MP says give 'measly' $25m to SPC

Federal cabinet will discuss a proposal to co-invest in SPC Ardmona's fruit processing operations. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has used the rejection of taxpayer support for fruit processor SPC Ardmona to set an important "marker"...

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Cruise ship returns with sick toll at 700

A cruise ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived home in the US. Source: AAP A CRUISE ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived at its home port in the US after a Caribbean voyage was cut...

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Treasury Wines tank on share market

Treasury Wine Estates has issued a profit warning in the wake of weaker than expected sales. Source: AAP TREASURY Wine Estates has been hammered on the stock market, with its shares falling by 20 per cent after it issued a profit downgrade...

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Police given bus CCTV after woman pinned

A woman has died in hospital after being pinned under a bus for two hours in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP AFTER the death of two pedestrians on the same day in Sydney, police are urging the public to be more careful crossing roads. A 51-year-old...

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Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies

PETE Seeger, the banjo-picking troubadour who sang for migrant workers, college students and star-struck presidents in a career that introduced generations of Americans to their folk music heritage, has died at the age of 94. Seeger's grandson,...

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Parliament congratulates Grammy winner

NZ Parliament's first item of business on its first day back was celebrating Lorde's Grammy success. Source: AAP NEW Zealand's parliament has taken time out on its first day back from its summer recess to congratulate teenage singer Lorde...

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Hundreds rally against Tasmanian pulp mill

HUNDREDS have rallied outside the Tasmanian parliament in protest at the born-again pulp mill proposal for the state's north. As parliament reconvened in a pre-election bid to ensure the mill's future, more than 600 turned out to voice their opposition...

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Bangladeshi guilty of groping blind woman

A BANGLADESHI asylum seeker faces time in jail after being found guilty of stalking and indecently assaulting a blind woman on a Sydney train. The 23-year-old woman told Sydney's Central Local Court on Tuesday that Rubel Sheikh, 25, helped her...

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NZ man fights off shark, stitches himself

A NEW Zealand man has survived being attacked by a shark: driving it off with his knife, stitching his own wound onshore and going to the pub for a beer before heading to hospital. Junior doctor James Grant was spearfishing with friends near...

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North Qld sergeant charged with assault

A NORTH Queensland police sergeant accused of being involved in an assault in Cairns has resigned from the service. The officer from the northern police region was charged with one count of assault occasioning bodily harm following an investigation...

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Baby rescued after boat hits rocks

SYDNEY, Jan 27 AAP - Eight people, including a baby, have been rescued after a catamaran ran aground on the NSW south coast. Local lifesavers, Marine Rescue NSW and the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter were called in after the vessel struck...

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Treasury given nod for $500 billion debt

Treasurer Joe Hockey has ordered Australia's debt limit be set at 500 billion dollars. Source: AAP TREASURER Joe Hockey has given Treasury authority to borrow $500 billion, in line with the government's unsuccessful bid last year to set the...

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Australia parties: cockies and ceremonies

CITIZENSHIP ceremonies, prominent figures, multiculturalism, pineapple smashing and cockroach races. It must be Australia Day. Hundreds of thousands gathered around the country to celebrate Australia's national holiday, a commemoration of the...

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Police hunt for camera of dead base jumper

A missing camera attached to the helmet of a NSW base jumper who died may hold clues to his death. Source: AAP A MISSING camera attached to the helmet of a NSW base jumper who died in Victoria may hold vital clues to his death. Emergency...

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Big crowd for Perth's Aust Day fireworks

UP to 300,000 revellers are expected to pack Perth's Swan River foreshore for the nation's biggest Australia Day fireworks show. While the 30-minute Skyworks pyrotechnics display starts at 8pm (WST) on Sunday, spectators started gathering at...

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Croc attack fears as boy missing in NT

A CROCODILE is believed to have taken a 12-year-old boy missing from a Northern Territory billabong. Another boy, also 12, swimming in the billabong was bitten by a crocodile, police say. Police and Park Rangers are conducting a search and...

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