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Security cars tail school buses -

WA school buses have become so lawless that security cars are tailing them to keep order. Transperth has stepped up school bus security in recent weeks as part of State Government measures to increase safety on public transport.

Scientists urge governments to push tax reform

CSIRO scientists have urged the Treasury Secretary, Ken Henry, to use the insights of ''nudge theory'' - the idea that governments should (gently) push citizens into making better personal decisions - when redesigning the nation's tax and welfare system.

Online dating hits sex industry

IN A profession notoriously resilient to hard times, online dating sites threaten to do what the global financial crisis could not - send the sex services industry broke.

National plan to outlaw fake guns

NEW national gun laws will outlaw imitation firearms unless shooters hold a special licence to own them. The move follows a series of attacks using replica guns.

$1.5m cash found in car boot

A man has been charged with money laundering after police allegedly found $1.5 million inside the boot of his Mercedes-Benz in Sydney's west yesterday.

Peter Cundall arrested at pulp mill protest

ABC gardening personality Peter Cundall has been arrested outside Tasmania's parliament during a protest against Gunns' Tamar Valley pulp mill.

Hundreds expected to die from heat - yet again

HEALTH authorities should be doing more to prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths as vulnerable people, particularly the elderly, struggle to adapt to the changing conditions, emergency doctors say.

River bank horror: witnesses drag burning man into water

Police have charged a woman with attempted murder after she allegedly set a man alight in Victoria's north-east.

Father Of Drowned Scuba Diver Tina Watson Says Her Death Was A Copy-Cat Murder

The father of drowned honeymooner Tina Watson believes his daughter may have been the victim of a copy-cat murder.

Police impersonators wanted over burglary

Two men impersonating police officers have carried out a brazen burglary in Melbourne's western suburbs.

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