Great Barrier Reef in danger: UN

THE Great Barrier Reef is set to be named as a World Heritage Site in danger by UNESCO next month. A long-awaited assessment of the reef by UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), released on Friday evening, says...

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Designer Martin reveals Gatsby inspiration

THE Great Gatsby production designer Catherine Martin spent time in iconic Long Island and sought out collaborator Miuccia Prada to create the perfect look for the 1920s film. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Martin, who's been married...

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Missing Sydney boy found

A SCHOOL boy missing from Sydney's eastern suburbs has been found. Daniil Ivanyuta, 16, left his family home in Waverley on Wednesday morning and hadn't been seen since. A police spokesman told AAP on Friday that Daniil had been found and there...

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Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

Pakistan's main prosecutor on the Benazir Bhutto murder case has been shot dead in Islamabad. Source: AAP PAKISTAN'S main government prosecutor on the Benazir Bhutto murder case, in which ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf is under house arrest,...

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Paternity battle in the belly of sharks

TIGER shark embryos cannibalise their siblings in the womb in a pre-birth battle for paternity, new research has revealed. The American and South African study studied genetic samples from 15 pregnant female sharks which had died after being...

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Naden 'confessed' to three other killings

FORMER bush fugitive Malcolm Naden told a psychiatrist he was a "serial killer" who'd murdered three other people and had dreamed of killing since he was aged 12, a Sydney court has heard. Naden, 39, has pleaded guilty to the 2005 murders of Lateesha...

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Taming the dollar is dangerous: Swan

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan ruled out intervening to tame a strong Australian dollar. Source: AAP TREASURER Wayne Swan believes it would be a "folly" and extremely dangerous for Australia to intervene to curb the strength of the Australian...

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Sydney naval monument gets facelift

A HISTORICAL naval monument on the Sydney Harbour foreshore honouring Australian sailors and ships lost in combat is being refurbished. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) says the work will conserve the mast of the HMAS Sydney 1...

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Santos commits to $100m NT project

OIL and gas producer Santos has committed to a $100 million drilling and appraisal program over the next 12 months in the Northern Territory. The onshore Mereenie program will target oil while also evaluating natural gas resources. Santos on...

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NZ dollar gains at start of risky week

THE New Zealand dollar has gained at the start of what's shaping up to be a risk-heavy week with central bank meetings and US employment figures threatening to disappoint investors. The kiwi rose to 85.22 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 84.80...

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