$20m fraudster had everyone fooled

Damian O'Carrigan's double life was a complete shock to his wife Julie. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) DAMIAN O'Carrigan was outwardly a devoted husband, father and a trusted manager with one of the nation's biggest firms. He had also siphoned...

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Bates facing new pressure over register

EMBATTLED Newman Government Arts and IT Minister Ros Bates is facing fresh calls to quit after a lobbyist lunch was left off her official contact register. Ms Bates' diary, released under Right to Information laws, has revealed she attended a...

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Dying sailor in desperate compo battle

Former sailor Kurt MacKenzie is fighting for compensation after he was accidentally gassed aboard a Navy vessel. Picture: Quinn Stuart Source: The Sunday Telegraph A 44-YEAR-OLD former senior sailor has accused Defence of delaying his compensation...

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Hundreds of Vic firefighters kept busy

VICTORIAN firefighters have been kept busy battling two major fires in the state's east and a number of smaller blazes closer to Melbourne. A control centre spokesman said 195 firefighters battled the 81,000-hectare Aberfeldy fire in Gippsland...

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Third death linked to Vic cheese company

A THIRD person has died following a listeria outbreak linked to soft cheeses produced in Victoria. Victoria's acting chief health officer, Dr Michael Ackland, has confirmed the death of a 68-year-old New South Wales man in late January was linked...

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Australia and NZ cement ties in Queenstown

THIRTY years of close economic ties between Australia and New Zealand have been cemented with a series of new agreements, but NZ's prime minister is the first to admit they're not on an even footing. Prime Minister Julia Gillard took part in bilateral...

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Assad reshuffles cabinet as jets strike

SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has reshuffled his cabinet as his warplanes raided rebel areas. Syria is in the depths of an unprecedented economic recession because of the violence gripping the country for nearly two years, and the government...

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