Jockey Nikolic toe-to-toe with cop

A SENIOR police officer says he sat frozen in shock as jockey Danny Nikolic stood toe-to-toe abusing one of his colleagues in a Melbourne police station. Nikolic is charged with assaulting Detective Senior Constable Julio Salerno after an official...

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Qld cop living 'worst nightmare': Stewart

A QUEENSLAND cop who shot dead a man wielding a machete at the scene of a double murder was living "every police officers' worst nightmare". The officer and another officer found the bodies of a man and a woman, both aged 43, after being called...

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Fortescue to start paying back debt

FORTESCUE Metals Group has turned the corner, notching up a 12 per cent increase in annual profit as it prepares to make its first major debt repayment. The heavily indebted iron ore miner has grown annual profit by $1.75 billion on the back of...

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Man found not guilty of Sydney teen murder

A MAN charged with murdering a teenage boy during a violent home invasion in Sydney's west has been found not guilty. Guy Michael Carroll, 23, pleaded not guilty to four charges, including murdering 17-year-old Devril Leuthwaite, shooting his...

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Chinese tourists more independent: survey

CHINESE tourists are more independent, with more choosing solo adventures over travelling in groups, a survey shows. Results of the Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM) survey, released on Wednesday, found nearly two thirds of the 3000...

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Tas forests cash to flow, deal or no deal

THE federal government is being accused of pulling the rug from under the Tasmanian forest peace deal by promising the cash regardless of the environmental gains. Federal minister Julie Collins says $100 million which was to be paid once the...

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Heineken profits fall

Dutch brewing company Heineken has reported a 17 per cent fall in first half profits. Source: AAP HEINEKEN NV says first half earnings fell 17 per cent because of bad weather, weak 'consumer sentiment' in Europe and the United States, and...

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McGurk killer planned to take rat poison

AFTER murdering debt collector Michael McGurk, hitman Haissam Safetli says he planned to confess to "everything" then take rat poison in a bathroom. Safetli was sentenced to at least six-and-a-half years in jail earlier this month for the murder...

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Labor, coalition launch in Brisbane

LABOR and the coalition will both launch their federal election campaigns in Brisbane. The coalition launch is scheduled for this Sunday in the Queensland capital. Labor's launch will follow on September 1, heading into the final week of the...

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Aussie shares dip on US stimulus thoughts

AUSTRALIAN shares have slipped as speculation about a winding back of US stimulus weighed on resource stocks. Materials stocks were among the worse performers on Tuesday, with the mining giants losing more than the overall market's 0.7 per cent...

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Vic parly to fill vacant Senate post

THE Victorian parliament is expected to hold a joint sitting on Wednesday to fill the vacancy left by Senator David Feeney. He formally resigned from the Senate last week to run in the safe Labor lower house seat of Batman, vacated by retiring...

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Aust ferry owner faces mass charges in PNG

AAP Papua New Guinea Correspondent PORT MORESBY, Aug 20 AAP - An Australian expat is facing as many as 162 charges of manslaughter following an investigation into last year's sinking of the Rabaul Queen. Peter Sharp, who owned the ferry when...

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NSW cyclist dies after being hit by truck

A CYCLIST has died after he was hit by a truck and became trapped underneath it in Newcastle. The truck collided with the 36-year-old man on Minmi Road at Wallsend just after 8am (AEST) on Sunday morning. Emergency services were called but...

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Our robot future on display in Brisbane

Robot farming is just one possibility that was on display at the robot convention in Queensland. Source: AAP SWARMS of robots tend to crops in central Queensland. A robotic clone hosts a lecture at a Brisbane university for his master,...

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PNG committed to boat deal: Rudd

Kevin Rudd insists Papua New Guinea is committed to his hardline asylum seeker resettlement plan. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA and Papua New Guinea stand by their agreement that asylum seekers arriving by boat will be sent to PNG for processing and...

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Fears for 3yo girl's missing NSW parents

SHE is a pre-schooler whose name is Monique or Nikki. But that's all the little girl, who is aged about three, has been able to tell police after she was found wandering along a street at Springfield on the NSW Central Coast about 10am (AEST)...

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