Police quiz women over acid attack on girl

A SYDNEY childcare worker assisted a hysterical mother and her little girl who was "reeking of bleach" after a bottle of toilet cleaner was thrown at them from a car. Police are questioning two women over a spate of incidents including the "callous"...

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Pakistani prisoner attacked in India jail

The death of a Pakistani prisoner in an Indian jail could fuel tensions between India and Pakistan. Source: AAP A PAKISTANI prisoner who was attacked in an Indian jail has died, hospital officials say, after suffering injuries in an apparent...

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NSW lawyers warn of crash victim welfare

DRIVERS will end up paying more for their greenslips and car accident victims will be forced onto welfare under the NSW government's overhaul of the system, critics say. Laws to make the Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance scheme "fairer and...

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Disabled dying in care: NSW Ombudsman

PEOPLE with disabilities are unnecessarily dying in state funded accommodation services or licensed boarding houses, a report has found. The NSW Ombudsman says 220 disabled people died while in care in 2010 and 2011. Some of them were preventable...

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NSW govt, oppn clash over party donations

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says he will ask for an investigation into claims a Liberal MP received $7000 from a property developer. Labor frontbencher Walt Secord said electoral records show Liberal Tim Owen, the MP for Newcastle, received the...

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Qld deal moves full NDIS step closer

QUEENSLAND is ready to sign up to federal Labor's national disability care scheme, leaving Western Australia the only state not yet on board. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Queensland Liberal National Premier Campbell Newman will announce details...

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Five women die in limousine fire in US

A LIMOUSINE taking nine women to a night on the town to celebrate a newlywed bride erupted in flames, killing five of the passengers who were trapped inside. Relatives said the bride was among the dead. The other four escaped with burn and smoke...

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Coalition to targets union in crackdown

A COALITION government would reinstate the building commission, set up a new body to deal with union corruption and extend individual work agreements, but leave unfair dismissal laws relatively unchanged. Opposition workplace spokesman Eric Abetz...

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Sydney's first NBN connection drops out

Broadband minister Stephen Conroy will flick the switch to connect Blacktown in Sydney to the NBN. Source: AAP THE first day the national broadband network was turned on in Sydney, the connection dropped out. At Blacktown's Max Webber Library...

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Cancer drug review 'won't affect patients'

Minister Tanya Plibersek will announce a review into chemotherapy pricing and funding for drugs. Source: AAP CANCER patients will be unaffected by pricing changes to chemotherapy drugs, federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says. The...

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