Man swept into drain in outback SA

A MAN is believed to have drowned after being swept into a drain during a late night swim in outback South Australia. The man was walking with friends just after midnight (CDT) on Saturday in the far north township of Innamincka when he decided...

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Thousands march in Thai capital

TENS of thousands of anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Thai capital, reviving their whistle-blowing, traffic-blocking campaign to force the resignation of the country's prime minister. The protest on Saturday...

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Teen girl missing in inner Brisbane

A TEENAGE girl with a suspected medical ailment has gone missing from an inner Brisbane suburb. Alice Barlow, 13, was last seen on Friday afternoon in Ascot, and has not made contact with her family since. Police are concerned for her welfare....

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Man charged over double fatal Vic crash

A VICTORIAN man has been charged over a crash that killed a girl and her mother. The eight-year-old girl died at the scene of the head-on crash with another car at Rosedale on November 22 last year. The 45-year-old woman, from nearby Sale in...

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Woodside misses Israeli gas deadline

WOODSIDE Petroleum has missed a deadline to seal a $US2.7 billion ($A2.92 billion) deal for a stake in a natural gas project in Israel. Woodside had intended to take a 25 per cent stake in the Leviathan project with an $US850 million up-front...

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AFP tip leads to major Thai drug bust

A TIP-OFF from Australian Federal Police to their Thai counterparts has led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of 150 kilograms of heroin before it could be packed in seafood and shipped to Australia. Secretary-General of Thailand's Office...

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Labor no confidence bid on Speaker fails

Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has been banned from parliament for 24 hours. Source: AAP THE manager of opposition business Tony Burke has moved a motion of no confidence in the Speaker, Bronwyn Bishop. The suspension motion went...

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Art Gallery of NSW to give back sculpture

THE Art Gallery of NSW has been asked to return a 1000-year-old sculpture that was stolen from an Indian temple. The attorney-general's department has received a formal request from the Indian government to return the Ardhanariswara idol, which...

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Tough budget decisions coming: Abbott

PM Tony Abbott has warned that "tough decisions" are coming to restore the federal budget. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has warned that "tough decisions" are coming to restore the federal budget. In the last parliamentary sitting...

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Total sex offenders monitor 'unrealistic'

NO scheme can guarantee that sex offenders won't abuse again and more needs to be known about whether a public register can prevent offending, a top Victorian policeman says. Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Graham Ashton said without 24-hour-a-day...

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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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Female ADF members facing sexist backlash

AUSTRALIA'S sex discrimination commissioner says commanding officers should be made more accountable for the sexist culture that exists within the military, while warning efforts at change had led to a backlash against female members. Elizabeth...

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Victims group backs filming in NSW courts

OPENING the doors on NSW criminal cases to TV cameras and broadcasting will provide greater understanding of the court process, a victims of crime advocate believes. Traditionally an environment reserved for notepads and pens, the NSW government...

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Business wants even more red tape to go

FOR thousands of Australian businesses the Abbott government's first so-called repeal day can't come soon enough. But there will also be disappointment that among the thousands of pieces of regulation that will be ditched on Wednesday - in what...

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Abbott restores knights and dames

RETIRING Governor-General Quentin Bryce has become a dame and her successor Peter Cosgrove will become a knight, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott restored the system of pre-eminent honours. The Queen has amended the letters patent for the Order...

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Qlders should be able to party: Newman

QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman says he won't change pub and club trading hours because people should be able to "let their hair down and party". Queensland's government on Sunday released its draft plan to tackle alcohol-related and drug-related...

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Curriculum experts help review

AUSTRALIA'S curriculum developers have emphasised in a submission to an independent review the large amount of consulting and the lengthy time taken to create subjects to be taught. The Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority notes that...

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Archbishop fronts abuse inquiry in SA

THE Archbishop of Adelaide has agreed the Catholic Church's response to sexual abuse claims at a special school should have started about a decade earlier than it did. Archbishop Philip Wilson told the royal commission into sexual abuse in Adelaide...

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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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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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