Lorde replaces Frank Ocean at Splendour

Splendour in the Grass have asked NZ Lorde to jump in after headlining act Frank Ocean pulled out. Source: AAP NEW Zealand teenager Lorde has been handed the break of her life after promoters of Splendour in the Grass asked her to step in...

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Korean veteran remembers mate's snoring

Fifteen Australian war veterans who fought in Korea have returned to mark the 60th anniversary. Source: AAP RETURNING to Korea 60 years after fighting in the war has stirred up unexpected memories for Bill Monaghan. During the Korean War,...

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Albo calls for patience on poll date

The Deputy Prime Minister has called for people to be patient about the federal poll date. Source: AAP DEPUTY Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says no one in the Rudd government has a "rush to the polls mentality" but it will be before or...

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Mayor arrested over Bangladesh disaster

BANGLADESHI police have arrested the mayor of the town where a garment factory block collapsed, killing 1129 people, for his role in approving the shoddy structure, an officer says. Mohammad Refayet Ullah, the mayor of Savar, was arrested in the...

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Brisbane hospital makes big recovery

A QUEENSLAND hospital has bounced back from the shame of having the slowest emergency department in Australia. Princess Alexandra Hospital's emergency department was singled out in 2012 for its tardiness, meeting time targets for only 33 per cent...

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Elderly NSW woman shoulder charged

Police are searching for the man who shoulder charged an elderly woman at a NSW shopping centre. Source: AAP A MAN floored an elderly woman with a shoulder charge while she was out shopping on the NSW Central Coast, police say. The 72-year-old...

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Unknown fault may be causing NZ quakes

THE fault responsible for the recent spate of earthquakes rattling central New Zealand and causing damage in the nation's capital was not previously known, scientists believe. GNS Science seismologists suspect the earthquakes have struck on a...

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Tokyo stocks close 0.82% higher

JAPANESE shares ended 0.82 per cent higher on Tuesday, with sentiment lifted by Tokyo's upgrade of the economy in which it used the world "recovery" for the first time in almost a year. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 120.47 points to 14,778.51,...

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Rescuers search for China quake survivors

Rescuers braved landslides and blocked roads to help victims of twin earthquakes in northwest China. Source: AAP RESCUERS are battling through dusty rubble to try to reach victims of two shallow earthquakes in China that killed at least 92...

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$A higher as Japanese win drives risk mood

THE Australian dollar has firmed as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political victory stirred demand for higher-yielding currencies. At 1700 AEST on Monday, the local unit was buying 92.22 US cents, up from Friday's 91.71 cents. The currency...

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NZ search for the fault at fault

DESPITE knowing the geographical area responsible for a spate of earthquakes hitting central New Zealand, scientists don't know exactly which fault is at fault. That's why they're sending extra instruments to the Marlborough region to measure...

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Robbers steal two cars from Sydney home

TWO robbers will face court for allegedly stealing two cars after threatening a father and son with a pistol on the driveway of their home in Sydney's west. The pair, aged 26 and 28, knocked on the front door of the home on Cairds Avenue, Bankstown,...

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Bashed Sydney man's family seeks witnesses

THE family of a man brutally bashed by a stranger in the Sydney CBD have pleaded for two men caught on camera to turn themselves in. Matthew Blackmore, 33, was crossing George Street to catch a cab home around midnight last Sunday when an unknown...

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Nurses to strike at 160 NSW hospitals

Nurses and midwives will strike at more than 160 public hospitals and community health services. Source: AAP NURSES and midwives at every major hospital in NSW will be walking off the job on Wednesday. Staff at more than 160 public hospitals...

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Rudd's PNG boat deal a fake fix: Abbott

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says asylum seekers could still be resettled in Aus. Source: AAP THE coalition has launched a broad attack on Labor's asylum seeker deal with Papua New Guinea, accusing Kevin Rudd of misleading...

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