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Thailand's anti-government protesters attacked by gunmen, say witnesses in Bangkok video

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:48 AM PDT

Blood is seen on the streets of Bangkok after an anti-government protest site was attacked on Wednesday night with up to three people killed and scores injured. Witnesses say gunmen fired on demonstrators and several people were injured in an explosion at the site. It is the most serious incident since five people were killed in clashes on 18 February Continue reading...






Turkey mine disaster: unions launch national strike live updates

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:48 AM PDT

  • Death toll rises to 282 in Turkey's worst mine disaster
  • Anger mounting at Erdoan's response to mine safety
  • Unions say privatisation has made mining more dangerous
  • More bodies recovered from the Soma mine
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Turkey mine disaster: grief turns to rage as hopes of finding survivors fade

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:20 AM PDT

PM Recep Tayyip Erdoan is met by shouts of 'murderer' and 'thief' on visit to mine, whose owners are linked to ruling party Continue reading...






Budget 2014: brawling over state funding continues politics live

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:44 AM PDT

The prime minister rebuffs a revolt by state premiers over hospital and schools funding ahead of tonight's budget-in-reply address by the Labor leader Bill Shorten.

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IPA-founded group lobbying for forest world heritage delisting

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:15 AM PDT

AEF calls on Unesco world heritage committee to back Coalition plan to delist 74,000 ha of Tasmanian forests from protection

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Girl aged 11 dies on Nauru beach after being attacked by stray dogs

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:49 PM PDT

Death of local child raises safety concerns for 190 asylum seeker children detained on the island

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South Korean ferry captain and three crew charged with manslaughter

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:41 PM PDT

Four are accused of leaving sinking Sewol ship while telling passengers to stay where they were Continue reading...

Former Liberal staffer paid by AWH denies fabricating corruption charge

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:18 PM PDT

Tim Koelma accused of making false claim against Sydney Water head as Icac grills the Eighbyfive head for a third day

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Anti-China riots turn deadly in Vietnam

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:16 PM PDT

Reports of 20 or more killed as Beijing's expansionism in South China Sea provoke continued violent backlash in Vietnam

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Protesters killed in Bangkok

Posted: 14 May 2014 10:44 PM PDT

Call to postpone elections as unrest continues in wake of prime minister's dismissal by constitutional court

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Tony Abbott promises examined: is he fixing budget or breaking his word?

Posted: 14 May 2014 10:26 PM PDT

Prime minister says he's trying 'to keep the country strong', but Bill Shorten says the budget is a 'massive broken promise'

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First-home buyers, homeless and Indigenous housing face budget axe

Posted: 14 May 2014 10:17 PM PDT

Government to slash first-home saver accounts and Indigenous housing support and cut funding to homeless services

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David Miranda allowed to appeal against ruling on Heathrow detention

Posted: 14 May 2014 10:02 PM PDT

Partner of former Guardian reporter to challenge high court ruling on legality of his detention under counter-terrorism powers Continue reading...

Pensions will grow more slowly under changes announced in budget

Posted: 14 May 2014 09:57 PM PDT

Pension eligibility will be also be tightened with a reduction in the asset income threshold

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Can you believe it? The truth according to Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey

Posted: 14 May 2014 09:44 PM PDT

'Dog ate my homework' excuses abound as the electorate is treated to invisible definitions, provisos and fine print

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Kevin Rudd: no warning insulation program going off the rails

Posted: 14 May 2014 09:16 PM PDT

Former prime minister also disputes claim of Mark Arbib that Arbib had no decision-making responsibilities for the scheme

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Joe Hockey equates $7 doctor fee with beer and cigarettes video

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:54 PM PDT

Treasurer Joe Hockey has taken aim at Australians who are 'screaming' about the end of free visits to the doctor, telling Chris Uhlmann on ABC's AM that the new $7 co-payment fee was the cost of 'only a couple of beers or one-third of a packet of cigarettes' Continue reading...






Christopher Pyne denies using c-word in attack on Bill Shorten

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:45 PM PDT

Education minister says he called Labor 'a grub' after tape of question time appears to show him using offensive term

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Melbourne CBD set to be smoke-free within two years

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:20 PM PDT

Smoking is banned in the Causeway, and Melbourne city council has approved six other open-air no-smoking zones in the CBD

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Kevin Rudd's unredacted statement to the royal commission on home insulation in full

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:13 PM PDT

After a turnaround by the government, the full version of the former prime minister's statement to the royal commission into the home insulation scheme has been made public Continue reading...






New Matilda will continue under new owner and editor

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:07 PM PDT

Independent website announces Chris Graham, former editor of Tracker magazine, will be taking over from Marni Cordell

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Did Australia's education minister drop the C-bomb in parliament? video

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:44 PM PDT

Debate is raging in Canberra after parliamentary microphones caught the education minister and leader of the house, Christopher Pyne, slinging an insult at the opposition leader, Bill Shorten during question time on Wednesday. Pyne's office has said he called Shorten a 'grub' Continue reading...

Cat saves boy from dog attack - video

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:22 PM PDT

A boy in California has been saved by the family cat after being attacked by the neighbour's dog. The boy was 'fine' after the attack, family said the dog, a chow/labrador cross, was handed over to authorities and likely to be put down. Video courtesy of 23ABC Continue reading...






Angry premiers convene emergency summit on $80bn cut to state grants

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:08 PM PDT

Premiers will meet in Sydney after shock budget cut to hospital and school grants to states

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California battles fresh wildfires

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:00 PM PDT

Homes burned and thousands of people ordered to evacuate as heatwave and tinder-dry brush prove a disastrous combination

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