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A 39-year-old Broome school teacher has been charged after allegedly taking video images of students using a mobile phone.
LABOR is suffering a swing against it in Western Australia, with the government and opposition now neck-and-neck in the polls, a Newspoll shows.
PERTH police have video footage of a man they believe may have information about Australia's longest running murder investigation, the Claremont serial killings.
A RAIL crossing where 11 people died last year when a truck slammed into a train was listed by the Victorian government as needing an urgent upgrade, a court heard today.
BANNED Crown casino high roller Rob Karam has been charged over a plot to import six tonnes of chemicals to make ice and speed with a street value of $2 billion.
BG GROUP could be forced to sell out of coal seam gas tenements held with Queensland Gas to appease the competition watchdog, analysts say.
BUILDING products, aluminium and sugar producer CSR has warned shareholders to beware of unsolicited offers they may receive for their shares.
INVESTORS have heaved a sigh of relief after furniture retailer Nick Scali's annual profit suffered less than expected from the consumer slowdown.
STRESSED homeowners have been slugged again, with banks slashing the interest savings accounts while refusing to cut mortgage rates.
JEWELLER Michael Hill International has shrugged off recession and a retail slump to post a record $20 million profit.
ANYONE illegally siphoning water from the Murray-Darling river system during the current crisis is committing an act of environmental terrorism, Premier Mike Rann says.
CUTTING tariffs on car imports would make it tougher for local manufacturers to compete and stifle investment in the industry, car maker Holden says.
WOOLWORTHS has decided to appeal a decision by a New Zealand court that stops it buying retailer The Warehouse Group.
A MAN named as a person of interest in Dianne Brimble's cruise ship death has had his conviction for importing pornography overturned.
WOODCHIPPING firm Gunns expects to report a net profit of about $67 million for 2007/08, based on preliminary, unaudited figures.
A FORMER teacher at a Melbourne boys' school has escaped jail after pleading guilty to downloading child porn.
BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, is set to deliver a record annual profit next week of over $US15bn ($17.26bn).
SUNCORP shares shot up nearly 8 per cent yesterday on speculation about a takeover bid for the company.
AN entire level of Queensland Health's bureaucracy will be abolished in an effort to make the controversy ridden department more efficient.
ACCUSED child sex offender Dennis Ferguson is unlikely to face trial for at least another seven months, a court has been told.
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