Qantas near miss being investigated

THE air traffic controller overseeing an apparent near miss between two Qantas passenger aircraft hasn't been stood down, it has emerged. Air navigation services provider Airservices Australia, who employs the traffic controller, says the staff...

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Govt rejects asylum boat secrecy charge

THE federal government has rejected as "simply wrong" suggestions it will stop telling the public about asylum seeker boat arrivals. Under the previous Labor government, Customs and Border Protections told the media every time a boat was intercepted...

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Hunt moves to abolish climate bodies

Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has abolished the Climate Commission. Source: AAP THE Climate Commission has been abolished and work has begun on scrapping the Climate Change Authority. Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt signed...

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Moves to ban powerbrokers from lobbying

NSW has quickly acted on Prime Minister Tony Abbott's warning to the major parties' numbers men that political officials have no place lobbying MPs. "You can either be a powerbroker or a lobbyist, but you can't be both," he announced on Thursday....

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Travellers blamed for Qld measles spike

BRISBANE Sept 18 AAP - Health authorities are pleading for parents to vaccinate their children against measles as more travellers bring the potentially deadly disease into Queensland. There have already been 16 cases of measles in the state this...

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Tinkler falls off BRW Young Rich list

JUST two years ago, Nathan Tinkler was sitting comfortably atop BRW's Young Rich list, with a fortune estimated at $1.13 billion. Now the mining entrepreneur has dropped off the list altogether after failing to miss the $18 million cut off. Averaged...

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Shorten claims Labor caucus support

Bill Shorten says he's been nominated by a majority of caucus members for the Labor leadership. Source: AAP LABOR frontbencher Bill Shorten says he has the signatures of the majority of caucus members on his nomination for the federal parliamentary...

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Customer growth lifts TPG profit

TPG has increased customer numbers at a faster rate than last year, substantially boosting the telco's annual profit. TPG made a net profit of $149.2 million in the year to July 31, up 64 per cent on $90.96 million in the previous year. The prior...

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Lynas loss widens, new debt deal struck

A DEPRESSED rare earths market has forced Lynas to postpone its expansion and renegotiate a $225 million debt facility. The Australian rare earths miner, one of the world's few non-Chinese producers, will have to start repaying debt next year...

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Top Of The Lake earns respect for TV in Oz

WIN, lose or tie at the Emmy's, mini-series The Top Of The Lake has placed a red seal of approval on Australian/NZ TV productions, says producer Emile Sherman. Top Of The Lake is up for eight Primetime Emmy Awards including two acting categories,...

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London mayor Johnson backs UK fracking

WIND farms are a "disease" which have blighted Britain's countryside and the country should embrace nuclear power and fracking to meet its energy needs, London Mayor Boris Johnson says. Johnson accused the energy companies of "ruthlessly exploiting"...

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Worst over in baby illness mystery

More than a dozen babies in Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital have fallen ill to a mystery bug. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S nurses' union claims the state's neonatal intensive care system is at breaking point after a mystery illness hit more...

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