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THE headboy of an elite private school in Perth will be forced to sit his leaving exams elsewhere, after delivering a spray of abuse at a school graduation ceremony.

A COUPLE faces jail for keeping their six-year-old foster son restrained and undernourished in their garage, a Perth court has heard.

EIGHTEEN people remained in hospital today after a fatal bus accident in Western Australia's remote south.

THE Australian dollar was 5.7 per cent firmer at noon as the prospects of less aggressive rate cuts by the central bank and a weaker US currency pushed the local unit higher.

WORLD oil prices neared $US70 a barrel in Asian trade today, extending gains after a cut in US interest rates powered a rally in global stock markets.

NEWCREST Mining says the global financial turmoil will enhance merger and acquisition opportunities over the next year, but has abandoned the sale of its interest in the Cracow mine.

HIGH inflation will make it hard to keep cutting rates, a Reserve Bank official has warned.

THE share market closed 4 per cent higher, fuelled by interest rate cuts in the US and big gains in energy and resource stocks locally.

AUSTRALIA's unemployment and growth is under real pressure as many major economies head into recession, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned today.

A BLIND flamingo, believed to be among the oldest in the world, has rallied after nearly dying following an alleged attack by teenagers at Adelaide Zoo.

THE controversial $2.2 billion Bell Bay pulp mill in Tasmania has been placed on the backburner until the global financial crisis blows over.

A MAN has admitted bashing a Melbourne great-grandmother in her bed after committing six home invasions at the woman's home.

THE police taskforce charged with investigating Melbourne's underworld has nabbed 230 offenders and seized more than $44 million in property.

A NINE-year-old boy got behind the wheel of his grandmother's car and crashed it into another vehicle on the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane, early today.

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A CROCODILE which has caused beaches to be closed at a north Queensland tourist mecca has gone missing as authorities admit the reptile was deliberately moved to the area.

RANGERS have been searching for a mother humpback whale after reports a lone calf had been spotted in Moreton Bay, in southeast Queensland.

A DISABLED pensioner found dead in his central Queensland apartment had been murdered, police say.

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