Hertz to review years of financial results

Car rental giant Hertz is to restate its 2011, 2012 and 2013 reports after an audit found errors. Source: AAP HERTZ Global Holdings Inc says it has to review and correct its financial reports from the past three years after an audit by the...

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NSW govt to extend home owner grant

Next week's NSW budget will extend eligibility criteria for a first home owner grant. Source: AAP THE NSW government has freed land for 6600 new homes in Sydney's northwest and will extend a first home owner grant in next week's budget. ...

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NZ's North Island rattled by 5.1 quake

NEW Zealand's central North Island has been rattled by a 5.1 magnitude quake. The 76km deep earthquake was centred 20km west of Ohakune, in the Tongariro National Park, just before 4pm on Friday. Thousands reported feeling the moderate quake...

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Qld govt to absorb fed pension cuts

The Queensland government will absorb all federal concession cuts to pensioners and seniors. Source: AAP THE Queensland government will absorb all concession cuts to pensioners and seniors dished out by the federal government. Two days...

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Newman to defend Palmer court action

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman (pic) will defend a defamation suit taken by Clive Palmer. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman has stood by claims Clive Palmer tried to buy his government, saying the public deserved to know...

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Nuclear waste would boost economy: Hawke

AUSTRALIA should allow the world's nuclear waste to be dumped in the country's most remote areas, former prime minister Bob Hawke believes. Mr Hawke has used an address to the National Press Club in Canberra to outline his vision for the Australian...

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Low paid workers get $18.70/week pay rise

The Fair Work Commission is to announce its decision on whether the minimum wage will be increased. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S 1.5 million lowest paid workers will get an $18.70 a week pay rise. The increase falls below the $27 per week...

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Westfield in court before restructure vote

WESTFIELD Retail Trust (WRT) is in court to seek approval to conclude an investor vote on a controversial proposed merger with the Australasian business of Westfield Group. The planned merger hit a brick wall last week when an investor vote...

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RBA leaves interest rates on hold

Ambulance torched in van blast AN AMBULANCE has caught fire when its crew stopped to help a man whose van had burst into flames at a busy intersection in Melbourne's east. Paper planes to crash World Cup AUSTRALIA'S Socceroos may not...

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Fairfax scales back job cuts

FAIRFAX Media will push ahead with cuts to its staff but has saved some positions from the firing line. Staff at Fairfax papers, including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, walked off the job last month...

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Modelling missing on Medicare co-payment

Indigenous health advocates say a proposed Medicare co-payment is breaching human rights. Source: AAP THE Abbott government did no modelling on how its $7 Medicare co-payment would impact on emergency departments, despite doctors and the...

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Mickelson says he's co-operating with FBI

US golfer Phil Mickelson confirms that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him. Source: AAP US golfer Phil Mickelson has confirmed that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him at a tournament this week. The...

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Man charged after baby attacked

A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with grievous bodily harm and cruelty after an injured baby was admitted to a Brisbane hospital. The one-year-old boy was taken to hospital with unspecified injuries, police say.The man will appear in the Pine...

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