Fire at Vic car firm

A FIRE has destroyed a number of imported cars in Melbourne. The blaze at a high-performance car importer in Clayton South burned four modified Nissans, but two large 'Mr T-style' vans got away with just some smoke damage. The fire at Auto...

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Reasonable chance of finding plane: RAAF

Three planes have left Perth to continue the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Source: AAP THERE is a reasonable chance of finding something in the Indian Ocean in the search for the missing Malaysian Airline plane MH370, Royal...

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Australians urged to join digital detox

CAN you go unplug yourself from digital technology for 48 hours? Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten reckons he can only do it for a day. On Friday he joined calls for Australians to join a digital detox and "clean the bloody garage" instead....

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Labor seeks ICAC info on party donation

Labor's Queensland branch received a donation from AWH during the 2010 federal election campaign. Source: AAP LABOR'S Queensland branch won't be paying back a $2200 donation from Australian Water Holdings until it gets some clarification...

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Qld health officers plan mass resignation

HUNDREDS of doctors are prepared to drop a nuclear bomb on the Queensland government and walk away from their work in public hospitals, a union says. About 950 senior medical officers will meet on Wednesday night to vote on individual work contracts...

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Internet job ads fall 3.3 pct in February

Job ads on the internet in February fell by 3.3 per cent to be one per cent down on the year. Source: AAP JOB ads on the internet fell 3.3 per cent in February, official figures show. The Department of Employment's internet vacancy index...

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Anger over Victorian coal fire clean-up

PROFESSIONAL cleaners will help some people return to their ash-damaged homes in the Victorian country town of Morwell. But others who will have to clean up themselves are unhappy about it. Ash and smoke from a burning coal mine forced people...

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BHP pledges $10m for Mozambique farmers

BHP Billiton has committed almost $10 million to help Mozambique farmers over five years. Source: AAP MINING giant BHP Billiton has committed almost $10 million to help farmers in Mozambique. BHP pledged $US8.8 million ($A9.72 million)...

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Perth Zoo helps save rhinos in the wild

THIRTY five critically endangered Sumatran rhinos now have a better chance of survival after Perth Zoo donated $30,000 to an anti-poaching team in Indonesia. There are now fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild due to poaching and loss...

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Tas could go back to forest 'war': Greens

The Tasmanian Greens are urging the new government not to take the state back to forestry war. Source: AAP TASMANIAN Greens leader Nick McKim is warning the incoming Liberal premier Will Hodgman not to take the state "back to war" by tearing...

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Stolen BMW crashes into driver: police

POLICE in Perth are investigating a pursuit that ended with a 51-year-old man in a critical condition after his car was hit by a stolen BMW driven by a teenager. Police say officers tried to stop the BMW on Albany Highway in East Victoria Park...

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Newman told to sideline health minister

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is being urged to sideline his health minister. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman is being urged to sideline his health minister as doctors at public hospitals threaten to resign en masse over...

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