Vic sports car theft suspect hurt in fall

A MAN suspected of stealing a $300,000 sports car from a Melbourne car wash is nursing broken bones after falling five storeys from a balcony while attempting to flee police. The man had scaled the balcony of a 13th floor inner-Melbourne apartment...

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Man dies at inner Sydney worksite

WORKCOVER is investigating a young man's death at a building site in inner Sydney. Emergency services were called to the site in Australia Street, Camperdown, just before midday (AEST) on Saturday. They had received reports a workman had suffered...

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Twitter buys Aussie tech start-up

TWITTER has bought Australian tech start-up We Are Hunted, fuelling speculation the social media giant is about to make its first major foray into the music industry. Backed by Aussie entrepreneur Graeme Wood, We Are Hunted was developed in Brisbane...

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NSW ports privatised in 99 year deal

THE NSW government has agreed to privatise the state's ports, in a deal that will net more than $4 billion for infrastructure projects in the state. Port Botany and Port Kembla will be leased to the NSW Ports Consortium for 99 years, Treasurer...

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Manslaughter charges in HK ferry crash

THE two captains involved in a Hong Kong ferry collision last year that claimed 39 lives in the city's worst maritime disaster in decades will be charged with manslaughter, say reports. The men will be brought to court later on Thursday to face...

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Nurses rally in Sydney for fixed ratios

NURSE numbers in hospital emergency departments have to be guaranteed to make sure patients' lives aren't at risk, their union says. Addressing a rally in Sydney on Thursday, NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) general secretary Brett...

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China ex-rail minister charged with graft

PROSECUTORS have charged China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun with bribery and abuse of power, state media says, after scandals involving hundreds of millions of yuan. The official Xinhua news agency on Wednesday said the charges were...

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Landmark Malaysian election set for May 5

MALAYSIA'S general election will be held on May 5, an electoral official says, setting a long-awaited date for highly anticipated polls tipped to be the closest in the country's history. Election Commission chairman Aziz Yusof on Wednesday said...

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Sydney surgeon's ex 'seen as gold digger'

THE former partner of plastic surgeon and hotelier Jerry Schwartz was seen by his mother as a "gold-digger" who was eyeing the family fortune, a Sydney inquest has been told. NSW State Coroner Mary Jerram is investigating whether Dr Schwartz acted...

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WA hot air balloon landing 'not emergency'

AN egg-shaped hot air balloon that touched down in a suburban Perth street was not involved in an emergency, but came down as a precaution. Police reported the balloon, which is promoting the Cirque Du Soleil production Ovo, made an emergency...

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Bryan, Lambert win big in US country music

LUKE Bryan and Miranda Lambert have won big as Nashville's biggest names took over Las Vegas for the 48th Academy of Country Music awards. Bryan, 36, was overcome with emotion as Shania Twain presented him with the fan-voted entertainer of the...

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Miners hopeful coalition can repeal MRRT

FORTESCUE Metals Group and junior explorers hope the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) will be repealed if the coalition wins the federal election in September, as polls predict. But even if it remained, the tax was so poorly designed Fortescue...

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Live donors to get financial support

AUSTRALIA will never adopt a cash-for-organs scheme, but will follow other countries in paying donors who take leave from work, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says. Workers who want to donate a kidney will be offered up to six weeks' paid leave...

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British woman stabbed to death in Kashmir

A young British woman holidaying in Indian Kashmir has been found dead on a houseboat. Source: AAP POLICE in India are investigating whether a British woman was sexually assaulted before she was stabbed to death on a floating hotel. Sarah...

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