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- Optus to cut 350 jobs in next four weeks to 'remain sustainable and competitive'
- Catalonia police banned from using rubber bullets
- $11,000 for breakfast with Tony Abbott, access to senior ministers' chiefs of staff
- Stolen eyes: victims of rubber bullets on ban in Catalonia - video
- Uniting church says racism a sin as it joins fight against RDA changes
- Iraqi voting centre targeted as polls open in general election
- Ukraine crisis: Kiev powerless as east slips out of its control
- North Korea publishes white paper criticising human rights in South
- Western Australia considered plan to lure sharks with dead whales
- Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney
- Show me the honey: thieves make off with a dozen hives worth almost $2,000
- Botched execution leaves Oklahoma inmate 'tortured to death' - video
- Temporary tax increase: Tony Abbott angers and bewilders colleagues
- 'Million-woman march' over Nigerian kidnappings
- Jenny McAllister is frontrunner to take John Faulkners Senate seat
- John Faulkner says he will not recontest Senate seat
- Car industry exit: Tony Abbott top-up takes compensation fund to $155m
- Death cap mushroom poisoning: fourth Canberra resident falls ill
- Hotelier paid $7,000 for 'assistance' from Chris Hartcher, Icac told
- Former priest, 81, gets jail time for abuse of schoolboys in the 1960s
- Flight MH370 search countries reject Bay of Bengal wreckage claim
- John Kerry rips into 'Putin's Russia' over Ukraine crisis
- Paid parental leave: PM to drop income threshold to $100,000
- Fuel tax credit 'firmly in sights' of Coalition's budget razor gang
- Nick Greiner: I had mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis
Optus to cut 350 jobs in next four weeks to 'remain sustainable and competitive' Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:21 AM PDT The telco has already reduced staff numbers and this cut brings the number of redundancies since 2012 to 1,850 Continue reading... |
Catalonia police banned from using rubber bullets Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:20 AM PDT Move follows campaign led by seven people who were hit by rubber bullets and each lost an eye in Barcelona Continue reading... |
$11,000 for breakfast with Tony Abbott, access to senior ministers' chiefs of staff Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:16 AM PDT Liberal fundraiser invitation goes out as Icac revelations ignite criticism of the party about influence peddling in NSW Continue reading... |
Stolen eyes: victims of rubber bullets on ban in Catalonia - video Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:05 AM PDT From Wednesday 30 April the Catalan police force, Mossos d'Esquadra, has been banned from using rubber bullets as an anti-riot weapon. The Guardian spoke to five victims of the weapon, each of whom lost an eye on the streets of Barcelona, about their fight for justice and why the battle doesn't end here Continue reading... |
Uniting church says racism a sin as it joins fight against RDA changes Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:00 AM PDT Lawyers and a range of ethnic and religious groups strongly oppose proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act Continue reading... |
Iraqi voting centre targeted as polls open in general election Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:50 AM PDT No one hurt in mortar attack on polling centre west of Baghdad as Iraq's 22 million voters elect 328-seat parliament Continue reading... |
Ukraine crisis: Kiev powerless as east slips out of its control Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:50 AM PDT Pro-Russian crowd seizes control of state buildings in Horlivka, while Donetsk looks likely to declare autonomy after May vote Continue reading... |
North Korea publishes white paper criticising human rights in South Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:41 AM PDT After UN report criticising Pyongyang, North accuses Seoul of infringing democratic rights and freedoms. DailyNK reports Continue reading... |
Western Australia considered plan to lure sharks with dead whales Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:36 AM PDT Fisheries Department proposed using dead whale to attract great white sharks, allowing roving hit squad to move in and kill shark |
Botched Oklahoma execution leaves inmate writhing on gurney Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:30 AM PDT State calls off second execution after failure of first Untested cocktail of drugs fails to kill Clayton Lockett Execution halted after 16 minutes, inmate dies later Continue reading... |
Show me the honey: thieves make off with a dozen hives worth almost $2,000 Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:22 AM PDT Theft devastates Ipswich and West Moreton Beekeepers' Association which uses its honey for charitable pursuits Continue reading... |
Botched execution leaves Oklahoma inmate 'tortured to death' - video Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:11 AM PDT The state of Oklahoma halted Clayton Lockett's execution because the lethal injection failed to work. Media witnesses describe how Lockett grimaced in pain for 16 minutes before the execution was halted. He later died of a massive heart attack. Another inmate due to be executed by the same untested cocktail two hours later has been granted a 14-day stay of execution Continue reading... |
Temporary tax increase: Tony Abbott angers and bewilders colleagues Posted: 29 Apr 2014 11:53 PM PDT Coalition critics believe prime minister's failure to rule out a levy to bring down the budget deficit is 'electoral suicide' Continue reading... |
'Million-woman march' over Nigerian kidnappings Posted: 29 Apr 2014 11:28 PM PDT Mass abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram prompts furious protests accusing government of failing to act |
Jenny McAllister is frontrunner to take John Faulkners Senate seat Posted: 29 Apr 2014 11:18 PM PDT Labor party president considered the person most likely to fill the Senate spot which Faulkner says he will not re-contest |
John Faulkner says he will not recontest Senate seat Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:37 PM PDT To seek a further six-year term would be an indulgence, says the respected Labor party elder |
Car industry exit: Tony Abbott top-up takes compensation fund to $155m Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:36 PM PDT PM says increased assistance will help Victorian and South Australian businesses 'transition to new markets' Continue reading... |
Death cap mushroom poisoning: fourth Canberra resident falls ill Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:30 PM PDT ACT Health confirms latest case, unrelated to three reported last week, and urges people not to pick and eat wild fungi Continue reading... |
Hotelier paid $7,000 for 'assistance' from Chris Hartcher, Icac told Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:26 PM PDT But Robert Osborne says he gave the money to a former Hartcher staffer to develop a website for his Patonga pub Continue reading... |
Former priest, 81, gets jail time for abuse of schoolboys in the 1960s Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:11 PM PDT James Patrick Jennings knew the offences were wrong so his 'moral culpability was high', says judge Wendy Wilmoth Continue reading... |
Flight MH370 search countries reject Bay of Bengal wreckage claim Posted: 29 Apr 2014 10:07 PM PDT Resource survey company says multispectral images show potential wreckage thousands of miles from search area Continue reading... |
John Kerry rips into 'Putin's Russia' over Ukraine crisis Posted: 29 Apr 2014 09:46 PM PDT US secretary of state says Kremlin bent on reshaping region's security landscape and warns: 'Nato territory is inviolable' |
Paid parental leave: PM to drop income threshold to $100,000 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 08:44 PM PDT Greens say $50,000 reduction to Tony Abbott's flagship scheme will not guarantee its passage through the Senate Continue reading... |
Fuel tax credit 'firmly in sights' of Coalition's budget razor gang Posted: 29 Apr 2014 08:25 PM PDT Exclusive: Change to scheme that rebates mines and farmers for off-road use of diesel would prompt a vicious backlash Continue reading... |
Nick Greiner: I had mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis Posted: 29 Apr 2014 07:09 PM PDT Former New South Wales premier praised for raising men's awareness by speaking out Continue reading... |
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