Bigot? Snob? Not me, says Carr

A Labor frontbencher believes it was a mistake to recruit Bob Carr (pic) to federal parliament. Source: AAP WHATEVER you think of Bob Carr - snob, bigot, high-flyer, avid organic oats eater - don't accuse him of being shy. Revelations...

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Rain across Victoria creates road chaos

IT'S raining in Victoria. Not record-breaking rain or the kind to cause major flooding, but enough to create havoc on the roads. Severe weather warnings are in place for parts of Victoria because of the downfalls. Melbourne has copped its heaviest...

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Bureaucrat warned about batts evidence

A senior bureaucrat has told an inquiry he warned superiors the home insulation scheme wasn't safe. Source: AAP A RUDD government bureaucrat has been warned against giving false or misleading evidence at the royal commission into the troubled...

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Father of missing girl distraught

A frantic search has begun for a three-year-old girl feared abducted from her south Queensland home. Source: AAP THE father of missing three-year-old Chloe Campbell believes someone who knows the family took her. Garth Campbell says there...

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Jobless might stymie rate rise: ACCI

ACCI economist Buchell Wilson has warned that the jobless rate could hit 6.5 per cent this year. Source: AAP DIFFICULT business conditions could push the jobless rate above government predictions to 6.5 per cent this year, a key business group...

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Man arrested over Collombet case

THE man wanted by police for questioning over the Brisbane murder of French student Sophie Collombet is in custody. Benjamin James Milward, 25, was arrested in Coffs Harbour, on the NSW mid north coast, shortly before 3pm after being spotted...

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Firm donated $5000 to meet Newman: ICAC

Australian Water Holdings donated $5000 in 2007 to meet Campbell Newman, an inquiry has heard. Source: AAP AN Obeid-linked company forked out $5000 to meet Queensland Premier Campbell Newman when he was lord mayor of Brisbane, a NSW corruption...

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Terrorist Bashir 'wants elections bombed'

SUSPECTED Bali bombing mastermind Abu Bakar Bashir has encouraged his supporters to attack this week's Indonesian legislative elections, according to a report. The convicted terrorist has asked supporters not to be "unproductive" and to disrupt...

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