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`Ive a lot of money accused NSW rapist
A British tourist accused of forcing a woman to give him oral sex on Bondi Beach told her he had "a lot of money" and a complaint to police would never go anywhere, his trial has heard. Gregory Charles Cox, 32, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent with the woman, then aged 21. On the opening day of his trial, the District Court in Sydney heard ...
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Tigers bank on bonding to fix NRL season
Utility Braith Anasta says the Wests Tigers are banking on some much-needed team bonding to help turn around their disastrous NRL season. On the back of a seven-game losing streak, the Tigers have headed into camp at Kiama on the NSW south coast as they attempt to lift themselves off the bottom of the ladder. Anasta returns from a groin injury for Friday's night match against North ...
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Govt backs appropriate minimum wage rise
The federal government has reiterated its support for an "appropriate" increase in the minimum wage, saying any hike should take account of living costs and domestic and global economic conditions. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is this week hearing final submissions for its annual minimum wage deliberations, with a decision expected at the beginning of June. The ACTU wants a ...
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Qld boy remains critical after ride fall
A five-year-old boy left fighting for his life after a carnival ride accident remains in a medically-induced coma. Patrick, the grandson of Liberal National Party (LNP) treasurer Barry O'Sullivan, was flung 10 metres from the spinning Frisbee ride at a school fete near the Queensland city of Toowoomba. A family spokesman had said doctors were planning to bring the Mary MacKillop Catholic ...
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Now the wait - ICAC reports due by August
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Beware of becoming like USA says Pell
AUSTRALIA'S highest-ranking Catholic George Pell says it's unfortunate the nation is becoming more like the United States with a shrinking middle class and more ...
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Expert in bid to explain childhood pain
ONGOING unexplained childhood pain is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, according to an Australian specialist who has found it runs in families and is likely to cause problems in ...
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Wills Kate and Queen earn Aussie trust
The ex-wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is Australia's least-trusted British royal, a new poll reveals.The Reader's Digest survey of 1220 Aussies found we are more likely to trust parents-to-be Wills and Kate, and Queen Elizabeth, who took first, third and second place respectively.Prince Harry, who earned a reputation as the family's enfant terrible after he admitted to ...
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Inquest probes NSW boarding house deaths
IN the months after three NSW boarding house residents died a review of the service found more than 30 "high-risk" breaches, including unreported sexual assault allegations and inadequate ...
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Dubai jails Aussie for 10 years
Matt Joyce, Managing Director, Dubai Waterfront, NAKHEEL, During the Launching of the Nakheel Waterfront, the biggest urban development project in the world, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February 2, 2008. Picture: Valeriano Handumon / ITP ...
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Qld oil well leaks 240000 litres
Santos says the flow from its well, near the Queensland-South Australia border, was stopped on Monday afternoon.Matt Doman from Santos says remediation work will start as soon as the site has been assessed."That will involve removing the oil from the surface and the likely replacement of soil," he told AAP.The leak was discovered last Wednesday with 300 barrels of oil a day, a total of ...
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Actress Hackforth-Jones loved by all
Over the next 40-odd years she would appear in dozens of TV shows.Her credits include Bellbird, Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide, Tandarra, The Emmigrants, Mother And Son, Cash And Company, A Country Practice and All Saints.Her last appearance was on the ABC-produced The Doctor Blake Mysteries and she also appeared in the ABC's Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries in 2012.Doctor Blake producer ...
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Vic govt waters down its construction code
THE Victorian government has eased its crackdown on building unions after a Federal Court ruling that its construction industry code had discriminated against workers. The government said on Monday that pending an appeal against the decision the code will no longer apply to enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs). Finance Minister Robert Clark said its construction industry watchdog, the ...
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One Aussie jailed one cleared in Dubai
Australian businessman Matthew Joyce has been jailed for 10 years and fined $25 million by a Dubai court for fraud stemming from a collapsed land deal.But the court has cleared fellow Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to Australia after four years trapped in the Gulf state.The men were arrested in January 2009 over fraud allegations brought by Gold Coast ...
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Inquest examines WA plane crash deaths
A PILOT and his spotter were culling goats in Western Australia's Gascoyne region when their plane collided with a helicopter and crashed to the ground, killing them instantly, a coronial inquest has heard. The WA coroner is investigating the deaths of Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, who died in February 2008 when their light aircraft crashed mid-air with a ...
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Australian jailed in Dubai
Jailed: Matthew Joyce One Australian executive has been sentenced to 10 years' jail in Dubai but his junior colleague acquitted in a spectacular climax to their four-year battle against property fraud charges. In a verdict on Monday, described as a travesty of justice by Matt Joyce's supporters, the Ruler's Court rejected his defence against claims that he received $6 million ...
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AFL says umpire right in Eagles-Roos clash
The controversial free kick which set up West Coast's after-the-siren win over North Melbourne on Friday night has been ruled correct by the AFL.Kangaroo Leigh Adams was penalised for tackling Eagle Adam Selwood high.Selwood's resultant free kick sent the Eagles deep into attack, where Nic Naitanui took a sensational pack mark, then kicked the winning goal after the siren.While Selwood ...
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Dubai jails Australian businessman Matthew Joyce for10 years issues $25 million fine
AUSTRALIAN businessman Matthew Joyce has been jailed for 10 years and fined $25 million by a Dubai court for fraud stemming from a collapsed land deal. But the court has cleared fellow Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to Australia after four years trapped in the Gulf state. The men were arrested in January 2009 over fraud allegations brought by Gold Coast ...
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Wed-locked fake marriages in Australia
Fake marriage amongst young Arab-Australians who identify as gay or lesbian has gone unreported until now, and there’s good reason. In the Arab World almost all 22 states and territories punish homosexuality with imprisonment - six of those still enforce the death ...
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Melbournes Hart apologises for abuse
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has taken responsibility and apologised to victims for abuse perpetrated during what he called "one of the darkest periods in our church's history".Archbishop Hart said the community wanted someone to take responsibility for the terrible acts that occurred."I take responsibility," Archbishop Hart told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into ...
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Wallaby call-up could sway Folau to stay
Israel Folau says his selection in the Wallabies squad for the Test series against the British and Irish Lions could convince him to stay with rugby ...
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Gillard steps up school fund lobbying
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has written to state and territory leaders giving them figures on how much they would benefit under Labor's school plan. But the federal opposition says Ms Gillard's figures can't be believed and premiers should endorse the coalition's plan to stick with existing indexation of school funding. So far only one Liberal state, NSW, has agreed to the ...
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Santos Fletcher Finucane producing oil
Shares in Santos closed 1.6 per cent higher after the company said oil production started ahead of schedule at its $490 million Fletcher Finucane project off the West Australian coast. Santos expects to produce 15,000 barrels daily in the first year of production. The company recently said the Fletcher Finucane oil project in the Carnarvon Basin would be commissioned later this month, 16 ...
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Optus rolls out 4G to Canberra
Optus' rollout of its 4G network is expected to reach 70 per cent of Australia's metropolitan population by the middle of 2014. The nation's second largest telco has expanded its 4G network to include Canberra, with mobile broadband dongles and wifi modems expected to be available from June. Optus vice president of mobile radio engineering Andrew Smith said the telco has about ...
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Rebels rugby captain loving new role
Normally captaincy adds extra pressure to sportsmen, but Wallabies back-rower Scott Higginbotham says leadership of the Melbourne Rebels has done the opposite. Higginbotham has hit career-best Super Rugby form in the past month as Rebels skipper - paving the way for him to be a likely starter in Australia's blockbuster series against the British and Irish Lions. The 26-year-old was never ...
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Melbourne will be IT capital of country
Melbourne has been selected by the federal government as the location where the NBN’s operations centre will be headquartered, setting the stage for the city to become the IT, technology and communications capital of Australia.
Melbourne has a long-running rivalry with Sydney and, to a lesser degree, Perth. The two biggest cities in Australia competed intensely to be designated the capital in the early 20th century and Canberra was built from scratch and designated the national capital in large part because of such rivalry, but now Melbourne is set to have something that Sydney will not, the city has been officially chosen as the centre of operations for the ground-breaking National Broadband Network. Analysts and city leaders see the decision as one which will in time make Melbourne the IT hub of the country. Read more
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