Cruise ship returns with sick toll at 700

A cruise ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived home in the US. Source: AAP A CRUISE ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived at its home port in the US after a Caribbean voyage was cut...

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Power cut to Vic desal plant

Victoria's controversial desalination plant has been relying on generator power for several weeks. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S controversial desalination plant has been relying on generator power for several weeks, with electricity shut off due...

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Qld battens down for huge tropical storm

North Queenslanders are bracing for Cyclone Dylan which is tipped to cross the coach early Friday. Source: AAP A TROPICAL cyclone barrelling towards north Queensland has been upgraded to a category two cyclone. Cyclone Dylan is expected...

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MP says give 'measly' $25m to SPC

Federal cabinet will discuss a proposal to co-invest in SPC Ardmona's fruit processing operations. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has used the rejection of taxpayer support for fruit processor SPC Ardmona to set an important "marker"...

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Treasury Wines tank on share market

Treasury Wine Estates has issued a profit warning in the wake of weaker than expected sales. Source: AAP TREASURY Wine Estates has been hammered on the stock market, with its shares falling by 20 per cent after it issued a profit downgrade...

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Police given bus CCTV after woman pinned

A woman has died in hospital after being pinned under a bus for two hours in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP AFTER the death of two pedestrians on the same day in Sydney, police are urging the public to be more careful crossing roads. A 51-year-old...

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MP says give 'measly' $25m to SPC

Federal cabinet will discuss a proposal to co-invest in SPC Ardmona's fruit processing operations. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has used the rejection of taxpayer support for fruit processor SPC Ardmona to set an important "marker"...

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Treasury Wines tank on share market

Treasury Wine Estates has issued a profit warning in the wake of weaker than expected sales. Source: AAP TREASURY Wine Estates has been hammered on the stock market, with its shares falling by 20 per cent after it issued a profit downgrade...

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Qld battens down for huge tropical storm

North Queenslanders are bracing for Cyclone Dylan which is tipped to cross the coach early Friday. Source: AAP A TROPICAL cyclone barrelling towards north Queensland has been upgraded to a category two cyclone. Cyclone Dylan is expected...

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Power cut to Vic desal plant

Victoria's controversial desalination plant has been relying on generator power for several weeks. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S controversial desalination plant has been relying on generator power for several weeks, with electricity shut off due...

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Cruise ship returns with sick toll at 700

A cruise ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived home in the US. Source: AAP A CRUISE ship on which nearly 700 passengers and crew fell ill has arrived at its home port in the US after a Caribbean voyage was cut...

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Police given bus CCTV after woman pinned

A woman has died in hospital after being pinned under a bus for two hours in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP AFTER the death of two pedestrians on the same day in Sydney, police are urging the public to be more careful crossing roads. A 51-year-old...

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Rice farmers add to Thai govt woes

Thai caretaker PM Yingluck Shinawatra is facing a challenge from more than a million rice farmers. Source: AAP BESIEGED by anti-government protests in Bangkok for the past three months, embattled caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra...

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Aust could take big role in nuke security

IT'S the nightmare terror scenario: an extremist group building its own atomic bomb and detonating it without warning in Sydney or New York. A new study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) says it's tempting to think that the...

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Swimmer missing in NSW river

A search is underway in the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney after a swimmer failed to surface. Source: AAP A SEARCH is under way for a swimmer missing in the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney. Police say a group of friends were swimming...

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New treatment may help ADHD sufferers

NUTRIENTS may become a new treatment option for ADHD sufferers after a study found the treatment was much more effective than placebo. The University of Canterbury trial is the first to show the benefits of micronutrients for ADHD (Attention...

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Debate on urban projects helpful: Access

EDS: Not to be used until 0001 AEDT, Thursday January 30 By Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics Correspondent CANBERRA, Jan 30 AAP - At a time of a fading mining investment boom, Deloitte Access Economics is pleased to see policymakers discussing Australia's...

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Roache a gentleman, Kirkbride tells trial

CORONATION Street star Anne Kirkbride has told a jury that her on-screen husband William Roache was "always a perfect gentleman" around her. Kirkbride, a stalwart of the ITV soap as Deirdre Barlow, was called as a character witness for the actor...

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Four dead as truck hits Brazil walkway

FOUR people have died after a dump truck smashed into a pedestrian bridge on a busy highway in northern Rio de Janeiro. The crash on Tuesday caused the walkway to collapse onto three cars and a motorcycle below. At least four people were killed...

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Ambos brace for busy week as temps soar

HEALTH, fire and emergency services in Australia's southeast are bracing for a heatwave for a second time this year. But while the Bureau of Meteorology warns of serious heat, it may not be as gruelling as the earlier heatwave during which Adelaide...

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Fire burning at Wattle Hill in Tasmania

RESIDENTS of Wattle Hill in Tasmania's southeast are on alert for an out-of-control bushfire. An emergency warning issued for the bushfire was downgraded to a watch and act alert at 6pm (AEDT) on Tuesday. However, the Tasmania Fire Service...

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Nauru slams reports of island chaos

THE Nauru government has slammed reports about chaos on the tiny island nation as irresponsible, arrogant and even racist. In a statement on Tuesday, the government maintained it was calmly going about its business and moved to set the record...

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Emergency assets bill $1.2b: report

AUSTRALIANS have lost property worth more than $1.2 billion in the latest financial year through emergency events including fire, flood and storms. A new Productivity Commission report shows that Queensland storms proved the costliest in 2012-13,...

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Australian prison tariff at five-year low

AUSTRALIA'S prisoner population is costing the country less now than at any time in the past five years but on a daily basis per inmate, it's still more expensive than a night in a city hotel room. Data from a new Productivity Commission report...

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Caribbean cruise ends amid gastro illness

THE Royal Caribbean cruise line has ended a ship's 10-day trip in the Caribbean early after hundreds of passengers and crew members were sickened with a gastrointestinal illness. The Miami-based company made the announcement a few hours after...

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Union hit by corrupt deal reports

THE building industry has been hit by controversy following reports that union officials are making corrupt deals to help companies linked to organised crime secure construction contracts. Victoria's desalination plant and the Barangaroo development...

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Cost of childcare hitting families

CHILDCARE costs have risen at almost double the rate of inflation over the past year, with parents now shelling out about $364 a week. The Productivity Commission's 2014 report on government services shows that more than a million children aged...

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Private school spend grows fastest

GOVERNMENT spending on private schools increased faster in the past five years than for public schools. And data in a new Productivity Commission report shows private schools on average get $1.2 million a year more funding from all sources than...

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Share market under pressure ahead of FOMC

THE Australian share market is expected to remain under pressure before the US Federal Reserve's tapering decision this week. Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data last week led to the Australian bourse closing lower for the third...

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Cyclone brewing in Coral Sea

THERE'S a good chance a cyclone will develop in Queensland's Coral Sea tomorrow. The Bureau of Meteorology is monitoring a low-pressure system inside a monsoon trough that extends from Papua New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. Senior forecaster...

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