Firies save homes from large bushfires

LATEST:FIREFIGHTERS have brought a huge bushfire under control after residents had been advised to leave homes for their own safety. At 5.34pm, the Department of Community and Safety advised the Watch and Act alert for Sunshine Acrews and Nikenbah...

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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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Man arrested over boy's 'pogo stick' death

A MAN has been charged with 25 counts of child abuse in relation to the pogo-stick death of seven-year-old boy in Sydney's south. The 29-year-old was arrested by homicide squad detectives on Friday at 5pm (AEST), police said, following the boy's...

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Body of US pilot found in Chinese lake

DIVERS have found the body of a US stunt pilot whose plane crashed into a lake in northeast China while attempting a tricky manoeuvre in the rain, the head of the team searching for him says. David Riggs, whose US pilot's licence had been suspended,...

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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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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

FIRE crews are battling a large blaze at a Melbourne carpet factory that is sending thick, black smoke into the air. About 30 CFA and MFB crews are fighting the fire, in Dandenong South. The factory is fully engulfed in fire, a CFA spokeswoman...

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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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Barnett bites back at striking teachers

TEACHERS in Western Australia have been accused by Premier Colin Barnett of disrupting hundreds of thousands of children and families with "a strike for the sake of having a strike". In an unprecedented alliance, three unions have called on 10,000...

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Abuse inquiry hears of Scouts NSW failings

SENIORS members of Scouts NSW knew a disgraced scouts leader was working with children, but they failed to alert authorities, urging him to resign from the organisation quietly. A series of failings by the scouts movement, and police, emerged...

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Appeal court sides with Alcoa over Apache

ALUMINIUM giant Alcoa has had a win in its bid to recoup more than $100 million from gas producer Apache over the massive explosion at the Varanus Island plant in 2008. The disaster slashed the state's domestic gas supplies by about a third and...

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US naval base shooting leaves 13 dead

A former US naval reservist opened fire at a Washington base, killing 12 before losing his own life. Source: AAP A FORMER US naval reservist killed 12 people in a shooting rampage at a military base in the heart of Washington before himself...

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