Fire at Vic car firm

A FIRE has destroyed a number of imported cars in Melbourne. The blaze at a high-performance car importer in Clayton South burned four modified Nissans, but two large 'Mr T-style' vans got away with just some smoke damage. The fire at Auto...

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Lufthansa pilots to strike

Lufthansa pilots have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike for better pay and conditions. Source: AAP AN overwhelming 97 per cent of Lufthansa pilots have voted to go on strike for higher pay and better benefits, their union says, after counting...

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Reasonable chance of finding plane: RAAF

Three planes have left Perth to continue the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Source: AAP THERE is a reasonable chance of finding something in the Indian Ocean in the search for the missing Malaysian Airline plane MH370, Royal...

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Area of Vic mine fire declared safe

IT'S taken 40 days but the Victorian coalmine fire that smoked out a nearby town is just about over. The northern walls of the Hazelwood open-cut mine, the critical area of the fire closest to Morwell, are now safe. But firefighters warned some...

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Solar industry ads to 'save' 8000 jobs

AN anti-mining tax-style ad campaign will target the West Australian Senate election in a bid to save 8000 jobs in the solar industry. The creative team, Lawrence Creative Strategy, behind the ads that saved mining companies billions of dollars...

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Long road to secure $8b for Roy Hill

IT'S been a long road for billionaire Gina Rinehart to secure the money for her $US10 billion Roy Hill iron ore project. Almost four years after the crucial rail component of the project was approved, Ms Rinehart has proved her naysayers wrong...

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Post-election manufacturing bounce fades

THE post-federal election bounce enjoyed by the manufacturing sector already appears to be running out of steam. Coinciding with a series of high-profile job loss announcements, confidence in manufacturing fell sharply in the first three months...

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NDIS Agency like half-finished plane

THE federal government has been told the timetable for rolling out the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) needs to be reassessed. An independent review of the NDIS agency warns that including 300,000 people in the landmark scheme from...

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Cootes granted NSW govt reprieve

EMBATTLED trucking company Cootes Transport has been granted a reprieve, with the NSW government allowing the firm to continue driving on the state's roads. Cootes came under scrutiny after one of its fuel tankers was involved in a double fatality...

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Audit needs to be debated: Shepherd

THE chair of the federal government's commission of audit believes time should be allowed to debate its findings and recommendations. The audit's interim report into the workings of government and its spending was handed to government in mid-February,...

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Police eye NSW ticket cheats

Police say a crackdown on fare evaders on NSW transport will help them fight more serious crime. Source: AAP POLICE say a crackdown on fare evaders and concession cheats on NSW buses, ferries and trains will help them fight more serious crime....

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Govt aims to free-up economy: Hockey

THE federal government's aim to ditch $700 million of regulation to lift a massive burden off business has come as new data points to sub-trend economic growth, and only tentative signs of growing demand for new workers. The government on Wednesday...

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Tourists camping in NZ red zone houses

TOURISTS are setting up tents in abandoned houses in Christchurch's earthquake damage zone and using bedrooms as open toilets, New Zealand officials say. "Farewell bonfires" are also something of a problem for authorities keeping an eye on some...

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Australia searches ocean for missing plane

THE search for Flight MH370 has now been expanded deep into the northern and southern hemispheres, stretching from Australia to Kazakhstan. Australian vessels are scouring the southern Indian Ocean and China has offered 21 of its satellites to...

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Abbott backs minister Sinodinos

Federal MPs are standing by Arthur Sinodinos after he was linked to a NSW corruption probe. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has declared confidence in Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos, who has been drawn into a NSW anti-corruption...

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Student tells of abuse at SA school

An intellectually disabled man has told a royal commission of being abused at a SA Catholic school. Source: AAP A CATHOLIC school's bus driver sexually abused an intellectually disabled student in the bus, in the woodwork classroom and at weekend...

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Tas govt to meet loggers on forestry plan

The Tasmanian Greens are urging the new government not to take the state back to forestry war. Source: AAP TASMANIA'S incoming Liberal government will meet with the timber industry this week as it pushes ahead with plans to tear up the state's...

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Hi-tech serenity for people with dementia

HEALTHCARE experts have found a way to bring serenity to the lives of people with dementia - thrill-a-second gaming technology. They want to use the technology to create virtual experiences people can enjoy at home or in care centres. The idea...

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