Qld man charged over fire truck joyride

A MAN has been charged after a fire truck was stolen and used on a joyride south of Brisbane. Police say the 25-year-old man, from Wynnum West, stole the specialist vehicle from Beenleigh Fire and Rescue Station about 9.20am (AEST) on Saturday....

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Police probe Vic woman truck jump

ANYONE who saw a woman jump from a moving truck on a Melbourne freeway, causing her serious injuries, is being urged to contact police. The 30-year-old woman jumped out of the moving white 2002 Mitsubishi single cab tray truck on the Eastern...

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Cabin crew 'attacker' refused bail

AN Adelaide man has been refused bail after allegedly attacking a cabin crew attendant on a flight to Sydney. Andrew Nankivell, 30, is accused of launching the drunken assault during a flight from the Gold Coast on Thursday night. The incident...

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Salon stabbing murderer jailed for 25yrs

A MAN who fatally stabbed his estranged partner in her pregnant daughter's Perth hairdressing salon in front of shocked customers has been sentenced to at least 25 years behind bars. James Bill Payet, 48, pleaded guilty in February to five charges...

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Rudd accepts batt deaths responsibility

KEVIN Rudd has accepted "ultimate responsibility" for the "deep tragedy" caused by his home insulation scheme. Queenslanders Matthew Fuller, Rueben Barnes, Mitchell Sweeney, and Marcus Wilson from NSW, lost their lives working under the then-Labor...

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Abbott, Hockey stand by budget

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is confident he can get controversial budget measures through parliament. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is confident his first budget can survive a two-pronged attack from state premiers and the Senate. ...

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Aust moves to ban Boko Haram

AUSTRALIA is cracking down on the Nigerian terror group that kidnapped 200 girls, banning Boko Haram under Australian terrorism laws. Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the whole world was transfixed and horrified by the group's hostage-taking...

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Qld man's legs caught in farm machinery

AN elderly Queensland man is in a critical condition after his legs got caught in a cattle feeding machine. It took two hours to free the man, whose legs were trapped in the rake-like device as he fed stock at a Nobby property, south of Toowoomba,...

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Holden and Ford post big losses

Car maker Holden has announced its biggest financial loss of more than $500 million dollars. Source: AAP HOLDEN has announced its biggest financial loss of $553.8 million while Ford is $267 million in the red, its second-worst result on record....

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Baird clamps down on lobbyists

THE Baird government has unveiled its first tranche of reforms to "clean up" politics in NSW. Under the measures, ministers will have to publish diary summaries of scheduled meetings with lobbyists and the Electoral Commission will have its...

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WA residents warned about storm season

WEST Australians are being warned to prepare their homes for destructive winter storms. Monday marks the start of Storm Awareness Week, when people are reminded to clear their gutters and trim tree branches around their property before winter...

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Assaults and drugs at WA concert

MORE than 20 people have been charged with drug and other offences during the Groovin the Moo concert in Western Australia's South West region. Police said most of the 20,000 patrons at Hay Park in Bunbury on Saturday were well behaved, but...

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Puffing Hockey silent on cigar tax

JOE Hockey probably hoped he had got away without being questioned about having that sly cigar with his finance minister. But in any interview there is always that last question. Twitter has been abuzz since Friday ridiculing photographs of...

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Dozens hurt in China protest

A PROTEST in eastern China over a plan to build a waste incinerator has turned violent with state media reporting at least 10 demonstrators and 29 police injured in clashes. State-run Xinhua News Agency says 30 vehicles were overturned as protesters...

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