Monday, May 20th, 2013

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Big drop in new drugs on PBS

Big drop in new PBS drugs

Patients miss out on new medicines with number of new drugs added to PBS at 20-year low.

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Skinner backs NSW anti-vaccination ban

NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner supports legislation that would allow childcare centres and preschools to ban unvaccinated children.
25 minutes ago
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New road, runway in Melbourne Airport plan

Melbourne Airport has released an ambitious expansion plan, including a third runway, road and rail links.
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New front opens in Australian war on drugs

Crime fighters revealed concerns about synthetic drugs as it emerged 23.8 tonnes of illicit sports and recreational substances were seized last year.
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Vic police searching for fisherman

Victorian police are searching for a 32-year-old man who has not returned from a fishing trip.
32 minutes ago

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Argument over pet dog led to man's death

A Brisbane jury has been urged to convict a Gold Coast teenager over the manslaughter of a 21-year-old man following an argument over a pet dog.
33 minutes ago
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Aussie cleared of wrongdoing in Dubai

A Dubai court has cleared an Australian businessman of fraud but there are reports it has jailed another for 10 years.
34 minutes ago
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Gillard steps up school fund lobbying

Labor and the coalition are battling to convince state leaders of the merits of their school funding plans.
37 minutes ago

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Catholic Church slow to act on abuse

Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart admits the Catholic Church has been slow to act on issues of abuse.
40 minutes ago

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NSW teachers back O'Farrell on funding

The NSW Teachers Federation says Tony Abbott needs to follow the lead of Premier Barry O'Farrell and back school funding reforms.
41 minutes ago

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Small business in a fragile state: ACCI

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the federal budget was a missed opportunity to lift the spirits of a flagging small business sector.
47 minutes ago
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Qld boy may be brought out of coma

A five-year-old Queensland boy, injured in a carnival ride accident, may be brought out of an induced coma on Monday afternoon.
52 minutes ago

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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.
1 hour, 2 minutes ago

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Tattoo parlour fires may be linked

Police are investigating whether a fire which burnt a Gold Coast tattoo parlour is linked to a blaze at another parlour earlier this month.
1 hour, 16 minutes ago
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Qld unions and employers oppose IR change

The Queensland government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws have come up against tough opposition at a public hearing.
1 hour, 24 minutes ago
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SA grief counsellor jailed for sex crimes

A former youth worker who represented Australia in volleyball and counselled Bali bombings survivors has been jailed in Adelaide for child sex offences.
1 hour, 27 minutes ago
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SA to ban live sports betting ads on TV

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill is moving to ban all sports betting and live odds coverage from sports broadcasts on TV.
1 hour, 39 minutes ago
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Obeid threatens to sue NSW Labor: report

Lawyers for former NSW minister Eddie Obeid have written to Labor saying legal action will follow if he is expelled from the party.
1 hour, 41 minutes ago

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Search suspended for missing paraglider

A search for a missing paragliding student off Victoria's southwest coast has been suspended due to bad weather.
May 20, 2013, 1:23 pm

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Elderly Vic man victim of 'vicious' attack

Police are at a loss to explain why an elderly man who lived alone in a Victorian coastal town would be brutally stabbed to death and have his car stolen.
May 20, 2013, 1:19 pm
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Two men guilty over Vic shooting death

Two men have been found guilty of the defensive homicide of a man found shot dead in Melbourne but were cleared over another man's death.
May 20, 2013, 12:59 pm

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