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Vic nurses want action to stop violence
ONCE a week, Jackie sees a violent outburst in her workplace. Like many Victorian nurses, she fears being assaulted, threatened or abused by patients and their relatives at her hospital workplace, and says it's time something was done. Jackie - who only wanted to be identified by her first name - says she has had death threats made against her and her family on two separate ...
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Swans out to prove top four AFL status
Sydney midfielder Josh Kennedy believes a scalp like Collingwood is required to prove the reigning premiers belong in the AFL's top four.The Swans were clinging to fourth spot on Sunday morning after a draw with fifth-placed Fremantle at the SCG.After losses to pace-setters Geelong and Hawthorn this year, Kennedy said his team need to shine against the Magpies to show they're still a ...
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Green leading Aussie at Byron Nelson
Keegan Bradley continues to lead the Byron Nelson Championship, one shot clear of Sang-Moon Bae with one round remaining in Texas.American Bradley has topped the leaderboard for all three days of the PGA Tour event, having opened with a course-record 10-under-par 60.Nathan Green (ninth) remains the best placed Australian after shooting a third-round 68.He posted a two-under 70 for his third ...
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Return of Bronze treasures inspires Australian Arts
Preparing for his 19th visit to China as a government minister, Australia's energetic journeyman, Tony Burke, concurrently minister for the arts, and minister for sustainability, environment, water, population and communities, has lauded China's growing cultural international engagement while expressing satisfaction at the looming return of two of two iconic bronze heads looted from ...
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Johnsons most embarrassing NRL moment
Getting hooked with half an hour to play in Saturday night's record thrashing at the hands of Penrith is the most embarrassing moment in Shaun Johnson's NRL career. The 22-year-old halfback made the frank admission after being pulled from the field by coach Matt Elliott in the 49th minute of the 62-6 belting - the biggest defeat in Warriors' history. It is the first time Johnson ...
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Shooting prompts hunt safety doubts in NSW
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell remains committed to plans to allow hunting in national parks despite a ban on a similar program in South Australia. South Australia's pest eradication program was shut down earlier this month after a hunter was shot in the ankle by another shooter during a supervised cull of feral goats at Onkaparinga River National Park. Mr O'Farrell says the ...
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Abbotts leave plan nonsense Group
Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox says the federal opposition's paid parental scheme does not make any sense. Opposition leader Tony Abbott has said if his party wins the September election it will introduce a paid parental scheme which offers 26 weeks' paid leave for women earning up to $150,000. But Mr Willox says it will be a burden on business and will not ...
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Qld learner drivers face tougher tests
There will be less emphasis on reverse parking and more placed on risky manoeuvres, such as merging at high speeds and turning across oncoming traffic.The pilot for the new tests will be introduced mid-2014 and are part of the Queensland government's reform package targeting young and older drivers.Transport Minister Scott Emerson says younger drivers are over represented in ...
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Woman airlifted after Gibb River drama
A 49 year-old woman is to be airlifted to Perth after suffering a heart attack while competing in the gruelling Gibb River Challenge cycling event in northern Western ...
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Pressure grows for GST review
A FEDERAL coalition government will face mounting pressure from Liberal states to increase the GST rate, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury ...
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Super delay sustainable Hockey
THE coalition is denying its proposed rein on superannuation will mean a six-figure retirement sting for workers. The government says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan to delay superannuation contributions harks back to the 1990s when then prime minister John Howard's intention to delay a systematic increase to retirement funding morphed into its scrapping. "You would remember ...
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10000 turn out in Adelaide to show their true colours for charity
ABOUT 10,000 people have turned Victoria Park into a rainbow during Adelaide's inaugural Color Run this morning. Participants were peppered with orange, blue, pink and yellow powder as they completed the 5km charity fun run course from 9am. Upon finishing, the runners gathered for the `Finish Festival' where they sang, danced and threw fluoro powder into the air at regular intervals. The ...
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WA police probe sixth suspicious death
WEST Australian detectives are investigating their sixth suspicious death in as many days, the latest a 36-year-old woman found dead in Narrogin. Police found the body after they were called to a home in Ensign St on Saturday to conduct a "welfare check". A 43-year-old man is in custody and assisting with inquiries. The death in the Wheatbelt town follows a week of murder around the ...
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LIVE Carlton v Port Adelaide
Kane Mitchell is his own worst enemy, making an impact each time he comes off the interchange bench as Port Adelaide's specialist substitute. The Port Adelaide mature-aged recruit has played five AFL games, each time starting in the green vest. SuperCoach scores, stats and more Mitchell collected 13 disposals and kicked two goals off the bench last week following on from 15 disposals - eight ...
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Abbott will be pressed to lift GST ALP
A federal coalition government will face mounting pressure from Liberal states to increase the GST rate, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury says. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell on Sunday said the GST should be "on the table" as part of a tax review proposed by his Canberra colleagues. "Every Liberal state premier has been calling on the government to reopen the question of ...
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Finals talk taboo for NSW Waratahs
The NSW Waratahs are refusing to talk finals football despite continuing on their impressive roll towards the Super Rugby playoffs with a gritty win over the stumbling Brumbies. NSW's 28-22 triumph earned the Waratahs three straight wins for the first time in three years, bumped the Brumbies off the top of the ladder and raised the possibility of three Australian sides qualifying for the ...
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Minichiello hails Pearces big-game play
Sydney Roosters captain Anthony Minichiello says NSW halfback Mitchell Pearce is a proven big-game player who is hitting ominous form ahead of next month's State of Origin opener. Pearce was the architect as Sydney extended their winning streak to five after beating North Queensland Cowboys on Saturday night, laying on the final pass for both tries in a grinding 12-8 win. Minichiello was ...
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Eurovision song winner crowned
Denmark, widely tipped to win the annual music competition, took the honours ahead of the 25 other finalists in a glittering ceremony watched by millions across Europe with their ...
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GST review means hike Bradbury
A FEDERAL coalition government will face mounting pressure from Liberal states to increase the GST rate, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury ...
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Horse centre owner opts for rabies vaccine
AT least four people who came into contact with a horse infected with the bat-borne lyssavirus in Queensland have chosen to undergo preventative ...
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Dockers injury woes part of AFL Lyon
Fremantle's injury woes worsened in Saturday night's AFL draw against Sydney, with Michael Walters unable to finish the game due to an ankle injury. Walters, the Dockers' leading goal-kicker this season with 19, was assisted from the field in the third quarter and played no further part in the match. Scans will confirm the full extent of the damage, but coach Ross Lyon said he ...
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Dugan eyes Origin return
Josh Dugan shapes as a State of Origin wildcard for NSW coach Laurie Daley and the new St George Illawarra fullback says he wants to lend a hand in helping to break Queensland's seven-year stranglehold on the interstate series. Dugan was superb on his Dragons debut in Wollongong on Saturday night in just his second game this year after being axed by Canberra in March for repeated ...
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Reborn Tahs up for three-way Super fight
Now, it's a ding-dong race in three. The resurgent NSW Waratahs have joined Australian rugby's top dogs - the Brumbies and Queensland Reds - in an intriguing fight for national conference honours and play-off places following a dramatic round 14 in Super Rugby. The Waratahs' 28-22 comeback win over the Brumbies at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on Saturday night was followed by the ...
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GST hike should be on the table OFarrell
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NSW cracks down on fine defaulters
NSW fine defaulters have been paying back their debts to the tune of about $700,000 a day after a special debt recovery unit was established to chase them ...
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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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