Bipartisan support needed to boost dole

CONCERN from all sides of politics about the low dole allowance should spur action to increasing the entitlement payment, a key welfare lobby group says. The government has begun modelling several measures to help people who are receiving the...

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US man has been found years being abducted

A boy who was abducted 19 years ago has been found living in Minnesota under a different name. Source: AAP A MAN who was abducted his paternal grandparents 19 years ago when he was five years old has been found living in Minnesota under a different...

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Iran nuclear talks date set: official

World powers will meet Iranian representatives to discuss the disputed nuclear program in Istanbul. Source: AAP WORLD powers will meet Iranian top representatives to discuss the Islamic state's disputed nuclear program in Istanbul at the...

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Pole embedded in teenager's head

A metal pole has been embedded in a teenager's head during a row at a Sydney birthday party. Source: AAP A SYDNEY teenager is fighting for his life after a metal pole was embedded in his head during a birthday party brawl. Police and...

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NT to cooperate with royal commission

THE Northern Territory government says it will co-operate with the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on Friday the commission into institutional responses to child sex...

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One Child policy creates risk-aversion

CHINA'S controversial "One Child" policy produces grown-ups who lack entrepreneurial drive and the willingness to take risks, an Australian study has concluded. "Our data show that people born under the one child policy were less likely to be...

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Pregnant woman dies in SA crash

A WOMAN and her unborn child have died and a man has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident after a car crash in Adelaide. Police found the 23-year-old pregnant woman in the front passenger seat of the car which had crashed into...

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Fire contained but Vic braces for worse

Victoria faces a day of severe fire danger with temperatures expected to hit 42C in some areas. Source: AAP AFTER quickly containing a grassfire near the popular central Victorian holiday destination of Daylesford, firefighters are already...

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Tas radio station at centre of healing

A COMMUNITY radio station born out of the Port Arthur massacre hopes to be at the heart of another healing process after the devastating Tasman Peninsula bushfires. Tasman FM was created to help that community recover from the deaths of 35 people...

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Fed govt must act on Indon drinks: Barnett

WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the federal government must press Indonesia to regulate its drinks market, after the death of a teen who drank a methanol-laced cocktail while on holiday. Liam Davies, 19, died from methanol poisoning...

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Nine killed in spate of Iraq attacks

A SPATE of bombings and shootings in Baghdad and a restive province north of the capital have killed nine people, officials say. In Baghdad, a car bomb at 0500 GMT (1600 AEDT Thursday) killed at least three people and wounded 11 others near...

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Cyclone Narelle nears WA coast

RESOURCES operations in the north of Western Australia are bracing for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Narelle, which continues to track towards the coastline carrying wind gusts of up to 250km/h at its centre. The category-three cyclone is...

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Cyclone developing off WA north coast

A TROPICAL cyclone is developing off Western Australia's north coast and could impact communities in the next few days. Residents in areas from Whim Creek to Coral Bay in the Pilbara and Midwest Gascoyne regions have been warned to prepare their...

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Grants available for NSW fire-affected

NSW residents in 37 communities affected by bushfires will be able to access natural disaster assistance. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced the assistance measures on Wednesday as 135 fires continue to burn...

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Censored China paper to print after 'deal'

A Chinese weekly newspaper at the centre of rare public protests will publish as usual on Thursday. Source: AAP A CHINESE weekly newspaper at the centre of rare public protests about government censorship will publish as usual on Thursday following...

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Residents angry over Vic fire info

RESIDENTS forced to flee their homes during a destructive Victorian bushfire say authorities failed to keep them informed about the blaze. Nine houses, including the 120-year-old historic homestead Carngham Station, were destroyed when the fire...

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Vic bushfire still out of control

A LARGE bushfire in Victoria's southwest continues to burn out of control as the state positions firefighters near the border to help NSW and the ACT. A blaze at Kentbruck has burnt though 9000 hectares, and a westerly wind has forced the fire...

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Katter party 'lucky to win three seats'

Federal Indepedent MP Bob Katter quashed speculation he will run for the Senate. Source: AAP BOB Katter's party plans to field candidates in every seat in the lower house at the next federal election, but one political analyst says it will...

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Tas govt to spend what is needed on fires

TASMANIAN Premier Lara Giddings says her government will spend whatever is needed to get bushfire-ravaged towns back on their feet. Ms Giddings on Tuesday announced an interim committee to plan the state's recovery from the bushfires, which...

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NSW residents try to stay cool in heatwave

NSW residents have flocked to the beach and taken refuge in air conditioned buildings in an attempt to escape temperatures in excess of 40 degrees. However, not everyone has been able to evade the oppressive heatwave, with paramedics responding...

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Fire crisis burns north for Tasmania

THE painstaking search for people still missing in the Tasmanian bushfires is continuing as the state turns its attention to a new fire front. Teams of police, Tasmanian and interstate fire services, SES and army reserves are picking their way...

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Life of Pi challenges The Hobbit for No.1

THE Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey remains atop the Australian Box Office, while Life of Pi has been the weekend's big mover. The New Zealand-filmed Hobbit is the first movie in a trilogy about Bilbo Baggins's quest to reclaim a lost dwarf kingdom...

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Doubts over income quarantine in APY Lands

A SCHEME to manage welfare payments has stirred concern and confusion among remote indigenous communities in South Australia, government documents show. Documents obtained under freedom of information show federal officials held consultations...

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Post-smartphone era coming, says expert

THE era of the smartphone is rapidly becoming a post-smartphone era, a key tech industry analyst has said ahead of the opening of the world's biggest technology show in the US. Shawn DuBravac, chief economist at the Consumer Electronics Association,...

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One hundred missing after Tas fires

Bushfires in southern Tasmania may have claimed a number of lives, police say. Source: AAP UP to 100 people remain unaccounted for as devastating bushfires that have ravaged southern Tasmania continue to burn. Police are conducting painstaking...

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Abbott has long-held views on IVF: Roxon

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott will be judged on his long-held views on abortion and IVF access despite his chief-of-staff going public about his support for her IVF attempts, says Attoney-General Nicola Roxon. Peta Credlin, Mr Abbott's top adviser,...

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Abuse terms of reference expected soon

THE federal government is poised to reveal the terms of reference for the royal commission into child sexual abuse. Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the inquiry in November last year and wanted it established by the end of the year to...

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Summernats brakes for another year

Summernats' burnout competition has secured its future in Canberra for another six years. Source: AAP SUMMERNATS has decelerated for another year, with strong crowds drawn to the nation's capital despite searing weekend heat, organisers says....

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