BlackBerry posts surprise loss

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has announced an $A90.93 million first quarter loss. Source: AAP CANADIAN smartphone maker BlackBerry has posted an unexpected first quarter loss and disappointing sales figures for its new phones, sending...

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No weekend reprieve from rain in Sydney

Wet weather is expected to continue to hang over Sydney and the Central Coast over the weekend. Source: AAP IT'S bad news for Sydney and NSW's Central Coast for the rest of the weekend, with wet weather set to persist across the region. ...

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Slow growth may hit social programs: WA

THE Commonwealth is spending money it doesn't have and unrealistically raising expectations with its education and disability care reforms, the West Australian Premier says. Colin Barnett made the comment at a business function in Perth on Friday...

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Nina trip was to be last for Dyche family

WHEN American David Dyche III set out with his wife and teenage son across the Tasman, it was to be their last sailing trip as a family. Seventeen-year-old David IV would head off to college in the USA after the trip on board the 21-metre schooner...

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Slipper flags retirement at next election

FORMER Speaker of the parliament Peter Slipper is set to retire from his Queensland seat of Fisher at the next election. However, Mr Slipper has put a condition on his retirement from parliament. "After serving 23 years in this place ... I thought...

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Grave fears for missing US schooner

GRAVE fears are held for seven people aboard an 85-year-old American schooner missing between New Zealand and Australia. The 21-metre schooner Nina left Opua, in the Bay of Islands, on May 29, bound for Newcastle, NSW, but it hasn't been heard...

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Super trawler ban laws vague: judge

Laws aimed at stopping a super trawler from fishing in Australian waters are vague, a judge says. Source: AAP LAWS aimed at stopping a super trawler from fishing in Australian waters are vague, a Federal Court judge has said. Justice...

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20 dead in India rescue chopper crash

A helicopter helping victims of floods in northern India has crashed, killing all people on board. Source: AAP ALL 20 people on board a military helicopter were killed when it crashed in flood devastated northern Indian, the country's air force...

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Australian shares finish lower

AUSTRALIAN shares have closed lower as Asian markets fall on fears of a credit squeeze in China. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 13.1 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,656, while the broader All Ordinaries index...

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Gold miner Perseus hit by downgrade

GOLD miner Perseus has cut its production forecasts and flagged changes at its mine in Ghana to maximise margins after a sharp fall in the gold price. The update from the company sent its share price plummeting, losing 15 cents, or 22.6 per...

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Leighton and Fortescue in $2.8b deal

LEIGHTON has won an extension to its work at Fortescue Metals' Solomon Hub iron ore project in the Pilbara, taking the total value of the work to a record $2.8 billion. Leighton Contractors, a subsidiary of Leighton, has never had a single contract...

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Indonesia neglects child migrants: report

A WATCHDOG group has criticised Indonesia over its treatment of children who are migrants or seeking asylum, saying they are placed in abysmal conditions with no way of appealing their detention. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in an...

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