Full briefing needed on boat tragedy: ALP

Labor is calling on the government to provide full details of the latest asylum seeker tragedy. Source: AAP THE federal government must provide a full briefing of the latest asylum seeker tragedy off Indonesia, in which at least 22 people are...

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Molotov cocktail thrown at Sydney house

A MOLOTOV cocktail has been hurled at a home in Sydney's west. Police said the explosive was thrown at the front door of the house on Horsley Road, Horsley Park, after 10pm Friday. The door ignited as a result but the fire was extinguished...

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Hockey re-examining Labor's tax plans

THE failure of the former federal government to deliver a range of proposed tax measures hurt business confidence and investment, tax experts say. Coalition Treasurer Joe Hockey on Friday promised the new government would re-examine the measures...

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Jill's march to show 'peaceful defiance'

A SOCIAL media movement that prompted 30,000 people to march through Melbourne in memory of Jill Meagher has come together again. Users of Facebook, Twitter and even bloggers are widely promoting a peace march being held this Sunday to honour...

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SES busy as winds, fires hit NSW

EMERGENCY services across NSW have had their hands full with hundreds of incidents as high winds spark fires and uproot trees across the state. Fire crews are working to contain a bushfire south of Taree, which has blocked the Pacific Highway...

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Crown's focus squarely on Australia

GLOBAL casinos operator Crown says it is working to improve the quality of its Australian resorts, while also keeping a close eye on costs. Crown has been upgrading its Crown Melbourne and Crown Perth casinos to make them more competitive with...

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Journey for indigenous recognition

FOR years, Priscilla Collins' grandmother needed a permit to enter Alice Springs, her home town. As a half-white, half-Aboriginal girl, she was removed from her mother and sent to be a domestic cleaner in Adelaide. "Like many Aboriginal people,...

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Man charged with possessing paintball gun

A MAN has been charged with having a paintball gun, police uniform and 1000 rounds of paintball ammunition stashed his car in Sydney's southeast. Police said they stopped the man, 24, and a woman, 25, in a car on Bay Street, Brighton Le Sands,...

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Abbott govt gives NBN Co new directions

THE Abbott government has set new targets for NBN Co and asked it to continue to roll out fibre-to-the-premises until a review is completed. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday released an "interim statement of expectations" for...

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NSW cinema heist brazen, shocking: cops

MOVIEGOERS were lucky to escape unhurt after three men and a teenage girl armed with guns and a machete stormed the foyer of a Sydney cinema in a "brazen and shocking" robbery, police say. The incident at the suburban Roseville Cinemas on Monday...

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Lynch understands Emmy tribute controversy

JANE Lynch understands why there's upset over Cory Monteith's Emmy tribute. The actress remembered her late Glee co-star at the Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday but the posthumous honour garnered controversy as producers decided to omit other late...

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Qld sex offender Fardon remorseful: court

SERIAL sex offender Robert Fardon has shown signs of improvement including remorse for his actions, according to his psychologist. But another doctor said the infamous rapist is on the cusp of being a psychopath by Australian standards. Fardon's...

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Boy dies after collision with truck in Qld

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy out on a family cycle has been killed after a collision with a truck north of Brisbane. Police say he was cycling with family on Narangba Road, Kallangur when a truck turning a corner struck him about 10am (AEST) on Sunday.He...

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Labor mea culpa cold comfort to mums

LABOR'S mea culpa on welfare cuts to sole parents has come too little too late for single mothers battling to survive on $35-a-day dole payments. The two men vying for the federal Labor leadership - Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese - have admitted...

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