Stepdad charged after mother, child's bodies found
Posted on 2 June, 2008
A man has been charged with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife and nine-year-old stepdaughter were found in Blue Mountains bushland yesterday.
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Public servants clash with Rudd in leak row
Posted on 30 May, 2008
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been inflammatory in his comments about the leak of confidential Cabinet information on the Government's FuelWatch program.
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Opposition launches blitz on 'Foolwatch'
Posted on 29 May, 2008
The Federal Opposition says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen have been exposed as fools over FuelWatch.
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Dollar to sail past greenback: ANZ
Posted on 28 May, 2008
Another of the big four banks now believes the Australian dollar will rise above parity with the American greenback.
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Email 'bloodbath' threat paralyses Mexican city
Posted on 27 May, 2008
Mexico's northern border town of Juarez, infamous for its history of drug-related violence, has gone into lockdown after an email began circulating warning of an unparalleled "bloodbath" in the coming days.
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Govt denies petrol GST backflip
Posted on 26 May, 2008
The Federal Government says its promised review of the GST paid on petrol does not contradict Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's assertion that he has already done all he can to ease price pressures.
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Govt buys back 35b litres for Murray Darling Basin
Posted on 23 May, 2008
The Federal Government has secured an extra 35 billion litres of water to be returned as environmental flows to the Murray-Darling Basin.
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Roxon says Medicare savings doubts 'confused'
Posted on 21 May, 2008
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has rejected new accusations that the Budget changes to the Medicare rebate do not add up.
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Bull rampages through family home
Posted on 20 May, 2008
A German family were left stunned when a rampaging bull burst through the back door of their house, charged around the living room, and then left by the front door.
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'Tougher packaging needed' to prevent toddler poisons
Posted on 19 May, 2008
The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit is calling for medicine packaging to be made more toddler-resistant to prevent poisonings.
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Monsoon rains forecast in Burma
Posted on 16 May, 2008
Heavy rain is forecast for the weekend over Burma's cyclone affected south-east, adding to the humanitarian crisis there.
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Million could dump private health cover: AMA
Posted on 15 May, 2008
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is warning that up to 1 million people could dump their private health cover because of the Budget changes to Medicare.
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Global slowdown Budget jobs slump: Rudd
Posted on 14 May, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says an increase in unemployment predicted in last night's Budget can be partly blamed on the global economic slowdown.
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'8,700 dead' in China quake
Posted on 13 May, 2008
More than 8,700 people have died in the powerful earthquake that struck south-western China, according to state media reports.
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Roxon warns health insurers against price hikes
Posted on 12 May, 2008
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has warned private health insurers they will not be able to raise prices to compensate for the Government's Budget changes to Medicare.
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Horror Budget or horror interest rates: analyst
Posted on 9 May, 2008
A leading economic forecaster says Treasurer Wayne Swan will have to deliver a horror Budget on Tuesday - or Australians can expect horror interest rates.
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Alcohol boosts cancer risk by 75pc: experts
Posted on 8 May, 2008
A new study has found drinking just two standard alcoholic drinks a day significantly increases the risks of developing breast, bowel, throat and mouth cancer.
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Australia not ready for major natural disaster: think tank
Posted on 7 May, 2008
A report to be released today finds that Australia has more to fear from natural disasters than a terrorist attack.
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More than 10,000 killed in Buma cyclone
Posted on 6 May, 2008
Burma says more than 10,000 people died in the cyclone that battered the impoverished nation, whose secretive military rulers made a rare appeal for international help to cope with the tragedy.
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Death toll rises in devastating Buma cyclone
Posted on 5 May, 2008
The death toll from a tropical cyclone that tore through Rangoon and Burma's Irrawaddy delta has risen to 351, a government official said, citing state media reports in the remote capital, Naypyidaw.
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