Easy access to welfare is over: Andrews

Australians who receive the disability support pension will be assessed for the capacity to work. Source: AAP UP to 20,000 Australians who receive the disability support pension (DSP) will be assessed for the capacity to work, and if deemed...

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PM pays tribute to beef baron Graeme Acton

Australian beef baron Graeme Acton has died aged 63, after falling from a horse. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has paid tribute to Australian beef baron Graeme Acton, describing him as a great and proud man. "He was a proud Queenslander...

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Four arrested over train station stabbing

An 18-year-old man is in hospital after he was stabbed at a railway station south of Sydney. Source: AAP THREE men and a teenage girl have been arrested after a stabbing at a NSW train station. Policy say an 18-year-old man was found...

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Pair die in fatal Qld car crash

Two people have been killed after their car hit a tree in a Gold Coast suburb. Source: AAP TWO people have been killed after their car hit a tree in a Gold Coast suburb. The driver, a 27-year-old Darra man, and a 26-year-old Fortitude...

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SA man burned as car engulfed in flames

A man has suffered serious burns when his car caught fire on Adelaide's Northern Expressway. Source: AAP A MAN has been pulled from his burning car on an Adelaide expressway. Emergency crews pulled the man from his car at Virginia after...

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Hate preacher cries over Bosnia killings

Fiery hate preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri has cried on the stand over the killing of Muslims in Bosnia. Source: AAP BRITISH hate preacher Abu Hamza quietly cried while describing the killing of Muslims in Bosnia in the 1990s during testimony at...

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AWH boss denies favours from NSW Lib MP

AWH boss Nick Di Girolamo says he never received political favours in exchange for payments. Source: AAP A NOTORIOUS infrastructure company's largesse towards NSW Liberals translated to "gold-edged service" including a favourable press release...

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Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Vic

Three people have contracted the potentially deadly legionnaires' disease in Melbourne west. Source: AAP THREE people have been struck down by an outbreak of potentially deadly legionnaires' disease in Melbourne. Two men and a woman,...

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Snapchat settles charge it deceived users

US regulators announced a deal with Snapchat to settle a charge that the internet firm misled users Source: AAP US regulators have announced a deal with Snapchat to settle a charge that the internet firm misled users into believing images sent...

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Harris known in industry as 'the Octopus'

The assault trial of Rolf Harris has heard details of his alleged crimes against four teenage girls. Source: AAP ROLF Harris used his fame as a children's entertainer to approach young girls and then abuse them over a number of decades, a London...

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NSW govt slammed for train announcement

THE NSW government has been accused of showing "callous disregard" for local manufacturing jobs after it refused to commit to building the state's next generation of trains in Australia. Premier Mike Baird on Thursday pledged $2.8 billion for...

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Vic govt must do more on abuse: victims

The Victorian government will remove time limits that stop some child abuse cases going to court. Source: AAP VICTORIAN child abuse victims will no longer be constrained by time limits in seeking compensation from the organisations that harboured...

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Mama panda shows off Canberra babies

Four-month-old twin red pandas are shown off for the first time at the National Zoo in Canberra. Source: AAP IT'LL be a bittersweet Mother's Day for second-time mum Eilish. The National Zoo's prized red panda lost one of her cubs the...

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WA debt rises amid infrastructure splurge

THE West Australian government's debt projections show the state sliding deeper into the red as huge spending on infrastructure overshadows revenue raising and cost cutting measures. The 2014/15 state budget handed down on Thursday shows the goal...

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Brand wins damages over cheat slur

COMEDIAN Russell Brand has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a newspaper claim that he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. Brand was not at London's High Court for the settlement of his action against News Group Newspapers...

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I'll try not to mislead parliament: Qld MP

Former Queensland minister Ros Bates says she will try not to mislead parliament again. Source: AAP FORMER Queensland minister Ros Bates says she will make sure she doesn't unintentionally mislead parliament again. In October, Ms Bates...

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Qld corruption watchdog changes tweaked

THE overhaul of Queensland's corruption watchdog is due to pass its final hurdle after the attorney-general made a number of concessions. Jarrod Bleijie on Wednesday acknowledged the shake-up had sparked controversy and public debate, but that...

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Tougher laws for strangulation offences

People who attempt to strangle their partners could get a maximum of 10 years in jail in NSW. Source: AAP PEOPLE who attempt to strangle their partners will get a maximum of 10 years in jail under tough new laws proposed by the NSW government....

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Woman dies in Vic head-on crash

A woman has died and another is critically injured following a head-on collision in Victoria. Source: AAP A WOMAN is dead and another is fighting for her life following a head-on collision in country Victoria. The dead woman's car and...

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Thylacine cameraman copped buttocks bite

The cameraman who took footage of the last captive Tasmanian tiger was bitten by the animal. Source: AAP THE cameraman who took the famous footage of the last captive Tasmanian tiger was bitten on the buttocks while filming. Biologist David...

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Baird forced into another reshuffle

Premier Baird has made another tweak to his ministerial line-up amid an ongoing corruption probe. Source: AAP HE has been in charge of NSW for less than three weeks but Premier Mike Baird is quickly becoming an expert at reshuffles. Mr...

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PM's call puts Aust-Indon ties on track

A group of 20 asylum seekers claim they were turned back to Indonesia by Australian authorities. Source: AAP INDONESIA'S president has told Prime Minister Tony Abbott he hopes the two countries can heal the rift left by last year's spying scandal...

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Mixed reaction for big-spending Vic budget

The Victorian government will unveil a string of record surpluses from 2015/16 in its budget. Source: AAP THE Victorian government will stake its November re-election bid on its record infrastructure splurge but the opposition has accused it...

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Westfield sweetens local split plans

Westfield Group has altered its planned split of Australian and NZ assets from its global business. Source: AAP SHOPPING centre giant Westfield Group has sweetened its plan to split its Australian and New Zealand assets from its international...

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Pistorius introduced Steenkamp as fiancee

A neighbour has testified that Oscar Pistorius was "torn apart" after shooting his girlfriend. Source: AAP OSCAR Pistorius introduced Reeva Steenkamp as his fiancee just a week before he shot her, a neighbour has testified, as the defence said...

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Greece-bound migrant boats sink, two dead

AT least two people drowned and about 30 are missing after two boats crammed with immigrants bound for Greece sank in the eastern Aegean Sea before dawn Monday in the third fatal accident of the sort this year, authorities said. The vessels...

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Forrest hands $12m to uranium explorer

Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest has injected $12 million into a WA uranium exploration company. Source: AAP MINING magnate Andrew Forrest has invested $12 million in a prospective West Australian uranium miner aiming to be in production by...

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Katie Price pregnant with fifth child

British model Katie Price is reportedly pregnant with her fifth child. Source: AAP BRITISH model Katie Price is reportedly pregnant with her fifth child. Britain's The Sun on Sunday reports Price discovered she is pregnant after falling...

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Son of IRA victim in 'backlash' claim

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams (pic) says his arrest over the murder of Jean McConville is wrong. Source: AAP A SON of IRA murder victim Jean McConville says Gerry Adams threatened him with a "backlash" if he released the names of those he believed...

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Target CEO Steinhafel resigns

TARGET says Chairman and CEO Gregg Steinhafel is out, nearly five months after the retailer disclosed a massive data breach that hurt its reputation. The US's third-largest retailer said on Monday Steinhafel had agreed to step down as the company's...

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Firefighter bravery recognised

NSW firefighters have been awarded for their actions at a major fuel spill that threatened Sydney. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS who attended a fuel spill with the potential to ignite and threaten a Sydney peninsula faced a choice. Leave the...

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Greens say they're the party to fix NSW

The Greens have announced their upper house line-up for the upcoming March 2015 NSW state election. Source: AAP THERE'S a smell wafting from the Labor and Liberal party rooms in NSW parliament, the Greens say. Just days after police minister...

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Man dead after NSW highway smash

A man has been hit and killed by a bus that veered onto a footpath in Sydney, police say. Source: AAP A PASSENGER has been killed after the vehicle he was in veered onto the wrong side of the road on the NSW south coast. Police have been...

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Cancer tot’s siblings shame adults

Diagnosed with cancer when aged two ... Nicholas Forwood with sister Charlotte, 10, and brother Luke, 12. Source: News Corp Australia THREE-year-old Nicholas Forwood's cancer treatment left him so radioactive he had to be isolated in a lead-lined...

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Male survival gene under threat in UK

MANKIND has come a long way since the days of hunters and gatherers - but the modern British man's survival gene could be in danger of becoming extinct. According to a new television survey, ready meals and toiletries are the luxuries more than...

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