Downer elected SA Liberal party president

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has been elected president of the Liberal Party in SA. Source: AAP FORMER foreign minister Alexander Downer has been elected unopposed as the president of the South Australian Liberal Party. Mr...

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No charges for driving on US jet survivor

A firefighter who ran over and killed a survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash will not be charged. Source: AAP THE US firefighter who ran over and killed a survivor of the Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco was unaware she was responsible...

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Stars help open US performing arts centre

LA's Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has been opened with a black-tie gala. Source: AAP MOST community performing-arts centres open with the mayor in attendance, maybe a few local business owners. Not in Beverly Hills. ...

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Cat loses leg after being shot in WA

The RSPCA is investigating after a cat's leg was amputated after being shot with a rifle in WA. Source: AAP AN 18-month old cat has lost a leg after it was shot with a rifle in Western Australia. Stella was found limping by her owner...

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Activist Malala meets Queen at reception

SCHOOLGIRL Malala Yousafzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, spoke to the Queen about the importance of education when they met at Buckingham Palace. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy and...

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Malaysia must back off threats: Xenophon

INDEPENDENT Senator Nick Xenophon has called on the government to press Malaysia to back off threats against students who attend an event featuring opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim this weekend. Senator Xenophon said the level of paranoia from...

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NT education minister booed at rally

HUNDREDS of protesters have shouted down the Northern Territory's education minister at a rally against cuts to education funding. About 500 teachers, parents, and supporters gathered in front of Darwin's Parliament House on Thursday to protest...

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Several fires raging around Newcastle

SEVERAL out-of-control fires are raging north, south and west of Newcastle, forcing the closure and evacuation of the airport with authorities advising people in some threatened areas to leave. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue....

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Italy may send Nazi's body to Germany

ITALY appears set to send the body of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke to Germany as it commemorated the 70th anniversary of a round-up of Jews from the historic Jewish quarter of Rome. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's...

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HSU to chase Williamson settlement

THE Health Services Union says it's determined to wring a $5 million settlement from its disgraced former boss Michael Williamson, who has apparently declared himself bankrupt. The former HSU secretary and Labor Party president on Tuesday pleaded...

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US pins hopes on Senate leaders

The White House has rejected the latest effort by Republicans to resolve an impasse over the budget. Source: AAP THE US is hours from a fateful fiscal deadline, with a chaotic political stand-off threatening to trigger a debt default and rock...

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Snitching bikies can avoid long jail terms

A Queensland government plan to lock up criminal bikies in a super jail could lead to more crime. Source: AAP BIKIE gang members can avoid the extraordinary jail terms threatened by new laws in Queensland if they turn informer. The laws...

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Former HSU boss pleads guilty to fraud

Disgraced former HSU boss Michael Williamson admitted he defrauded the union out of almost $1m. Source: AAP DISGRACED former Health Services Union boss Michael Williamson faces 30 years in jail and civil action by his former union for fraudulently...

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Qld compo changes to be rushed through

Broncos boosted by three guns Paul Malone QUEENSLAND Emerging squad member Daniel Vidot and Cronulla's Stewart Mills have joined Todd Lowrie in the latest swoops by the Broncos. The best Aussie Google Doodles WHO DOESN'T love a Google...

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No deal yet as US debt deadline looms

THE US is still facing a potentially devastating sovereign debt default after senators failed to agree on terms to reopen the federal government and raise the country's borrowing limit. Republicans and Democrats - at war over the country's finances...

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Redfoo without an artist on X Factor

LMFAO frontman Redfoo said he was "gutted" to be the first coach to lose all his artists on The X Factor. Redfoo's tenancy as an active coach was exhausted after Jiordan Tolli, the last of his three under-24 female singers, was eliminated on...

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Parliament to sit over four weeks in 2013

Theme park visit sparks measles scare A TEEN from one of Australia's lowest-vaccinated regions has triggered a new measles scare after visiting a Gold Coast theme park on school holidays. Bandidos boss banned from Coast UPDATE: Bandidos...

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Vic boy killed crossing train tracks

A TEENAGE boy has been killed by a train in Victoria as he attempted to change platforms by crossing the tracks. The boy was at Riddells Creek train station, about 50km north of Melbourne, when he was hit by a train bound for Bendigo about 2pm (AEDT),...

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Mongols patch over the Finks in WA

JOC welcome in Aussie sevens side Jim Tucker JAMES O'Connor would be welcomed with open arms into Australia's surging sevens squad for their next tournament - if he was committed. You owe your telco a huge apology AFTER all those times...

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Strong winds expected amid NSW bushfires

Properties have reportedly been damaged as an out of control bushfire continues to blaze in NSW. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS are bracing for a night of strong winds and thunderstorms, as a number of homes in NSW were destroyed by bushfires. ...

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