Natonals win at least three extra seats

HE bush bashed 40,000km around the country campaigning in places most of us haven't even heard of, but the hard work has definitely paid off for Nationals leader Warren Truss. Not only will he become deputy prime minister, but his party swept...

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Minor players set to hold power in Senate

TONY Abbott's new coalition government will be forced to negotiate with minor parties and independents that will hold the balance of power in the Senate. As the Liberal leader claimed a lower house victory, the party's Senate representation looked...

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British PM congratulates Tony Abbott

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron says it will be "great working with another centre right leader" after calling Tony Abbott to congratulate him on his victory in the Australian federal election. A convincing victory for the Liberal-National...

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Croat who hijacked US plane in 1976 dies

Croatian man Zvonko Busic, who served 32 years in jail for hijacking a US plane, committed suicide. Source: AAP ZVONKO Busic, a Croatian nationalist who served 32 years in prison in the US for hijacking a plane and also planting explosives...

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Ariel Castro called victim's mother: media

KIDNAPPER Ariel Castro said he called the mother of one of his victims while she was in captivity and told her she was OK, according to a videotaped FBI interrogation. Castro also told investigators that authorities missed opportunities for capturing...

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Hitler's bodyguard Rochus Misch dies

ROCHUS Misch, who served as Adolf Hitler's devoted bodyguard for most of WWII and was the last remaining witness to the Nazi leader's final hours in his Berlin bunker, has died. He was 96. Burkhard Nachtigall, who helped Misch ghostwrite his...

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Katter's campaign ends in a Qld pub

Federal MP Bob Katter is hopeful of picking up more than just one Senate seat after Saturday's poll. Source: AAP WALKING the streets of Bob Katter's political heartland, it's hard to imagine the veteran MP losing the north Queensland Seat of...

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Versace Macau hotel will fit local culture

Italian fashion house Versace says its Macau hotel will be tweaked to appeal to Chinese culture. Source: AAP ITALIAN fashion house Versace and Macau casino company SJM say the Versace-themed hotel they're planning for the Asian gambling city...

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UK rider jailed for assault on ex-jockey

ONE of the Queen's horse riders has been jailed after attacking an ex-jockey in a jealous rage. Jonathan Nolan, 32, who is a work rider for royal trainer Sir Michael Stoute, battered former jockey-turned-PR director John Maxse after confronting...

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Abbott proud of best-ever policy package

Tony Abbott wants his proposed commission of audit to run its eye over every part of government. Source: AAP THE coalition's policy war chest is the best ever taken to an Australian election by an opposition, Tony Abbott reckons. But there's...

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Skaf rapist paroled, brothers face court

THE brothers of Skaf gang rapist Mohammed Sanoussi have been charged over a bashing on the same day he was granted parole. The news comes after the NSW government revealed it would considering appealing against the parole because "some new and...

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Condolences pour in for Tweddle's family

FRIENDS and supporters of Gary Tweddle have offered their condolences to his family after his body was formally identified. The 23-year-old went missing from a work conference at the Fairmont Resort at Leura, west of Sydney, in the early hours...

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Labor will stick by its carbon tax policy

LABOR will stick by the policies it takes to the election even if an Abbott government claims a mandate to dump the carbon tax. Climate Change Minister Mark Butler says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is putting up "a very new theory of mandate"...

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Another man charged over Sydney brawl

A SECOND man has been charged over a brawl in which an off-duty police officer and his friends were set upon when they went to the aid of a man who was being attacked in Sydney's south. The officer and his three friends were sitting in a Cronulla...

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Jailed Cleveland rapist takes his own life

Ariel Castro, who held three women captive in his home, was found dead in his US prison cell. Source: AAP THE death of the former US bus driver jailed for life for kidnapping and raping three young women he held as sex slaves for a decade has...

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WWII hero's family seeks Obama's help

THE family of World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg will ask US President Barack Obama for help in their quest to find out what happened to the Swedish diplomat who vanished after being arrested by Soviet forces in 1945. Wallenberg's niece, Marie...

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Heavy boozers drink rest under table

HEAVY drinkers are drinking more, light drinkers are drinking less and men and women are drinking about the same as each other, say Australian researchers. The top 10 per cent of drinkers are responsible for more than half the alcohol consumed,...

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Rudd offers health hub to woo Tassie

KEVIN Rudd will pledge a multi-million dollar health and sports science centre when he visits Tasmania, saying it will boost much-needed jobs in the north of the state. The prime minister will be in Launceston on Tuesday to announce a $28 million...

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Rudd clashes with pastor over gay marriage

MONDAY night television is not a usual venue for theological discussion but Prime Minister Kevin Rudd showed off his knowledge of the Bible as he clashed with a Brisbane pastor over gay marriage. Mr Rudd turned feisty after first attempting...

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Tributes pour in for David Frost

TRIBUTES have poured in for "peerless broadcaster" David Frost after he died from a heart attack aged 74. The veteran BBC interviewer died on Saturday night on the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he was giving a speech. Known for incisive...

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