Sombre mood at WA Labor HQ

IT was such a somber mood among the WA Labor camp on election night that one of the only cheers from the crowd came when an image of the party's leader appeared on the television. Less than 100 people gathered in Mark McGowan's electorate of...

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Four Qld councils vote 'yes' to reform

RESIDENTS from four amalgamated former Queensland councils have all voted to break away and reform their old councils. Those in favour of de-amalgamation of the old Douglas, Mareeba, Livingston and Noosa areas were celebrating as the results from...

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Federal Labor weighed on McGowan

FEDERAL Labor's sinking popularity and ailing image has dragged down the party's West Australian leader Mark McGowan, who was heading for a massive defeat in one of the state's most swiftly called elections. ABC election analyst Antony Green...

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Japanese man drowns on Gold Coast beach

A JAPANESE man has drowned on a Gold Coast beach. Police say the 34-year-old man was unconscious when he was rescued from the water at Northcliffe Beach in Surfers Paradise about 10.30am (AEST) on Friday. He was taken to Gold Coast Hospital,...

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Japan clones 26 generations from a mouse

JAPANESE scientists have produced 26 generations of clones from a single mouse, the lead researcher said, possibly paving the way for the mass replication of valuable livestock. The team have so far produced 598 mice that are genetic copies of...

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UN agency to feed 2.5 million Syrians

THE World Food Program says it aims to feed 2.5 million Syrians next month, up from 1.7 million now, because of rising needs as more Syrians are displaced by the civil war. The UN estimates that nearly 4 million of Syria's 22 million people...

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60 dead in Borneo stand-off

CLASHES between Filipino militants and security forces in Borneo have left 60 people dead, including 52 of the armed intruders, according to Malaysian police. Malaysia's police chief Ismail Omar told reporters on Thursday that since 3pm local time...

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More gang rapes reported in India

TWO women have been kidnapped and gang-raped near Delhi, in two separate incidents that highlight the persistent risk of sexual assault in India. In one case, three men abducted and attacked a 19-year-old woman, who hailed an auto rickshaw carrying...

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Morrison stands by refugee comments

Scott Morrison has explained the behavioural protocol he thinks asylum seekers should live by. Source: AAP OPPOSITION immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has explained the kind of behavioural protocol he thinks asylum seekers should live by...

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Police face Philippines murder charges

PHILIPPINE investigators will file a murder case against 35 police officers and soldiers for allegedly executing 13 people at a checkpoint, the justice secretary says. An investigation ordered by President Benigno Aquino III into the killings...

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EU fines Microsoft over browser choice

THE European Commission has fined US giant Microsoft 561 million euros ($A719.32 million) for failing to provide clients with a choice of internet browser, as it had promised to do. The commission said this was the first time it was sanctioning...

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Vic premiership: gift or poisoned chalice?

THEY were both contenders for the ultimate birthday gift - a promotion to leader of the Victorian government. But whether it was a wish come true, or a gift-wrapped poisoned chalice, remains to be seen. Maybe Denis Napthine wished harder when...

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Australian health shines, UK's slumps

BRITONS are among the unhealthiest people in Western Europe, says a UK study which has ranked Australia as the highest performer in two health categories. Using data collected for the Global Burden of Diseases project, international researchers...

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Snow kills thousands of cashmere goats

HEAVY snow has killed nearly 25,000 pashmina goats in the Indian Himalayas, threatening supplies of silky cashmere wool used to make high-end scarves. Thousands of nomads rear the goats in the inhospitable terrain of India's northwestern region...

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NT deputy resigns, pressure on Mills

THE leadership of Northern Territory Chief Minister Terry Mills may again be under a cloud, following the resignation of his deputy. Mr Mills, who came to office last August in a landslide, has been under pressure after his party polled badly...

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Dad dies sheltering girl in Japan blizzard

Eight people have been killed on Hokkaido island after heavy snow fell in northern Japan. Source: AAP A FATHER has frozen to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter during severe blizzards which swept northern Japan at the weekend....

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Papal tailors prepare for all sizes

NOBODY knows what the measurements of the next pope will be so Gammarelli - tailors to the papacy since the 18th century - have produced vestments in small, medium and large just in case. "We have prepared three vestments in white wool, a stole,...

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Aust fears over India surrogacy changes

AUSTRALIAN babies may be left stateless due to a change in India's surrogacy laws. India has recently banned foreign gay couples, de facto heterosexual couples and singles from using surrogate mothers to become parents. The changes require...

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Attacks in Iraq kill four

THREE separate attacks in Shi'ite-dominated areas on Sunday in central Iraq have killed at least four people and injured 14, officials said. The deadliest was in the Husseiniya area northeast of Baghdad, where three roadside bombs went off simultaneously,...

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Karzai condemns NATO killing of boys

Two children, have been accidentally killed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, authorities say. Source: AAP AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has condemned a NATO helicopter strike in which two brothers, both under seven years old, were shot...

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Gabriel wants to talk with animals online

Musician Peter Gabriel believes an interspecies internet could help animals communicate with humans. Source: AAP PETER Gabriel has joined one of the internet's founding fathers in launching an "interspecies internet" for animals to communicate...

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