Church official amends commission evidence

A SENIOR church official has revised his evidence to the Royal Commission on Child Sex Abuse following a flurry of late night emails with a law firm representing the Catholic Church. Michael Salmon, director of the Catholic Church's NSW/ACT Professional...

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$243,000 for a broken leg

Rachel Gardner's damages fell well short of what she sought. Source: DailyTelegraph Rachel Gardner outside the District Court after she was awarded $243,591 in damages from NSW Police. Picture: AAP Source: AAP A SYDNEY woman has been...

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Tasered man sent for mental assessment

Kevin Spratt, who was tasered by police in a Perth jail, has been charged with assaulting police. Source: AAP THE Perth man who made global headlines after being repeatedly tasered by two policemen has been remanded for a week-long mental assessment,...

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Melb wheel to turn again after shutdown

MELBOURNE'S troubled observation wheel is expected to turn again on Saturday after it shut down just weeks after reopening. A software problem caused the Melbourne Star to close on Friday. Technicians are now conducting final tests on the wheel...

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I never meant to hurt anyone: mall gunman

THE gunman who sent Brisbane's central pedestrian mall into lockdown last year says he never meant to hurt anyone. Lee Matthew Hillier, 35, told the Brisbane District Court he had no reason to cause fear to innocent bystanders when he took an...

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Union says 2000 Vic hospital beds missing

The Victorian nurses' union says more than 2000 hospital beds have disappeared since 2011. Source: AAP MORE than 2000 Victorian public hospital beds have disappeared since 2011, according to the nurses' union, but the government rejects the...

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No cheap deals by church, inquiry told

THE Catholic Church has paid compensation to abuse victims even when they would have had difficulty proving legal liability in court, a lawyer has told an inquiry. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which...

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Problems pile up for security contractor

THE list of embarrassments besetting security contractor Serco is growing on a daily basis, including prisoners and asylum seekers breaking out of custody under their officers' watch. It emerged on Thursday that a shackled prisoner was left unguarded...

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Police deny talk of Claremont arrest

DETECTIVES in Perth have taken the unusual step of denying rumours that they are close to an arrest in the notorious unsolved Claremont serial killings. Police are still hunting for the killer of Jane Rimmer, 23, Ciara Glennon, 27, abducted...

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HSU recorded escort payments as 'meetings'

Former MP Craig Thomson's union labelled payments to escorts as meetings, a court has heard. Source: AAP FORMER MP Craig Thomson's union-issued credit card made payments to escorts which were labelled meetings, entertainment and teleconferencing...

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Adelaide to Darwin railway 10 years old

NORTHERN Territorians on Thursday will mark the 10-year anniversary of the opening of the Adelaide to Darwin railway. A rail line linking Australia's southern states with the tropical north was first suggested in 1858, but it took until 2004...

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Armstrong's downfall to open film festival

A documentary about the downfall of cyclist Lance Armstrong will open Adelaide's festival DocWeek. Source: AAP ADELAIDE'S second documentary festival lives up to its expansive title - Splendour, Fear, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Wonder, Death...

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Detention centres are 'dysfunctional'

THREE asylum seekers escaped a Western Australia detention centre in 45 seconds last week, exposing major security flaws at the facility, a leaked report has revealed. The January 12 breakout was the third escape from the Yongah Hill Detention...

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Vic's Halls Gap 'dodged fire bullet'

HALLS Gap dodged a bullet when a wind change spared the holiday village from fire, Victoria's fire chief says. Tourists and residents of the village and surrounding towns were evacuated as fire burned in the northern area of the Grampians National...

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Body found in search for missing Vic man

A BODY has been found in an abandoned Victorian mine shaft by police investigating the suspicious disappearance of a man eight months ago. Detectives investigating the suspicious April 2013 disappearance of 48-year-old Deer Park man Ricky Lee...

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Fires near NSW homes, but ease in Vic, SA

HOMES in southern NSW are at risk as a bushfire intensifies but Victoria and South Australia look to have avoided large-scale disasters. Deteriorating conditions have helped fan a fire threatening the isolated rural NSW properties. An emergency...

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