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Disturbance at Tas detention centre
A disturbance occurred at the facility at around 10pm (AEST) on Thursday, the immigration department says.Tasmanian police were called to the centre, which is around 30km north of Hobart, to deal with the situation."The groups were separated and the situation calmed relatively quickly," a department spokeswoman told AAP."The mood at the facility this morning is calm."The ...
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Qld bikie charged with gun drug offences
Saleh Atasoy, 26, applied for bail in the Southport Magistrates Court on Friday.He was arrested on Thursday after police allegedly found a loaded gun, amphetamines and illegal steroids at two homes on the Gold Coast.Officers searched one home at Oxenford on May 16 and then another at Biggera Waters on May 23.Atasoy is charged with four counts of possession of a dangerous drug, one count each of ...
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Mentally ill dying decades younger
PEOPLE with mental health problems are dying decades younger than the general population while their physical health has become a national ...
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Man 72 caught in street sex bust
A 72-YEAR-old man is among nine men who have been charged following an overnight police operation targeting street prostitution in ...
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Live export ban blamed for $46.5m loss
Live shipments to Indonesia were temporarily suspended in June 2011 after footage of cattle being tortured at overseas abattoirs was aired.This prompted Indonesia to more than halve its quota of Australian cattle.Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) managing director David Farley said the Federal Government's suspension of the live export trade was continuing to suppress domestic cattle ...
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Cop brawl like a game show addict
AN ice addict who assaulted two police and then tried to steal their divisional van claimed he thought he was taking part in a reality game show, a court has ...
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Human ashes in forgotten hotel items
Staff at Peppers in Broadbeach Amanda Cane, Adam Taloni (GM), Chris Dignan, Janet Saunders and Juliet Meek look over items that guests have left behind at the hotel. Picture: Luke ...
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Agencies light up winter at Sydneys Vivid Festival
From 6pm tonight Sydney will once again be transformed into a winter wonderland of lights and music, simultaneously becoming a haven for innovation and ideas as Vivid Sydney kicks off. The festival will run from this evening until June 10 and is perhaps best known for, or at the very least most photographed for, the lighting of the Opera House’s sails. The sails will be transformed ...
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Aussies admired Hazel Hawkes courage PM
EVERYONE admired Hazel Hawke's dignity and courage as she battled Alzheimer's, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. Australia's former first lady died on Thursday aged 83, after a long battle with the disease. Ms Gillard said Australians held Mrs Hawke in high esteem. "Hazel Hawke has been a figure of real affection and I believe everybody has admired her dignity and her courage as ...
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Australians travelling without a will
Not enough Australians are updating or preparing their will before they travel, according to new research. The State of Trustees research has revealed that last year, there were more than 8.2 million short term overseas holidays undertaken by Australians. While 1000 Australians died overseas last year, less than 20 percent of travellers updated or prepared their will before departing on ...
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Sydney a favourite among travellers
Sydney has leapt four places this year to make a top ten appearance in the global Traveller’s Choice Destination awards. Paris and New York were listed as the top two travellers’ destinations, as revealed in TripAdvisor’s fifth annual Destination awards. ‘The City of Lights’ rose three spots from last year’s rankings to beat out the ‘Big ...
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The toughest holiday Australias first Biggest Loser Retreat
Golden Door Health Retreat’s parent company, Cypress Lakes Group has teamed up with the producers of the Biggest Loser to launch Australia’s first-ever dedicated weight-loss retreat. Following in the footsteps of The Biggest Loser Resorts in the US, the Gold Coast’s Golden Door Health Retreat will be rebranded from July this year to The Biggest Loser Retreat. Much like ...
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Air New Zealand offers improved check-in with new Melbourne kiosk service
Air New Zealand customers travelling trans-Tasman and Pacific Island routes have flocked to use the new check-in kiosks introduced this week at Melbourne ...
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CFMEU found guilty of contempt of court over Grocon blockade at Melbourne Emporium site
Melbourne 3000 The Supreme Court of Victoria has found Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) in contempt of court for its blockade of a Grocon building site in Melbourne's CBD. Legal action was taken by the construction giant when the union continued its protest outside the Myer Emporium site despite a court injunction in August last year.The blockade involved violent ...
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Port punt on Butcher against Cats in AFL
Port Adelaide admit they're taking a selection punt on John Butcher, who will play his first AFL game in 10 months in Saturday's home match against Geelong. Butcher has been summoned to replace injured ruckman Matthew Lobbe, who rolled an ankle at agility training on Thursday night. Butcher hasn't played an AFL game since July 7 last year and has been out of sorts in SANFL ranks ...
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Manly desperate to end home losing streak
It's been nearly a decade since Manly last lost three consecutive matches at Brookvale Oval, and that record has the Sea Eagles ready to fight for their turf this Saturday. Back-to-back losses to South Sydney and Sydney Roosters in the past month have Manly on the verge of losing three on the trot at Brookvale for the first time since July 2005 when the Sea Eagles went down 26-24 in the ...
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Aust shares open marginally weaker
Australian shares are a little weaker as the market follows Wall street into negative territory. Still, IG market strategist Chris Weston said, the futures market had been expecting an even worse session in the US, where the broad-based S&P 500 finished 0.28 per cent weaker. "We were expecting a pretty negative day in Europe and the US, and clearly there's calm ahead prevailing ...
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Hird Bombers AFL coach for long time
James Hird says he plans on coaching Essendon for a long time despite suggestions he should follow chief executive Ian Robson in resigning from the AFL club. Robson quit on Thursday, saying while he didn't know of the irregular practices taking place with the Bombers supplement program last year, his position made him accountable for them. That has prompted the question of whether ...
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Dan ready to be the man for NRL Roosters
Utility Daniel Mortimer is ready to step up and take control of the Sydney Roosters during the State of Origin period should teammates Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney get NSW call-ups. Mortimer has carved out a key role as the Roosters impact player under rookie coach Trent Robinson, but he still believes his future lies in the halves. And he'll get an opportunity to showcase that over ...
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Samo Lance back for Reds in Super Rugby
Queensland cult hero Radike Samo will start his first Super Rugby match of the year while fullback Jono Lance returns from injury for the Reds' clash with the Stormers on Sunday morning (AEST). Wallabies veteran Samo will start at No.8 at Newlands in Cape Town, with Jake Schatz moving to blindside flanker and Ed Quirk dropping to the bench. The 36-year-old has been plagued by a knee ...
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Taufua assault case adjourned in Qld
Taufua, who plays for the Manly Sea Eagles, allegedly spat at a police officer on the Gold Coast last October.He has been charged with assault.The 21-year-old was not present for Friday's hearing in Southport Magistrates Court, where his lawyer sought a final adjournment on the matter.The case is due to return to court on June ...
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Man questioned over WA fire damage
A 46-YEAR-OLD man is being questioned over three fires in the northern WA town of Broome, believed to have been deliberately lit and causing more than $1 million ...
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David Wenham nominated for US TV award
The Jane Campion-directed mini-series has received five nominations with Wenham up for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries for his role as Detective Al Parker.The Sydneysider was one of three actors from Top Of The Lake nominated in his category.Also nominated were James Cromwell (American Horror Story: Asylum), Peter Mullan (Top of the Lake), Zachary Quinto (American Horror Story: ...
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WA man charged with murder and robberies
A 24-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with the murder of Richard Travis Holloway, who was killed in his South Perth home this ...
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NSW letterbox thief caught on train
The 28-year-old woman was arrested on a train near Maitland about 5.10pm (AEST) on Thursday.She had credit cards and other government-issued cards printed with different names.Several of the cards were traced to recent letterbox thefts in the beachside suburb of Merewether.Police transport command officers were initially tipped off when they allegedly found her in possession of a pension ...
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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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