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Cops under fire for wrong murder conviction
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SENIOR police changed witness statements and failed to include forensic test reports in the case of a man wrongfully jailed for 12 years.
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A-Flat Minor Beaconsfield musical changed
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A PLAYWRIGHT has changed the title of his musical about the mine tragedy, saying he had "no idea" people would be so offended.
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'Wolfman' David Williams has beard shaved off
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MANLY grand final hero David Williams - aka the Wolfman - has had his trademark beard shaved off by teammates as the Sea Eagles premiership celebrations continue.
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Beaconsfield musical angers victim's family
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A MUSICAL comedy inspired by the Beaconsfield mine collapse has angered the family and friends of miner Larry Knight who died in the 2006 cave-in.
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Call for PM to stop 24-week abortions
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KEVIN Rudd should stop a state's abortion Bill which would allow women to have legal terminations at 24 weeks, say doctors.
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No plans for speed-limiting cars here
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PARENTS will be able to control the speed at which their teenagers drive the family car with a computer chip developed by carmaker Ford.
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15 years' jail for pedophile murder
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A MAN who paused to smoke a cigarette as he bashed a pedophile to death has been jailed for at least 15 years after pleading guilty to murder.
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Man charged with stalking two girls
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A MAN has been charged after two girls were repeatedly approached and offered a lift in a van.
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Hostel worker 'tried to post Britt's passport'
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THE family of a backpacker missing in Croatia says the owner of the hostel where she was staying tried to post her passport.
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Identity fraud fastest growing crime
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AUSTRALIANS habit of throwing personal information into bins is encouraging identity fraud with professional women most at risk.
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Working mothers lose out in pay plan
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SIXTY per cent of women will be worse off under the Productivity Commission's paid maternity leave scheme, it has been revealed.
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Aussies 'over climate change'
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AUSTRALIANS are losing interest in climate change, and many still doubt whether it is actually happening, a survey reveals.
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Parents support principal over Henson affair
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AN Olympian is among parents who have backed the principal of a school that allowed artist Bill Henson to scout for young models.
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Anger as police left to babysit kids
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VULNERABLE children as young as three have been forced to sit in police stations in Victoria for up to eight hours while Department of Human Services staff sort custody paperwork.
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Brave fight of a girl with half a brain
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A SMALL girl has developed her own version of sign language and is even going to school despite surgery that cut out half her brain.
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