Govt to proceed with Medibank sale

THE Abbott government will go ahead with the sale of health insurer Medibank Private as it attempts to heal the budget. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says an independently-prepared scoping study into the planned sale has reaffirmed the government's...

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Two men shot and wounded in Sydney's west

TWO men have been shot and wounded in separate incidents at Merrylands in Sydney's west, with the shootings believed to be linked to an armed robbery. A man aged in his 20's was found with several gunshot wounds to his stomach when police were...

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Lessons of WWI 'speak to us still': Obama

US President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the World War I memorial at Flanders Field, noting the war that tore apart Europe still echoes in conflicts 100 years later. "The lessons of that war speak to us still," Obama said on Wednesday in...

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Barnett smirks at Abbott's knights move

EVEN a traditional Liberal and dyed-in-the-wool royalist such as Colin Barnett has smirked at Tony Abbott's decision to restore knights and dames in the Order of Australia. Asked on talkback radio if he would accept a knighthood, the West Australian...

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Rod Stewart's rare Lamborghini up for sale

A RARE Lamborghini once owned by rocker Rod Stewart is being sold for nearly STG1 million ($A1.81 million) in the UK. The singer bought the two-door Lamborghini Miura P400S brand new in 1971, when it did 0-60 miles per hour (96.5 km/h) in 6.7...

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Cumberbatch to play Hamlet on London stage

BENEDICT Cumberbatch is going from Sherlock to Shakespeare. London's Barbican Centre said on Wednesday he would play Hamlet at the venue next year. The Lyndsey Turner-directed production of Hamlet will run from August to October 2015, and the...

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Thai police seize heroin bound for Aust

THAI police say they have seized 147 kilograms of heroin they believe was destined for Australia, a single haul that exceeded some of Thailand's recent yearly seizure totals. Police said the heroin seized on Tuesday night in the Andaman Sea...

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Salvos back at child abuse inquiry

THE second public hearing by a royal commission into how the Salvation Army handled allegations of child sexual abuse opens in Sydney on Thursday. The inquiry follows one in January, which revealed extensive abuse at four homes run by the Christian...

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