Bruni takes revenge on 'penguin' president

Former first lady Carla Bruni has reportedly taken a swipe at French President Francois Hollande. Source: AAP FORMER first lady Carla Bruni has reportedly taken a swipe at French President Francois Hollande, depicting him as a bumbling buffoon...

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Cameron at odds with Pope over Falklands

Britain's PM David Cameron says he disagrees with the new Pope over the Falkland Islands. Source: AAP BRITAIN'S Prime Minister David Cameron says he disagrees with the new Pope over the future of the Falkland Islands. Pope Francis, who...

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Google chairman Schmidt to visit Myanmar

GOOGLE chairman Eric Schmidt is planning to visit Myanmar (Burma) weeks after a trip to North Korea. Schmidt will speak in Yangon (Rangoon) on March 22 as part of an Asian tour, the Internet giant said. He is aiming to boost web access in a...

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Sydney toddler drowns in backyard pool

A one-year-old boy has died after being pulled unconscious from a backyard pool in Sydney's west. Source: AAP A TODDLER has drowned in a backyard pool in Sydney's west. Police and paramedics were called to a house on The Northern Road...

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Media laws won't got to vote: Oakeshott

THE federal government will drop its proposed media law changes rather than force them to a doomed vote next week, key Independent MP Rob Oakeshott predicts. But the NSW MP says that doesn't mean Labor should give up on improving media standards...

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SA bikie admits gun and drug possession

AN Adelaide bikie's harsh time in solitary confinement - when he could not properly grieve for his "executed" son - was sufficient punishment for his crimes, a judge has been told. Lawyer Heath Barclay urged the judge to impose a penalty on Vince...

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Queensland gets GST windfall, WA big loser

THE Queensland government has no more excuses to cut services after gaining a windfall $700 million in the annual carve-up of the GST revenue pie, the federal government says. However, the Gillard government faces another row with newly re-elected...

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NSW man to be sentenced over Kiesha death

THE stepfather of Kiesha Weippart is to be sentenced in May over the killing of the six-year-old girl in western Sydney. Kiesha was allegedly knocked unconscious by another person, who cannot be named, at her Mt Druitt home in July 2010. Robert...

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Lower rates helping building sector - RBA

LOWER interest rates have been helping the residential building market to recover, with prices in many markets rising, a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) official says. RBA assistant governor (economic) Dr Christopher Kent said dwelling construction...

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'Darth Vader' wanted on West Coast

NEW Zealand police are on the hunt for Darth Vader over a stolen credit card. The card was stolen from a house on the South Island on Saturday and has been used four times since then. Security camera footage showed a person in a black Darth...

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Labor presses on with media law changes

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy insists the Labor government's media reforms are still on track, despite his deadline to pass the laws being snubbed by the Senate. The federal government on Thursday introduced a package of six bills in...

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Banned documents thought 'not sensitive'

THE Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) information director who mistakenly lifted a ban on sensitive documents from the Fitzgerald Inquiry did so because he thought they were already publicly available. A hearing is under way at Queensland...

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Patel found not guilty of manslaughter

Jurors will continue deliberating on Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of ex-surgeon Jayant Patel. Source: AAP A RELIEVED Jayant Patel has exchanged a bear hug with his barrister after learning of his acquittal over the death of a patient...

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Gillard quizzed over big budget items

THE Gillard government is under pressure to explain how it can fund big budget items such as immigration detention and balance the demands of the domestic welfare sector. The opposition on Wednesday turned its focus in parliament to the cost of...

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NSL strikes $12m Indian iron ore deal

EMERGING iron ore miner NSL Consolidated has struck a $12 million deal with a large Indian company to expand its mining projects on the sub-continent. Under the joint-venture agreement, Vijay Group will inject $12.2 million to expand NSL Consolidated's...

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Person who filmed NSW teen attack sought

THE attack of a 15-year-old girl by another teenager on the NSW central coast was filmed with a mobile phone, police say. Officers arrested a 16-year-old girl on Tuesday after seizing the phone at Tuggerah train station. Images on the phone...

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Labor plans to push through media reforms

LABOR hopes to ram through its proposed media reforms, including a public interest test and stronger industry self-regulation, within the next two sitting weeks. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced on Tuesday the federal government's...

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Bikie boss caught in massive police raid

Police have reportedly arrested high-ranking Hells Angels and Comancheros bikies in Sydney. Source: AAP HELLS Angels boss Felix Lyle is one of a number of high-profile gangland figures nabbed by police in one of the biggest firearm and drug...

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Emergency alert downgraded for Vic fire

FIREFIGHTERS waterbombing a fast-moving grassfire burning around the Cashmore area in Victoria's southwest have succeeded in reducing the threat. An emergency warning has been downgraded to a watch and act alert for the fire in the Cashmore...

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Bushfire still burning south of Adelaide

A BUSHFIRE continues to burn in a pine forest south of Adelaide but firefighters are hopeful of bringing it under control. The Country Fire Service (CFS) said the blaze had destroyed about 25 hectares at Wattle Flat by Tuesday afternoon and...

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Mothercare gift cards not redeemable

NSW Fair Trading says Mothercare customers should contact the store of purchase if they are worried about losing orders or being left with now-worthless gift cards. The baby clothing and accessories company went into voluntary administration...

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Climate change not all bad for fish: study

CORAL reef fisheries will be hurt by climate change in the tropical Pacific, but it could help tuna fishing and freshwater aquaculture thrive. Pacific Island countries have an "extraordinary dependence" on fisheries and aquaculture, scientists...

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Baby echidnas looking sharp at Perth Zoo

THEY weighed less than a gram when they hatched, but Perth Zoo's two baby echidnas are growing into their spikes. The baby short-beaked echidnas now tip the scales at more than a kilogram but they have plenty more growing to do and could reach...

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Afghan leader alleges US-Taliban collusion

President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials...

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Risky WA Nats strategy pays off in spades

BRENDON Grylls is realising his strategy of expanding the Nationals' footprint beyond agriculture into mining in Western Australia. Almost 63 per cent of counting for the Pilbara seat has been completed, showing Mr Grylls comfortably ahead with...

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WA police name victim of shooting murder

POLICE have named the victim of a shooting murder, who was found dead in a Perth park with a gunshot wound to his head. David Liam Johnson, 32, was found dead on Friday night after reports of a gunshot at Lime Kiln Field in the upmarket suburb...

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Helicopter crash pilot named

POLICE have named a 39-year-old helicopter pilot from Wairarapa, who died after crashing in the central North Island. Searchers found Mark Duncan Didsbury's body about 50m from the wreckage of the Robinson R-66 helicopter in the Oamaru Valley,...

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China to abolish rail ministry in shake-up

CHINA is to effectively abolish its scandal-plagued railways ministry as part of a sweep of government reforms aimed at tackling inefficiency and corruption, a top official has told parliament. The changes include bolstering a maritime body as...

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