Total fire ban declared for parts of Vic

A total fire ban has been declared for parts of Victoria as temperatures soar to the mid-40s. Source: AAP A TOTAL fire ban has been declared for parts of Victoria as temperatures soar to the mid-40s. The Country Fire Authority (CFA) has...

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Viacom fiscal net income up 16%

VIACOM is reporting a 16 per cent jump in net income for the first quarter thanks in part to smaller losses at its film division. The New York company, which owns Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures, earned $US547 million...

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French ex-first lady reveals shock

FRANCE'S former first lady says she and the president had grown detached recently but she was caught totally by surprise by his affair with an actress. Valerie Trierweiler gave interviews to two French publications coming out this week describing...

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Harley-Davidson 4Q earnings up

HARLEY-DAVIDSON'S fourth-quarter earnings rose 6.8 per cent as motorcycle sales continued to rise worldwide. The Milwaukee company says global sales of new motorcycles grew 5.7 per cent in the quarter and 4.4 per cent for the full year as buyers...

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Trust in government bucks global trend

AUSTRALIA appears to be bucking a global trend of distrust in governments since the election of the coalition last September. But a new global survey suggests Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his team still have work to do. The 2014 Edelman Trust...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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No action over Nigella drug-taking

UK police will take no further action against TV cook Nigella Lawson after she told a court that she had taken drugs, Scotland Yard says. The Metropolitan Police said a specialist team had examined all the evidence relating to the 53-year-old's...

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Put taxes on budget repair agenda: Access

A LEADING economist is urging the federal government to make sensible repairs to the budget and believes it's "dumb" to leave taxes off the agenda. The government has a Commission of Audit working on recommendations to cut commonwealth spending,...

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Uni students want more say on services

STUDENTS still aren't getting enough say in how their money is spent on university services but their union is hopeful that will improve. A National Union of Students (NUS) report finds the funding situation at three-quarters of student organisations...

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Bahrain 'man dead after police shooting'

BAHRAIN'S main Shi'ite opposition bloc says a young man has died after being shot by authorities earlier this month. The al-Wefaq bloc said on Sunday that 19-year-old Fadhil Abbas Muslim and a friend were hit with live ammunition on January...

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