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Aussie ambulance officers "blacklist" 1,200 locations after repeated assaults

​Paramedics in the Australian state of Victoria don't answer medical call-outs to almost 1,200 locations due to repeated violent attacks sustained in the line of duty, a report has revealed.

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APD Campus Reporters| How Much Has Changed? How Much Has Remained?

Fast growing and ever bustling, Singapore and Hong Kong are the two iconic cities in Asia that happened to share very similar routes of development. The story Singapore versus Hong Kong never fails to catch the attention of people in this region.

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Illicit drugs causing more deaths on Australia's roads than alcohol: statistics

More motorists are dying as a result of illicit drugs than that of alcohol, new figures from the Australian state of Victoria have revealed on Thursday.

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Aussie firefighters brace for more hot, dangerous conditions after battling 300 fires

Australian firefighters have drawn breath after battling 300 fires across the state of Victoria at the weekend, but are braced for more hellish conditions later in the week.

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5 Aussie children rescued daily from "ven-like" hot cars: report

​As temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius across the Australian state of Victoria this week, new figures have revealed an alarming number of children being left in hot cars.

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Australian state introduces new laws to combat rampant bikie, "ice" problems

​The Australian state of Victoria on Monday passed new legislation aimed at identifying problem bikie gang members while simultaneously clamping down on the availability of methylamphetamine.

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Surge in Chinese visitors contribute to Australia's record tourism profits

A surge in the number of Chinese visitors to Australia has been linked to record profits in the country's tourism industry.

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Multi-mln dollar gov't fund granted by Australian gov't to help outback communities prevent bushfires

​The Australian government on Monday allocated 2 million U.S. dollars to help prevent deadly bushfires from ravaging rural Victorian communities.

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Aussie Victoria police gain power to banish criminal elements from boxing, cage fighting

Australia's Victoria police will been granted new powers to ban criminal figures from Victoria's boxing and cage fighting industries.

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Islamic State targets young Australian women for new wave of terrorism defectors

More than a dozen young Australian women have attempted to join Islamic State (IS) strongholds in the Middle East over the last two months, Victoria Police revealed Friday.

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Voter disillusionment with Abbott impacts Victorian election

​Prime Minister Tony Abbott's dwindling popularity among Australian voters is being blamed for the electoral disaster of his Coalition colleagues in Victoria at the weekend.

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Australian state launches Asia food export plan

Victoria, a southeast state of Australia, launched on Wednesday a four-year Food to Asia Action Plan, which aims to boost exports to Asia and make the state "the food bowl of Asia."

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Australia's June jobless rate highest in over 3 years

The unemployment rate in Australia climbed 0.1 point from 5.6 percent to 5.7 percent in June, the highest level since September 2009, the national news agency Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported on Thursday.

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Sea-bound, land-bound races go on show in Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival

Both sea-bound and land-bound dragon boat races will go on show in the 4th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival in celebration of the Tuen Ng Festival.

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Australian police dismantle int'l crime syndicate

An international organized crime syndicate was dismantled by the Australian federal and state police, resulting in the arrest of 27 people.