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8:48 am May 22, 2012
The tide of public opinion is turning against immigration
MORE than half of Australians want our borders closed and immigration ended.
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1:26 pm May 22, 2012
STATEMENT BY ANDREW WILKIE REGARDING GOVERNMENT POKER MACHINE REFORM
ve decided to vote in support of the Government’s National Gambling Reform Bill 2012.
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2:03 pm May 22, 2012
ASIO rulings keep refugees in detention
Despite being given refugee status, dozens of people are being kept in detention around Australia due to Australia's intelligence agency considering them a potential security threat.
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9:50 am May 22, 2012
Australia, Malaysia sign free trade deal
Girish Sawlani, Canberra correspondentAustralia and Malaysia have signed an historic free trade agreement.
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12:03 pm May 21, 2012
Defiant Australian legislator rejects brothel claims
An Australian member of parliament accused of spending union money on prostitutes said on Monday he had been framed by union rivals and he made no mention of resigning, which would threaten the government's thin majority.
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12:12 pm May 21, 2012
Erotic Fan Fiction
Here’s the story I wrote for the Erotic Fan Fiction night at the 2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
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7:44 am May 21, 2012
Message from the President - Official AFL Website of the Melbourne Football Club
Dear Supporters of our Club, I write to assure you that everyone at the Club is focused on our on field performance.
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6:22 am May 21, 2012
SPLENDOUR TICKET RESALE
If you thought you’d missed your only chance to get to Splendour In The Grass after their record 43 minute sell-out this year, you’re in luck!
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6:47 am May 21, 2012
Political media, cure thyself – it can't be that hard
Find More StoriesIn retrospect, it seemed a little weird.
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4:16 pm May 21, 2012
Barack Obama’s remorseless assault on basic rights
Two moments in the past week have confirmed what has been clear for two years or more: the administration of Barack Obama is the greatest threat to personal liberties the United States has seen for decades, and possibly ever.
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8:53 am May 21, 2012
Byron Bay Bluesfest - BYRON COUNCIL EVENTS POLICY PETITION
REFER TO CLAUSE 2.7) AS IT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST MUSIC EVENTSI AM A BYRON SHIRE LOCAL & I LOVE MUSICI TRAVEL TO THE BYRON SHIRE FOR LIVE MUSIC The more emails the council gets, the better chance we have of changing their view on the Events Policy.
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6:27 am May 21, 2012
Craig Thomson MP to call on police to obtain brothel surveillance tapes to show his innocence
CRAIG Thomson will this morning formally ask police to obtain surveillance footage of the nights he is alleged to have visited Sydney brothels on a union credit card before he became an MP.
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9:59 am May 20, 2012
Save the Reef
When you join all the dots, it's unbelievable what's planned for our reef...
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7:43 am May 20, 2012
Hey Tony, your MPs and voters
Tony Abbott’s MPs want to decide for themselves whether to vote for marriage equality or not and are challenging the opposition leader to grant them a conscience vote on the issue, like Julia Gillard’s Labor Party has done.
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12:47 am May 20, 2012
Save Healthy Communities
Our only LGBT health and wellbeing organisation, the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (‘Healthy Communities’), is to be defunded by Queensland Health it was announced today.
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1:59 pm May 19, 2012
Gay marriage on rocks
The LNP Government looks set to overturn controversial civil unions laws.
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12:04 pm May 19, 2012
Here are 3 statutory declarations that relate to the Heffernan allegations. #auspol
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1:07 am May 19, 2012
How to make something look like something it is not (part 2)
On the surface it looks like another small business struggling in the patchwork economy.
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7:45 am May 18, 2012
Another boat arrives as failed asylum seekers double dip under Labor - Liberal Party of Australia
The arrival of another illegal boat, with 68 people on board, comes on the same day as official revelations that asylum seekers are double dipping under Labor’s soft policies after being rejected by the Howard Government, Shadow Minister for Immigration…
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10:09 am May 18, 2012
Slipper staffer makes complaint against Carr, Joyce
The man who launched a sexual harassment case against Speaker Peter Slipper has made a formal complaint about comments made by political heavyweights Bob Carr and Barnaby Joyce.
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7:24 am May 17, 2012
Carmen booted out of The Voice. What’s up?
I am calling shenanigans on The Voice producers after their decision to axe Carmen from the competition on the basis she has an unfair advantage being linked to Guy Sebastian.
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1:06 pm May 17, 2012
How Jackson, Lawler and Abbott tangled Thomson with the HSU
The major saga embroiling the Federal Government at the moment, besides the curious Peter Slipper and James Ashby affair, is the Health Services Union (HSU) debacle.
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6:33 am May 17, 2012
Cigarette giant British American Tobacco Australia chops up the prices
TOBACCO company British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) says it has been forced to start selling cheap smokes to try to win back market share from illegal products and to compete in the expanding "cheap" cigarette market.
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1:03 pm May 16, 2012
'I know what my family is worth' says Australian lesbian MP
Penny Wong responds with dignity to being told her family is less valuable than a mother father one by Liberal MP Joe Hockey The debate around same-sex marriage in Australia got personal on Monday night during a broadcast of a live TV show where…
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4:04 am May 16, 2012
Police investigating leaked Kevin Rudd video
Federal police have launched an investigation into the leaking of a video that showed former prime minister Kevin Rudd swearing and thumping a desk.
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4:03 am May 16, 2012
Daily Buzz: Penny Wong defends her family
Watch Penny Wong stick up for her family on Qanda: The same sex marriage issue was raised on on television last night which resulted in this exchange between Joe Hockey and Penny Wong on same sex marriage on the ABC’s QandA.
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3:18 pm May 16, 2012
Craig Thomson Resign Now
It appears the Government can no longer count on bipartisan support for its National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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10:27 am May 15, 2012
Jurisprudence and Julian Assange
According to Geoffrey Robertson QC, human rights lawyer and adviser to Julian Assange, the British Supreme Court is likely to rule on his appeal against extradition this month.
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3:23 pm May 15, 2012
Ex-Murdoch editor charged over phone-hacking scandal
Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon's media empire and sent shockwaves through the British political…
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10:18 am May 15, 2012
STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF JAMES ASHBY
“We can confirm that a Statement of Claim was lodged today in the Federal Court. This isthe next step in the legal process following the filing of the Originating Application underthe Fair Work Act lodged on 20 April...
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8:23 am May 15, 2012
Doctors for the Family see some Australians as more equal than others
George Orwell’s mordant satire of politics and bureaucratic doublespeak famously featured the slogan that “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”.
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7:23 am May 15, 2012
The philosophy of Tony Abbott in three easy pictures
Cartoonist Gee follows the leader of the Opposition's progression from seminarian, through tuition by News Limited propagandists, to eager Prime Minister in-waiting.
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11:22 am May 15, 2012
ACTU Congress 2012
Parts of ACTU Congress 2012 will be streamed live to unions, media and the public.
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5:05 am May 15, 2012
NBN: Broadband's rural 7 per cent - out of range, out of mind
CommentMost stunning amongst them are those from folk who claim their current broadband connection is more than adequate for their foreseeable needs.
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10:10 am May 14, 2012
Gillard must act for Assange
Since WikiLeaks raised the ire of the US government in 2010 through the publication of leaked diplomatic cables, PM Gillard’s conduct towards Australian founder Julian Assange has been reprehensible.
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10:10 am May 14, 2012
2GB Media Player - Tim Flannery on the latest climate report
Tim Flannery on the latest climate report
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9:43 am May 14, 2012
Refugee family torn apart by ASIO
A Sri Lankan woman and her two boys, aged six and nine, have been placed in Villawood Detention Centre by a negative ASIO assessment after spending a year in the community as approved refugees.
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7:10 am May 14, 2012
Gillard flags code of conduct amid Thomson affair
"I think that there is a need for, if people are proven to be guilty in some of these circumstances, that Parliament may need some greater power or have a process where they actually leave the building, " he said.
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1:25 pm May 13, 2012
human rights arts and film festival
Sometimes we feel that there are more film festivals on every year than there are actual films (maybe someone should create a film festival about film festivals?) This one we a the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival.
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2:58 am May 13, 2012
The polluting power of poisonous politics
We are witnessing the most disgraceful campaign of poisonous politics this country has ever experienced.
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12:44 am May 12, 2012
Angry voter backlash to Gillard Government's budget bribes
JULIA Gillard's carbon tax budget bribe has backfired spectacularly, with the majority of voters believing they will be worse off despite thousands of dollars a year in extra handouts and tax cuts.
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12:23 pm May 11, 2012
Uhlmann impertinent, off point
Find More StoriesI was appalled at Chris Uhlmann's management of the interview with the Prime Minister on Wednesday evening.
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8:29 am May 11, 2012
NBN Co keeps Aus unemployment down
Corning Cable Systems has unveiled a new manufacturing plant in Victoria which will create 400 new jobs as a result of securing a key National Broadband Network Co contract.
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6:32 am May 11, 2012
Kiwi PM "not opposed" to marriage equality
While Julia Gillard continues to oppose same sex marriage, New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key quickly followed up on Barack Obama’s new support for it yesterday with his own assurance that marriage equality’s OK with him.
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5:07 am May 11, 2012
Rate cut in doubt after drop in unemployment
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to hold tight on rates in June following stronger than expected employment data.
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1:35 am May 11, 2012
Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster
"The basic objective of all boiler rooms is the same.
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4:17 am May 11, 2012
Let courts resolve Thomson saga: Wong
Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong remains adamant that suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson should be afforded due legal process, despite a key independent questioning his support for the government over the scandal.
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10:29 am May 11, 2012
Kroger defends Costello claims
Liberal powerbroker Michael Kroger has defended his claims that Peter Costello sought a return to politics and urged the former treasurer to "move on".
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7:32 am May 10, 2012
Senate inquiry into jailed Indonesian boys
A federal parliamentary committee is to investigate cases of Indonesian children detained in Australian adult jails for crewing asylum seeker boats.
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5:17 am May 10, 2012
Liberal Party – Russell Galt legal fees
Whether there were any outstanding disclosure obligations on behalf of the Liberal Party of Australia Queensland Division in relation to $140 000 legal fees incurred by Mr Russell Galt in 2003 for a court appeal against Dr Bruce Flegg's preselection for…
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4:45 pm May 10, 2012
Let's talk about the cover of today's Australian
Look, I know journalism is a difficult calling in the modern age.
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2:05 pm May 10, 2012
Jobless rate good but will rise: Shorten
Employment Minister Bill Shorten says a drop in the national jobless rate below five per cent is good news but some sectors of the economy are still doing it tough.
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10:25 pm May 10, 2012
National Disability Insurance Scheme
PrintThe Gillard Government will kick start the most fundamental social policy reform since Medicare in this Budget, with a $1 billion investment to launch the first stage of Australia’s first ever National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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1:17 pm May 9, 2012
Is Our Carbon Tax Really The Biggest?
One of Tony Abbott's favourite stock phrases is that we've got the world's biggest carbon tax.
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2:10 pm May 9, 2012
School kids bonus passes parliament
More than one million families with school children will receive a cash bonus next month after the lower house of parliament passed Tuesday's budget measure.
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8:41 am May 9, 2012
Gillard should apologise to the North Shore
Attacking the Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott today, Ms Gillard said, ‘Mr Abbott’s got to get off Sydney’s North Shore and go and talk to some real families and get himself in the real world’.
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2:04 pm May 9, 2012
Uniting Church calls on Senators not to pass Stronger Futures legislation
The Uniting Church's justice unit UnitingJustice Australia has written to Senators urging them to reject the Stronger Futures legislation scheduled for debate in the Senate today.
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1:59 pm May 10, 2012
Thomson to address parly on allegation
Embattled federal MP Craig Thomson says he will make a "comprehensive" statement to the federal parliament regarding allegations he misused union funds when head of the Health Services Union.
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10:03 am May 9, 2012
Hall hits out at misleading Victorian TAFE Association claims
Higher Education and Skills Minister Peter Hall has labelled a media release issued last Friday by Victorian TAFE Association CEO David Williams as deliberately misleading to students undertaking or thinking of undertaking vocational studies.
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5:26 am May 9, 2012
Shorten backs push for HSU administrator
The federal government will support the NSW government in appointing an administrator for the embattled Health Services Union (HSU) East branch.
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4:32 am May 9, 2012
Coalition in twist over school bonus
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the coalition party room has yet to decide whether to vote against the Schoolkids Bonus in the federal budget.
