Sydney school kids escape from burning bus

SCHOOL children have fled a burning bus which caught fire on the M2 motorway in northwest Sydney. Fire & Rescue NSW said on its Twitter page about 40 people had got off the school bus and heavy traffic was banking up at Carlingford about...

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Labor stands by emissions trading scheme

Anthony Albanese says Labor believes a market-based mechanism is the best way to reduce emissions. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott's plan to abolish the carbon tax may have to wait at least nine months after the Labor shadow cabinet...

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Qld reef assessment paints grim picture

The federal and Queensland governments have released a new plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef. Source: AAP FEDERAL Environment Minister Greg Hunt says a new long-term plan will improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef and increase protection,...

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Aussie may face death penalty in Vietnam

AN Australian man could face the death penalty in Vietnam after being charged with drug trafficking. A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the 31-year-old from NSW, who has not been...

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Domestic behind fatal Sydney shooting

A manhunt in underway for the killer of a 27-year-old man who was shot in the back in Sydney's west. Source: AAP A DOMESTIC dispute is being investigated as the cause of the latest deadly shooting in Sydney. Central Coast man Raymond Pasnin,...

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$20m to run the Senate

It cost taxpayers more than $20 million for the Senate to sit for just 56 days in 2012-13. Source: AAP IT cost taxpayers $20.4 million for the Senate to sit just 56 days in 2012-13. But its committees produced 200 reports and had as many...

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Royal couple return home after Sydney tour

DANISH royals Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary will fly home on Tuesday after wrapping up a jam-packed Sydney tour. What began as a trip for the Sydney Opera House's 40th anniversary turned into a visit to a state reeling from a bushfire...

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Obeid under renewed ICAC scrutiny

The NSW ICAC has starting hearing fresh allegations of corruption involving ex-Labor MP Eddie Obeid. Source: AAP EDDIE Obeid was known in the halls of NSW parliament as a fixer but when "stuff hit the fan" in a family business, his brother-in-law...

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Giles holds historic Vietnamese meeting

The NT's chief minister (pic) and the Vietnamese prime minister have met to discuss trade ties. Source: AAP THE Northern Territory's chief minister and the Vietnamese prime minister have met to discuss expanding trade ties, in the first such...

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Smugglers may turn to shipping containers

Indonesian people smugglers are reportedly offering to put asylum seekers in shipping containers. Source: AAP GREENS leader Christine Milne is horrified by the prospect of piles of dead asylum seekers being found in shipping containers coming...

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Hodgman calls for Tasmanian election

Tasmanian Opposition Leader Will Hodgman is demanding the state government name an election date. Source: AAP TASMANIAN Opposition Leader Will Hodgman is demanding an increasingly beleaguered state government name an election date. A poll...

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Get tough on youths fighting in Syria:Carr

Former foreign minister Bob Carr wants to ban Australians fighting in Syria from returning home. Source: AAP FORMER foreign minister Bob Carr is urging the federal government to consider ways to ban Australians who go off to fight in the...

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