Refuge becomes site of celebration in Tas

A FEW weeks ago, dozens flocked to the pub in Dunally, east of Tasmania, to shelter from ferocious bushfires that tore through the region. On Australia Day people again gathered at the country tavern but this time it was for a concert to raise...

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Mini-tornado hits Queensland coastal town

SEVERAL mini-tornadoes have hit the Queensland coast as the state is battered by severe weather and flooding caused by the remnants of cyclone Oswald. A police spokesperson said two people had been seriously injured at Bargara, located east...

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Aust share market closes 0.5% higher

THE Australian share market closed half a percentage point higher as investors chased higher yielding financial stocks. At the close on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 25.0 points, or 0.52 per cent higher at 4,835.2, while the broader...

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$A lower on N Korean threats

THE Australian dollar has dropped to its lowest level in more than three weeks after North Korea threatened to conduct another nuclear test. At 1700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar was trading at 104.49 US cents, down from 105.14 US cents...

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Canberra fires prompt research into blazes

LITTLE was known about freak weather phenomena like fire tornadoes or "violent pyroconvection" when suburbs on Canberra's outskirts were engulfed by bushfires in 2003. But understanding has improved greatly since those January blazes killed four...

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NDIS, a happy ending?

AS he accepted a shiny Golden Globe, Hugh Jackman spoke of his creative struggles shooting Les Miserables and how close he came to quitting. If there was an award recognising the struggles of humble movie buffs, it would undoubtedly go to Canberra...

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Australian man won't be caned: DFAT

THE Australian man arrested by Singaporean authorities for swearing on a flight out of Perth is not facing the cane, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Perth-based maritime worker Bruce Griffiths, 47, is being detained...

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Domestic cost pressures still there: oppn

Joe Hockey called on the government to reveal how the lack of a budget surplus impacts living costs. Source: AAP SHADOW treasurer Joe Hockey says the government must reveal how its broken promise to return a budget surplus this financial...

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Nova Peris and Labor's celeb factor

JULIA Gillard calls it a "captain's pick" and Nova Peris says it's an "amazing opportunity". Trish Crossin, if she felt free to say what she really thinks, would probably call it a brutal assassination. However you see it, the prime minister's...

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Slater & Gordon considers Hastie action

LAW firm Slater & Gordon is investigating potential claims from investors in the collapsed engineering conglomerate Hastie Group. Hastie Group appointed administrators in May 2012 after talks with banks and new investors to extend its loans...

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Sex assault sailor gets suspended sentence

A SAILOR who sexually assaulted and beat up his former girlfriend has avoided jail after a Sydney judge handed down a suspended 22-month sentence. The 31-year-old man from Brisbane, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to sexually...

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Builders need more than another rate cut

A national survey shows building industry conditions have deteriorated in December 2012. Source: AAP OFFICIAL inflation figures on Wednesday could prove the final trigger for another interest rate cut when the central bank holds its first board...

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Original Batmobile sells for $4m

The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series has sold at auction for $US4.2 million. Source: AAP THE original Batmobile from the 1960s television series has sold at auction for $US4.2 million ($A4 million). A spokeswoman for...

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Police save man who drove into Swan River

THREE police officers are being hailed as heroes after pulling to safety a man who deliberately drove his car into Perth's Swan River in a bizarre Sunday morning incident. The man, who is yet to be identified, was seen driving his white Hyundai...

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