Man dies after car hits pole in Victoria

A MAN has died after his car left the road and struck a power pole in the Victorian town of Warragul. Police believe the 19-year-old Warragul man was driving west along Queen Street just before 7pm on Saturday when he lost control on a bend...

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Alleged Sydney card skimmer charged

A man has been caught allegedly skimming money out of ATMs in Sydney's west using stolen card data. Source: AAP A MAN has been caught allegedly skimming money out of ATMs in Sydney's west using stolen card data. Police were contacted...

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PM wants Monash to be household name

THE efforts of Australian General John Monash on the Western Front in World War I should be as widely recognised as the story of Simpson and his donkey at Gallipoli, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says. Mr Abbott revealed on Saturday a new memorial...

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10 Islamists sentenced to death in Egypt

An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood movement to death. Source: AAP AN Egyptian court has sentenced ten supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement to death in absentia on...

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Gunman kills one, injures three in US

A suspect is in custody after four people were wounded in a shooting on a Seattle university campus. Source: AAP A GUNMAN has killed one person and injured three others on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, the latest...

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Smithsonian names Aussie museum director

THE Smithsonian has named Australian Melissa Chiu, a museum leader for the Asia Society in New York, as the next director of the Hirshhorn Museum for modern and contemporary art in Washington. Darwin-born Chiu joins the Smithsonian in September....

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Moo-ving tale as cow saved from pool

A drowning cow has been saved from a backyard pool in the NSW Hunter Valley. Source: AAP A COW has been saved from drowning by firefighters who helped it out of a backyard swimming pool in the NSW Hunter Valley. A woman returned to her...

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Police search new area for Madeleine

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have focussed their attention to drains. Source: AAP BRITISH police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are focusing their attention on a new patch of scrubland close...

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Jet crashes into California homes

A MILITARY jet has slammed into a Southern California neighbourhood dense with homes and exploded in flames, but the pilot and everyone on the ground emerged unscathed, officials say. Moments after the pilot ejected to safety Wednesday afternoon,...

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Red Cross staffer killed in Libya

ARMED men have killed a 42-year-old Red Cross staffer in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte, firing at his car after he left a meeting, the organisation says. Michael Greub, a Swiss national, died in the attack on Wednesday, the International Committee...

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incompetence led to delayed recall

GM is to release the results of a probe into the company's response to an ignition problem. Source: AAP GM CEO Mary Barra says 15 employees have been fired over the company's recent ignition switch recalls. Barra made the announcement...

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Gay couples to get counselling vouchers

FEUDING couples can tell each other where to go but their counsellors won't be able to. The federal government is offering $200 vouchers for couples to undergo relationship counselling. From July, 100,000 couples will undergo a trial by registering...

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Putin slams Obama as he meets Poroshenko

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has met Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko, in a show of US support for Ukraine's right to chart its own future, before an encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Obama sat down with Poroshenko on Wednesday in Warsaw,...

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New home for Perth's wandering peacock

A YOUNG peacock found strutting his stuff in suburban Perth has a new home after doing time in an animal shelter. He also has a new name: Gerald. The juvenile bird was seen wandering in Westminster about a month ago and was cared for at the...

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PM vows to resolve Indon spy row

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has arrived in Indonesia for long-awaited talks with the president. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has pledged to resolve the spying row with Indonesia to the mutual benefit of both nations, and has told the...

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US companies added 179,000 jobs in May

US businesses pulled back on hiring in May, adding the fewest jobs in four months, a private survey shows. Payroll processor ADP said on Wednesday that private employers added 179,000 jobs last month, down from 215,000 in the previous month....

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ABS controls fail to trigger insider alert

THE Australian Bureau of Statistics has admitted it is difficult to counter the threat of a trusted insider leaking market-sensitive information. Former ABS public servant Christopher Russell Hill, 24, of Belconnen in the ACT is facing criminal...

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Westfield in court before restructure vote

WESTFIELD Retail Trust (WRT) shareholders are eagerly waiting for the outcome of a Supreme Court application over merger plans by the shopping centre giant. Westfield is seeking approval to conclude an investor vote on a controversial proposed...

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Parents seek answers to son's Yemen death

THE parents of an Australian man killed in a US drone strike in Yemen want to know how their son died and what evidence the federal government has of his possible links to terrorism. Christopher Harvard, 27, was killed in a US drone strike in...

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$33.6b of Qld assets earmarked for sale

Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls has handed down his third budget in Brisbane. Source: AAP ASSETS worth $33.6 billion will be sold or leased if the Newman government wins next year's election, with a quarter of the proceeds going towards state...

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Lucy rejects Malcolm leadership talk

Malcolm Turnbull says claims he might mount a leadership challenge are 'demented' and 'unhinged'. Source: AAP MALCOLM Turnbull's fluey quest for spicy soup has been miscast as a leadership challenge, the cabinet minister's wife and former...

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Brown wooed as face of Tasmanian tourism

Greens patriarch Bob Brown is being courted as the face of Tasmania's tourism campaigns. Source: AAP BOB Brown is being wooed as the face of Tasmanian wilderness tourism. The former Greens leader has been sounded out by the state's tourism...

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Better airliner tracking announced: IATA

AVIATION industry plans to improve global tracking following the Malaysia jet disappearance will be ready in September, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. Announcing the date, the association's chief Tony Tyler repeated...

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White House defends Guantanamo releases

US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has defended a prisoner exchange with the Taliban for a US soldier. Source: AAP THE White House has defended the release of five Guantanamo detainees in exchange for a US soldier held by the Taliban, saying...

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Aust pledges $100m for polio fight

Australia has pledged 100 million dollars to go towards eradicating polio in northern Africa. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA has pledged $100 million to help eradicate polio for good. The funds will be spread over five years and will go towards...

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Bali flights under cloud but Darwin clear

Flights in Darwin are expected to resume later today as plumes from an Indonesian volcano dissipate. Source: AAP FLIGHTS to and from Darwin have resumed after they were grounded by an ash cloud from an Indonesian volcano, as Jetstar grounds...

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Shotgun fired at Hobart house

A SHOTGUN has been fired at a house in Hobart. The occupants were home when the shot was fired on Saturday evening, police said. Neighbours heard the blast but the occupants of the Bridgewater residence did not report the incident until the...

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Iraq violence killed 799 in May: UN

VIOLENCE has claimed the lives of 799 Iraqis in May, the highest monthly death toll so far this year, the United Nations says, underlining the daunting challenges the government faces as it struggles to contain a surge in sectarian violence. The...

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