Qld man charged over fire truck joyride

A MAN has been charged after a fire truck was stolen and used on a joyride south of Brisbane. Police say the 25-year-old man, from Wynnum West, stole the specialist vehicle from Beenleigh Fire and Rescue Station about 9.20am (AEST) on Saturday....

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Attempted assault in inner Melbourne

A SEX offender has tried to assault a woman in inner Melbourne, the third such attack in the same suburb in a week. In the latest incident, a woman was grabbed from behind by an unknown man who tried to sexually assault her in Hope Street, Brunswick,...

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Police probe Vic woman truck jump

ANYONE who saw a woman jump from a moving truck on a Melbourne freeway, causing her serious injuries, is being urged to contact police. The 30-year-old woman jumped out of the moving white 2002 Mitsubishi single cab tray truck on the Eastern...

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Rudd accepts batt deaths responsibility

KEVIN Rudd has accepted "ultimate responsibility" for the "deep tragedy" caused by his home insulation scheme. Queenslanders Matthew Fuller, Rueben Barnes, Mitchell Sweeney, and Marcus Wilson from NSW, lost their lives working under the then-Labor...

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Letters to priest window on JFK marriage

THERE is still intense interest in Jacqueline Kennedy's personal life even two decades after her death, and as if to prove it, a newly discovered cache of her letters to a Catholic priest have been publicised and soon will be auctioned off. The...

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Abbott, Hockey stand by budget

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is confident he can get controversial budget measures through parliament. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is confident his first budget can survive a two-pronged attack from state premiers and the Senate. ...

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Axed minister now free to criticise:Newman

THE Queensland premier says his sacked assistant health minister will now be free to criticise government policy - from the backbench. Campbell Newman sacked Dr Chris Davis just before the federal Budget was handed down on Tuesday night. He said...

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Buswell investigation hearing 'political'

A PARLIAMENTARY hearing examining the police investigation into Troy Buswell's car crashes is "a political exercise designed to cause damage to the government", Premier Colin Barnett says. It was announced in parliament on Tuesday that the Community...

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Fresh violence in Ukraine ahead of talks

SEPARATIST rebels have killed seven Ukrainian soldiers in a bloody ambush in the restive east, rattling efforts by Europe to step up a diplomatic push to resolve the escalating crisis on its doorstep. The violence flared as German Foreign Minister...

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Tourism funding to rise in federal budget

TOURISM funding will be boosted in Tuesday's budget, federal Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb says. The National Commission of Audit report earlier this month recommended halving funding for the nation's peak tourism body, saying its...

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UK's Freddie Starr 'raw' from abuse ordeal

BRITISH comedian Freddie Starr has stormed out of a television interview about his sex abuse claims ordeal. Starr, 71, also branded disgraced publicist Max Clifford "a different animal". The comedian ordered Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna...

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Arbib didn't know of NZ insulation deaths

FORMER senator Mark Arbib says he would have been "ringing alarm bells" about Labor's home insulation program if he'd known about deaths under a similar scheme in New Zealand. Three New Zealanders were electrocuted while installing foil insulation...

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Union slush fund inquiry starts in Sydney

THE royal commission into union governance and corruption is set to open in Sydney with evidence from a man linked to the slush fund scandal that dogged former prime minister Julia Gillard. Over the coming months the inquiry will investigate...

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Two die on WA roads after hitting trees

A 70-YEAR-OLD man who was missing has been found dead after a motorcycle crash south of Perth. A West Australian police spokesman said the man was riding from Rockingham to Dwellingup but was reported missing after he didn't return home. Rockingham...

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Buswell light rail report light on insight

FORMER West Australian treasurer Troy Buswell's light rail report from a taxpayer-funded trip across Europe is so paltry it could have been compiled in his office, the state opposition says. Mr Buswell came away from the trip to Europe and China...

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