Armed bandits rob Blue Mountains club

TWO bandits armed with a tomahawk and a gun have detained several people at a Blue Mountains sports club during a robbery ordeal which lasted more than four hours. Police said the two balaclava-clad men entered the sports club at Hazelbrook...

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Designer Martin reveals Gatsby inspiration

THE Great Gatsby production designer Catherine Martin spent time in iconic Long Island and sought out collaborator Miuccia Prada to create the perfect look for the 1920s film. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Martin, who's been married...

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WA's Hop Hog tops best beer list

WESTERN Australia's Feral Brewing Company has been voted the best in the country, with its Hop Hog India pale ale named the top beer of 2012 in a soon-to-be-released guide. It's the second time Hop Hog has taken the top spot in The Critics' Choice:...

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New white paper takes softer China stance

AUSTRALIA'S neighbourly approach to China in its 2013 Defence White Paper is a welcome change to the hostile language seen in the same document four years ago, says a sector expert. The latest paper, released on Friday, adopts a suitably diplomatic...

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Malaysia gears up for gruelling election

JUDGMENT day has come for both Prime Minister Najib Razak and Malaysia's top opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. On May 5, 13.3 million voters in the predominantly Muslim South-East Asian country will decide whether re-elect Najib's National Front,...

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Northern beaches to get new hospital

A PRIVATELY run hospital will be built on Sydney's northern beaches in what the state government has described as a "totally new model" for healthcare in NSW. The O'Farrell government on Thursday called for expressions of interest for the 423-bed...

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Taming the dollar is dangerous: Swan

TREASURER Wayne Swan believes it would be a "folly" and extremely dangerous for Australia to intervene to curb the strength of the Australian dollar, despite its impact on company profits and government revenues. The domestic dollar has trading...

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Customs audit finds security risks

AUSTRALIAN Customs staff will be more closely monitored in the workplace after an audit of the national service highlighted a risk of theft. An Auditor-General's report probing operations of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service...

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Gillard says budget will share burden

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says the burden of the government's fiscal woes will be shared across the Australian community when the budget is handed down. Ms Gillard says while no one group will be singled out, cuts will be framed around Labor...

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Rule out NSW power sell-off: opposition

PEOPLE in NSW will suffer the same fate as their Victorian neighbours and pay more for less if the government sells off the state's electricity assets, the opposition says. Opposition Leader John Robertson has seized upon the findings of a report...

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