VW to make hefty Brazilian investment

Volkswagen has become the latest automaker to plan investment in Brazil. Source: AAP VOLKSWAGEN is to invest 520 million reais ($A252 million) to develop a new model of its highly popular Golf compact, which will be manufactured in the southern...

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Vic Facebook house party ends in riot

POLICE have been pelted with bottles and fireworks during a riot after a massive Facebook-organised party called "mayhem" in an unoccupied Melbourne home. Up to 400 teenagers clashed with police after partygoers set off fireworks and gatecrashers...

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Meth blast left young boy badly burned

A DRUG user who blew up a Perth house while attempting to manufacture a batch of methamphetamine - seriously injuring a four-year old boy in the process - has been imprisoned for five years. Mark Joseph Dennehy, 33, was using a gas bottle to make...

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Bikies tensions still rising: Vic police

TENSIONS are still rising between bikie gangs in Victoria and police say they will continue their crackdown. Acting deputy commissioner Steve Fontana said, despite 10 arrests this week linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs, police would keep the...

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Fifteen charged over Aurukun riot

Queensland police have charged 15 people over a violent riot in the Cape York town of Aurukun. Source: AAP FIFTEEN people have been charged for rioting outside a police station in a far north Queensland indigenous community. Police say...

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Tanker crash company hit with 100 notices

The company believed to be involved in a tanker crash has been issued more than 100 defect notices. Source: AAP MORE than 100 notices for vehicle defects including brake failure and steering faults have been handed to the company linked to...

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US MPs still get paid even in shutdown

In the US, the 532 members of Congress continue to be paid despite the government shutdown. Source: AAP THERE'S at least one constant in a government shutdown: The 532 members of Congress continue to be paid - at a cost of $US10,583.85 ($A11,379.87)...

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Last Post sounds for Rusty Priest

THEY called him the soldier's soldier. But Rusty Priest was also a stirrer, a prankster, a husband and father who loved his family unreservedly. Family, dignitaries and diggers packed into St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on Wednesday to farewell...

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Stuntwoman gives cruising a new edge

CRUISING has traditionally been viewed as a fairly sedate holiday option but on Monday P&O launched a bid to change that image - with the help of a stuntwoman. Janene Carleton, who has performed stunts for the likes of Angelina Jolie and...

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OZ Minerals shares rise on takeover talk

SHARES in copper miner OZ Minerals are higher because of speculation global mining giant Glencore Xstrata is considering making a takeover bid. But OZ Minerals says it has not received an offer from Glencore Xstrata, nor is it aware of the Swiss-based...

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Morrison rejects claims of boat delay

The Greens want an inquiry into the government's delayed response to the latest asylum seeker boat. Source: AAP IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison has defended Australia's response to an asylum seeker boat that sank off Indonesia as survivors...

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Westpac Rescue Helicopter marks 40 years

The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has celebrated 40 years of saving Australian lives. Source: AAP IT began with a band of daring surfies rescuing swimmers off Sydney's beaches. Now the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter celebrates...

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