Vic union rejects sabotage claim

The CFMEU has rejected claims a fire at a Grocon building site in Melbourne was an act of sabotage. Source: AAP THE CFMEU has rejected a claim of sabotage over a deliberately lit fire at a Grocon building site in Melbourne, saying it is a...

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Israel says Palestinians kidnapped teens

Israeli security forces are combing the West Bank in search of three missing teenagers. Source: AAP THREE Israeli teenagers, one of them also a US citizen, have been kidnapped in the occupied West Bank, presumably by Palestinians, the army...

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Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq

A BOMB attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria close to the Iraqi border has killed 30 "terrorists", state television reports. "A big explosion hits a terrorist arms market in Mayadeen, killing 30 terrorists and wounding dozens of...

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Snow falls in Vic alpine peaks

Snow has begun falling on Victoria's alpine peaks after a slow start to the season. Source: AAP AFTER a slow start to the season, snow has finally begun falling on Victoria's alpine peaks. AT Mt Hotham, 3cm of snow had fallen since Saturday...

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US marshals to auction seized bitcoins

US authorities will auction off $US18 million in Bitcoins they seized from Silk Road. Source: AAP THE US Marshals Service says it will auction about $US18 million in bitcoins seized last northern autumn from Silk Road, a website that was...

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Former POW Bergdahl back in US

A defence official says US soldier Bowe Bergdahl is due to arrive at a Texas facility on Friday. Source: AAP THE US soldier freed in a controversial swap with the Afghan Taliban has arrived back in the United States, his latest step in a...

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Qld premier denies Facebook sacking

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has denied that a public servant was sacked for a Facebook post. Source: AAP THE Queensland premier has denied a public servant was sacked for posting a Facebook message criticising the sacking of 14,000...

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Suspended MP Shaw apologises to Victorians

Suspended Victorian MP Geoff Shaw will be the main attraction at a comedy event on Friday night. Source: AAP ROGUE MP Geoff Shaw has apologised to Victorians, despite saying he was "screwed by the parliament". HEADLINING a comedy event...

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Abbott to press Obama for TPP

AUSTRALIA will seek American support to wrap up talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade zone when Prime Minister Tony Abbott meets with US President Barack Obama. MR Abbott was due to meet with Mr Obama at the White House at noon on Thursday (0200...

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'Knock-about bloke' Qld's top judge

TIM Carmody is criticised for being inexperienced and too close to the government to be Queensland's top judge, but has stared down the naysayers. HE was promoted from chief magistrate to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, despite...

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Hugh Jackman, Tony Abbott US gym buddies

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has trained alongside Hollywood star Hugh Jackman at a New York gym. Source: AAP HE'S the Action Man PM, so perhaps it's only fitting that Tony Abbott would want to pump iron with Wolverine. THE two fitness...

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Islamabad condemns US drone strikes

PAKISTAN has condemned the first US drone strikes on its soil this year despite suspicions the two countries coordinated over the attack in the aftermath of a Taliban siege of Karachi airport. THE strikes took place over Wednesday night and...

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Shark fin off menu in Singapore resort

A MAJOR Singaporean resort is removing shark fin from its exhibition and convention centre menus, its management has announced. Shark fin soup is a traditional staple of wedding dinners in the predominantly Chinese city-state. "Marina Bay Sands...

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WA animal poisonings worry RSPCA

THE RSPCA is calling for witnesses after reports of more than 40 animals being poisoned over the past six months in West Australia. Since December, the not-for-profit organisation has investigated 29 cases of dogs being poisoned, seven cases...

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Ministers talk security in Japan

Australia's defence and foreign ministers are in Japan for top level talks. Source: AAP DEFENCE Minister David Johnston and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop are in Japan for top level talks as Australia and Japan move to deepen defence and security...

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'Rapid' bacteria detector developed

A NEW device which cuts the time taken to detect bacteria in food down to a matter of hours has been developed by scientists who said it would help reduce the number of food poisoning cases. The University of Southampton's Biolisme project has...

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Trapped man may stay in German cave longer

Rescuers are working to retrieve a man stuck deep underground inside a cave in the German Alps. Source: AAP RESCUERS say they aim to extract a researcher trapped with a serious injury in Germany's deepest and longest cave by the end of the...

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Johnson won't be expelled: Barnett

WA's premier says rogue MP Rob Johnson is not at risk of being expelled from the Liberal party. Source: AAP ROGUE West Australian Liberal backbencher Rob Johnson is not at risk of being expelled from the party, Premier Colin Barnett says....

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Scottish backpacker missing in Melbourne

A social media campaign has been launched in a bid to locate a missing Scottish tourist. Source: AAP WITH no passport, money or a place to stay, backpacker Jonathan Ansell was distressed when he called his mother back in Scotland two weeks...

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Barnett flags WA penalty rate changes

THE West Australian premier is seeking to allow small businesses access to the same employment conditions as larger companies to establish fairer penalty rates throughout the week. Colin Barnett said larger employers, such as Coles and Woolworths,...

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Malaysia, Aust to share MH370 search costs

Malaysia and Australia will share the cost of the next phase of the search for missing plane MH370. Source: AAP MALAYSIA and Australia will share the cost of the next phase of the search for a Malaysian Airlines plane that went missing more...

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Scottish tourist missing in Victoria

POLICE have appealed for public help to find a missing UK tourist who has not had contact with his family in Scotland for two weeks. Twenty-six year old Jonathan Ansell, who has been in Australia for about two years, last told his family he...

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BHP axes 170 jobs at WA iron ore mine

BHP Billiton has slashed 170 jobs at its massive Mt Whaleback iron ore mine in Western Australia. Source: AAP BHP Billiton has slashed 170 jobs at its massive Mt Whaleback iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region, saying the cuts...

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17 Indian police get life for killing man

AN Indian court has sentenced 17 police officers to life in prison for kidnapping and killing a 22-year-old jobseeker in their custody in 2009. Prosecutors said business graduate Ranbir Singh had gone to the northern city of Dehradun looking...

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Pope begins Middle East prayer summit

VATICAN officials insist no political agenda is lurking behind Pope Francis' invitation to the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to pray for peace together in the Vatican gardens, and no concrete initiatives are expected. But Sunday's unusual...

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Authorities work to recover fallen body

A man has died after falling over a cliff in the Royal National Park south of Sydney. Source: AAP THE body of an experienced French climber who died after falling 40 metres off a cliff in the Royal National Park south of Sydney has been recovered....

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Sotheby's goes street with Banksy exhibit

Sotheby's in London is behind one of the largest-ever Banksy exhibitions. Source: AAP THERE'S a dead rat at the heart of a new exhibition mounted by august auction house Sotheby's. Stuffed and sporting a backpack and a spray can, the rodent...

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US soldier: 'I was tortured by Taliban'

SGT Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at a US military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior US official says. The official...

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