No timeframe for Antarctic reserves

THE head of the United States' scientific program in Antarctica isn't committing to a timeframe for an agreement to create the world's largest marine reserve. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which...

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WA enviro groups launch election campaign

ENVIRONMENTAL groups have begun a campaign of door-knocking and advertisements in Western Australia as the state prepares for an election in March. In an effort they say is unprecedented in WA, the Wilderness Society and Conservation Council...

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Greens warn against drug company influence

THE Australian Greens say drug companies should be banned from paying doctors to attend work conferences. Greens senator Richard Di Natale will introduce new legislation to ban the practice, in a move he says will lead to greater transparency...

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Japan vows to sign child abduction treaty

JAPAN'S foreign minister says his country's new government will join a treaty that allows action on child abductions, addressing one of the few rifts in relations with its main ally the United States. Japan has not signed or ratified the 1980...

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Two homes destroyed in Bega Valley fires

TWO homes and two sheds have been lost in the NSW Bega Valley as a bushfire west of Merimbula burns out of control. The RFS says the two properties and the two sheds were lost in the blaze, in the Millingandi area, which has burnt 150 hectares....

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Heat to recede after day of blazes

Temperatures are expected to plunge across Australia's bushfire-ravaged southeast this weekend. Source: AAP TEMPERATURES should plunge across Australia's bushfire-ravaged southeast this weekend, bringing rain and relief after another day of...

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Exhausted firefighters battle fires, heat

Firefighters have struggled to cope with new fires as record temperatures hit New South Wales. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS have collapsed, residents have been advised to leave their homes and properties are under threat as fires burn across NSW,...

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Clinic protects flying foxes from the heat

ONLY a few days old Olivia, the flying fox, weighs 54 grams and is one of the youngest survivors of NSW's scalding and fiery summer. At the South Coast Wildlife Rescue, her carer Michelle Carlile is giving her the "premature baby treatment". ...

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UK, Aust to deal with Middle East crises

AUSTRALIA'S "remarkably durable relationship" with the UK will be the key to dealing with a number of potential crises in the Middle East in 2013, British Foreign Minister William Hague says. Mr Hague has pointed to Australia's elevation to the...

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Feds blame Qld for jobless increase

THE federal government has blamed Queensland for the jump in Australia's jobless rate, while the state's treasurer blamed global factors for a spike in unemployment. Queensland's unemployment rate jumped to 6.2 per cent in December as the national...

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Bushfire under control in WA's Rockingham

FIREFIGHTERS are winning the battle against a bushfire in the east of Rockingham, south of Perth, which was started by a car set on fire at the end of an urban crime spree. WA's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) has downgraded...

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Qld cops 'not disciplined properly'

THE Queensland Police Service has been accused of failing to adequately discipline a Gold Coast police officer who knocked a watchhouse prisoner unconscious and then strip-searched him while he was out cold. Queensland Civil and Administrative...

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Victoria faces another bushfire test

Victoria is at "considerable risk" of bushfires amid high temperatures over the next couple of days. Source: AAP VICTORIA is again facing testing bushfire conditions, with hot and dry weather putting authorities on high alert. Temperatures...

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Tas fire remains a threat as mercury rises

Tasmanians have been warned to stay vigilant as the state faces possible hot and dry conditions. Source: AAP A BUSHFIRE that destroyed homes in southern Tasmania is still causing concern for authorities as temperatures again heat up. Areas...

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Don't change national parks laws, Qld told

QUEENSLAND conservationists and tourism experts are urging the state government not to change national parks laws. A proposal to allow ecotourism facilities to be built in parks is being examined by a parliamentary committee which heard from tourism...

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Chinese revolutionary Yang Baibing dies

YANG Baibing, a veteran Chinese revolutionary and strong proponent of economic liberalisation, has died. He was 92. Along with his more famous half-brother, former Chinese president Yang Shangkun, Yang had been among the most powerful leaders...

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Woman blows eight times the limit

AN Adelaide woman has been taken to hospital after blowing an astonishing eight times over the legal alcohol limit. Police say the 56-year-old woman was stopped at suburban Blakeview on Monday afternoon because of the way she was driving. She...

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Obama staff sell seats at inauguration

FOR $US100,000, donors will receive a package of tickets that include a candlelight reception at the posh National Building Museum. For $US250,000, there's a star-studded children's concert. And for $US1 million, there are reserved seats for...

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Teen charged over $3.5m Target fire

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been charged with arson over a $3.5 million fire in the Target Country Store at Port Lincoln, on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. The blaze on Sunday was initially thought to have been caused by a faulty light fitting...

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Tokyo stocks close at 32-month high

TOKYO stocks rose 0.72 per cent on Tuesday to a 32-month high, but the benchmark index gave up some early gains as the yen rebounded on warnings from Japan's economy minister over its decline. The Nikkei 225 gained 77.51 points to 10,879.08, finishing...

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Fallen Vic firefighter was 30-year veteran

HIGHLY experienced and passionate about firefighting, Victorian firefighter Peter Cramer died doing what he'd devoted half his life to. The 61-year-old, from Tyers in Victoria's Gippsland region, was one of more than 70 Victorian emergency services...

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Kimberley the place to be in 2013

WESTERN Australia's remote Kimberley has been recommended by the New York Times as one of the best places on the globe to visit. And while one of the world's great newspapers has raised fears about the industrialisation of the vast area, WA...

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Climate change talk 'convenient': Newman

Qld premier Campbell Newman (R) says it's "convenient" to blame climate change for the bushfires. Source: AAP THE Queensland premier says it's "very convenient" to blame climate change for conditions that have always occurred in Australia....

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Observatory fire threat a 'deja vu' moment

THE fire threat at Siding Spring Observatory in NSW was a case of deja vu for Australian National University (ANU) professor John Morris. Nearly a decade ago Prof Morris was acting as director of the Australian National University's astronomy...

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Qld child protection inquiry resumes

The Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry is set to hold hearings this week. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND'S child protection inquiry will examine the over-representation of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the state's...

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Six arrested in new India bus rape

Six men have been held over the rape of a passenger on a coach in northern India, police say. Source: AAP SIX men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police say, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student...

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Japan extends sympathies over bushfires

JAPAN'S Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his country's sympathies to Australia over the recent bushfires. Mr Kishida arrived in Sydney on Sunday as part of his first overseas trip since the new government of Prime Minister Shinzo...

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Tas fire crews dig in ahead of Thursday

Police are planning to reopen the Arthur Highway on the bushfire-ravaged Tasman Peninsular. Source: AAP TASMANIAN fire crews have made solid progress on consolidating containment lines around bushfires still burning ahead of higher fire danger...

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