Qantas is promising to cooperate with an investigation into its safety practices. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is stepping up surveillance of Qantas operations and conducting a detailed review of its procedures. It follows two separate inciden

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The death toll from the Chile earthquake has risen to more than 700. Rescue efforts have been hampered by blocked roads and fallen bridges. The UN has promised aid and many countries including Australia have offered assistance. The Chilean government

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The Federal Opposition has seized on another report that shows the government was advised to delay starting its insulation program because of the risks it posed. The independent risk register was handed to the government last April, but was only tabl

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Fortescue Metals Group has postponed plans for a key expansion of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara. The miner had planned to double output in the region by 2012. But it says a tough six-month has forced it to delay that plan by over a year. The

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A small plane carrying aid to the quake-hit Chilean city of Concepcion has crashed killing six people. Meanwhile the Australian government will donate a million dollars towards the emergency response to the earthquake and tsunami. At least 720 people

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The International Monetary Fund says the world economy is recovering at a healthy pace. But it still needs government stimulus to keep it going. It now predicts the world economic growth will reach 3.9 percent this year. But it's cautioning financial

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Toyota is in damage control after it was forced to recall more than 400,000 Hybrid cars because of braking problems. The global recall includes 2,500 Prius vehicles in Australia. And the Japanese carmaker is facing another investigation in the US wit

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Thereve been chaotic scenes outside a Port-au-Prince court where 10 Americans have been charged with child abduction. The five men and five women were arrested nearly a week ago, after trying to take a busload of Haitian children out of the country.

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US President Barack Obama says new jobs figures show the United States is climbing out of a huge hole created by the recession. But he has also cautioned the figures are not cause for celebration. The jobless rate fell to 9.7% in January from 10% in

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The Federal Opposition is demanding the government inspect all homes insulated under its failed scheme. More than one million homes have been insulated under the program. But the government's paying for just 200,000 of them to be checked. The Opposit

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Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto employees will stand trial in China charged with stealing commercial secrets and accepting bribes. It's alleged they used improper means to obtain secrets and bribes from several Chinese steel fir

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Hello, Kirsty Heenan with the National Weather. Checking the satellite picture first and a cloud across much of the east is generating showers and storms in Queensland and flooding in eastern New South Wales. Cloud across the interior and south is tr

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Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. Checking the satellite picture, and thick cloud from the north to the southeast is generating rain and storms, leading to flooding in Queensland and New South Wales. Patchy cloud forming over South

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Economic growth in Europe has faltered despite governments spending billions of dollars in stimulus. New figures show that in the final quarter of last year, growth in the 16 eurozone countries was 0.1%. Spain is in its 6th quarter of negative growth

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Three Australians have been named as suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas member in Dubai. Dubai police have blamed Israel for the death, but Israel says there is no proof it was involved. Another 15 names have been added to the list of su

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A 22-year-old woman will face court today charged with the manslaughter of the former Socceroo Ian Gray. The 46-year-old former Australian soccer player was found in his Sydney apartment on Monday night. Investigators arrested a 22-year-old at a King

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A Senate inquiry will begin its public hearings today into the government's multi-billion-dollar home insulation program. The inquiry will hear evidence from a number of stakeholders within the insulation industry. The government's been criticized fo

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US employers have unexpectedly cut 85,000 jobs in December but the unemployment rate is holding steady at 10%. The construction sector bore the brunt of the job losses shedding 53,000 positions. In manufacturing, 27,000 positions were lost. It's a se

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The Prime Minister of Haiti says the number of people killed in yesterday's powerful earthquake could be well over 100,000. The 7.0-magnitude quake was the largest to hit the impoverished nation in 200 years. Homes, hospitals and schools were reduced

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Catastrophic fire warnings continue in the south and east of Australia today as temperatures soar into the mid 40s. There is a total fire ban in much of Victoria and southern New South Wales. Commuters in Melbourne are facing more delays as the extre

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