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Thursday February 23rd 2012

Broadband nerve centre brings jobs boost

NATIONAL Broadband Network headquarters to create thousands of jobs and boost economy by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Breaking World News

GG heads to NZ on leadership ballot day

GOVERNOR General Quentin Bryce will be in New Zealand on the day of the looming Labor leadership showdown...

Catastrophic fire warning for WA areas

A catastrophic fire danger advice has been issued for parts of Western Australia's southeast for tomorrow...

'Squinty-eyed' attacker drags girl off path

SCHOOLS on alert as police hunt middle-aged man who dragged 13-year-old schoolgirl into bushes in horrifying early-morning attack...

Bali jail evacuation delayed

THE evacuation of Bali's Kerobokan jail has been delayed as officers negotiate with those behind two days of unrest at the prison...

NZ safety chief would refuse balloon ride

HEAD of NZ TAIC says safety breaches around Carterton balloon tragedy were to such a degree that he would have refused to ride...

Girl, 8, shot in stomach at school

YEAR 3 student undergoes exploratory surgery after being accidentally shot at a school.

Drug raids lead to 22 arrests

A SEVEN-month police investigation has ended with a series of drug raids and arrests on the Sunshine Coast...

Six charged over sex assault on park girl

FIVE teens and an adult male have been charged with aggravated sexual assault, after allegedly attacking a girl in a park...

Court hears Membrey was being 'hassled'

BAR worker Elisabeth Membrey told a patron that a certain man was "hassling'' her a week before she disappeared...

At least 12 dead in Pakistan bomb blast

THE death toll from a powerful bomb that ripped through a minibus terminal has risen to 12, including at least one child...

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