Vic boy killed attempting to cross tracks

Cricket hit link to road death

THE FAMILY of a man killed in a car crash in central Queensland fear a cricket ball to the head may have contributed to the accident.

'Outlandish' compo claims targeted

THE State Government is promising to quash the ability for employees to make "outlandish" compo claims, as part of proposed changes being put forward to Cabinet.

Nowhere to run for bikie gangs

IN the first-ever national day of action against criminal motorcycle gangs, police around the country raided bikie haunts.

JRudd reveals cabinet 'fantasy'

KEVIN Rudd's daughter Jessica has confessed her dad's arch-nemesis, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, appears in her 'fantasy cabinet'.

Customer shock as discounts pulled

THE STATE'S power watchdog has slammed sneaky electricity retailers for using a loophole costing consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

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Flying doctors offer chance to buy the sky

THE Royal Flying Doctor Service is giving donors a chance to claim a patch of the Australian sky.

Demand for the flying doctor service has grown by more than a quarter in the past seven years as the mining boom sent more people into remote areas.

The famous flying doctors are now launching their biggest ever fundraiser on Monday in a bid to secure their long-term future.

A $50 donation gives people a chance to put their name on a piece of sky on the Royal Flying Doctor Service flight paths.

They can then choose to get weekly updates of the lifesaving doctors' activity in their patch.

While supported by the commonwealth and state governments, the service - which ensures no patient is more than two hours from medical help - relies heavily on the community.

"Buy the Sky" donations will be used to purchase and equip aircraft, and to finance major capital initiatives.

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Attacks across Iraq kill at least 31

A STRING of bombings in mostly Shi'ite-majority cities across Iraq has killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but car bombs are frequently used by al-Qaeda's Iraq branch.

The Sunni militant group and other Sunni extremists often target Shi'ite civilians in an effort to undermine the country's Shi'ite-led government.

The deadliest Sunday's attacks, which targeted mainly commercial areas and bus stations, was in the southern city of Hillah, 95 kilometres south of Baghdad.

Back-to-back car bombings hit an outdoor market, killing eight people and wounding 22, a police officer said.

Two parked car bombs ripped through a commercial area of Suwayrah, 40 kilometres south of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 14.

Two other car bombs that exploded simultaneously in Kut, 160 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, killed four and wounded 16.

In nearby Samawah, four other people were killed and 13 wounded when two car bombs exploded.

Two other car bombs killed three and wounded 13 in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometres south of the capital.

In northern Samarra, two people were killed and 15 were wounded when a bomb targeted a gathering of mourners for some of the 17 people who were killed in a car bombing there on Saturday.

Five other people were killed and 34 were wounded in other attacks in the southern city of Basra and the central towns of Mahmoudiyah and Madain.

More than 5000 people have been killed in Iraq since attacks began accelerating in April following a deadly crackdown against a Sunni protest camp in the northern town of Hawija.

More than 258 people have been so far killed in October.

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Vatican beatifies 522 killed in Spain

Cricket hit link to road death

THE FAMILY of a man killed in a car crash in central Queensland fear a cricket ball to the head may have contributed to the accident.

'Outlandish' compo claims targeted

THE State Government is promising to quash the ability for employees to make "outlandish" compo claims, as part of proposed changes being put forward to Cabinet.

Nowhere to run for bikie gangs

IN the first-ever national day of action against criminal motorcycle gangs, police around the country raided bikie haunts.

JRudd reveals cabinet 'fantasy'

KEVIN Rudd's daughter Jessica has confessed her dad's arch-nemesis, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, appears in her 'fantasy cabinet'.

Customer shock as discounts pulled

THE STATE'S power watchdog has slammed sneaky electricity retailers for using a loophole costing consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

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Iran to send another monkey into space

Cricket hit link to road death

THE FAMILY of a man killed in a car crash in central Queensland fear a cricket ball to the head may have contributed to the accident.

'Outlandish' compo claims targeted

THE State Government is promising to quash the ability for employees to make "outlandish" compo claims, as part of proposed changes being put forward to Cabinet.

Nowhere to run for bikie gangs

IN the first-ever national day of action against criminal motorcycle gangs, police around the country raided bikie haunts.

JRudd reveals cabinet 'fantasy'

KEVIN Rudd's daughter Jessica has confessed her dad's arch-nemesis, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, appears in her 'fantasy cabinet'.

Customer shock as discounts pulled

THE STATE'S power watchdog has slammed sneaky electricity retailers for using a loophole costing consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

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Israel finds tunnel under Gaza border

Cricket hit link to road death

THE FAMILY of a man killed in a car crash in central Queensland fear a cricket ball to the head may have contributed to the accident.

'Outlandish' compo claims targeted

THE State Government is promising to quash the ability for employees to make "outlandish" compo claims, as part of proposed changes being put forward to Cabinet.

Nowhere to run for bikie gangs

IN the first-ever national day of action against criminal motorcycle gangs, police around the country raided bikie haunts.

JRudd reveals cabinet 'fantasy'

KEVIN Rudd's daughter Jessica has confessed her dad's arch-nemesis, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, appears in her 'fantasy cabinet'.

Customer shock as discounts pulled

THE STATE'S power watchdog has slammed sneaky electricity retailers for using a loophole costing consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

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Boat capsizes on Amazon, 12 dead

Cricket hit link to road death

THE FAMILY of a man killed in a car crash in central Queensland fear a cricket ball to the head may have contributed to the accident.

'Outlandish' compo claims targeted

THE State Government is promising to quash the ability for employees to make "outlandish" compo claims, as part of proposed changes being put forward to Cabinet.

Nowhere to run for bikie gangs

IN the first-ever national day of action against criminal motorcycle gangs, police around the country raided bikie haunts.

JRudd reveals cabinet 'fantasy'

KEVIN Rudd's daughter Jessica has confessed her dad's arch-nemesis, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, appears in her 'fantasy cabinet'.

Customer shock as discounts pulled

THE STATE'S power watchdog has slammed sneaky electricity retailers for using a loophole costing consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

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Kings Of Leon's new album debuts at No.1

Kings of Leon have landed their third consecutive No.1 album on the ARIA chart. Source: AAP

KINGS of Leon have landed their third straight No.1 on the ARIA albums chart after their new album Mechanical Bull debuted at the top.

The Nashville rockers' sixth studio release bumps off Keith Urban's album Fuse, which drops down two spots to No.3.

Another new entry is Drake's Nothing Was the Same at No.2, which becomes his first Top 10 entry and highest charting album all in the same week.

Jason Derulo's third album Tattoos has debuted at No.5, becoming his third Top 10 album.

Jack Johnson is down three places to No.6 with From Here to Now to You, while the fourth Top 10 debut is Jessie J with Alive at No.7.

Pink's The Truth About Love has dropped two spots to No.8 and Rudimental's Home moves up five places to No.9.

Avicii's album True plummets eight places round out the Top 10.

Meanwhile Katy Perry's Roar has spent another week at No.1 on the singles chart.

The top three all hold steady this week, with Miley Cyrus at No.2 with Wrecking Ball and Redfoo at No.3 with Let's Get Ridiculous.

The big mover is John Newman with Love Me Again, which charges up four places, pushing Derulo's Talk Dirty down to No.5.

OneRepublic spends a third straight week at No.6 with Something I Need, Lana Del Rey is down a couple of places to No.7 with her Summertime Sadness and Drake climbs a place to a new peak of No.8 with Hold On, We're Going Home.

Avicii has slipped to No.9 with Wake Me Up, while Lorde is back up two places to No.10 with her EP The Love Club feat Royals.

AUSTRALIAN SINGLES CHART

1(1) Roar - Katy Perry (CAP/EMI)

2(2) Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (RCA/SME)

3(3) Let's Get Ridiculous - Redfoo (INR/UMA)

4(8) Love Me Again - John Newman (ISL/UMA)

5(4) Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo Feat. 2 Chainz (WAR)

6(6) Something I Need - OneRepublic (INR/UMA)

7(5) Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais (INR/UMA)

8(9) Hold on, We're Going Home - Drake Feat. Majid Jordan (UNI/UMA)

9(8) Wake Me Up - Avicii (UNI/UMA)

10(12) The Love Club Feat. Royals - Lorde (UNI/UMA)

AUSTRALIAN ALBUMS CHART

1(-) Mechanical Bull - Kings Of Leon (RCA/SME)

2(-) Nothing Was The Same - Drake (UNI/UMA)

3(1) Fuse - Keith Urban (CAP/EMI)

4(3) AM - Arctic Monkeys (DOM/EMI)

5(-) Tattoos - Jason Derulo (WAR)

6(3) From Here to Now to You - Jack Johnson (UNI/UMA)

7(-) Alive - Jessie J (UNI/UMA)

8(6) The Truth About Love - Pink (RCA/SME)

9(14) Home - Rudimental (WAR)

10(2) True - Avicii (UNI/UMA)

AUSTRALIAN STREAMING CHART

1(1) Roar - Katy Perry (EMI)

2(2) Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (SME)

3(3) Wake Me Up - Avicii (UMA)

4(4) The Love Club EP - Lorde (UMA)

5(6) Counting Stars - OneRepublic (UMA)

6(5) Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo Feat. 2 Chainz (WAR)

7(9) You Make Me - Avicii (UMA)

8(7) Burn - Ellie Goulding (UMA)

9(8) La La La - Naughty Boy Feat. Sam Smith (EMI)

10(10) Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. & Pharrell (UMA)

AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY CHART

1(1) Fuse - Keith Urban (CAP/EMI)

2(2) The Very Best Of Slim Dusty - Slim Dusty (EMI)

3(-) The Buegrass Album - Alan Jackson (SME)

4(3) The Great Country Songbook - Troy Cassar-Daley & Adam Harvey (SME)

5(-) A.M - Chris Young (RCA/SME)

6(6) Red - Taylor Swift (BIG/UMA)

7(3) 40 Years Of Pride - Charley Pride (RCA/SME)6 (WAR)

8(6) A Hell Of A Career! - John Williamson (WAR)

9(7) Crash My Party - Luke Bryan (CAP/EMI)

10(8) The Story So Far - Keith Urban (CAP/EMI)

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Italy grapples with new Berlusconi crisis

ITALY is mired in a fresh political quagmire after Silvio Berlusconi pushed his party's ministers to quit the fragile coalition government, a move Prime Minister Enrico Letta has called a "crazy act".

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UK PM backs veil bans at institutions

THE state should back institutions such as schools and courthouses that require individuals to remove face-coverings worn by some Muslim women, British Prime Minister David Cameron says.

Cameron said he did not believe there should be a ban on wearing the niqab - which conceals the whole face except for the eyes - in the streets.

But he made clear he was "happy" to look at the issue of whether the state needed to do more to back up institutions which choose to implement a ban.

"We are a free country and people should be free to wear whatever clothes they like in public or in private," Cameron told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show.

"But we should support those institutions that need to put in place rules so that those institutions can work properly.

"So for instance in a school, if they want that particular dress code, I believe the government should back them. The same for courts, the same for immigration.

"I think we should back those institutions that want to have sensible policies that actually have a particular purpose."

Asked if he would respond to a judge's suggestion that there should be guidelines for the country on the wearing of the niqab in court, Cameron said: "I'm very happy to look at that.

"Obviously, in court the jury needs to be able to look at someone's face. I've sat on a jury, that's part of what you do.

"When someone is coming into the country, an immigration officer needs to see someone's face.

"In a school, it's very difficult to teach unless you can look at your pupils in the eye.

"It's a free country and I think a free country should have free and independent institutions. No plans for anything on the street, but if the government needs to do more to back up institutions, then I would be happy to look at that."

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