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China puts railways and houses at heart of new stimulus measures

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:30 AM PDT

China's policymakers are opting for smaller, more finely tuned economic relief measures rather than the massive spending and borrowing they unleashed following the 2008 financial crisis

China's leaders have unveiled a mini-stimulus aimed at shoring up sputtering growth in the world's second largest economy.

Under the measures announced by Premier Li Keqiang, small businesses will get bigger tax breaks, social housing will be built to replace shantytowns and railway construction will be sped up.

Manus: two thirds of asylum seekers have had refugee status interviews

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:14 AM PDT

All asylum seekers found to be refugees will be resettled in Papua New Guinea, Australian and PNG governments confirm

Two thirds of asylum seekers detained on Manus Island have had their initial refugee status determination interviews completed, according to the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments.

They confirmed that all asylum seekers found to be refugees on Manus will be resettled in PNG, seemingly contradicting comments made by the PNG prime minister, Peter ONeill, last month who said not all refugees would be housed in the country after determination.

Fort Hood shooting: four dead and 16 injured at Texas army base

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:09 AM PDT

Shooter who was under treatment for psychological and psychiatric problems reported to have taken his own life

Four people were killed, including one who died of a self-inflicted wound, during a shooting incident on Wednesday at Fort Hood, an enormous US army base in Texas that five years ago was the site of the worst mass killing on an American military installation.

A further 16 people were injured, authorities at the base said.

All personnel on post are asked to shelter in place.

Bill Gates: world must step up fight against neglected tropical diseases

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 01:03 AM PDT

Microsoft founder says money must found to combat diseases that do as much damage as HIV, malaria or tuberculosis

Bill Gates believes the world can and must step up the fight against a group of little-known and long-neglected tropical diseases, that collectively do as much damage as HIV, malaria or tuberculosis.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the founder and former boss of Microsoft said the money has to be found, even in the current difficult economic climate, for highly effective programmes, including the mass delivery of drugs that can prevent diseases such as schistosomiasis and trachoma.

Scott Ludlam garners strength to counter Clive Palmer dollars

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:48 AM PDT

Greens senator says he has had to prevail over the 'bent' electoral system of group voting tickets

Greens senator Scott Ludlam says he is running the strongest political campaign of his life in Western Australia to match the big-spending Palmer United Party and prevail over a bent electoral system.

Ludlam, striving to retain his Senate seat in Saturdays rerun West Australian election, said the Greens had run an effective grassroots campaign that was very different in style from PUPs strategy.

Four people killed in shooting at US army base Fort Hood - video

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Four people were killed and 16 injured in a shooting at US army base Fort Hood in Texas on Wednesday. The gunman, who died of a self-inflicted wound, was a soldier who had served in Iraq and was undergoing treatment for psychological problems. A 2009 shooting at Fort Hood was the worst ever mass killing at a US military base

Scott Ludlam tries hand at DJ-ing for Greens fundraiser video

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Effortlessly cool or try-hard fool? Greens Senator Scott Ludlam - also known as Dj S-Ludz put the party into The Greens Party this past weekend in an effort to boost funds and awareness for the WA Senate vote. What do you think of his effort behind the decks in this campaign video?

Musharraf convoy hit by bomb attack in Pakistan

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:16 AM PDT

Former president's security detail targeted by device as it crossed into capital from Rawalpindi

A bomb exploded near a convoy carrying the former president, Pervez Musharraf, in the capital of Islamabad but the former ruler was not harmed, say police.

A police official, Mohammad Hayat, said the device exploded as the general was being moved late on Wednesday night from the military hospital in Rawalpindi, where he had been staying, to his home in Islamabad.

Arthur Sinodinos tells the Icac he can't recall donations to Liberal party

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:16 AM PDT

Former assistant treasurer answers 'I don't recall' or 'can you repeat the question' repeatedly during six hours of questioning

Arthur Sinodinos has denied knowing the company of which he was deputy chairman donated about $74,000 to the New South Wales Liberal party, of which he was treasurer, saying he could not recall being aware of it and did not know precise details.

Sinodinos took the stand at the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing on Thursday as the state watchdog investigated Australian Water Holdings. It heard AWH was pursuing a lucrative public-private partnership (PPP) with the NSW government that would have made Sinodinos between $10m and $20m and the family of former Labor party powerbroker Eddie Obeid about $100m.

MH370: Malaysian PM Najib Razak thanks Australia for attempts to find plane video

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:16 AM PDT

Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak has visited the West Australian city of Perth to inspect the headquarters of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370. While in Perth, he thanked Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott for Australia's help coordinating search efforts. My Abbott said it was one of the toughest searches ever undertaken, but both men expressed optimism the plane would be found. Authorities are concerned the plane's black box may soon stop emitting signals

Salvation Army victim told abuse only happened in Australia, inquiry hears

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:05 AM PDT

Man brutalised in home says he received response from head of army after appealing for a worldwide apology to abuse victims

A man brutalised in a boys' home says he was told by the global head of the Salvation Army that abuse only happened in Australia.

Jim Luthy, president of Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN), told a royal commission hearing he wrote in 2010 to Shaw Clifton, then general of the army based in London, suggesting he issue a worldwide apology to abuse victims.

Shark attack suspected as woman, 63, disappears off Tathra beach, NSW

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 11:23 PM PDT

Swimmer who went missing when swimming with friends was 'very loved, experienced and committed' surf club member

New South Wales police have released the name of a 63-year-old woman believed to have been killed by a shark on the states south coast.

Police and surf lifesaving personnel are still searching the area for the body of Tathra woman Christine Armstrong after she was reported missing on Thursday morning.








Home insulation: safety was overridden to meet 'horrendous' deadline

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 11:02 PM PDT

Senior civil servant in charge of delivering the scheme says he had never seen such a tight timetable

Safety was compromised in the home insulation program to meet the Rudd government's "horrendous" rollout deadline, an inquiry has been told.

Public servants were given five months to devise the scheme, announced as an economic stimulus measure in February 2009.

Rwanda genocide 20 years on: 'the killers are our neighbours now'

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 11:02 PM PDT

Survivors of the slaughter were described as the lucky ones but many, haunted by the memories, found it difficult to move on

In those early months after the slaughter, as the stunned survivors confronted an existence saturated in pain and despair, a saying took hold in Rwanda: condemned to live.

It was heard from parents who saw their children butchered, from Tutsis who by some random stroke of fate eluded the Hutu machetes only to discover almost everyone they loved was dead. After the last genocide of the 20th century, they returned to their villages to be told they were the lucky ones. But many said they would have preferred to die than face a future haunted by what they knew.

New Zealand ranked first in the world for social and environmental progress

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:41 PM PDT

Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands also scored well in Social Progress Index, which takes focus off economic output

New Zealand has come first in a global index that ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses.

The Social Progress Index (SPI), published on Thursday, rates 132 countries on more than 50 indicators, including health, sanitation, shelter, personal safety, access to information, sustainability, tolerance and inclusion and access to education.








Salvation Army officer dragged child using urine-soaked sheet, inquiry told

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:31 PM PDT

Former resident says brutality was endemic at the Gill Memorial Home for Boys in Goulburn

A Salvation Army officer wrapped a urine-soaked sheet around the head of a four-year-old boy and dragged him to a shower, the national inquiry into child abuse has been told.

Jim Luthy, a former resident of the Gill Memorial Home for Boys, told a royal commission hearing that brutality was endemic at the institution in Goulburn, New South Wales.

Chile's coast struck by strong aftershock a day after earthquake

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:16 PM PDT

Fears of local tsunami after fresh tremor measured at 7.8 strikes just south of port of Iquique

A powerful 7.6-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast late on Wednesday night, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before causing some damage and six deaths.

Chile's emergency office and navy issued a tsunami alert and ordered a precautionary evacuation of low-lying areas on the northern coast, meaning many people would be spending another sleepless night away from their homes.

Welfare workers received complaints before four-year-olds motorbike death

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:10 PM PDT

Families SA to investigate its handling of the case which saw Ashlee Polkinghorne jailed for the manslaughter of her daughter

Families SA will review its handling of a case involving a young mother whose four-year-old daughter died after repeatedly being forced to ride a motorbike.

David Waterford, deputy chief executive of the Office for Child Safety, said Families SA received 22 notifications about Chloe Valentine and her mother Ashlee Polkinghorne.

Arthur Sinodinos denies knowledge of $74,000 AWH donation to NSW Libs

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:05 PM PDT

Senator tells Icac he can't recall being aware of money given by company he was deputy chairman of to party he was treasurer of

Arthur Sinodinos has denied knowing the company he was deputy chairman of donated about $74,000 to the New South Wales Liberal party he was treasurer of, saying he cannot recall being aware of it and did not know precise details.

Sinodinos took the stand at the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing on Thursday as the state watchdog investigates Australian Water Holdings. It has heard AWH was pursuing a lucrative public-private partnership with the NSW government that would have made Sinodinos between $10m and $20m and the Obeid family about $100m.

Debunking the Anzac myth starts with the stories we tell our children

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:54 PM PDT

An illustrated book about the battlefields real legacy encourages young Australians to contemplate the futility of war

As the centenary of the first world war approaches, our children will hear an awful lot of stories about glorious Australian battlefield victories, dignified defeats, superhuman courage and sacrifice.

But they will learn a whole lot less about a more pervasive, ugly, disturbing truth: that mostly war just kills people horribly, without dignity, and scars for life too many of those who survive it.

MH370: Malaysian leader assured everything is being done to find plane

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:22 PM PDT

Tony Abbott says mystery is 'biggest in aviation history' as he hosts visit by Malaysian prime minister to search base near Perth

The former military chief overseeing the search for flight MH370 has told the Malaysian prime minister Australia is doing everything it can to find any wreckage.

Najib Razak arrived in Western Australia on Wednesday night to meet with his Australian counterpart, the prime minister, Tony Abbott, and be briefed on the search in the southern Indian Ocean.

MH370: Malaysian leader assured everything is being done to find plane

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:40 PM PDT

The prime minister, Najib Razak, attended Angus Houston's search briefing with the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott

The former military chief overseeing the search for flight MH370 has told the Malaysian prime minister Australia is doing everything it can to find any wreckage.

Najib Razak arrived in Western Australia on Wednesday night to meet with his Australian counterpart, the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and be briefed on the search in the southern Indian Ocean.

Miles Franklin award: seven women among the 11 longlisted

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:34 PM PDT

Previous winners Alexis Wright and Tim Winton as well as two first-time novelists longlisted for Australias top literary prize

Debut novelists and past winners are among the longlisted authors for the prestigious Australian Miles Franklin literary award, revealed on Thursday.

First awarded in 1957, the Miles Franklin book prize is one of the highest literary honours in the country, celebrating Australian literature which features aspects of Australian life.

Arthur Sinodinos tells Icac he did not ask why AWH's expenses were soaring

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:29 PM PDT

Asked if $200,000 salary for no more than 45 hours of work a year was reasonable, senator says: 'The fact I took the salary indicated it was reasonable from my point of view'

Arthur Sinodinos did not ask why Australian Water Holdings expenses were soaring when he was deputy chairman of the company, he has told a corruption inquiry.

It has been alleged the increasing costs included $75,000 in donations to the Liberal party, limousine rides and luxury accommodation in Cairns, which AWH were charging to the government-owned Sydney Water.

Police drag protesters from entrance to Villawood detention centre video

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 07:47 PM PDT

Video supplied to Guardian Australia shows protesters outside Villawood detention centre on April 3rd, 2014. Police can be seen dragging protesters from the path of two coachloads of detainees on their way to being transferred to a remote detention centre in Western Australia. Eight to ten arrests were made, police said. Some of the transferees are involved in legal proceedings against the federal government. Their lawyers say it makes their work 'impossible'


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