Controversial health website launched

PRIVATE health fund nib has launched a controversial website that allows patients to rate the cost and service levels of health practitioners. The searchable Whitecoat website is open to all Australians and lists 30,000 "extras" providers such...

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Huntsman spider found at UK warehouse

A FEARSOME-LOOKING giant spider common in Australia has given workers at a British warehouse a fright after travelling over from Asia. The 17-centimetre-long huntsman spider came over to East Sussex after stowing away in a shipping container...

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Bank of England keeps rates unchanged

THE Bank of England has decided to keep its key interest rate at a record low of 0.5 per cent as it monitors the economy's strengthening recovery. The Monetary Policy Committee also voted on Thursday to refrain from pumping more money into the...

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Help Bougainville or risk new unrest: ASPI

AUSTRALIA must ramp up aid to Bougainville Island or risk the return of local civil unrest that could result in a more costly military response, a think tank says. Island dwellers will vote on independence from Papua New Guinea in a referendum...

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Australian bulls mistreated in Mauritius

Obeid row led to officer suspension JUNIOR bureaucrat was suspended after hanging up on the son of Eddie Obeid during a heated argument, ICAC inquiry hears. News HelmetCam captures climber's fall VIDEO: Daniel Bush, 27, was on the final...

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US unemployment benefit applications fall

THE number of people seeking US unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000 last week, bringing applications to pre-recession levels. The Labor Department said on Thursday that the less volatile four-week average dropped...

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On-the-run terror suspect suing Britain

A TERRORISM suspect who escaped British surveillance by disguising himself in a burka is suing the government over alleged torture, it's been revealed. Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed evaded police surveillance last week by changing his Western-style...

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Sven lover 'sold story for STG300,000'

FORMER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's mistress received STG300,000 ($A509,000) to sell her story to two Sunday newspapers, a UK jury has been told. Faria Alam, 47, began an affair with Eriksson while working as a secretary at the FA and...

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