Labor and coalition swap insults on super

LABOR and the coalition are exchanging insults over planned changes to superannuation, with Tony Abbott saying there's no promise the government won't break. In turn, Prime Minister Julia Gillard rounded on the opposition leader, saying his comparison...

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Work keeps confined Assange sane: dad

JULIAN Assange cannot even look out of the windows of the Ecuadorean embassy in London, but his confinement has not dampened his work ethic, his father says. "The conditions are physically harsh," Assange's biological father John Shipton says....

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Aust firms need to learn China's rules: PM

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's starts her first full day of talks at the Boao Forum for Asia. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS doing business in China will be offered training in how to play by its rules and avoid jail under a new program. At least...

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Water leak feared at Japan nuke plant

THE operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says it is moving tonnes of highly radioactive water from a temporary storage tank to another because of a possible leak. TEPCO said on Saturday about 108 tonnes the water are believed to have breached...

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'Let Manus detainees mingle with locals'

AUSTRALIA needs to consider allowing asylum seekers housed at the detention facility on Manus Island to interact with the local community, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says. Mr O'Neill made the comments on Tuesday in response to a question about...

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Escapes prompt call for NSW prison review

THE NSW opposition has called for an urgent review of security in the state's prisons after a week in which four inmates escaped and two others died in custody. In the latest incident, three minimum security inmates absconded from their unit at...

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Mandela is getting better: wife

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma (pic) says Nelson Mandela is showing "continuous improvement". Source: AAP NELSON Mandela's wife says the 94-year-old icon is "fine" and his health is improving after he was hospitalised more than a week...

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Man charged over Qld tattoo parlour attack

A QUEENSLAND man has been charged over a shotgun attack on a Sunshine Coast tattoo parlour. The 33-year-old, from Mountain Creek near Mooloolaba, is facing a number of charges including extortion and discharging a firearm. He will appear in...

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Celebrated composer Tommy Tycho dies

AUSTRALIAN composer and musician Tommy Tycho has died at the age of 84. Tycho was an institution in the early days of Australian television and recorded the version of the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, used often at sporting events...

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SAfrica pulls troops from Central Africa

SOUTH Africa has decided to pull its troops out of the Central African Republic because the deal under which they were deployed has become void with a fall of government. "We have taken a decision to withdraw our soldiers," President Jacob Zuma...

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Slain NSW central coast couple named

POLICE have released the names of a couple who died in their home on the NSW central coast a week ago, as the man accused of killing them awaits a court appearance. The bodies of Paul Edward Breen, 54, and his partner, Felicia Crawford, 45,...

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NSW govt will slash school jobs: union

A TEACHER'S union says a newspaper advertisement, where it accuses the NSW government of depriving the state's children of a decent education, is accurate. The state government wants the NSW Teachers Federation to apologise for the full-page...

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Eddie Murphy refused Mel B visa form:court

AMERICAN actor Eddie Murphy refused to sign a visa consent form allowing his child with Spice Girl Melanie Brown to come to Australia, a Sydney court has heard. The Seven Network is battling in the Supreme Court to retain what it claims is an...

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Qld watchdog bogged down, review says

A REVIEW of Queensland's crime and corruption watchdog recommends keeping allegations secret, prosecuting people who make malicious claims and culling the government's ethical standards units. The state government asked former High Court judge...

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Surfer dies off northwest Tasmania

A HOBART surfer has died on Tasmania's far northwest coast. The 30-year-old man was pulled from the water at Marrawah on Tuesday evening after getting into difficulty. He was given CPR by members of the public and paramedics, but could not...

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Italy mafia probe nets 1.3b euros

ITALIAN police say they have seized mafia-linked assets worth 1.3 billion euros ($A1.63 billion) from a Sicilian renewable energy developer. The assets, including 43 wind and solar energy companies, 98 properties and 66 bank accounts, belonged...

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GI Joe soldiers his way to box office No.1

ACTION stars are all the rage with film fans who marched into cinemas to see GI Joe: Retaliation, toppling the latest Bruce Willis film from the top of the Australian box office. The film, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, made $3.865 million...

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India drops Italian envoy order

INDIA'S Supreme Court has cancelled an order passed last month during a diplomatic row with Italy, preventing its ambassador from leaving the country. The court imposed the restriction on ambassador Daniele Mancini after Rome failed to return...

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Moreton Bay centre 'a political football'

QUEENSLAND Communities Minister Tracy Davis has defended her handling of an alleged scandal involving a community association linked to suspended MP Scott Driscoll. The Regional Community Association of Moreton Bay (RCAMB) said on Tuesday it was...

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Body found near NT search site for plane

THE body of a female has been found on a beach within the search site for a missing light aircraft in the Northern Territory. Fears have been held for the lives of 45-year-old electrical contractor Stuart Sceney, his 53-year-old wife Karmi,...

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Tanzania building collapse toll hits 34

25 people have died in a building collapse in Tanzania, with hope fading of finding missing people. Source: AAP RESCUERS have pulled more bodies from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam, bringing...

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Tokyo stocks close down 2.12%

TOKYO stocks closed down 2.12 per cent on Monday as the yen strengthened and after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) quarterly Tankan survey showed a only a modest uptick in business sentiment. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index shed 262.89 points to 12,135.02,...

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Tibet landslide leaves 21 dead, 62 missing

RESCUERS have recovered 21 bodies three days after a massive landslide in Tibet buried more than 80 mine workers, China National Radio reported. Another 62 miners remain missing under two million cubic metres of earth east of the Tibetan capital...

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Passenger's touring helps No 1 single

BRITISH singer-songwriter Passenger scores his eighth international number one placement by moving up one spot to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with his hit Let Her Go. Previously he has topped the charts in Belgium, The Netherlands, Ireland,...

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A-League club's PR man dies in cliff fall

FORMER journalist and owner of PR consulting firm Rocket Group Rod Allen has died in a cliff fall on Sydney's Cockatoo Island. About 8am (AEDT) on Sunday the body of Mr Allen was found at the base of a cliff on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour,...

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NSW police RBT two million in four months

More than two million drivers have been random breath tested by NSW Police in the past four months. Source: AAP NSW Police have random breath tested more than two million motorists as part of a four month crackdown on drink driving. The...

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Kangaroo multilated in country Victoria

A KANGAROO has been mutilated and tied to a barbed wire fence in country Victoria. Police believe several offenders captured and killed the mature kangaroo near Hamptons Lane and Parkinsons Road in Napoleons on early Sunday morning. "The kangaroo...

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Vic national park slated for development

POINT Nepean could be among the first Victorian tourism developments in previously off-limits national parks. In a bid to cash in on the lucrative eco-tourism market, the state government has released rules which would allow development in some...

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