Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

National

Hinch contempt charge in Meagher case

Broadcaster Derryn Hinch is facing contempt of court charges after a judge found he appeared to breach suppression orders in the Jill Meagher case.
April 9, 2013, 12:30 pm
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11 years jail for Vic veggie patch killer

An elderly Melbourne man will serve at least nine years in jail for killing his housemate after they fought about a vegetable patch.
April 9, 2013, 12:49 pm
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Terror accused denies 'jihad' USB was his

A Melbourne man found with a USB containing issues of an al-Qaeda magazine with instructions on bomb-making said the device was not his, a court has heard.
April 9, 2013, 11:49 am
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Sydney bus driver spray painted and robbed

Police are hunting two youths who spray painted a Sydney bus driver before robbing him.
April 9, 2013, 11:37 am
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Ex-HSU boss Williamson on extra charges

The former boss of the Health Services Union, Michael Williamson, is now facing 50 charges over allegedly corrupt dealings.
April 9, 2013, 11:34 am

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Man in court over Vic woman's death

A man has appeared in a Victorian court charged with the bashing murder of a 29-year-old woman at her home at the weekend.
April 9, 2013, 11:10 am

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Scuffle as students protest at Vic premier

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has been met by a group of angry student protesters while opening a new centre at La Trobe University.
April 9, 2013, 10:53 am

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Bid to boost breast cancer survival

The breast cancer foundation has launched a campaign to boost research it hopes will help eradicate deaths from the disease by 2030.
April 9, 2013, 10:49 am

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Vic man arrested over mum's bashing death

A 30-year-old man has been arrested and is being interviewed after a 29-year-old woman was bashed to death in the Victorian city of Ballarat.
April 9, 2013, 10:41 am
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Coalition's NBN cheaper and better: Abbott

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull have launched the coalition's national broadband network policy.
April 9, 2013, 10:34 am

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Unions say Holden has let down SA

SA Union says Holden is a shocking corporate citizen and should be forced to comply with agreement with SA government to protect jobs.
April 9, 2013, 10:07 am

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Conroy says politics returning to normal

The Gillard government has narrowed the gap between it and the coalition in the latest Newspoll, but still faces a thumping election defeat.
April 9, 2013, 9:51 am

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Govt defends Holden support, unions angry

SA unions are furious Holden has sacked 400 workers in their state, as federal government MPs defend taxpayer support for the ailing car manufacturer.
April 9, 2013, 8:44 am

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Man and teen saved from creek bank

A man and a teenage boy who were trapped on the bank of a swollen creek in a far north Queensland national park are safe.
April 9, 2013, 8:31 am
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Threat to jobs as Buildplan collapses

The construction union is picketing a hospital in Sydney where subcontractors are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a building company collapse.
April 9, 2013, 8:28 am
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Fatal Sydney house fire tips sought

Police have appealed for public information about who deliberately lit a Sydney house fire that killed a teenage boy 15 years ago.
April 9, 2013, 8:22 am

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Qld boy stabbed while trying to help girls

A man has been charged with attempted murder after the stabbing of a teenage boy who came to the aid of two girls at Ipswich, west of Brisbane.
April 9, 2013, 7:40 am

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PM to sign new deal with China

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet China's Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Tuesday, visit a school and talk to business leaders
April 9, 2013, 6:01 am

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National Buildplan jobs on the line: union

The NSW construction firm charged with multi-million redevelopments at Nepean, Port Macquarie and Dubbo Base Hospital has gone into administration.
April 9, 2013, 5:08 am
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Labor may take new media changes to poll

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the government may take new media reforms to the election after old policies were rejected.
April 9, 2013, 5:03 am

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