Dutch prisons hit by prisoner shortage

THE Dutch government is facing an unusual crisis: prison undercrowding. There are now more guards and other prison staff than prisoners in the Netherlands for the first time, according to data released by the Justice Ministry on Friday. Crime...

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Cyclone Ita makes landfall

DESTRUCTIVE winds are battering far north Queensland after Cyclone Ita crossed the coast at Cape Flattery, more than 300km north of Cairns. The category four cyclone made landfall around 9pm with winds of up to 230 kilometres an hour at its core....

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Ministers worried about indigenous privacy

EDUCATION ministers are grappling with the question of how to track indigenous truancy without breaching students' privacy. Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in February he would add school attendance to the "closing the gap" targets aimed...

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Roll confusion for Labor's Blain candidate

ON the Northern Territory electoral roll, Labor's candidate for the Blain by-election is listed as living at a property in the electorate, but his purchase of the property was only finalised this week. Police officer Geoff Bahnert lives at a Bellamack...

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Abbott briefs President Xi on MH370 search

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected a new signal that is being analysed. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has briefed Chinese President Xi Jinping about the search for missing aircraft MH370, warning him there...

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Vandals attack Vic wheat storage facility

VANDALS have caused up to $65,000 damage at a wheat storage facility in central Victoria. Workers found vandals had slashed heavy-duty tarpaulins protecting a large stack of wheat at Dunolly, west of Bendigo, early on Thursday, police said....

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Cambodia, Nauru in talks on refugees

ASYLUM seekers on Nauru could find themselves in Cambodia if Australia seals a deal with the two countries. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has given the biggest hint so far at what is under discussion with Cambodia. He says the Asian nation...

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Greece bounces back to bond markets

BAILED-OUT Greece has returned to bond markets with a bang, ending a four-year exclusion by raising 3.0 billion euros, sending a major signal that the eurozone debt crisis is fading. "A sum in the order of 3.0 billion euros ($A4.46 billion) will...

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New signal detected in plane search

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume with up to 14 planes and 13 ships. Source: AAP AN Australian aircraft involved in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has picked up a possible fifth signal in the search zone...

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Copyright allegations 'false': Dotcom

Megaupload's Kim Dotcom says claims that his website encouraged copyright infringement are false. Source: AAP ALLEGATIONS made by six major Hollywood film studios that file-sharing website Megaupload was designed to profit from copyright...

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GM to invest $449M in 2 Detroit factories

US carmaker General Motors will invest $A485.96 million in two Detroit-area factories. Source: AAP GENERAL Motors says it's investing $US449 million ($A485.96 million) in two Detroit-area factories to build the next generation Chevrolet Volt...

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Bob Carr reveals plane, lobbyist hassles

Former foreign minister Bob Carr is set to release a new book later this month. Source: AAP FORMER foreign minister Bob Carr likes his breakfast oats steel-cut and his Wagner opera with English subtitles. So, his latest book - Diary of...

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More relocatable units for Vic prisons

MORE shipping container-style "relocatable units" are being rolled out to boost the capacity of Victoria's prison system. The Victorian government has announced another 27 units will be installed by August at two correctional facilities near...

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Man shot in leg in Vic home invasion

A VICTORIAN man has suffered a minor gunshot wound during a home invasion. A man and a woman were in their East Geelong home when two men, one armed with a firearm, burst in and shot at the man, police said. The men them left the house. The...

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Great Wall's SUVs to be made in Malaysia

MALAYSIA has awarded a manufacturing licence to a 2 billion ringgit ($A662.27 million) venture that will assemble fuel-efficient SUVs for China's Great Wall Motor Co Ltd. The licence was the first issued under the country's new car policy unveiled...

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Invest in Australia, PM to tell China

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has outlined the benefits of what he says is a historic deal with Japan. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott hopes to spur free trade talks with China this week by assuring investors they're welcome to do business...

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Evacuation at Sydney food factory

Workers have been evacuated from a factory in Sydney after a grain silo threatened to explode. Source: AAP WORKERS have been evacuated from a food processing plant on Sydney's lower north shore after a grain silo threatened to explode. ...

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Collombet murder suspect before Qld court

AN itinerant man extradited to Queensland following his arrest in northern NSW will face a Brisbane court accused of the bashing murder and rape of French student Sophie Louise Collombet. The 21-year-old Griffith University business student was...

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Post-mortem in unexplained Geldof death

Bob Geldof says his family is "beyond pain" at the death of his daughter Peaches at the age of 25. Source: AAP BRITISH police say they are investigating the unexplained death of media personality Peaches Geldof and will hand their findings...

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Nicole Appleton, Liam Gallagher divorce

NICOLE Appleton's six-year marriage to Liam Gallagher has ended on the grounds of his admitted adultery. The couple were not at the Principal Registry of the High Court's Family Division for the brief hearing. The 39-year-old All Saints singer...

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Fate of European bees better than feared

THE decline in European bee populations is not as bad as feared, the European Union's executive says, as it published a report into bee health in 17 EU member states. "We can take some encouragement from the limited winter bee mortality in several...

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Whistleblower got it wrong: Salvo boss

An inquiry has heard how a resident of a Salvation Army boys home received financial compensation. Source: AAP SALVATION Army commissioner James Condon says he already had a process in train to remove an officer with a sex abuse record before...

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Shot man charged for withholding info

A witness heard screams before finding a bloodied man after a double shooting in Sydney. Source: AAP A MAN gunned down alongside his father in an inner-Sydney street has been charged with concealing information from police. Josh Smart,...

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Viewers riveted to The Block

Nine's The Block: Fans v Faves has topped Sunday's television ratings with 1.829 million viewers. Source: AAP THE Block: Fans v Faves had its highest rating episode this season on a night when audience numbers were heavily compromised because...

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Malta PM, activists blinded by poor light

MALTESE Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and 40 Labour Party activists have been hospitalised suffering acute pain in the eyes most likely cause by excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays, Times of Malta reports. All patients, including Muscat, were...

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