Four homes lost, worst over in Vic fires

A huge bushfire burning in the Grampians region of Victoria is now 41-thousand hectares in size. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S fire chief says the worst of the state's bushfire emergency is over. Four homes have been lost in the Grampians fire,...

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Aust man faces US sex charge extradition

AN Australian man faces extradition to the US after allegedly posing as a teenage girl or boy online to trick and then extort boys into performing sex acts on the internet. Mark Anthony Warren, 49, was arrested in NSW after an investigation...

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Australia assists people-smuggler arrests

ALLEGED people-smugglers have been arrested in Vietnam and Sri Lanka with the help of Australian intelligence. Information provided to Vietnamese national police led to the arrest of a Vietnamese national in Southern Vietnam over a number of...

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Fire could threaten Qld homes within hours

Firefighters are continuing to monitor a fire that threatened homes on Queensland's Darling Downs. Source: AAP A LARGE blaze on the Darling Downs, west of Brisbane, could reach homes by 3.00pm. The fire has burnt 400 hectares of land...

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Morrison closes four detention centres

Deputy PM Warren Truss says critics of the government's asylum-seeker policies want open borders. Source: AAP THE Abbott government has begun closing immigration detention centres across the country, but will not discuss rising tensions at...

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Pyne says Labor misled public on Holden

Christopher Pyne says Labor has mislead the public into thinking Holden could have been saved. Source: AAP THE federal government says Labor has misled the public over its claim car maker Holden could have been saved with more taxpayers' money....

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Redcliffe by-election set for February 22

THE by-election for the Queensland state seat of Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, will be held on February 22. The seat became vacant after former LNP member Scott Driscoll quit parliament in November because he was found guilty of misleading the...

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Protesters fight Maules Creek mine

PROTESTERS have locked themselves onto bulldozers as they fight against the development of the controversial Maules Creek coal mine in northwest NSW. About 30 activists, including local Aboriginal community members, on Monday blockaded heavy...

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Suspicious fire destroys mowing company

FIFTY firefighters were needed to bring a roaring fire under control at a lawn-mowing business north of Adelaide. The blaze in Willaston, which was well alight by 5am on Sunday, is being treated as suspicious. A fire service spokeswoman says...

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Vic to erase convictions for gay sex

Victoria is set to announce plans to erase the convictions of men for having consensual gay sex. Source: AAP VICTORIAN men prosecuted for having gay sex will be able to apply to have their convictions erased under laws before state parliament...

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