Firies save homes from large bushfires

The Watch and Act bushfire south of Hervey Bay on Saturday afternoon. Picture courtesy Higgins Storm Chasing. Photographer: Janet Spann Source: Supplied The Watch and Act bushfire south of Hervey Bay on Saturday afternoon. Picture courtesy...

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UK island swimmer going strong

AN endurance swimmer has made good progress through the night in her attempt to become the first person in nearly 30 years to swim solo, non-stop, around the Isle of Wight. Anna Wardley is undertaking the challenge as part of her bid to complete...

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UK island swimmer going strong

A UK endurance swimmer has made good progress in her attempt to swim around the Isle of Wight. Source: AAP AN endurance swimmer has made good progress through the night in her attempt to become the first person in nearly 30 years to swim solo,...

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Pakistan releases senior Taliban figure

PAKISTAN has released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official told AFP, in a move welcomed by Kabul who hope it will encourage peace talks with the insurgents. Baradar, a one-time military chief often described...

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Gunmen open fire in Nairobi mall

GUNMEN have opened fire inside Nairobi's most upscale mall. Bursts of gunfire were heard from outside the mall Saturday, where cars were left abandoned. Witnesses say a half dozen grenades also went off along with lobbies of AK-47 gunfire that...

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Howes would be good senator: Shorten

Labor's Bill Shorten says AWU boss Paul Howes (L) could make a very good contribution to parliament. Source: AAP PAUL Howes may have disqualified himself from any NSW Senate race before the starter's pistol fired, but Labor leadership hopeful...

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Bodies of drowned devotees found in India

RESCUERS say they have found 17 bodies of Hindu devotees who were swept away in the Yamuna River during a religious festival in the Indian capital. Fire official SL Sharma says the devotees drowned during a ceremony immersing clay statues of...

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Australian soldiers injured

Three Australian troops have been wounded during an insurgent attack in Afghanistan. Source: AAP THREE Australian special forces soldiers have been injured in Afghanistan during an operation resulting in the deaths of a number of insurgents,...

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Russia tows back Aussie activists and ship

A GREENPEACE protest ship stormed by the Russian military is being towed to the country's extreme northwest with two Australians among a group of activists held on board. Russia's FSB security service, which controls the border guards who seized...

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UK accused of spying on Belgian telco

BRITISH intelligence services were behind a hacker attack on the computer systems of Belgian telecommunications giant Belgacom, a leading German news magazine reports, countering earlier reports that the US was to blame. Der Spiegel said on Friday...

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Abbott gets to work on stopping the boats

Tony Abbott has defended his plan to turn back asylum seeker boats, amid criticism from Indonesia. Source: AAP THE Abbott government insists it will honour its election promise to stop asylum seekers arriving by boat despite Indonesian opposition...

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Large fire engulfs Vic factory

Buswell faces heat over credit rating fiasco LABOR leader Mark McGowan wants Troy Buswell to resign after WA being stripped of its AAA credit rating. | CCI: You were warned | Opinion: Worst crisis of all | Secret swoop nets drugs, guns POLICE...

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WA govt lashed for credit rating downgrade

THE West Australian opposition is accusing Premier Colin Barnett of reneging on a pre-election promise to not privatise a power utility. It's also calling for the sacking of Treasurer Troy Buswell. In the wake of WA losing its AAA credit rating...

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Fmr Qld race boss worked for gambling firm

BOB Bentley doesn't think holding senior positions at Queensland Racing and a betting firm at the same time ever led to a conflict of interest. Mr Bentley was the first witness called before the Queensland Racing Commission of Inquiry into horse,...

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WA premier braces for more school strikes

More than 20,000 people have come together to support an unprecedented teacher's strike across WA. Source: AAP MORE than 20,000 people have come together to support an unprecedented teacher's strike across Western Australia. And beleaguered...

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New US ambassador posts video welcome

INCOMING United States ambassador John Berry has sent a video message to Australians, introducing himself as a nature lover who hopes to boost channels of trade and investment between the two countries. Shown strolling through the National Zoological...

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NT Labor party denies spill motion

NT Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie has denied rumours of a spill motion moved against her. Source: AAP DESPITE swirling speculation that there would be a leadership spill for Northern Territory Labor, its leader Delia Lawrie denies she has...

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Warne says split reports are 'rubbish'

SHANE Warne says he and fiancee Liz Hurley are "are sorting through some issues" but rubbished reports the couple have split. A press conference featuring the Australian cricket great was cancelled at the last moment on Wednesday, fuelling rumours...

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No indigenous health priority: Snowdon

AUSTRALIA'S former indigenous health minister is concerned Prime Minister Tony Abbott has not retained the position in his ministry and warned it may affect progress on closing the gap. Northern Territory Labor MP Warren Snowdon, who was the...

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Philippine military hunts Muslim rebels

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Four Malaysians detained after WA crash

FOUR Malaysian men have been detained by immigration authorities for overstaying their visas, after one of them was badly injured in a car rollover in Western Australia. Police were alerted to the crash in the early hours of Monday morning on...

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Stocks to watch at close on Tuesday

STOCKS to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Tuesday: FMG - FORTESCUE METALS GROUP - up 4.0 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at $4.62 Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group will start reducing its $12 billion in debt from November. LEI...

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More officers and a nurse at Perth lock-up

PERTH'S new lock-up could have a nurse on duty at all times and an additional 20 officers within months, a public hearing has heard. The West Australian Police Union has requested 50 additional auxiliary officers at the Perth Watch House. But...

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Kings Cross venues prosecuted for breaches

KINGS Cross club and hotel owners have been put on notice after two venues breached their licences and a host of others copped penalties. The licensee of The Village, at Sydney's late night strip, was prosecuted by the the Office of Liquor,...

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Albo launches ALP leadership bid

Anthony Albanese will visit three cities and launch a website in his bid for Labor leadership. Source: AAP BILL Shorten may have the majority support of the ALP caucus for the party's federal leadership but he's going to have a tough fight...

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Billson to end revolving door: business

Business groups have welcomed the appointment of Bruce Billson as Small Business Minister. Source: AAP BUSINESS groups are hoping the confirmation of Bruce Billson as Small Business Minister will end the revolving door around the portfolio...

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Scientists slam claims of cooler climate

AUSTRALIAN scientists have rejected claims a multi-national climate change body is set to revise down its previous warnings about the rate of global warming. The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is preparing to...

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One woman in Abbott's boys club

Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has come under fire over the lack of women in his cabinet. Source: AAP LABOR has mocked Tony Abbott's new cabinet saying Afghanistan has better female representation. Prime Minister-elect Mr Abbott unveiled...

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Stronger pound could hit UK recovery

THE pound has defied recent expectations of a fall as it heads towards a level of $US1.60 for the first time in eight months. A focus on prospects for a tapering of monetary stimulus in the American economy has pushed down the greenback against...

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Comet collisions 'can spawn life'

BUILDING blocks of life can spring into existence spontaneously when icy comets smash into planets, a study has shown. A similar process can create amino acids - bits of proteins - when a rocky meteorite strikes an ice-covered world. The discovery...

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Comedian Simon Pegg in Perth for film

Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg has arrived in Perth to film Kill Me Three Times. Source: AAP ENGLISH actor and comedian Simon Pegg has arrived in Perth to work on the Australian film, Kill Me Three Times. The star of Hot Fuzz, Shaun...

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Worst over in Vic baby illness mystery

More than a dozen babies in Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital have fallen ill to a mystery bug. Source: AAP VICTORIAN Health Minister David Davis says the worst is over after more than a dozen babies in a hospital nursery came down with...

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London mayor Johnson backs UK fracking

London Mayor Boris Johnson says wind farms are a "disease" and the UK should embrace nuclear power. Source: AAP WIND farms are a "disease" which have blighted Britain's countryside and the country should embrace nuclear power and fracking to...

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Trekkers' attackers captured in PNG

FOUR men suspected in the ambush and murder of two guides leading a group of Australian trekkers in Papua New Guinea have been captured by villagers, police say. The four were captured on Sunday morning near the town of Wau, a five-and-a-half-hour...

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Colorado floods leave hundreds missing

EMERGENCY workers involved in a massive effort to rescue stranded flood victims in Colorado, where more than 500 people are still unaccounted for, are bracing for a fresh pounding from storms. Officials said efforts to locate those in need of...

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