Australia's real Pacific solution

Guards at Australia's detention centre on Manus island are ordered to carry hooked knives. Source: AAP GUARDS at Australia's detention centre on Manus island are ordered to carry hooked knives. The knives are used to cut ropes when asylum...

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Nats will do better at re-run poll: Joyce

THE Nationals will improve their performance at the re-run West Australian Senate election, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce says. The party - which began in the west - missed out on a seat at the September poll because of preference deals...

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Trio charged after Vic bikie gang raids

Police are conducting raids on properties linked to the Comancheros outlaw bikie gang in Victoria. Source: AAP THREE men have been charged and guns and drugs seized after raids on the Comanchero bikie gang across Melbourne. Police searched...

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No sweet tooth for Australian cake champ

FOR an award-winning cake decorator who spends Monday to Friday surrounded by the temptations of her sugary creations, Jacquie Goldstaiz's palate is a blessing in disguise. "I never bake for me. I just really love fresh fruit and vegetables,"...

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10 women drown as boat sinks in India

POLICE say 10 women drowned when a small boat loaded with farmworkers sank in a lake in western India. Police officer Satyendera Singh says six women and a boatman were also rescued after the accident on Friday in Rajasthan's state Tonk district,...

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Farmers want fair deal from Japan FTA

Australia's peak farming body says a FTA with Japan needs to benefit the whole agriculture sector. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S peak farming body is urging the federal government not to be pressured by Japan's powerful agricultural lobby as it enters...

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Nine killed in Turkey crash

Nine people are dead in a crash involving a passenger train and a minibus in southern Turkey. Source: AAP AT least nine people are dead and five others have been left injured after a passenger train crashed into a minibus carrying workers...

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NGA director Ron Radford retires

Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford, has announced his retirement. Source: AAP THE National Gallery of Australia's director has announced his retirement. Ron Radford will have served close to a decade in the gallery's...

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Man wedged between car and wall critical

A man who became wedged between his car and a wall in Sydney is in a critical condition in hospital. Source: AAP A MAN is in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital after becoming wedged between his car and a brick wall. The 50-year-old...

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Asylum seekers unaware of rights: inquiry

ASYLUM seekers have told a Papua New Guinea court they were not made aware of their right to free legal representation, as the judge refused to allow an Australian lawyer to represent 75 detainees at the inquiry. However, Justice David Cannings...

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Horse with Hendra virus put down in Qld

A horse has been put down in the Queensland town of Bundaberg after contracting the Hendra virus. Source: AAP A HORSE has been put down in the Queensland city of Bundaberg after contracting the Hendra virus. It's the first Hendra virus...

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Motorcyclist killed in fiery highway crash

A motorcyclist has died after he was thrown from his bike in a crash on the NSW mid-north coast. Source: AAP A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed after he was thrown from his bike in a fiery crash on the NSW mid-north coast. A number of witnesses...

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Trauma study targets 300 Vietnam veterans

300 Vietnam veterans will take part in a Queensland-based study into post-traumatic stress disorder. Source: AAP HAUNTED by images of mangled bodies, Vietnam veteran Tony Dell hasn't slept for more than four hours a night during the past 40...

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McCann police seek lone intruder

BRITISH detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are looking for a lone intruder who sexually abused five girls during break-ins at holiday homes in Portugal. The tanned, dark-haired man is suspected of breaking in to 12...

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Comedians join anti-cage eggs campaign

Comedian Carl Barron features in a TV campaign urging consumers to shun battery cage eggs. Source: AAP LAUGHTER is a useful tool for getting across a message on an unpleasant topic. That's the tack Animals Australia has taken in its latest...

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Balmain Leagues Club decision Wednesday

A judge will soon rule on whether the Balmain Leagues Club will be placed into receivership. Source: AAP WESTS Tigers fans will have to wait another day to find out whether the Balmain Leagues Club will be placed into receivership. Developers...

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Joyce fends off more jobs speculation

The opposition is holding off on a decision on Qantas law changes until an inquiry is tabled. Source: AAP QANTAS chief Alan Joyce will not rule out sending more jobs offshore if able to do so under legislative changes being considered by federal...

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Buswell to take three more weeks off

Former WA Treasurer Troy Buswell is unlikely to return to parliament until at least April 10. Source: AAP FORMER West Australian treasurer Troy Buswell is unlikely to return to parliament until at least April 10. Mr Buswell stepped down...

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Qld clan celebrate native title ruling

Native title over 20,000 square kilometres of land has been handed to Queensland's Gudjala people. Source: AAP AS native title over her ancestral land is formally handed to her people, north Queenslander Elizabeth Santo-Dodds looks to the heavens....

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Shark attack may have been mackerel

A young girl injured in what was thought to be a shark attack may have been bitten by a mackerel. Source: AAP A 10-YEAR-OLD girl injured in what was thought to be a shark attack may have been bitten by a mackerel. The girl suffered "very...

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Vic MP Geoff Shaw quits Liberal Party

Rebel Victorian MP Geoff Shaw has quit the state's Liberal Party days before a party meeting. Source: AAP REBEL Victorian MP Geoff Shaw has resigned from the Liberal Party ahead of a meeting where he was expected to be kicked out. The...

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Govt to oppose super trawler challenge

The Abbott government will fight to uphold a ban that prevents super trawlers fishing in Australia. Source: AAP THE Abbott government will fight in court to uphold a ban that prevents super trawlers fishing in Australian waters. The federal...

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Pistorius ordered six guns before shooting

Oscar Pistorius was in the process of buying six guns at the time he shot dead his girlfriend. Source: AAP OSCAR Pistorius was in the process of buying six guns at the time he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, more than usually allowed...

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TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright dies

FORMER TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright has died at the age of 66, her agents say. The star, best known as one of the culinary duo Two Fat Ladies, died at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary on Saturday. Her agents, Heather Holden-Brown and Elly James,...

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Religions join Forrest anti-slavery drive

CHRISTIANS and Muslims have joined to try to help free millions of men, women and children held in modern-day slavery, forced to work as maids, prostitutes, child soldiers and manual labourers. Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest's Global...

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