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ACT paying high price for cocaine

The Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) latest figures on illicit drugs indicate Canberrans are paying more for cocaine than people in other areas of Australia.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 8:14 pm
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Education plan underwhelming: Opposition

The State Opposition has dismissed a government funding boost to improve school retention rates in regional areas as "underwhelming".
ABC - May 20, 2013, 8:11 pm

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Turner exhibition breaks SA records

An exhibition by renowned landscape painter JMW Turner has hit record attendance figures for the Art Gallery of South Australia.
May 20, 2013, 8:08 pm

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World's biggest croc turns 110 in Qld

The keepers of the largest crocodile in captivity have celebrated the reptile's first birthday party - his 110th - in far north Queensland.
May 20, 2013, 8:08 pm

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Australian Catholic Church admits slow to act on sex abuse

SYDNEY (AFP) - The most senior Catholic in the Australian state of Victoria on Monday admitted the church had been too slow to act on paedophile priests, but insisted things have changed.
May 20, 2013, 8:07 pm

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Australia Post subcontractor launches legal action saying she has been 'underpaid'

There are claims that some workers who deliver parcels for Australia Post are being paid less than the minimum wage and are not covered by worker's compensation or superannuation.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 8:02 pm

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SA remains belong to 1984 murder victim

Police have identified remains found in a South Australian shallow grave as those of a murder victim who went missing in December 1984.
May 20, 2013, 8:01 pm

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Governments called on to reveal resources revenue

Transparency campaigners say governments need to step up and be more open about the income they receive from their resources industries.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:58 pm

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Ghost camera catches underage sex

A Hobart court has heard a woman was recorded having sex with a teenage boy on a camera set up to capture paranormal activity.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:58 pm
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Abuse was covered up: Melbourne archbishop

Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart has admitted the church covered up child sexual abuse and was slow to act against offenders.
May 20, 2013, 7:52 pm

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Warnings over gambling apps targeting youth market

Researchers warn a new wave of simulated gambling applications are aiming to hit the jackpot with a new generation of younger gamers.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:50 pm
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Robots to help improve accuracy of smartphone technology and GPS data

Scientists in Canberra have trusted two robots with making sure all the measurements made by satellite are correct.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:47 pm

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NSW ICAC's biggest inquiry into activities of former ALP ministers wraps up after six months

A corruption inquiry into former New South Wales Labor ministers has wrapped up after six months of evidence and hundreds of witnesses.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:47 pm

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Sex offender jailed for 'evil and callous' plan

A notorious WA paedophile has been sentenced to six and a half years' jail for what a judge has described as an evil and callous plan to travel overseas and commit further child sex offences.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:47 pm

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Digital gambling 'a risk for young people'

Many young people who play simulated gambling games are accessing games through social media and smartphone apps, researchers say.
May 20, 2013, 7:32 pm

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Study finds explosion in sports betting despite decline in number of gamblers

New research has found a decline in the number of Australians who are gambling, but an explosion in sports betting.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:25 pm
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Lack of communication factor in plane crash: inquest

An inquest has begun into the deaths of a pilot and a spotter who were taking part in a goat cull in Western Australia's Gascoyne when their plane collided with a helicopter.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:18 pm
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Doubts raised over timber credentials

There is concern Forestry Tasmania may not be able to gain key environmental credentials for the state's wood supply for more than a year.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 7:05 pm
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Fire truck scrutiny in triple-fatal Darwin inquest

A coronial inquest into the crash that caused the deaths of three well-known architects has heard firefighters were not trained in managing the blind spots of the fire truck involved in the collision.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 6:50 pm

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Search suspended for helicopter after hoax call

Authorities says an emergency call about the crashed helicopter near Gingin is now believed to be a hoax.
ABC - May 20, 2013, 6:47 pm
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