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49 min ago | This Is Somerset

Accused tourist who attended Somerset school says sex act consensual

The barrister for an English tourist charged with sexually assaulting a young woman he met at a trendy nightspot near Bondi, in Sydney, Australia, said the act was consensual and the pair were "interacting in a way that suggested they have an interest in each other" prior to the incident.

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1 hr ago | The New Zealand Herald

Australia: A rail relaxing journey

The romance of train travel is alive and very much kicking, thanks in no small part to the world's really special journeys - the Orient Express, South Africa's Blue Train and the Ghan in Australia.

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Related Topix: Travel, Oceania, World News, Pacific Travel, Australia Travel, Sydney, Australia Travel, Journalism,

3 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Australian researchers track sea turtles by satellite

Marine researchers at Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia are using satellite trackers for the first time to monitor two sea turtles that have been returned to the ocean today, reported ABC News.

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4 hrs ago | AdelaideNow...

'Fine print' reveals Christian party games

YOUNG, progressive Christians are being warned they risk voting for the ultra-conservative policies of the controversial Rev Fred Nile without realising at the coming Federal Election.

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8 hrs ago | International Business Times

Australia Debates Over Giving Access to National Parks for Emergency Cattle Grazing

The state government of Queensland will introduce legislation on Tuesday that will attempt to save 25,000 very hungry cattle by opening the door of parts of five national parks and eight National Reserve System properties so graziers could get through the next wet season.

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11 hrs ago | ABC News

Digby Ioane may miss Australia's first Test against the Lions after undergoing surgery

Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is in doubt for the start of the British and Irish Lions Test series after undergoing a knee operation this morning.

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11 hrs ago | Newkerala.com

Search on for Indo-Canadian man missing in Australia

Sydney, May 22 : A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia.

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15 hrs ago | Law.com

King & Wood Mallesons Australia Managing Partner Resigns

King & Wood Mallesons Australia managing partner Tony O'Malley has resigned from his position and will retire as the firm's partner in December.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Northern Territory News

Lyn's tragic tale spur for croc experience

THE grandmother of a Top End girl taken by a crocodile is learning how to wrangle the reptiles in the hope of teaching other people about the dangers of the salties.

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www.townsvillebulletin.com.au | hillspot

Well known British actor visits Townsville

British actor Tony Robinson is in Townsville Qld, to talk up the history in the region for his show Timewalks .

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www.abc.net.au | hillspot

Regional patients wait months for fly-in fly-out help

Despite the growing awareness of mental health, some patients in regional and rural Australia have to wait for months to see a fly-in, fly-out psychiatrist.

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The Peninsula

Visiting Australian minister di...

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr with Pablo Kang, Australian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, during a businessmen reception in Doha.

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ABC News

Bringing coffee from Melbourne to Menzies: the ultimate tree change

Can you imagine taking off to live in a remote outreach 3000km away? Ann Sheehan explains how the red dirt 'got in their veins'. It was meant to be a six month sabbatical, but six years and 3000km later the Sheehan-Lee family is happier than ever.

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Catholic World News

Australian archbishop admits predecessors covered up abuse

Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne, Australia, has admitted that Church leaders in the past did not respond adequately to sex-abuse complaints.

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Reuters

UPDATE 2-Gloom hits services firms as Australia's mining boom peaks

A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers had expected.

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ABC News

Australia's best bartenders shake it

For the first time, bartenders from across Australia gathered in Noosa as part of the Noosa International Food and Wine festival.

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Sunday Times

Police seek man over Narrogin death

Police believe Kevin James Corbett is in Perth and may be able to assist in the investigation into the death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18.

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Sunday Times

WA crisis meeting on Aboriginal suicide

Robert Eggington is among indigenous leaders to meet with WA bureaucrats over rising suicide levels among the Noongah community.Picture: Richard Polden INDIGENOUS leaders in Western Australia are holding a crisis meeting with senior bureaucrats to discuss high suicide rates among the Nyoongah community.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Australian zoo says white rhino birth 'sign of hope'

An Australian zoo said on Tuesday the birth of a southern white rhinoceros was a "sign of hope" for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.

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NEWS.com.au

Tornado Aussie: I can't find friends

Watch a time lapse of the deadly tornado that had 270 km/ph winds,stayed on the ground for 40 minutes and traveled 32 klms.

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