramatic shift

The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines flight has resumed with weather conditions improving. Source: AAP THE focus of the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has completely shifted to a new northern zone in the Indian Ocean....

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Australian gay couples to wed under UK law

A GAY couple who will fly to England to tie the knot are disappointed they'll have to leave their marriage at customs when they return home to Australia. Murray Sayers and his partner Stephen Carlton have been together for a decade and are planning...

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Employers, unions argue over wage increase

EMPLOYERS are willing to put $10 extra a week into the pockets of low-income earners, far short of the $27 a week unions say is needed. Industry groups argue small businesses could close if wages rise too much, but unions say low-paid workers...

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Pell worried by US abuse payouts

Cardinal George Pell has given evidence at the royal commission into child sexual abuse in Sydney. Source: AAP CARDINAL George Pell was worried by sexual abuse case payouts that had bankrupted some US churches and wanted to prevent similar...

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Elvis death 'his genetic destiny'

British TV researchers say bad genes may have been the real cause of Elvis Presley's death. Source: AAP A BRITISH TV show that attempts to sequence the DNA of historical figures from Adolf Hitler to Marilyn Monroe claims to have discovered...

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Christian bikies back Qld court challenge

QUEENSLAND'S anti-bikie laws go against the Bible and Christian beliefs about justice, the Brotherhood Christian Motorcycle Club says. Queensland's outlaw motorcycle gangs have found an unlikely ally in the Brotherhood, which will help bankroll...

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New Hope plans to acquire coal miners

Coal miner New Hope's half year net profit has fallen by two-thirds to $22.7 million. Source: AAP MOST Australian coal miners have been struggling for two years but New Hope has $1.1 billion in the bank and plans to capitalise by making acquisitions....

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Senate blocks mining tax repeal

COALITION plans to repeal the mining tax have been blocked by Labor and the Australian Greens in the Senate. After days worth of debate the upper house on Tuesday voted against a move to scrap the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), 35 votes to...

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Plane relatives march on Malaysian embassy

Malaysia says new data shows missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 plunged into the Indian Ocean. Source: AAP ANGRY relatives of the Chinese passengers aboard Flight MH370 are marching to the Malaysian embassy in Beijing to demand more answers...

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Aust youth unemployment is rising

TURNED away by business after business across Melbourne, Chris Saunders is one of the growing number of young Australians who can't find work. Parts of Australia have experienced youth unemployment rises of up to 88 per cent in two years, according...

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Labor says it has a mandate in SA

RETURNED South Australian Labor Premier Jay Weatherill has rejected suggestions his government is "illegitimate". Mr Weatherill will lead Labor into a fourth consecutive term after independent MP Geoff Brock agreed to support the party to form...

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Sinodinos warned about 'company he kept'

A SENIOR NSW bureaucrat warned Arthur Sinodinos about his new business bedfellows after the Liberal senator became chairman of a company with alleged links to the Obeid family. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is probing...

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One-punch killers to face life in Qld

One-punch killers will face life imprisonment under proposed changes to Queensland laws. Source: AAP ONE-PUNCH killers would face life imprisonment under proposed changes to Queensland laws. The Newman government's draft plan to tackle...

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Female hiker found in Vic park

A HIKER missing for days in the Victorian wilderness has been winched to safety. A police helicopter spotted the woman and winched her from the Alpine National Park, northeast of Melbourne, just after 10am on Sunday. The woman, from the rural...

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NSW urged to get flu-ready

PREGNANT women and the elderly are being urged to prepare for winter and get a flu shot following an "unusually high" level of influenza in NSW this summer. The Director of Health Protection NSW, Dr Jeremy McAnulty, said the northern hemisphere...

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