BBC faces review of 'everything': UK govt

All aspects of how the BBC is run and paid for will be reviewed when its charter is renewed. Source: AAP ALL aspects of how the BBC is run and paid for will be reviewed when its charter comes up for renewal, Britain's culture secretary says....

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Relatives seek new Malaysia plane search

THEIR hopes raised and dashed, relatives of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane want a new plan to find it after the search was suspended following a new setback. The 84-year-old mother of Australian passenger Rod Burrows no longer...

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Sydney teen critical as party gatecrashed

A teen is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed at a party in Sydney's inner west. Source: AAP IT was meant to be a small gathering of friends for a 14-year-old girl's birthday. But the get-together at a house in Five...

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Two women attacked on Vic jogging route

ONE moment a Melbourne woman on her morning jog saw a figure ahead of her disappear. The next she was fighting off an attacker. Dragged to the ground, the woman kicked, screamed and made as much noise as she could during the May 24 attack while...

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Credit growth still picking up gradually

Australian economists say they are expecting a string or rate rises next year. Source: AAP LOW interest rates are continuing to spur growth in lending, but that growth remains slow and patchy. Credit to the private sector rose by 0.5 per...

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Self-effacing Obama hails science fair

Barack Obama has announced a $35 million Education incentive for US maths and science teachers. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Barack Obama confessed to feeling a little bit, well, unaccomplished. There was the catapult-armed mannequin that shot...

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Aristocrat set to launch mobile games

POKER machine maker Aristocrat Leisure will soon have its popular Facebook games ready for play on smartphones and tablets. Aristocrat says its "Heart of Vegas" suite of games on Facebook is growing and was one of Facebook's top new games of 2013....

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Ramsay Health appoints new chairman

Michael Siddle has been made chairman of Ramsay Health Care after the death of Paul Ramsay (pic). Source: AAP RAMSAY Health Care has appointed Michael Siddle as its new chairman following the death of the company's founder Paul Ramsay. ...

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Hyundai-Kia gets greenest gong

Hyundai-Kia has overtaken Honda as the greenest automaker in the United States. Source: AAP HYUNDAI-KIA is now the greenest automaker in the United States, unseating Honda for the first time since the rankings by a group of scientists began....

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Rogerson charged with student's murder

DISGRACED ex-NSW detective Roger Rogerson has been charged with the murder of university student Jamie Gao. Police confirmed the human remains found floating in waters off Cronulla in Sydney's south on Monday morning were those of Mr Gao. Rogerson...

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Vic premier knows nothing of Shaw probe

VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine has told Geoff Shaw he knows nothing about the upshot of a probe into alleged misconduct by the balance-of-power MP. Dr Napthine has told parliament he met the independent MP on Tuesday for about 10 or 15 minutes...

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Baird sets up campaign donation panel

THE former head of Sydney Water who was the victim of a smear campaign will lead an expert panel to look at ways of reforming political donation rules in NSW. Premier Mike Baird said on Tuesday the independent expert panel would be led by "respected...

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Qld treasurer says asset sales more likely

QUEENSLAND'S treasurer has hinted that federal government budget cuts have made state asset sales more likely. Tim Nicholls says cabinet will have to sign off on the final plan next Monday, before the state budget is handed down the following...

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ECB may hold clues for kiwi's direction

THE New Zealand dollar has held near the bottom of its recent band as the European Central Bank (ECB) forum may give investors clues to how the monetary authority will stave off threats to the regional economy. Holidays in the US and UK are...

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Drug dealer letter misrepresented: Burke

Labor's Tony Burke says a letter he wrote on behalf of a constituent is being "misrepresented". Source: AAP LABOR frontbencher Tony Burke has rejected suggestions he asked the Abbott government to release a Nigerian drug dealer from immigration...

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Australian snorkeller dies off Fiji resort

A 36-year-old Australian man has died while snorkelling off Fiji's coral coast. Source: AAP A 36-YEAR-OLD Australian man has died while snorkelling off Fiji's coral coast. The man was staying with a friend at a five-star resort on the...

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New prison unit for dangerous Vic crims

THE Victorian government will build a maximum security prison wing to house a growing number of underworld figures, bikies and violent offenders. The new unit of 40 cells will be built adjacent to Barwon Prison, near Geelong. A spokesman from...

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We won't compromise on co-payment: Hockey

Treasurer Joe Hockey has all but ruled out compromise on a GP co-payment. Source: AAP TREASURER Joe Hockey has all but ruled out compromise on a GP co-payment, as Labor finally confirmed it would not block the government's deficit levy for...

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