Toronto mayor in rehab: Canadian clinic

A Canadian rehab facility has confirmed it's treating Toronto Mayor Rob Ford for substance abuse. Source: AAP A REHAB facility in a small Ontario town has confirmed that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is undergoing treatment at its clinic. GreenStone...

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Budget will pass eventually: PM

Tony Abbott says he won't compromise on his budget as pressure mounts from all sides. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says he won't surrender his budget in the face of pressure to compromise over its most unpopular measures. Mr Abbott...

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Bikie-linked men charged with extortion

THREE more men linked to the Comanchero bikie gang have been charged with extortion offences in Perth, taking the total to eight people. West Australian police raided properties across the metropolitan area last week, including the motorcycle...

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Qld government MP quits parliament

MAVERICK Queensland government MP Chris Davis has resigned from parliament, saying recent laws go against his and his electorate's values. The rogue MP was dumped as assistant health minister last week for breaching cabinet solidarity when he...

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New way of policing in WA to reduce crime

A SIX-MONTH policing trial aimed at reducing the demand on officers and dropping the crime rate has been such a success that the model will be rolled out across Perth by the end of the year. The new police operating model was trialled in the...

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Some avoiding GP because of payment: AMA

PATIENTS are already putting off visiting the doctor because of the coalition government's GP co-payment, even though the measure won't come into effect until next year. The Australian Medical Association says one clinic in Mt Druitt in Sydney...

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Ten guts news, axes Wake Up show

Network Ten's Wake Up program and its early, morning and late news will be axed from Friday. Source: AAP THE fate of up to 150 Network Ten workers is up in the air after the broadcaster announced plans to gut its news service and axe Wake Up....

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Euthanasia drug raids are 'traumatising'

ELDERLY people are being traumatised by constant police raids as officers search for banned euthanasia drugs, a right-to-die advocate says. A 64-year-old woman, from Dayboro near Brisbane, was charged earlier this month for importing a bottle...

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Committee to probe PUP 'offer' to MP

Queensland's Speaker says a bribe allegation against the Palmer United Party will be investigated. Source: AAP THE Palmer United Party is being investigated over an allegation it tried to bribe a Queensland government backbencher to quit the...

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Super changes 'inevitable': Treasury sec

AN increase to the age at which Australians can access their superannuation is inevitable, Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson says. The Abbott government on Tuesday said it would not be making any adverse changes to superannuation in its first...

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Tributes for father of 3 killed in Fiji

AUTHORITIES in Fiji have arrested the driver of a fishing boat which crashed into another vessel, killing a Sydney father of three on holiday with his family. Mark Hardaker, 40, from Toongabbie in Sydney's west, was killed last Thursday when,...

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Speed a factor in fatal Vic crash

A PASSENGER killed when a speeding car crashed into a Victorian garage was not wearing a seatbelt. Three men were out getting food when the driver lost control and hit a pole before smashing into the garage of a Dromana home on Sunday night....

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