Man dies trying to cross major NSW freeway

A MAN has died after being hit by two cars while trying to cross a major highway in Sydney, causing several other vehicles to crash. He was walking south across three lanes of the M4 at Parramatta on Saturday evening when he was hit and about...

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Alarm saves Qld girl from deliberate fire

A smoke alarm has helped a teenage girl escape a house fire in Queensland. Source: AAP A TEENAGE girl has escaped a house fire that may have been deliberately lit in central Queensland. The fire started at a home in Bundaberg just before...

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TV veteran Efrem Zimbalist Jr dies aged 95

EFREM Zimbalist Jr, the son of famous musical parents who established his own name in the long-running television series 77 Sunset Strip and even the even longer running TV hit The F.B.I., has died at age 95. Zimbalist died on Friday at his Solvang...

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Vic police search for crash witnesses

VICTORIA Police are searching for a man who tried to help a motorcyclist who died in a road accident. They say a number of witnesses were at the scene of the fatal accident in Clayton South on Friday night and are calling for them to come forward....

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Kraft's profit rises on cost-cutting

Cost cutting has helped Kraft lift its first quarter profit to $US513 million. Source: AAP KRAFT has reported higher profit for its first quarter as cost-cutting helped offset a decline in revenue. The company partly attributed the lower...

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Hughes' victims tell of suffering

The victims of Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes have descried how his abuse continues to haunt them. Source: AAP ONE of the victims of disgraced Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes says she was so badly affected by his abuse, it shaped her decision not...

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Baird govt rocked by ICAC allegations

NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher has stood down following evidence at a corruption inquiry. Source: AAP NEWLY minted premier Mike Baird vowed to clean up NSW politics, but the corruption watchdog might do the job for him. Toppled police...

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Investors want Woodside to look at shale

Woodside shareholders are urging the oil and gas giant to look more closely at shale gas. Source: AAP AS Woodside Petroleum hammers out a big offshore deal in the politically unstable Middle East, some shareholders have called on the company...

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Blast on Indian train kills one

TWIN bombs planted on a train killed one person and wounded at least nine others in the southern Indian port of Chennai. In the latest attack during ongoing national elections, the low-intensity blasts occurred in carriages of an overnight train...

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Lindy Chamberlain says abuse declining

LINDY Chamberlain-Creighton says cowardly abuse towards her has gradually subsided since a coronial inquest almost two years ago found that a dingo killed her baby daughter Azaria in 1980. A royal commission exonerated her of murder in 1988. ...

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China's Xi vows action after rail attacks

China's president has ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station. Source: AAP CHINESE President Xi Jinping has ordered a crackdown after a stabbing spree and explosion at a railway station in the restive Muslim-majority...

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Cyclist killed on main Sydney road

A cyclist has been fatally struck by a bus on a main road in Sydney's north shore. Source: AAP A CYCLIST has been fatally struck by a bus on a main road in Sydney's north shore. Police said the man, whose age was not known, died at the...

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Regal touch boosts Blue Mountains tourism

The royal visit to the Blue Mountains has boosted the fire-ravaged region's visitor numbers. Source: AAP PRINCE William and his wife Catherine's trip to the Blue Mountains has not only lifted spirits in the fire-ravaged region but boosted its...

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Gonski steps up as ANZ chairman

Respected businessman David Gonski (pic) is set to replace John Morschel as ANZ chairman on May 1. Source: AAP RESPECTED businessman David Gonski takes control in ANZ's boardroom on Thursday, replacing the bank's chairman of four years John...

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Tenants sign on for Barangaroo tower

Two firms have signed up as tenants for the tallest building at Sydney's Barangaroo development. Source: AAP PLANNING for the tallest office tower at Sydney's Barangaroo development will commence after the developer secured two tenants for...

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Gold dazzles at refurbished Perth Mint

Perth Mint has opened a new exhibition with the most valuable coin in the world as its centrepiece. Source: AAP THE biggest, heaviest and most valuable coin in the world is the centrepiece of a new permanent exhibition at the refurbished Perth...

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Two MPs allege Palmer approach

A Queensland MP has told police an envoy for Clive Palmer offered him an inducement to jump ship. Source: AAP TWO Queensland government MPs have accused Clive Palmer's team of trying to lure them away from the Liberal National Party. Mr...

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Plane catches fire at Perth Airport

A plane has made an emergency landing in Perth after flames were spotted coming from its engine. Source: AAP A PLANE has made an emergency landing at Perth Airport after a suspected engine fire erupted shortly after take-off. The Cobham...

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Whitehaven pushes ahead with new mine

WHITEHAVEN Coal sold less coal in the March quarter while battling low prices, but its flagship Maules Creek project is more than one-third complete. The controversial NSW mine is the target of a long running campaign that has included legal action...

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Partial eclipse ruined by cloud

IT was billed as the "super fat banana". But Tuesday's rare partial solar eclipse was more like a rotten tomato. Thick cloud blanketed most of the continent for much of the day, ruining any sustained view of the eclipse for astronomers and enthusiasts...

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Pyne backs US-style uni system

EDUCATION Minister Christopher Pyne is looking to the United States' model as he reforms the Australian university sector to compete in the global market. Australia has 19 universities in the world's top 500 while the United States has 149, China...

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Tornadoes kill at least 17 in US

Officials say a tornado has killed at least two people and destroyed buildings in Oklahoma. Source: AAP POWERFUL tornadoes have killed at least 17 people as they flipped cars, ripped up homes and uprooted trees across the south-central United...

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Transurban in $850m CityLink upgrade

Transurban will undertake its second upgrade to the CityLink toll network at a cost of $850 million. Source: AAP TOLL roads operator Transurban will pay for an $850 million upgrade of parts of Melbourne's congested tollway network. Transurban...

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Tax cuts possible before end of decade: PM

PM Tony Abbott views the May 13 budget as the first instalment of a long-term restructure plan. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has held out the prospect of personal tax cuts before the end of the decade. But he concedes there...

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Search zone for MH370 broadened

The search zone for MH370 has been expanded after an underwater drone found nothing of interest. Source: AAP THE search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has been expanded after the Bluefin-21 underwater drone found no trace of...

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MERS claims two more lives in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI Arabia's Health Ministry says two more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died as the kingdom detected nine new cases of the disease. The ministry said in a statement on its website late...

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Palmer trying to buy govt in NT: Giles

Federal MP Clive Palmer has induced three rebel Northern Territory MPs to join his political party. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer has been accused of buying his way into Northern Territory politics after three indigenous MPs joined his party a month...

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Chloe and Kelly through to MKR grand final

TRASH talking travellers Chloe and Kelly are through to the My Kitchen Rules grand final after rolling the show's good guys Paul Bullpitt and Blair Tonkin. Bullpitt and Tonkin made up one of the more polite and level-headed teams on the Seven...

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