Wild Vic winds cause damage, injuries

Wild winds have caused havoc across Victoria due to a cold front and an intense low pressure system. Source: AAP A VIOLENT winter storm has blasted Victoria, leaving several people injured, trees toppled on cars, buildings damaged, snow in...

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Tas subsidies questioned by commission

CANBERRA should keep closer tabs on the cost of taking passenger cars on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry, an inquiry has found. A PRODUCTIVITY Commission report released on Tuesday made a raft of recommendations that would bring changes to federal...

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GG punts on bush footy to boost work

!--GG punts on bush footy to boost work | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 24, 2014 THE Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove is eager to bring indigenous football stars to northern Australia to inspire...

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Newman says ALP wrong on TAFE fee rises

QUEENSLAND'S premier has accused the opposition of playing Nostradamus over TAFE fee increases. LITERACY and numeracy fees for disability pensioners have risen from $140 to $800 while tuition fees for a diploma in marketing have increased from...

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Qld premier coy on chief justice pick

QUEENSLAND'S premier has held his first media conference in five days, but was coy when questioned about his government's controversial selection of Tim Carmody as the state's new chief justice. SINCE Campbell Newman last stood before reporters,...

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GG visits Ord irrigation scheme

!--GG visits Ord irrigation scheme | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 22, 2014 GOVERNOR-GENERAL Sir Peter Cosgrove is hoping to shine a light on economic opportunities in agriculture and progress being...

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Pregnant woman airlifted to hospital

A PREGNANT woman has suffered serious head injuries after a car crashed into a northwest Sydney house, also injuring a teenage girl and another woman. THE 25-year-old, who is four months pregnant, has been airlifted to Westmead Hospital with...

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Another Tamil man sets himself on fire

Drug turns bald man hairy IN JOYFUL news for hundreds of thousands of men, researchers have used an arthritis drug to regrow a full crop of hair on a totally bald man. Jamie's fruit and veg rotten THEY look cute and cuddly just like...

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Royals defend apartment spending

THE British royal family has defended spending a seven-figure sum refurbishing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Kensington Palace apartment. THE taxpayer will foot the bill for extensive work on the property, including installing a new roof,...

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Family heartbroken after aged home deaths

THREE and a half years ago, Marie Darragh was frail, ill and on the brink of death. SHE was placed in the St Andrews Nursing Home in Ballina as her family desperately hoped for the best. Within years, her health had turned around.After giving...

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Carr dishes up conundrum for NSW govt

!--Carr dishes up conundrum for NSW govt | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 19, 2014 EIGHT years after ending his reign over NSW, Bob Carr is still giving the state Liberals a headache. ...

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Labor, coalition fight for rural affection

IF you believe Labor, they are the party for farmers and rural Australia. IF you believe the government, that's a complete joke. Parliament took a country tone on Thursday when Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon brought on debate...

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PM Abbott steps up budget pitch

!--PM Abbott steps up budget pitch | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 18, 2014 THE Abbott government is planning to send out almost 2.5 million newsletters to win over pensioners on controversial budget...

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Defence abuse may join Royal Commission

Reports of historic abuse on HMAS Leeuwin may be investigated by the current Royal Commission. Source: AAP THE rape and sexual assault of hundreds of teenage boys while training at a West Australian naval base may become part of the current...

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Therapy need sent abuser abroad: Marists

THE former head of the Marist brothers in Australia has denied he made a hasty decision to put a prolific child sex abuser on a plane to Canada three days after it became known police were investigating him. ALTHOUGH he knew the brother had...

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WA basketballer socks it to sarcoma

ADAM Deans thought he was a bit sore from playing football. BUT when the fit 16-year-old broke his femur simply walking down the stairs in 2005, doctors biopsied his leg to discover the bone had been weakened by osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive...

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Fault still no.1 on Australian box office

HOW To Train Your Dragon 2 came close but couldn't knock The Fault in Our Stars from its top spot on the Australian box office. THE adaptation of John Green's bestseller remained no. 1 for the second weekend in a row with $2.438 million, although...

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Ambulance Vic named in ATSB death report

!--Ambulance Vic named in ATSB death report | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 16, 2014 A MAN who died after being crushed by a crane on a cargo ship lay injured while an ambulance trying to reach...

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Govt providing certainty for jobs: Hockey

A FURTHER rise in full-time employment comes at an opportune time for Joe Hockey as he continues to peddle his poorly received budget. THE jobless rate also remained at 5.8 per cent for a third straight month in May when economists had expected...

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'Knock-about bloke' Qld's top judge

Chief Magistrate Tim Carmody QC is believed to be the front runner to be Queensland's Chief Justice. Source: AAP TIM Carmody is criticised for being inexperienced and too close to the government to be Queensland's top judge, but has stared...

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Girlfriend stomper gets five years in jail

!--Girlfriend stomper gets five years in jail | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 12, 2014 WHEN Sydney man Trent Wainwright got angry at his 19-year-old girlfriend late one night, he threw her onto...

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