Manning's gender request sets up showdown

Bradley Manning's gender request could lead to a legal showdown over how he could live behind bars. Source: AAP BRADLEY Manning is the first transgender military inmate to ask for hormone treatments, officials say. His request could lead...

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Greens get back to cleaner roots

The Australian Greens are getting back to their environmental roots, pushing for a Clean Air Act. Source: AAP THE Australian Greens are getting back to their environmental roots, using their national campaign launch to pledge a Clean Air...

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Jockey Nikolic toe-to-toe with cop

A SENIOR police officer says he sat frozen in shock as jockey Danny Nikolic stood toe-to-toe abusing one of his colleagues in a Melbourne police station. Nikolic is charged with assaulting Detective Senior Constable Julio Salerno after an official...

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Qld cop living 'worst nightmare': Stewart

A QUEENSLAND cop who shot dead a man wielding a machete at the scene of a double murder was living "every police officers' worst nightmare". The officer and another officer found the bodies of a man and a woman, both aged 43, after being called...

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Profit fall for fixtures group GWA

KITCHEN and bathroom fixtures firm GWA expects rising building approvals to lead to higher sales in the second half of the current financial year. GWA's net profit of $32.4 million in the 2012/13 financial year was down 18 per cent from $39.7...

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Chinese tourists more independent: survey

CHINESE tourists are more independent, with more choosing solo adventures over travelling in groups, a survey shows. Results of the Chinese International Travel Monitor (CITM) survey, released on Wednesday, found nearly two thirds of the 3000...

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Labor, coalition launch in Brisbane

LABOR and the coalition will both launch their federal election campaigns in Brisbane. The coalition launch is scheduled for this Sunday in the Queensland capital. Labor's launch will follow on September 1, heading into the final week of the...

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Aussie shares dip on US stimulus thoughts

AUSTRALIAN shares have slipped as speculation about a winding back of US stimulus weighed on resource stocks. Materials stocks were among the worse performers on Tuesday, with the mining giants losing more than the overall market's 0.7 per cent...

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Greens risk Indonesia war: Katter

The Greens' policy on live animal exports risks war with Indonesia, Independent MP Bob Katter says. Source: AAP MAVERICK Queensland MP Bob Katter has declared the Greens' policy on live animal exports would risk a war with Indonesia over food....

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Parental leave pay too generous: Barnett

TONY Abbott's paid parental leave scheme is overly-generous, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says. Mr Barnett - who the federal opposition leader said in February he wanted to model himself on - made the comment on Monday after welcoming...

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Our robot future on display in Brisbane

Robot farming is just one possibility that was on display at the robot convention in Queensland. Source: AAP SWARMS of robots tend to crops in central Queensland. A robotic clone hosts a lecture at a Brisbane university for his master,...

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PNG committed to boat deal: Rudd

Kevin Rudd insists Papua New Guinea is committed to his hardline asylum seeker resettlement plan. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA and Papua New Guinea stand by their agreement that asylum seekers arriving by boat will be sent to PNG for processing and...

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