Hail, winds, rain to hit NSW

Hail has fallen on Newcastle and severe thunderstorms are likely to hammer parts of New South Wales. Source: AAP

HAIL has fallen on Newcastle and severe thunderstorms are likely to hammer parts of NSW with damaging winds and heavy rainfall.

THE storms could also cause flash flooding in areas around Newcastle, Gosford, Armidale, Tamworth, Moree, Narrabri, Dubbo, Parkes and Wagga Wagga, the Bureau of Meteorology said in a severe thunderstorm warning issued Monday afternoon.

Almost 43 millimetres of rain has fallen on Newcastle and two centimetres of hail has hit the city's Bar Beach.In Dubbo about 2.5 cm of hail came down.The storms, which are moving towards the east to southeast from Newcastle, have prompted the SES to remind people to avoid from fallen power lines and bodies of water.It also advises people to grab their pets, stay indoors, unplug computers and appliances and stay away from windows.The BOM is predicting the foul weather to return to NSW on Tuesday, with showers likely everywhere except the state's north.It expects temperatures ranging from the mid-20s down to as low as 12 degrees, the forecast minimum for Camden in Sydney's southwest.The temperature is due to dip to 7 degrees in parts of the Southern Tablelands.An update is expected from the BOM on Monday evening.

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Defence civilians to vote on strike action

DEFENCE public servants are set to vote on industrial action in protest against a proposed federal government pay deal.

COMMUNITY and Public Sector Union national secretary Nadine Flood said the union would apply to the Fair Work Commission on Tuesday for a ballot of members to take industrial action.

Ms Flood said defence staff were outraged at an insulting offer of a 1.05 per cent pay increase a year, with cuts to conditions, including removal of two days leave, and working an extra 3.5 days a year.Once endorsed by a vote of union members, industrial action would encompass a range of work bans and stoppages of up to 24 hours, she said."Taking industrial action is always a last resort but Defence staff will be joining their colleagues across the Australian public service in sending a clear message that they are not going to cop this," Ms Flood said in a statement.

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Hundreds flee South African wildfires

WILDFIRES are raging in the Cape Town area on South Africa's southwestern coast, prompting hundreds of people to leave the area, media reports say.

HUNDREDS of firefighters were battling flames fanned by strong winds on Monday, pledging to protect residential areas.

Four buildings, two of which had thatched roofs, were reported to have been damaged.A luxury tourist lodge in the Table Mountain National Park was also engulfed by flames, but no one was hurt, a representative of the lodge was quoted as saying.The extent of the damage was being assessed.Residents of a home for the elderly who had been moved out were being allowed to return, according to the website News24.No injuries were reported.Firefighters were using about 30 vehicles and several helicopters.Some of the areas in flames were only accessible on foot, making it likely that the fires could only be contained on Tuesday, according to broadcaster eNCA.The cause of the fires was not immediately known.

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Carnell reveals struggle with anorexia

FORMER ACT chief minister Kate Carnell has revealed her struggle with the eating disorder anorexia which saw her weight dwindle to just 30 kilograms.

NOW head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ms Carnell recalled being sick and having tension headaches all the time.

She said felt rotten about herself and what she was doing to others in her life."... and having an absolute focus on food. I was stick thin but people said `wow you are looking so great.' I wasn't - I was looking really skinny," she told ABC television.Ms Carnell's battle with anorexia started when she was 12 or 13. At 15 she started an extended stay in a psychiatric unit.She said people didn't understand eating disorders."It is hard to understand why you can't put a piece of food in your mouth, chew it up and swallow it. How hard can that be. When you've got anorexia it's like moving a mountain," she said.Food still remained a greater focus in her life than it should."I still have to have little discussions with myself about body image. I still naturally think I am too fat," she said.Ms Carnell described her experiences at a function on Monday where the advocacy group The Butterfly Foundation released a report outlining the high cost of eating disorders which affect almost a million Australians.Butterfly Foundation chairman David Murray said their report demonstrated the large benefits of intervention."Early intervention pays big time, with about a 50 per cent cost reduction for the government in the health system by getting the problem early enough," he said.

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Four buffalo bulls found dead in NT

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after four valuable purebred buffalo bulls were found dead on a research station in the Northern Territory.

THE Riverine buffalo bulls were found at the Beatrice Hill Research Station on Saturday morning.

Two of the three had been dismembered, and a fourth buffalo was later found with gunshot wounds and had to be euthanised by staff.Residents on the property did not report hearing any gunshots, said Sergeant Paul Wood.The animals were located close to the Arnhem Highway near the Windows on the Wetlands education centre, and Sergeant Wood said they may have even been shot from the road."Given the location, it is possible that someone saw something," he said."This is a very serious matter and these sorts of incidents will not be tolerated."Anyone with any information is urged to contact police on 131 444 or the Animal Welfare Branch on 1300 720 386.

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Three shot dead near Toowoomba

THREE people have been shot dead at a property on Queensland's Darling Downs, police say.

OFFICERS were called to an address in Biddeston, 25km west of Toowoomba, shortly before 7pm (AEST) on Monday.

A crime scene has been established, a police spokesman said.Police have cordoned off a red brick bungalow house belonging to a single-parent family with several children, a neighbour told AAP.The man said the house, about 30 metres from his own, was frequented by police."It's put Biddeston on the map for all the wrong reasons," he said.Forensic officers and detectives will remain at the scene throughout the night.

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McDonald's sales weaken in US and Asia

MCDONALD'S says a key global sales figure fell 2.2 per cent in November as US sales continue to soften and it contends with ongoing difficulties from a food-safety scandal in China.

THE world's largest hamburger chain said on Monday that the drop in global sales at locations open at least 13 months included a 4.6 per cent decline in the US and a four per cent decline for the unit that includes the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa.

McDonald's Asian business has been trying to bounce back since the summer, when a TV report in China showed workers at one of its suppliers repackaging meat that was alleged to be expired.The claim has not been publicly confirmed by the supplier or the government.The Illinois company said comparable sales for Europe fell two per cent.

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Pope decries 'unimaginable' Middle East

APPEALING for the protection of Christians in the Middle East, Pope Francis said it was "unimaginable" that they could be driven out of the region after 2000 years.

"WE cannot be resigned to imagining a Middle East without Christians," Francis said on Monday at a special meeting of cardinals, known as the consistory.

While the number of Christians has been dwindling throughout the Middle East, recently there has been an exodus of the minority community from Iraq and Syria following the steady advance of the Islamic State extremist group."The latest developments, especially in Iraq and Syria, are very worrying," Francis said. "We are looking at a terrorist phenomenon of previously unimaginable dimensions."He described it as an "unjust situation" that requires not only constant prayers, but also an adequate response from the international community.Earlier this month, an Iraqi Christian politician spoke at the Italian parliament in Rome of the fate of non-Muslim minorities in Iraq."Yezidis have faced genocide, while Christians have faced ethnic cleansing," Hadaya Anwar, a member of the provincial council of Niniveh, in northern Iraq, told a press conference.Anwar said that 120,000 to 130,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Kurdish areas not controlled by the Islamic State since early August. In addition, some 30,000 have left the country, he said."Us Christians in Iraq have always been the victims of attacks, it's not news, it has been happening for 1400 years," Anwar said. "But today we are the target of the most ferocious aggression that we have seen in the history of Mesopotamia."Francis is expected to return to the issue of Christian minorities in the Middle East when he visits Turkey in late November.

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Parents of ill UK boy to remain in Spanish

A SPANISH judge has ordered the detention for 72 hours of a British couple who took their critically ill five-year-old son abroad against doctors' advice.

A SPOKESMAN at the National Court in Madrid said the judge ruled on Monday the couple must be held while the court considers whether to grant Britain an extradition request.

The judge could have opted to let the parents to go free while the case is considered.The spokesman said Ashya King's parents told the judge they don't want to return to the UK.They were arrested on Sunday in southeastern Spain after a European arrest warrant was issued by Interpol at the request of British police.Their son is receiving medical treatment for a brain tumour and is currently at a Malaga hospital.

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Christmas hopes boost business confidence

RETAILERS' hopes of a good Christmas have driven the number of companies expecting profit growth in the coming months to a 10-year high.

OF the 800 businesses surveyed by researcher Dun & Bradstreet, 40 per cent expect their profit in the final three months of 2014 to be higher than in the same period a year ago.

Just 11 per cent expect a fall.That has sent Dun & Bradstreet's profit expectations index to its highest level in a decade.Retailers were the most optimistic of those businesses, indicating they are confident consumers will spend big this Christmas.More businesses also expect to hire staff and increase investment, and Dun & Bradstreet's economic adviser Stephen Koukoulas said rising confidence could boost the economy."Not only are expected sales at an 11-year high - a sign of buoyant activity - but expected profits are at a level well above the long run average," he said."In the past, firms have only held this level of optimism when the underlying economic conditions were strong."D&B's data suggest that the economy is poised to run at, or even above, trend levels in the second half of 2014, with expected employment and capital expenditure also well above the long run average."Even better for businesses, the survey showed an increase in the number expecting prices to moderate, which would mean less pressure on the central bank to lift interest rates."A low inflation climate will be vital for the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep its interest rate settings on hold," Mr Koukoulas said.Businesses in the retail, services, finance and real estate sectors are the most optimistic about the coming three months, while there was a drop in the number of companies in the manufacturing, construction, transport and utilities sectors forecasting profit growth.Growing business confidence was backed by improving conditions in the second quarter of 2014, Dun & Bradstreet said, with profits higher among those businesses surveyed.

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UK Speaker hits pause in Aussie clerk row

AUSTRALIAN public servant Carol Mills won't be taking up the role of British parliament's senior official as planned after Speaker John Bercow announced a "modest pause" in the recruitment process.

THE Speaker on Monday tried to defuse a growing furore over the appointment of Ms Mills by announcing he would listen to MPs' concerns "in detail".

Ms Mills is currently head of the Department of Parliamentary Services in Canberra and some British politicians have voiced concerns about her lack of knowledge of Westminster procedures.They believe she is too inexperienced for the prestigious Commons position which combines the clerk's duties as a key constitutional adviser with the role of chief executive responsible for running the building and managing 2000 staff.Mr Bercow addressed the issue immediately when parliament returned on Monday after the summer recess.He acknowledged a number of MPs had expressed "disquiet" about the replacement for retired clerk Sir Robert Rogers.The members were, the Speaker said, concerned the selection panel should have instead recommended splitting the roles of clerk and chief executive.Mr Bercow on Monday said he'd been advised the panel couldn't do that without prior legislation."There is a compelling case for such a separation but any change would of course require the support of the house," the Speaker said, adding other MPs were worried about pre-appointment scrutiny."A strong case can be made for it and on this point also I wish to hear colleagues' views."In the circumstances ... I believe a modest pause in the recruitment process is desirable while such issues are explored and the views of members solicited in detail."Mr Bercow told parliament he hoped the matter could be resolved "with goodwill and by consensus".In the meantime the functions of the clerk and chief executive will be distributed among members of the Commons' management board.Ms Mills was selected by a panel of five MPs and one lay member.While the Speaker has passed the name of the recommended candidate to Prime Minister David Cameron the appointment still needs to be approved by the Queen.The issue will be discussed at a meeting of the House of Commons Commission next Monday.Australian upper house clerk Rosemary Laing has previously written to Westminster officials warning Ms Mills has little parliamentary knowledge and experience.But Mr Bercow on Monday stressed "highly skilled management" was now just as vital in the UK position as expertise in procedure.

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Children 'treated as baby convicts'

CHILDREN in institutions in Northern Ireland were exported to Australia like "baby convicts", a witness has told a public inquiry into historical abuse.

THE Sisters of Nazareth order of Catholic nuns was responsible for the removal of 111 child migrants aged as young as five before and after World War II, some of whom faced grave sexual and physical violence after arrival.

Another 20 were sent by other institutions.In some cases parental consent was not sought, migrants were separated from siblings and some deprived of their real identities by withholding of birth certificates, a lawyer for the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry said on Monday.Reasons for transport included boosting "Catholicisation" in Australia, propping up the number of white inhabitants of the Empire or saving money and emptying overcrowded workhouses, the investigation heard.A statement from one witness said: "We were exported to Australia like little baby convicts."The inquiry was established by ministers in Northern Ireland following a campaign by alleged victims.Survivors have given graphic details of their ordeals, according to inquiry chairman Sir Anthony Hart.Approximately 130 young children, in the care of religious voluntary institutions or state bodies after being orphaned or taken away from unmarried mothers, became child migrants, most in the decade after the war.The experiences of around 50 of them will be examined in person or via video-link and their statements furnished to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia.The Sisters of Nazareth, based in Londonderry and Belfast, sent 111 children between 1938 and 1956.Many were Queensland-bound in eastern Australia because it was seen as a very Catholic state and considered best for the girls. Others went to Fremantle near Perth or other parts of Western Australia.A witness, who has since died, submitted a statement to the inquiry.He said: "My life in institutions has had a profound impact on me. I have always wondered what it would have been like to have had a family, a mother and father and brothers and sisters."I never got the chance to find out because I was sent to Australia."I was treated like an object, taken from one place to another. I found it very hard to show affection to my children when they were young."I have a nightmare every night of my life; I relive my past."The inquiry panel, sitting in Banbridge in County Down, is limited to what happened to children in institutions in Northern Ireland and does not have the power to investigate what befell migrants in Australian institutions.Sir Anthony said: "That does not mean that their accounts of their experiences in Australia will be swept under the carpet. I want to assure them that will not be the case."The inquiry is probing claims that the process for sending young people was abusive.Christine Smith QC, barrister representing the inquiry, said the migrants allege they were seriously abused in institutions and many lost all contact with their parents and siblings.Ms Smith said the inquiry needed to consider what efforts the sisters made to keep informed about children's progress in Australia."It is a common complaint by migrants that they received no letters from home, that letters were kept from them if they were sent and that their parents in many instances were unaware that the children were sent to Australia.."

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Mine fire lessons must be learnt: Teague

THE residents of a Victorian town choked in ash during a six-week coalmine fire hope lessons will not only be learnt from the blaze, but acted upon.

THEY say the 400-page report on the Hazelwood mine fire, due to be tabled in state parliament on Tuesday, must be accompanied by a firm commitment from both the government and the opposition to adopt the recommendations.

Victorian health and environment authorities had no precedent to draw on as they dealt with the 45-day fire and the smoke and ash it produced.Mine operators GDF Suez and the Country Fire Authority faced power outages, water shortages and were poorly coordinated while battling the blaze sparked by bushfires spotting into the mine in February.Public hearings of the Hazelwood mine fire inquiry heard four substantial blazes had broken out in the open-cut mine in the past decade, with reviews and recommendations following each.During the hearings GDF Suez was accused of ignoring a report that followed a 2008 fire recommending a risk assessment of the non-operational areas of the mine, where the 45-day blaze took hold.Counsel assisting the inquiry, Peter Rozen, said the 2014 fire might not have occurred if the risk assessment had been done and proper measures put in place.The company's lawyer said there were no legal obligations to implement the recommendations and the 2008 fire was completely different to the 2014 fire.When former Supreme Court Justice Bernard Teague delivered the board's report last week, he said it was important to learn lessons from the blaze.The government has said it will move swiftly on recommendations put forward by the board of inquiry.GDF Suez has begun work to install more pipes and hydrants in the mine, remove vegetation from worked-out areas and rehabilitate part of the mine's northern batters.The company has also been working with the Country Fire Authority to improve preparedness for mine fires.A GDF Suez spokesman said more would be done when the recommendations were handed down.

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Britain reopens way for fracking

The UK government has reopened the way for energy firms to fracking for shale gas . Source: AAP

THE British government has opened the way for energy firms to explore for shale gas, three years after seismic tremors led to the suspension of fracking.

BUSINESS and Energy Minister Matthew Hancock says shale gas has the potential to improve energy security but stresses national parks will be protected.

"Done right, speeding up shale will mean more jobs and opportunities for people and help ensure long-term economic and energy security for our country," he said on Monday.Firms will be able to bid for licences to start exploring, though further permits are required for drilling.Drilling for shale gas, a process known as fracking, was linked to two earthquakes near Blackpool, a town in northern England, in 2011 with magnitudes 2.3 and 1.5.As a result the UK government stopped operations.

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Toll mounts as Ukraine clashes intensify

The US has released satellite images it says add to its claims Russia has fired across the border. Source: AAP

AT least eight civilians have been killed by fighting and shelling in two Ukrainian cities held by separatist militants, officials in the rebellion-wracked east say.

AUTHORITIES in Luhansk said that five people were killed and 15 injured by overnight artillery strikes.

Three were killed in Donetsk as a result of clashes, the city's government said.Territory between the cities has been the site of intensified fighting as government troops try to gain control over the area where a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed earlier this month.Dutch and Australian police set off for the crash site on Monday morning in a convoy of 20 cars, aiming to secure the area so that investigations can continue and any remaining bodies can be recovered.Both sides in the conflict have traded accusations over the mounting civilian death toll.The armed conflict that has been raging for more than three months has displaced more than 200,000 people.Rebels accuse government troops of deploying artillery against residential areas. Authorities deny that charge but also complain of insurgents using apartment blocks as firing positions.The US State Department on Sunday released satellite images that it says back up its claims that rockets have been fired from Russia into eastern Ukraine and heavy artillery for separatists has also crossed the border.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the claims on Monday during a televised press conference, asking "why it took ten days" before the US released the images.A four-page document released by the State Department appears to show blast marks from where rockets were launched and craters where they landed.Officials said the images, sourced from the US Director of National Intelligence, show heavy weapons fired between July 21 and July 26 - after the July 17 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.The images could not be independently verified by The Associated Press.Lavrov said he is expecting Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers to arrive at the Russian-Ukrainian border "in the coming days".He said they would see that accusations rebels are travelling freely into Ukraine from Russia are false.Ukrainian officials have said the mission is largely pointless because it involves only about two dozen observers monitoring the 2000 kilometre border between the two countries.

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Search called off for man overboard in WA

THE search for a 41-year-old man who fell overboard from a Liberian crude oil tanker off Western Australia's northern coast has been called off.

INDIAN national Mukesh Lala Fulbaria was reported missing early on Sunday after he fell from the MT Sigma Integrity, northwest of Carnarvon, in the Gascoyne region.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (ASMSA) released a statement on Monday evening saying the search operation had ceased.ASMSA said advice from medical experts indicated that even under the best circumstances there was now no realistic prospect of survival.MT Sigma Integrity dropped flotation equipment for the motorman and a search began immediately, but he was not found.An AMSA spokesman said a Dornier search and rescue aircraft made two sorties on Monday.The MT Sigma Integrity also remained in the area on Monday searching for Mr Fulbaria.Wallem Ship Management said in a statement that Mr Fulbaria had been an employee for 13 years."Wallem's thoughts are with the family of the seafarer," they said.The MT Sigma Integrity had been on its way to the port of Kwinana in WA.

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Thai rail line to reopen after derailment

THAI railway authorities are preparing to reopen a route where a luxury train derailed and injured two tourists.

THE six carriages were being moved away from the track to clear the way for regular rail services to resume later in the day, said an official.

The accident occurred on Sunday in central Thailand as the Eastern & Oriental Express train was en route to Bangkok from Singapore.Two Japanese women suffered minor injuries and were treated in hospital.The Eastern & Oriental Express is a luxury train service that travels between Vientiane, Laos and Singapore, through Thailand. Ticket prices range from $US2000 to $US9000 ($A2163-$A9737).

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