Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

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Rudd told challenge is only way

Rudd told challenge is only way

Kevin Rudd has been told he will have to break his word to have any chance at wresting back the prime ministership.

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Clive Palmer bars News Ltd reporter

Clive Palmer has announced Palmer United Party SA candidates for Federal election, but has barred a reporter from The Australian.
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Miles Franklin winner 'rich and ambitious'

Michelle de Kretser's Questions of Travel has taken out this year's Miles Franklin prize and has been described as a "rich and ambitious but engaging" work.
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DPP called on to explain Kelly downgrade

The DPP is being called on to explain why it allowed the man who killed Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross to plead guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter.
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Witness comes forward in nurse murder case

A witness has come forward to tell the Brisbane Magistrates Court his friend confessed to seeing two Sydney nurses being raped and bashed.
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Socceroos celebrate with fans in Sydney

After posting a 1-0 win over Iraq to book a World Cup berth, the Socceroos have celebrated with fans at a public reception in Sydney.
1 hour, 10 minutes ago

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Bayley case a 'travesty' in Vic justice

Victims groups have criticised the prison sentence for Adrian Ernest Bayley, the Melbourne man convicted of killing Jill Meagher.
1 hour, 15 minutes ago
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Bayley more likely to reoffend: judge

Adrian Bayley has an innate sexual deviance and is two-to-three times more likely to reoffend than the average sex offender, a judge says.
1 hour, 24 minutes ago
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Bridge protester defends stalking charges

A man who survived a bikie shooting and was fined for scaling the Sydney Harbour Bridge is in court on fresh charges.
1 hour, 24 minutes ago
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Girl, 12, victim of flasher at NSW school

A man has allegedly been caught exposing himself to a young girl in the grounds of her NSW school.
1 hour, 43 minutes ago
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Insurers 'can't gouge over Vic fire levy'

Victorians should change insurers if they feel they are being gouged by changes to the fire services levy, Acting Premier Peter Ryan says.
1 hour, 53 minutes ago
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Second man charged over Sydney murder

A second man has been charged with murder after the death of a man at Macquarie Fields in southwest Sydney late last year.
1 hour, 59 minutes ago
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Legionnaires' probe looks at past case

Authorities are investigating whether a recent legionnaires' disease outbreak at a major Brisbane hospital is linked to a 2011 death.
June 19, 2013, 12:21 pm
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Vic cops sorry over initial Milne inquiry

The original police investigation into St Kilda player Stephen Milne was inadequate, Victorian police say.
June 19, 2013, 12:20 pm
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Final moments of slain cop played to court

A Sydney murder trial has been shown video footage of the moments before a policeman was fatally shot while trying to conduct a roadside breath test.
June 19, 2013, 12:04 pm

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Union report finds injured workers hurting

A union report has found sick and injured workers are hurting financially a year after the NSW government slashed their rights and entitlements.
June 19, 2013, 12:04 pm
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Alleged graffitist caught red handed

The red paint all over his hands proved to be the undoing of an alleged graffiti artist who was arrested on a NSW train.
June 19, 2013, 11:40 am
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NSW kitchen fires spark warning

Fire & Rescue NSW has attended more than 200 kitchen fires in the last six weeks, and is urging residents to be more vigilant in the kitchen this winter.
June 19, 2013, 11:29 am
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Bayley 'trying to help' on night of murder

Adrian Bayley told police he only approached Jill Meagher because he was "trying to help" her the night he killed her.
June 19, 2013, 11:22 am
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Keep SA disability library open, says MP

A South Australian independent MP has raised concerns over the future of a specialist disability library in Adelaide.
June 19, 2013, 11:19 am
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Budget ignores climate issues: activist

Climate change activists are calling on governments to end CSG projects and prohibit further coal mining activities ahead of a two-day summit in Sydney.
June 19, 2013, 11:16 am

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