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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
Australian Human Rights Commissioner Forced to Resign After Supporting Marriage
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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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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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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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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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11:35 am May 14, 2012
Is Abbott consciously lying on NBN costs?
news Opposition Leader Tony Abbott appears to have again misrepresented the cost of connecting to National Broadband Network fibre infrastructure, in comments which the Government has said represent a deliberate attempt to mislead the Australian public on…
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5:08 am May 13, 2012
Work harder, William Hague tells Britons
His forthright comments express the frustration of the Cabinet that the coalition’s legislative programme was attacked by business leaders last week.
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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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4:53 pm May 10, 2012
Abbott's only language is 'no', Wong says
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott delivered nothing but negativity and arrogance in his budget reply speech, the federal government says.
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1:53 pm May 10, 2012
Indian society struggling with gay rights-activist
Legalising homosexuality has had little impact on the deeply entrenched homophobia in India, where thousands of gays still face discrimination and a lack of basic rights, the country's most prominent gay rights activist told Reuters.
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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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4:33 am May 10, 2012
Abbott’s spin on pokies needs a limit: Greens
Greens’ gambling spokesperson, Senator Richard Di Natale, said today that the Greens have a solution for Tony Abbott’s new found concern for problem gamblers.
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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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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.
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2:23 am 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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3:47 pm May 8, 2012
Who says Swan can't buy me love?
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan are taking a gamble on another broken promise.
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2:26 pm May 6, 2012
Conservative lawmaker says UK PM Cameron should go
British Prime Minister David Cameron could be removed as leader of the Conservatives to prevent the party losing power in the next national election, a maverick lawmaker from his party warned on Sunday after a humiliating defeat in local elections.
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3:55 pm May 6, 2012
Leave Slipper matter for the court: Hockey
Senior coalition frontbencher Joe Hockey has called for an end to the public commentary over the sexual harassment accusations made against Speaker Peter Slipper.
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11:18 am May 5, 2012
Julia Gillard can defeat Tony Abbott in 2013. But how does she neutralize Rupert Murdoch?
Saturday, 5 May 2012 09:10 by Ad astraThe ‘secret’ is out.
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8:28 am May 3, 2012
Abbott backs away from GST changes
The Federal Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has backed away from his support for the GST to be carved up on a per capita basis.
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1:32 am May 3, 2012
Govt seizes on Indon criticism of Bishop
Matt Brown, Indonesia CorrespondentThe Deputy Chairman of Indonesia's parliament has accused Australia's opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman, Julie Bishop, of promoting an arrogant policy on asylum seekers.
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2:32 am May 2, 2012
Tony Abbott Is A Hypocrite, A Coward And A Liar
Tony Abbott is unfit for the office of Prime Minister because he is a hypocrite, a coward and a liar.
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1:44 am May 2, 2012
Tony Windsor has lot to answer
IF anyone is to blame for the current political predicament afflicting the nation, it is New England independent Tony Windsor.
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7:32 am May 1, 2012
HSU branches back government court action
An overwhelming majority of Health Services Union (HSU) branches will support federal government action in the Federal Court to put its powerful East branch into administration.
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11:08 am May 2, 2012
Labor bleeding voters to Coalition
Labor frontbenchers are playing down the latest Newspoll which shows voter support has neared rock bottom.
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3:37 pm Apr 30, 2012
“Tony, (confidentially) you are a fuckwit.”
What was the last “Abbott administration” like?
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12:12 pm Apr 30, 2012
Abbott, Slipper and an unedifying lack of perspective
Find More StoriesIt's a truly terrible realisation, but the person most like Peter Slipper in the current Australian Parliament is none other than Tony Abbott.
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8:58 am Apr 30, 2012
Independents urged to ditch govt
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has called on key independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott to withdraw their support for the government.
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12:20 pm Apr 30, 2012
Ministers back PM on Slipper and Thomson
Labor has dismissed opposition calls for the government to reject the vote of embattled MP Craig Thomson, who has been forced out of the ALP to sit on the cross bench.
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11:32 pm Apr 28, 2012
Albo jumped the gun on Slipper: Pyne
Journalists who report on politics for a living see plenty of hypocrisy.
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5:10 am Apr 27, 2012
A Complete Guide to ‘Hipster Racism’
There's been a lot of talk these last couple of weeks about "hipster racism" or "ironic racism" or, as I like to call it, racism.
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12:33 pm Apr 28, 2012
Slipper's slips don't exonerate him:Abbott
Supposed proof that Peter Slipper did not misuse taxpayer funded Cabcharge dockets is not enough for him to return to the Speaker's chair, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.
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12:30 pm Apr 26, 2012
Toxic @TonyAbbottMHR must resign for bringing Australia into disrepute #abbottmustgo
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10:52 am Apr 23, 2012
Abbott speaks slowly, carefully chooses his words, says nothing of substance, lies under his breath - just like his mentor JWH. #abc730
It’s easy for a mentoring relationship to outlive its worth.
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5:54 pm Mar 24, 2012
The question on everyone's lips today: which defeat will be greater - the GWS Giants or Anna Bligh?
If you shift the slider in the red direction (to the left), you are building a swing to Labor.
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3:30 am Mar 19, 2012
Malcolm is not so in the middle
Find More StoriesAustralian politics has a strange 'centre' at the moment, and the dial seems increasingly to fall at the feet of Malcolm Turnbull.
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12:11 pm Mar 19, 2012
Politically homeless: Learning from Margaret Whitlam
Margaret Whitlam died yesterday after living a full life of ninety two years.
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8:56 am Mar 18, 2012
Libs will run $9 billion deficit: Wong
Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has rejected claims the coalition would be running a $9 billion deficit in the next financial year, if it were in government.
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6:42 am Mar 17, 2012
Margaret Whitlam a great consort: Abbott
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has described Margaret Whitlam as a woman of style and substance following her death.
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1:43 am Mar 17, 2012
Abbott listens to Costello only when it suits him
Making Peter Costello chairman of the Future Fund would have been a very bad decision.
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8:00 am Mar 11, 2012
Swan accuses Abbott of bowing to Palmer
Treasurer Wayne Swan says small business would be puzzled by an opposition plan to repeal the resources tax and the associated benefits for Australian workers and small businesses.
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12:04 pm Mar 9, 2012
Goodbye Lenin: Moscow No. 1 in Billionaires
According to Forbes’ annual list, Moscow is home to more billionaires than any other city in the world.
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2:36 am Mar 8, 2012
Emaj Magazine
After nearly two years of deep debt, there is no doubt about the fact that the lifestyle in Greece has changed.
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9:20 am Mar 8, 2012
Media Release
The Coalition will re focus Australia’s refugee and humanitarian program and give priority to genuine refugees and offshore women at risk.
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3:02 am Mar 7, 2012
Nicolas Sarkozy says France has too many foreigners
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in France and the system for integrating them is "working more and more badly".
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12:06 pm Mar 5, 2012
Robb casts doubt on parental leave plans
Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has reaffirmed the party's commitment to its paid parental leave scheme despite the Coalition's finance spokesman saying it is not finalised.
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10:23 am Mar 4, 2012
LNP launches campaign on Labor failings
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has drawn on what he says are Labor failings in Queensland and nationally to tout Campbell Newman as the answer to all of the state's woes.
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9:09 pm Mar 19, 2012
Bob Carr Is Foreign Minister: Julia Gillard
Joining with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver at his Ministry of Food in Ipswich for a cooking demonstration and to announce a boost to the Government's "Cook for Life" initiative, promoting healthy eating habits.
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10:32 am Feb 29, 2012
Gillard rejects Carr job offer story
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has rejected claims she withdrew an offer to former NSW premier Bob Carr to enter the Senate and become foreign affairs minister after senior ministers raised concerns.
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7:49 am Feb 28, 2012
Australian PM battle symptomatic of the woebegone Lucky Country
Independent MP Tony Windsor has labelled Opposition Leader Tony Abbott a weakling, while reaffirming his support for the Gillard government.
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6:50 am Feb 27, 2012
Ryan Pham found in a creek
Cheryl onNurse strike delays surgeries @Steve, isn't it the conservative view that we should all be making good money or just the few that you choose, can't have ...
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10:14 am Feb 27, 2012
#Respill: Gillard smashes Rudd
UPDATED: The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has beaten leadership challenger Kevin Rudd by 71 votes to 31.
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6:41 am Feb 23, 2012
Gillard to call leadership ballot Monday
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will call a ballot for the Labor Party leadership at 10am on Monday after Kevin Rudd's resignation as foreign minister.
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3:08 pm Feb 22, 2012
Tony Windsor re-evaluates his position
Now Antony Green was just talking about the role of the independents in all of this and we have Tony Windsor on the line, one of those key independents.
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9:31 am Feb 21, 2012
Australian foreign minister quits in leadership crisis
It is absurdly ironic that you, the one who has admitted on national TV that sometimes you do not tell the truth, should spend so much of your time and energy demonizing Julia Gillard as an inveterate liar, not to be trusted, even picking up on your…
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9:27 pm Feb 20, 2012
Don't mention the war: Labor's silent leadership battle
LOL, the beauty of this whole debarcle is that if Rudd is removed and goes to the bcak bench he will cause chaos, he challenges and loses and goes to the backbench he causes chaos and the best bit, Rudd wins, gillard,…
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