Seven-year-old feared taken by croc in NT

A MISSING seven-year-old girl was last seen being pulled under water by a crocodile, witnesses have told police in the Northern Territory. The girl was swimming with other children and an adult in a local waterhole at the Gumarrirnbang outstation,...

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Two US oil rig workers missing after blast

The US Coast Guard says a fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been put out. Source: AAP THE US Coast Guard is searching the waters off Louisiana for two oil rig workers who remain unaccounted for after an explosion and fire on an oil...

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Dead body found on refugee boat

AUSTRALIAN authorities have discovered a dead man on board a suspected asylum seeker boat near Christmas Island. HMAS Launceston intercepted the boat, with 62 people on board, northeast of the island on Thursday. Just before boarding, officials...

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Union threatens Woolworths boycott

A UNION has threatened to boycott Woolworths if it does not help workers and subcontractors owed money following the collapse of a company building a supermarket in Sydney's north. But the supermarket giant says it has paid in full for all work...

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Xi Jinping secures China leadership

Xi Jinping has become the leader of China by securing the Communist Party's top spot. Source: AAP XI Jinping has become the leader of China by securing the Communist Party's top spot. The state Xinhua News Agency on Thursday confirmed...

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Hearing problems affecting WA education

A PARLIAMENTARY committee report has revealed up to 70 per cent of children in Western Australia's northwest have hearing problems that are affecting their ability to learn. The Legislative Assembly's Education and Health Standing Committee...

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Govt makes ABC, SBS board appointments

The federal government has made new appointments to the boards of the ABC and SBS networks. Source: AAP THE federal government has made three new appointments to the boards of the ABC and SBS networks for a five-year period. Simon Mordant,...

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NSW police accept Curti recommendations

NSW police will adopt all of the recommendations that the coroner has handed down in relation to the death of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti. State Coroner Mary Jerram handed down her findings on Wednesday and said some of the actions...

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Carr denies he is writing book on the job

Bob Carr has denied he is writing a book about his experiences as foreign minister. Source: AAP FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr denies he is moonlighting as an author. Fairfax Media on Tuesday said the senator was writing a book about his time...

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Police probe Gold Coast robberies link

THE robbery in which policeman Damian Leeding was shot dead may be linked to a string of other hold-ups on the Gold Coast over a two-year period. Police announced on Tuesday they were investigating the possibility several armed robberies in...

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NZ shares rise towards five-year high

NEW Zealand shares rose, nudging the NZX 50 Index back toward the five-year high charted last month, as Australian interest drove Xero to a record and Fletcher Building gained after agreeing to buy a laminated panels business in India. The NZX...

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Coalition would support sex abuse inquiry

THE coalition would support a wide-ranging royal commission into the sexual abuse of children, federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. But he says such an investigation should not be limited to one institution. Federal Labor backbenchers,...

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Obama steers US towards focus on Asia

President Barack Obama is planning a historic visit to encourage reforms in Burma. Source: AAP ON his first foreign trip since Tuesday's election, US President Barack Obama is planning a historic visit to encourage reforms in Burma - seen as...

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Spain bank halts evictions after suicide

A SPANISH savings bank has halted all home-owner evictions after a ruined client threw herself out a window to her death, unleashing anti-bank street protests. The weekend decision by Kutxabank, a lender in the northern Basque Country, was unprecedented...

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