Spending on the rise, survey

SPENDING has risen across the Australian economy for 16 consecutive months and a lower Australian dollar, along with improving consumer sentiment, should provide a further boost this year. Economywide spending rose 0.9 per cent in December according...

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Father and daughter still missing in NSW

POLICE want residents in the NSW towns of Katoomba and Mullumbimby to watch out for a missing father and daughter who may be in either area. A new image of Greg Hutchings, 35, has also been released in a bid to locate him and his four-year-old...

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Thousands of WA sheep die during export

REVELATIONS that thousands of sheep died while being exported from Western Australia to the Middle East has been described by activists as the worst live export disaster in recent history. About 4000 sheep were exported by Livestock Shipping...

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Cate Blanchett scores Oscar nomination

IT is shaping up as a golden year at the Oscars for Australia, with Cate Blanchett, Catherine Martin and a posse of other Australians nominated for Oscars. Martin received a double Oscar nomination - costume design and production design - for...

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Asylum seekers say navy gave them a boat

A GROUP of asylum seekers say they were given a boat by Australian authorities in which they were forced to return to Indonesia under their own steam after their own vessel's engine failed. The development appears to be confirmation that Australian...

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Granville disaster 37th anniversary

THE twisted debris and the distressing screams may be 37-years gone but for many impacted by Australia's worst train disaster, the memories remain vivid. Eighty-three people were killed when a city-bound commuter train derailed in Granville...

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