VW to make hefty Brazilian investment

Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to plan investment in Brazil. Source: AAP VOLKSWAGEN is to invest 520 million reais ($A252 million) to develop a new model of its highly popular Golf compact, which will be manufactured in the southern...

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Dogs mauls child in Sydney's southwest

A four-year-old has been taken to hospital suffering facial injuries, after a bullmastiff attack. Source: AAP A DOG has mauled a young boy in southwest Sydney and left him with extensive facial injuries. At about 10pm on Friday a bullmastiff...

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Vic Facebook house party ends in riot

POLICE have been pelted with bottles and fireworks during a riot after a massive Facebook-organised party called "mayhem" in an unoccupied Melbourne home. Up to 400 teenagers clashed with police after partygoers set off fireworks and gatecrashers...

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Ford recalls Focus electric, C-Max cars

FORD is recalling about 24,000 cars because a chime won't sound if the driver's door is opened while the key is inside the car. The recall in the US and Canada affects Ford Focus electric cars from 2012 and 2013, and the C-Max hybrid from the...

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Meth blast left young boy badly burned

A DRUG user who blew up a Perth house while attempting to manufacture a batch of methamphetamine - seriously injuring a four-year old boy in the process - has been imprisoned for five years. Mark Joseph Dennehy, 33, was using a gas bottle to make...

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Bikies tensions still rising: Vic police

TENSIONS are still rising between bikie gangs in Victoria and police say they will continue their crackdown. Acting deputy commissioner Steve Fontana said, despite 10 arrests this week linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs, police would keep the...

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Fifteen charged over Aurukun riot

FIFTEEN people have been charged for rioting outside a police station in a far north Queensland indigenous community. Police say the disturbance began at a shop in Aurukun then spread to the local police station on Monday after a local man was...

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Tanker crash company hit with 100 notices

MORE than 100 notices for vehicle defects including brake failure and steering faults have been handed to the company linked to a fatal tanker crash on Sydney's northern beaches. An investigation has been launched after a fuel tanker went out...

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Uncontrolled fire on mid-north NSW coast

FIRE services are hoping an incoming storm front will help them contain an out-of-control blaze burning on the mid-north NSW coast. The scrub fire is burning in the Crowdy Bay National Park, north of Harrington. More than 80 firefighters, and...

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Aussie soldier killer suspect faces trial

AN Afghan National Army sergeant blamed for an "insider" attack and shooting deaths of three Australian soldiers, has been captured and could hang or face a firing squad if found guilty. Sergeant Hekmatullah had been working alongside Australian...

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US MPs still get paid even in shutdown

In the US, the 532 members of Congress continue to be paid despite the government shutdown. Source: AAP THERE'S at least one constant in a government shutdown: The 532 members of Congress continue to be paid - at a cost of $US10,583.85 ($A11,379.87)...

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Last Post sounds for Rusty Priest

THEY called him the soldier's soldier. But Rusty Priest was also a stirrer, a prankster, a husband and father who loved his family unreservedly. Family, dignitaries and diggers packed into St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on Wednesday to farewell...

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Abbott softens on boat turn-back plan

PM Tony Abbott (L) assured Indonesia their continuing relationship will be based on mutual trust. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says he remains committed to "stopping the boats", but appears to be wavering on key points in the asylum-seeker...

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WA devils Saxon and Vandal NSW-bound

TASMANIAN Devils from a zoo south of Perth are being moved to a NSW wildlife park to add genetic variety to a breeding program. The two devils, Saxon and Vandal, are half-brothers to Itchy, Scratchy, and Genghis - the trio that hit headlines last...

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Clinton movie, TV miniseries scrapped

An Oscar-winning filmmaker has dropped plans to make a documentary film about Hillary Clinton. Source: AAP AN Oscar-winning filmmaker has dropped plans to make a documentary about Hillary Clinton, following protests by Republican rivals, and...

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Cookbook author Marcella Hazan dies at 89

MARCELLA Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, has died at the age of 89. Hazan, who died at her home in Florida on Sunday, was best known for her six cookbooks, which...

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SA inquest told of police errors

A MAN whose mother was murdered by his father in front of 300 people has told an Adelaide inquest of repeatedly complaining to police about his dad's behaviour before her death. Arman Abrahimzadeh said police were told of his father assaulting...

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Stuntwoman gives cruising a new edge

CRUISING has traditionally been viewed as a fairly sedate holiday option but on Monday P&O launched a bid to change that image - with the help of a stuntwoman. Janene Carleton, who has performed stunts for the likes of Angelina Jolie and...

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Shot Qld police happy to be alive

A Gold Coast police officer shot in the face says he is just happy to be alive. Source: AAP A GOLD Coast police officer shot in the face by an armed robbery suspect says he is just happy to be alive. Dog squad officer Sergeant Gary Hamrey...

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Morrison rejects claims of boat delay

The Greens want an inquiry into the government's delayed response to the latest asylum seeker boat. Source: AAP IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison has defended Australia's response to an asylum seeker boat that sank off Indonesia as survivors...

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Westpac Rescue Helicopter marks 40 years

The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has celebrated 40 years of saving Australian lives. Source: AAP IT began with a band of daring surfies rescuing swimmers off Sydney's beaches. Now the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter celebrates...

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