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Campese lauds Raiders in-form back line
Canberra skipper Terry Campese has anointed the in-form Raiders backline as the best in the NRL ahead of Sunday's clash with Cronulla at Shark Stadium.Former Sharks star Blake Ferguson has been outstanding in recent weeks scoring five tries in his last two games to put himself in the frame for a potential State of Origin call-up.Winger Sandor Earl scored a hat-trick against Newcastle last ...
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Cavendish wins second stage in a row
Mark Cavendish secured his second stage win in a row after a gruelling stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday.The Omega Pharma - Quick-Step rider built on his 100th professional victory on Thursday to secure his fourth stage win of the race with a time of 6:09:55, thanks, in part, to a well-timed sprint finish.It clearly took a lot out of the British rider, who collapsed with exhaustion ...
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Heavy loss will spur on Knights say Dogs
Canterbury believe the bounce-back-factor will ensure Newcastle are an even more formidable opponent, despite the Knights' humiliating loss to Canberra last week.And the Bulldogs should know, last year's minor premiers have suffered a couple of humbling defeats themselves this year.The Knights' 44-14 loss to the Raiders prompted a silent response from coach Wayne Bennett - who ...
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Coalition planning GST hike Shorten
Labor cabinet member Bill Shorten has warned Tony Abbott would hike the GST rate if elected as prime minister in September. The federal government claims Mr Abbott's plan for a tax "white paper" within two years, announced in his budget reply speech on Thursday, was code for increasing the rate of the GST. Mr Shorten said there was no chance a Labor government under Julia ...
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Teen charged with child snatch attempt
A TEENAGER has been charged with trying to abduct a five-year-old girl while threatening her family with a knife at a shopping centre in northern ...
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Abbott plans to raise GST - Labor
The federal government claims Mr Abbott's plan for a tax "white paper'' within two years, announced in his budget reply speech on Thursday, was code for increasing the rate of the GST.Mr Shorten said there was no chance a Labor government under Julia Gillard would consider altering the GST.The Coalition, meanwhile, would increase the tax rate while giving money back to the ...
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Korda seizes 36 hole lead on LPGA Tour
Jessica Korda turned in a bogey-free 65 Friday that put her one shot in front after 36 holes of the Mobile Bay Classic. Korda, who burst on the scene last year by winning the Australian Women's Open, has had three top five finishes in her last five appearances. She finished two days of play with a 13-under total of 131 at the Crossings Course on the ...
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Warner could be in trouble over tweets
David Warner could face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia after apparently launching a Twitter attack on two of Australia's most senior cricket journalists. Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance, Pat Howard, has attempted to make contact with Warner after the Twitter tirade, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning Indian time. Warner is ...
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Inglis delighted with his form
Greg Inglis has sounded an ominous warning to NSW by claiming he is in the best form of his life less than a month from the State of Origin opener on June 5. The South Sydney fullback was almost unplayable on Friday as he chalked up four tries in his side's 54-10 demolition of Wests Tigers to help the Rabbitohs maintain their lead at the top of the NRL ladder. It was the first time the ...
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Customs seizes 9kg of drug ingredient
Four packages of ephedrine were detected by Customs officers in Sydney on Wednesday, secreted in parcels sent from Hong Kong and Shanghai.A kilogram of ephedrine had been concealed inside an engine, five kilograms were stashed in packages of hair ties and bracelets, 1.8 kilograms was hidden in a shipment of tea and 1.05 kilograms were found in a parcel of printer accessories, Customs said in a ...
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Gatsby on track for box office triumph
THE Great Gatsby is on track to become the biggest opener of any Baz Luhrmann film, according to early box office figures. On the back of a full-frills Cannes Film Festival gala event, the Australian director's glitzy adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel opened in 27 markets on Thursday including the UK, Germany, Italy, Russia and Korea. Together with the second-day figures ...
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Roos shattered but defiant after loss
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says his team can't afford to cry over spilt milk despite losing yet another close AFL encounter.West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui took a spectacular pack mark and then converted the match-winning goal after the final siren to consign the Kangaroos to a two-point defeat, 12.18 (90) to 13.10 (88).It was the third close loss North Melbourne had suffered this ...
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Warner targets media in Twitter rant
Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia (CA) after he apparently launched a scathing attack on two journalists on social media on Saturday.Warner took to Twitter to launch his expletive-laden tirade directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn after taking exception to an article published by Craddock which was ...
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Rudd and Swans awkward moment
"Welcome to my electorate," smiled former prime minister Kevin Rudd to Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan - the man who famously accused Mr Rudd of "putting his own self-interest ahead of the interests of the broader Labor movement and the country as a whole" following his unsuccessful February 2012 leadership spill.It was then left to Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese - who ...
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Opposition slams AFP Customs cuts
THE federal opposition has hit out at the government's plans to cut funding and staff for Customs and Australian Federal Police ...
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Dance teacher charged with grooming child
A SYDNEY dance teacher is accused of trying to groom a child for sex and having a large cache of child porn. The 39-year-old man, who runs a dance studio on Bibby Street in Chiswick, was arrested about 6pm (AEST) on Friday, police said in a statement. Police had launched an investigation after a large amount of child porn and evidence of grooming was found on a computer in April. The man was ...
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Carr cancels 457 visa of PNGs most wanted man
Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr has used his special powers to cancel the 457 visa issued by the Gillard government to an alleged crime boss wanted in Papua New Guinea over the theft of $30 million. Senator Carr's decision to revoke the visa of Eremas Wartoto comes a week after Fairfax revealed that the powerful PNG businessman - accused of being one of PNG's most corrupt ...
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NSW lifesaver charged over sexual assaults
A VOLUNTEER lifesaver has been charged over the 2007 sexual and indecent assaults of two teenage girls on a northern Sydney ...
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Australian Politician Tricked Into Liking Photo of Teen’s Nuts on Facebook
An Australian politician fell victim to a photo prank on Facebook that resulted in ';liking'; a picture of a 16-year-old boy’s testicles. Peter ...
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MLB New York Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 2
Matt Harvey scattered five hits over 7 1/3 innings and drove in the winning run Friday in the New York Mets' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Harvey (5-0) gave the Cubs a pair of first-inning runs but retired 20 of the next 21 batters after that. He allowed five hits, struck out six and didn't allow a walk. The effort was saved by a throw ...
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Sydney hairdresser on sex charges
A HAIRDRESSER in Sydney's west has been charged with sexually and indecently assaulting four clients. The 31-year-old man has been charged with assaulting four women on separate occasions at a Merrylands hair salon between February 7 and May 17 this year, police said in a statement. The women - aged 41, 39, 31 and 29 - reported the incidents to police on Friday. The man was arrested about ...
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Cosco ANL to Operate Joint Sino Australia Service
will jointly operate Sino Australia Service with six vessel deployments, including five vessels from Cosco and one from ANL.The new loop will enhance Cosco's existing service network in the Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia trade.The SAS port rotation is Ningbo, China; Shanghai; Xiamen, China; Shekou, China; Hong Kong; Sydney; Melbourne, Australia; Brisbane, ...
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Military police pressured to make prisoners more pliable
Military police at Australia's detention centre in Afghanistan were pressured to make prisoners more "pliable" by gagging them, depriving them of sleep and denying them exercise. Sources with first-hand knowledge of the detention centre at Tarin Kowt have said that senior officers from Australia's special forces, as well as the "force exploitation team" - defence ...
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Exploring Australia’s Gold Coast
GOLD COAST, Australia -; To get to Oz's famed glow worms, we tromped through the pitch-black rain forest at night, fighting off wilderness willies since nocturnal creatures were surely eyeballing us and bloodsucking leeches, we were warned, might try to glob onto our flesh. In this spellbinding primal paradise, dead silence was pierced only by chirping crickets, fluttering bats, and our ...
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Missing toddler found in NSW bushland
The toddler, named as Tyler, went missing from an auto-mechanic business on Wharf Road in Johns River, near Taree, about 10.30am on Friday.An extensive search for Tyler was stood down as night fell and was set to resume at daybreak. However, about 1.15am (AEST) on Saturday volunteers found the boy in the dense bushland.He was checked by NSW Ambulance paramedics and taken to Port Macquarie ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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