Three survive car's 'spin' on Vic slope

THREE men have escaped with their lives after their ute overturned and rolled over itself several hundred metres down a steep slope in Victoria's Alpine region. The men were attempting to drive up a track at Longley Road, Porepunkah on Saturday...

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Hard line on boats paying off: Morrison

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the government's tough stance on asylum seekers is working. Source: AAP NO people-smuggling venture had succeeded in landing asylum seekers on Australia for more than four months, the government says....

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Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes off Tonga

A STRONG 6.5-magnitude earthquake has struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga, the US Geological Survey says, but there has been no immediate tsunami warning or reports of significant damage. The undersea quake hit 71 kilometres northeast of...

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More peace, less Simpson says Tas governor

TASMANIAN Governor Peter Underwood has told Hobart's Anzac Day ceremony Australia needs to understand the truth of its involvement in war. Mr Underwood has called for peace studies centres to be funded and for the Anzac centenary in 2015 to...

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Smaller crowd falls silent at Gallipoli

THIS year's dawn service at Gallipoli was billed as a dress rehearsal for the 2015 centenary but a smaller-than-expected turnout made it a very intimate affair. Some 4400 mostly Australian and New Zealand pilgrims were at North Beach 12 months...

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HMAS Darwin makes record heroin bust

Australian HMAS Darwin has seized a record one-tonne haul of heroin from a vessel off Kenya. Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN warship HMAS Darwin has seized more than a tonne of heroin valued at almost $290 million from a smuggling boat off Kenya....

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Franklin says crash 'just an accident'

Swans player Lance Franklin says he is truly sorry for crashing into five parked cars in Sydney. Source: AAP AFL superstar Lance Franklin says he wasn't on the phone or speeding when he crashed into four parked cars and he admits he's frustrated...

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Whitehaven cuts coal guidance

WHITEHAVEN Coal shares have fallen after the miner cut its full year production guidance by up to eight per cent due to operational problems. The northern NSW miner revised its guidance from 10.7 million tonnes of saleable coal to between 9.8...

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Heineken returns to growth in Europe

Brewer Heineken has returned to growth in its crucial Western Europe market in the first quarter. Source: AAP HEINEKEN says it has returned to growth in its crucial Western Europe market in the first quarter, after a long period of stagnation....

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Change family violence system: Vic police

FAMILY violence victims are being let down by the system, senior Victorian police concede. Acting Assistant Commissioner for crime command Rod Jouning says a one-size-fits all approach to family violence is not working and police are looking at...

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'Put war veterans before monuments': Rev

THE needs of emotionally wounded returned soldiers should take priority over the building of more Anzac monuments, a Brisbane Anglican church leader says. For the first time in more than a decade, Australia is holding dawn services without a...

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Sydney neighbourhood dispute ends in court

AN ugly 20-year feud involving laser beams, stones being thrown and a shouting match between neighbours from an upmarket seaside hamlet north of Sydney has finally come to an end. The dispute made it all the way to the NSW Supreme Court, where...

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Royals quiet day makes news

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will spend a day of rest in Canberra before heading north. Source: AAP THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were supposed to be having a day free of official engagements, spending the day in Canberra but it...

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Share not shift asylum seeker issue: Indon

Indonesia has called for Australia to share not shift responsibility for asylum seekers. Source: AAP INDONESIA has called for politics to be taken out of the approach to asylum seekers, urging its neighbours including Australia to share - not...

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Six rescued during Vic fishing trip

SIX people have been rescued from their sinking fishing boat in south west Victoria. The crew raised the alarm about 3pm off Portland, south of Cape Nelson, when their five-metre vessel started taking on water. The coast guard found the crew...

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'Lucky' boy falls 200m, fractures leg

AN eight-year-old boy has being hailed as "incredibly lucky" after he survived a 200m fall and suffered only a fractured leg. The boy fell from a viewing platform at Dangars Falls, near Armidale, and slid 200m down a slope, after climbing through...

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Picture perfect royals visit the zoo

IT was the picture perfect moment the world had been waiting for. Royal baby Prince George giggled, smiled and played his way through just his second public engagement - a trip to the zoo with his parents Prince William and Kate on Sunday. The...

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George makes light of royal duties

FINALLY it was Prince George's turn to be the star of the Royal Show Down Under. Dressed in dark blue shorts, a striped blue-collared shirt, dark socks and shoes, and wriggling in his mum's arms, he made his much anticipated Australian debut on...

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