Girl dies in Vic dune buggy incident

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl has died in a dune buggy accident in Melbourne. Police said a 38-year-old man was driving the vehicle with a girl and boy on board when it lost control on a private property at outer eastern Yarra Glen on Friday night. ...

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Cowboy hats popular at outback Qld polling

Many locals in Mount Isa turned out to vote in similar attire to Akubra-wearing MP Bob Katter (L). Source: AAP FOR veteran federal MP Bob Katter election day is less stress and more catching up with old mates. "You look good, you don't...

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Battle for Melbourne will be close: Bandt

Greens leader Christine Milne is confident her party can pick up seats in the Senate. Source: AAP THE battle to retain the Australian Greens' only lower house seat will come down to a handful of votes, deputy leader Adam Bandt says. Mr...

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Acclaim in Toronto for WikiLeaks thriller

THE new Hollywood thriller about Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks project has received a long ovation at its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Assange originally described The Fifth Estate as "a mass propaganda attack" against WikiLeaks...

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Kiwi firms ahead of US employment figures

THE New Zealand dollar has increased in local trading ahead of US employment figures, seen as the linchpin to whether the US Federal Reserve will start unwinding economic stimulus. The kiwi rose to 79.08 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 78.88...

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Lawyers defrauding PNG: attorney-general

DODGY lawyers have siphoned off as much as 1 billion kina (about $A425 million) from PNG's public coffers, the country's attorney-general says. Kerenga Kua has told a law seminar in Port Moresby lawyers are using their skills and education to...

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