Abbott, Shorten to attend Mandela service

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will present a united Australian front to honour and farewell Nelson Mandela. The pair will this week fly to Johannesburg to join world leaders past and present, mourning the former...

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Choppers, 16 crews battle fire

Sinead Duncan took photographs of the fires from Buderim and closer to Kawana Way. "We're just trying to get out of Brightwater at the moment .... it's getting bad." Reader picture: Sinead Duncan Source: Supplied FIRE crews are asking Sunshine...

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Govt to remove special protection visa

The coalition will remove a protection visa for a specific class of refugees created by Labor. Source: AAP THE federal government will remove a protection visa for a specific class of refugees created by Labor and give the immigration minister...

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Sanook dies playing with his favourite toy

LITTLE Sanook loved playing with his favourite toy but somehow the fun-loving elephant calf's head became so tangled up in the suspended tyre that he stopped breathing. The 11-month-old died at Melbourne Zoo on Tuesday night playing with the...

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SA govt says finances in better shape

THE South Australian government claims the state's finances have stabilised despite forecasts of increased deficits in each of the next two years. Releasing the mid-year budget review on Tuesday, the government has revealed a $350 million boost...

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Vic govt safer after Shaw charges dropped

Dishonesty charges against Independent Victorian MP Geoff Shaw have been dropped. Source: AAP THE Victorian coalition's narrow grip on government is a little safer after criminal charges were dropped against the man who holds the balance of...

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Aus/NZ thalidomiders win compo fight

Australian victims of thalidomide will receive a total of $89 million after a class action settled. Source: AAP PEOPLE left with birth defects after their mothers took thalidomide have won an $89 million settlement, but the company that made...

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Politicians debate shark patrols in SA

A ROW has erupted over funding for shark patrols in South Australia in the aftermath of two fatal attacks interstate. Family First MP Robert Brokenshire says full funding for regular helicopter patrols along metropolitan and south coast beaches...

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PM stands by election schools promise

PM Tony Abbott has denied the government is breaking its pre-election schools funding promise. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott insists the government will keep the promise it made on school funding before the election - not the promise...

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Jackson spruiks NZ in Hollywood

KIWI filmmaker Peter Jackson and Middle-earth have popped up in a swanky Beverly Hills hotel. As part of a Tourism New Zealand promotion and on the eve of the release of the next chapter of Jackson's fantasy film, The Hobbit: The Desolation...

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