'Cruel monster' behind bars for life

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SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AAP) - A depraved triple murderer with "a frightening predilection for homicide" has been jailed for life without parole because a judge believes he is likely to kill again.

Disgraced developer gets bond

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SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AAP) - Disgraced developer Frank Vellar has been given a two-year good behaviour bond after being found guilty of lying to NSW's corruption watchdog over the Wollongong City Council

Lockyer a humble man who changed lives

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SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AAP) - Veteran ABC journalist Paul Lockyer has been remembered as an exceptional man, humble and modest, whose work changed the lives of rural Australians.

Family tells of its darkest hour

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SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AAP) - The thoughts and prayers of a nation are with him. The arms of his surviving family and a loving community are around him.

Rates can't stop economy's change: RBA

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SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AAP) - Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says structural changes in the economy cannot be stopped by interest rate policy, but agrees the global economy would be bett

PM denies prior knowledge of Thomson furor

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SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AAP) - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has denied she knew about allegations surrounding Labor backbencher Craig Thomson and his former union before the public did, as Opposition Leade

Sydney FC hail Emerton effect

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SYDNEY, Aug 25 (AAP) - Sydney FC believe Brett Emerton's influence can steer the A-League club into an exciting new era after luring the Socceroos great from the English Premier League on a three-y

Marshall decision relief for NRL club

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SYDNEY, Aug 25 (AAP) - Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah says star playmaker Benji Marshall has had a massive weight removed from his shoulders with the dismissal of an assault charge.

Latest drive-by targeted former Socceroo

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SYDNEY, Aug 25(AAP) - A string of eight shootings in seven days in western Sydney has prompted Premier Barry O'Farrell to urge fearful victims to speak to police before someone is hurt or killed.

Unions demand lower interest rates

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SYDNEY, Aug 25 (AAP) - Trade unions are demanding the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates to ease the crippling impact of a strong Australian dollar on the manufacturing sector, sayi

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