US driver survives plunge off cliff

A driver who survived a 90-metre plunge told rescuers he intentionally drove off the ocean cliff. Source: AAP A DRIVER who plunged 90 metres off a Southern California ocean cliff was rescued after firefighters waded into the surf to free...

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SA bushfire under control

A serious bushfire south of Adelaide has been contained the Country Fire Service says. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS have protected a South Australian country town from an out-of-control bushfire, with two fire crew volunteers injured while quelling...

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Port Hedland evacuates due to cyclone

A cyclone warning has been issued for coastal areas along Western Australia's northern coast. Source: AAP SHIPS are being moved from a major port in Western Australia ahead of a developing tropical cyclone expected to hit on Saturday night....

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Cyclone brewing off WA's north

A TROPICAL cyclone is likely for Western Australia's northern coast this weekend, with possible 100km/h winds to hit the Kimberley. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued a cyclone warning for coastal areas from Kuri Bay to Broome on Friday,...

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One dead after Qld truck smash

ONE motorist is dead after a truck and a car collided on a Queensland highway. The crash, which sparked a grassfire, happened about 4.20pm (AEST) on Friday on the Mount Lindesay Highway, between Greenbank and Jimboomba. It is the second death...

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Teenage driver dead, others charged

A TEENAGE driver has died after her car rolled in a crash in north-west NSW, while the driver of a car in an earlier accident in which two men died has been charged. Just after midday on Friday, emergency services were called to Killarney Gap...

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Toddler saved after falling into pool

A QUICK-THINKING family member used CPR to save a toddler who fell into a pool on the NSW Central Coast. The two-year-old girl was pulled unconscious from the backyard pool on Thursday afternoon, but she was breathing by the time paramedics...

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Nine road deaths dampen festive season

NINE people have died on Australian roads this festive season, including two friends killed in a single-vehicle incident in NSW on Boxing Day. A man, 31, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash on the NSW Central Coast....

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Shoppers elbow their way towards record

Retailers say shoppers are out in force as Boxing Day sales get underway in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP A STRONG coffee, patience and slightly protruding elbows. That appears to be the recipe to surviving the monstrous crowds that flocked...

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Locals help out after Grinch steals gifts

GENEROUS people have been playing Santa and dropping off gifts for two Victorian families whose gifts were stolen from under their Christmas trees. Police at Wodonga near the Victoria-NSW border are calling the thefts "an unthinkable act of...

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WA police concerned for missing woman

Police are concerned for a woman who disappeared from Albany, a day after arriving from Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE are concerned for a 79-year-old woman who disappeared from Albany on Christmas Eve, a day after arriving from Queensland....

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AmEx to pay $US75.7m in settlement

American Express will pay at least $US75.7m over what authorities say was misleading marketing. Source: AAP AMERICAN Express has agreed to pay at least $US75.7 million ($A84.92 million) to end an investigation into what regulators say was...

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Man stabbed, woman left unconscious

A man has been found stabbed and a woman found unconscious, in Sydney suburb of Guildford. Source: AAP A MAN has been found with stab wounds to his neck and a woman has been found unconscious in Sydney's west. Police were called to a...

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A very merry Christmas for Aussie shops

THE Christmas clock is ticking, and the tills have been ringing. Last-minute shoppers have helped push Australian retailers towards what's tipped to be their biggest Christmas since the global financial crisis hit. Australian National Retailers...

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Indon official in trouble over plane rage

AN Indonesian official has allegedly ordered his staff to prevent a plane landing because an airline refused to free up a seat for him. Marianus Sae, the head of Ngada district in East Nusa Tenggara province, is being sought for questioning...

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Batts inquiry must reveal truth: family

A royal commission into the Rudd government's home insulation scheme is set to begin in Brisbane. Source: AAP KEVIN and Christine Fuller are about to spend their fifth Christmas without their son, Matthew, but take some comfort in knowing they're...

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Newcrest faces shareholder class action

Gold miner Newcrest is facing a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S largest gold miner is facing a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown. Newcrest...

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Two women killed in Victorian crash

TWO women killed in a collision on a Victorian highway are believed to be Australia's first road fatalities for the Christmas-New Year period. Police say a car and a 4WD vehicle collided on the Calder Highway, 8km north of Ouyen in the state's...

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Six horses slaughtered in SA stable

Six miniature show horses have been hacked to death at a stable south of Adelaide. Source: AAP SIX miniature show horses have been found slaughtered in a stable at Clayton Bay, about 70 kilometres south of Adelaide. Police describe the...

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Snake on train sparks police warning

A MAN found carrying a snake in a box on a train has prompted a police warning to passengers that pets are not permitted on the Queensland Rail City Network. The Police Railway Squad intercepted the man and his python on Friday afternoon. "Although...

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Two men killed in gyrocopter crash

THE pilot of a gyrocopter that crashed in Victorian bushland, killing him and his passenger, has been remembered as an experienced flyer and beloved father. The bodies of both men, named in media reports as 51-year-old pilot Reg Thaggard and...

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