Penny Sharpe wins ALP preselection

NSW MP Penny Sharpe has won the Labor party's first community preselection process, under which local residents and branch members can both vote for their preferred candidate. The trial of what Labor insiders call "US-style primaries" was run...

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Approach minimum wage with caution: govt

The Abbott government says it's wary of increasing the minimum wage. Source: AAP ANY prospective increase to the minimum wage should take into consideration the fact that Australians are set to benefit to the tune of $550 a year once the...

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Syringe threat in Vic carjacking

A woman has been threatened with a syringe during a carjacking in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong. Source: AAP A WOMAN has been threatened with a syringe during a carjacking in Melbourne, police say. The woman was parked in a shopping...

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Bloom wants to be in son's life

A-LIST Hollywood star Orlando Bloom may have split from Miranda Kerr but he's taking his job as a dad seriously - and he's looking to settle down in his home country. The 37-year-old British star recently parted ways with his Australian supermodel...

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Gay couples marry in England

British Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Source: AAP GAY couples across England and Wales have said "I do" as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect, the final stage in...

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Qld police try to identify dead woman

POLICE are working through the night to investigate the suspicious death of a young woman whose body was found in a busy south Brisbane Park. Earlier on Friday police were searching for a murder weapon and speaking to witnesses, Detective Acting...

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PNG set to deport Aussie lawyer

AN Australian barrister representing 75 asylum seekers has been forced to leave Manus Island ahead of his expected deportation by Papua New Guinean authorities. Contrary to a court order granted by Justice David Cannings allowing Sydney lawyer...

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Objects found in new MH370 search area

The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines flight has resumed with weather conditions improving. Source: AAP OBJECTS sighted by a New Zealand military plane in the Indian Ocean appear to have justified re-focusing efforts more than a thousand...

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Pell promises compo for Vic abuse victims

Cardinal George Pell (C) has promised to review compensation for Melbourne church abuse victims. Source: AAP CARDINAL George Pell has promised to review compensation payments for Melbourne church abuse victims and has conceded it may cost hundreds...

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Greste's family hail PM's intervention

THE parents of jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste say Prime Minister Tony Abbott's direct appeal for his release will undoubtably help the case. Mr Abbott rang interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour on Thursday night, three months after...

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Barnett smirks at Abbott's knights move

EVEN a traditional Liberal and dyed-in-the-wool royalist such as Colin Barnett has smirked at Tony Abbott's decision to restore knights and dames in the Order of Australia. Asked on talkback radio if he would accept a knighthood, the West Australian...

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New debris found in hunt for MH370

NEW satellite images taken three days ago have revealed 122 potential pieces of debris from the missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370, Malaysia's Transport Minister says. Hishammuddin Hussein revealed the latest - and largest - find of objects...

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Scalping not a big problem, senators say

CONCERT-GOERS and sports fans can breathe easy: ticket scalping isn't a big deal in Australia, a parliamentary inquiry has found. Because of this, the committee looking into the matter doesn't see the need for any further regulation. But it does...

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NSW puts 'cowboy' CSG operators on notice

SHONKY coal seam gas operators across NSW risk losing their exploration licences as the government cracks down on "speculators and cowboys" in the market. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell on Wednesday announced a six-month freeze on processing new...

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Govt to proceed with Medibank sale

THE Abbott government will go ahead with the sale of health insurer Medibank Private as it attempts to heal the budget. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says an independently-prepared scoping study into the planned sale has reaffirmed the government's...

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Adelaide archbishop says response too slow

Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson says the Catholic Church has learnt lessons about handling cases. Source: AAP THE Archbishop of Adelaide has agreed the Catholic church's response to sexual abuse claims at a special school should have begun...

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Dump financial advice changes: Labor

LABOR has demanded Prime Minister Tony Abbott take a controversial rollback of financial advice laws out of the deep freeze and put it on the scrap heap. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says the government has put the changes on ice temporarily...

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Nepal to ease traffic on Mount Everest

NEPAL plans to minimise the congestion of climbers near the 8,850-metre summit of Mount Everest, which is clogged with scores of climbers during the short window of good weather. One of the initiatives includes the introduction of separate fixed...

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Eight killed, 18 missing in US landslide

Rescuers in the US state of Washington are searching for 18 people after a mudslide buried houses. Source: AAP AT least eight people are dead and 18 are missing after a massive landslide slammed "like a freight train" into a mountainside community...

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Sinodinos warned over 'company he kept'

Liberal Arthur Sinodinos was warned the men running Australian Water Holdings might be "dishonest". Source: AAP FORMER NSW Premier Nathan Rees thought they were a "bunch of crooks" and Liberal powerbroker Arthur Sinodinos was warned the men...

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Mining tax debate focus in parliament

THE federal government will try to pressure Labor over the repeal of the mining tax this week as the re-run of the West Australian Senate election looms. The repeal bills have been listed as the first item of business in the upper house when parliament...

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PM, Truss hopeful of MH370 breakthrough

A WOODEN cargo pallet, belts and possibly straps have been observed in the remote Indian Ocean by aircraft deployed in the hunt for a missing Malaysian jet. Australia's Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss says authorities are hopeful of a breakthrough...

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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. Source: AAP PREGNANT women and the elderly are being urged to prepare for winter and get a flu shot following an "unusually high" level of influenza...

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Philippines' rebel leader, wife arrested

Police in the Philippines have arrested communist rebel leader Benito Tiamzon and his wife Wilma. Source: AAP THE Philippines' top communist rebel leader and his wife have been arrested in a joint operation by the military and police. Benito...

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3 bear cubs rescued from captivity

ANIMAL activists in Kosovo say three brown bear cubs have been rescued from captivity. The one-month-old cubs, Ema, Oska and Ron, were found at two separate homes last week in the western town of Peja and are believed to be from the same mother....

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