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560 jobs to go at Westpac

The Finance Sector Union has confirmed that 560 jobs are set to go at Westpac Bank - 150 of those roles are going offshore.

The departments affected by the job cuts are technical services, administration, legal, retail and business banking and administration.

Financial institutions are cutting jobs in Australia and overseas and analysts at UBS expect some 7,000 jobs to go in Australia alone in the next two years.

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Uninspired parties stick to the status quo

Only twice since the Menzies era have the same two leaders of the major parties gone head-to-head at consecutive Australian federal elections.

Re-runs are very much the exception rather than the rule.

So how is it that right now the major parties are on track to put up the same two candidates that failed to flatter in the 2010 election, failed to win a majority in their own right, and have been returning abysmal personal ratings ever since?

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Lone Wolf bikie arrested over drugs and pistol

Police say they have arrested a Lone Wolf bikie after seizing a gun and drugs from a holiday apartment on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

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Riot sparks carnage at Egyptian soccer match

Witnesses describe scenes of carnage and terror after a riot at an Egyptian soccer match leaves at least 74 people dead and around 1,000 more injured.

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560 jobs to go at Westpac

The Finance Sector Union has confirmed that 560 jobs are set to go at Westpac Bank - 150 of those roles are going offshore.

The departments affected by the job cuts are technical services, administration, legal, retail and business banking and administration.

Financial institutions are cutting jobs in Australia and overseas and analysts at UBS expect some 7,000 jobs to go in Australia alone in the next two years.

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Politics

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Bligh hails 'gutsy' north Qld on Yasi anniversary

Premier Anna Bligh has marked the anniversary of Cyclone Yasi with locals in Tully, south of Cairns in far north Queensland.

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Sport

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Hussey backs Warner's switch-hit

Australian Twenty20 batsman David Hussey says David Warner's controversial switch-hitting technique should continue to be allowed in international cricket.

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Elephants could prevent bushfires: expert

Australia could introduce large herbivores such as elephants as part of a radical biological solution to the problem of bushfires and invasive species, says one expert.

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Environment

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Concerns over cost-cutting at new ABC HQ

Environmental consultants employed on the ABC's new Queensland headquarters in Brisbane temporarily resigned over concerns that key environmental health measures had been dumped in order to save money, leaked documents have revealed.

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Thu 02 Feb, 2012

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Dozens reported dead at Egyptian soccer match

At least 70 people have reportedly been killed and hundreds more injured after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said.

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Judging Australia's worst prime minister

Our prime ministers have not been perfect.

McMahon: distrusted, lacked gravitas; Whitlam: questionable judgment; Fraser: imperious and overbearing; Hawke: vain; Keating: unable to sell his ideas; Howard: pandering; and Rudd: timid. It is too early to make even a preliminary judgment on Gillard.

Donald Horne argued half a century ago that Australia was "a lucky country run by second-rate people who share its luck". It is hard to disagree.

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Mother and son charged over McDonald's shooting

A teenage boy and his mother have been charged over a shooting at a McDonald's drive-through in Sydney's south-west late last year.

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World

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Dozens reported dead at Egyptian soccer match

At least 70 people have reportedly been killed and hundreds more injured after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said.

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Business

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Tobacco companies are biggest political spenders

New figures have revealed the political spending of tobacco companies, the mining industry and clubs as they fought to reverse government policy in the past financial year.

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Abetz releases 'inappropriate' Fair Work emails

The Opposition says it has proof of inappropriate dealings between the Government and the independent tribunal investigating Federal MP Craig Thomson.

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Australia continues winning ways against India

Australia beat India by 31 runs in the first Twenty20 international against India at Sydney's Olympic stadium on Wednesday night.

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Science and Technology

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Facebook update to unearth old posts

The latest upgrade to Facebook has technology experts warning people to clean up their online history or risk having embarrassing photos and status updates resurface.

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Environment

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Concerns over cost-cutting at new ABC HQ

Environmental consultants employed on the ABC's new Queensland headquarters in Brisbane temporarily resigned over concerns that key environmental health measures had been dumped in order to save money, leaked documents have revealed.

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