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Ukraine crisis: pro-Russian forces claim assault on Slavyansk  live updates

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:25 AM PDT

  • Separatists claim they are under attack in Slavyansk
  • Helicopter seen opening fire near Slavyansk
  • Kiev says pilot killed after separatists fire anti-aircraft missiles at jet
  • Ukraine brings in conscription to combat gains by separatists
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Icac allegations: Mike Baird won't say if he has assurances from other ministers

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:15 AM PDT

NSW premier vows to clean up politics after police minister Mike Gallacher resigns over corruption allegations

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Families face tougher benefits test but budget to spare sole parents

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:54 AM PDT

Government confirms $100,000 means test on family benefits, as well as rise in pension age to 70 in 2035

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Medical magnate Paul Ramsay bequeaths $3bn estate to charity

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:49 AM PDT

The donation by Australias ninth-richest man, who has died aged 78, is the largest in the nations history

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Cycling licences and bike bans on some NSW roads proposed in wake of deaths

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:21 AM PDT

NSW roads minister flags idea but cycling advocates argue licensing bike riders wont stop them from being hit

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Full-frontal campaign sees government ads popping up on porn website

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:20 AM PDT

Advertising placement company apologises for Queensland debt reduction message being placed next to naked male model

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Philippines police arrest webcam extortion suspects

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:17 AM PDT

Victims duped into exposing themselves on webcams, including a Scottish teenager who killed himself after being blackmailed Continue reading...






Rebels in north-east India kill 10 after opening fire on Muslim villagers

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:07 AM PDT

Assam police say separatist militants behind machine gun attacks on two villages in Kokrajhar and Baksa district Continue reading...

Tony Abbott's budget warning: 'No one is getting off scot free here' - video

Posted: 01 May 2014 11:43 PM PDT

Prime minister Tony Abbott tells a Council of Australian Governments press briefing 'the people of Australia elected us to deliver a tough budget'. He said the upcoming federal budget would involve 'equitable burden-sharing', adding 'I think Australians accept that when you've got a problem we need to deal with it as a nation.' Continue reading...






Surveillance: media alliance tells journalists to keep investigating

Posted: 01 May 2014 11:23 PM PDT

Annual press freedom report says Edward Snowden's revelations undermined public confidence in mass surveillance

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NSW police minister Mike Gallacher resigns after Icac accusations

Posted: 01 May 2014 11:01 PM PDT

Corruption inquiry hears the Liberal minister devised a plan to funnel illegal political donations using a fake business

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Manus security company tells staff to stop leaking confidential information

Posted: 01 May 2014 10:55 PM PDT

Leaked email says many G4S employees acted with 'exceptional discipline and professionalism' during unrest at detention centre

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NAACP head in Los Angeles resigns over links to Donald Sterling

Posted: 01 May 2014 10:26 PM PDT

Leon Jenkins had planned to honor Clippers owner despite claims of racist behaviour that predate basketball furore

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Commission of Audit's Tony Shepherd grilled over Liberal slush fund

Posted: 01 May 2014 10:01 PM PDT

Audit chief claims he cant remember making $1,500 political donation alleged to have been paid to a fund under Icac scrutiny

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Germany's 'multigeneration houses' could solve two problems for Britain

Posted: 01 May 2014 10:00 PM PDT

With the number of over-65s set to double and childcare more expensive than ever, Mehrgenerationenhaus may be the answer Continue reading...






Ukrainian troops launch Slavyansk assault, reports say

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:19 PM PDT

Military movements and gunfire around city that is under control of pro-Russia insurgents Continue reading...






Greg Hunt defends government over Great Barrier Reef protection

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:08 PM PDT

Environment minister was responding to Unesco concern over dredging and dumping and the devolvement of decision-making

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North Korea testing engine for possible nuclear missile, say analysts

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:50 PM PDT

Satellite images of launch site said to show work on ICBM known as KN-08 that has been showcased at military parades

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Shoestring theory: India's pioneering budget space probe is halfway to Mars

Posted: 01 May 2014 08:00 PM PDT

If the £46m 'Mangalyaan' orbiter mission succeeds in reaching the red planet, it will be a triumph of ingenuity over big spending Continue reading...






Tensions between two Congos as Brazaville deports 50,000 to DRC

Posted: 01 May 2014 07:52 PM PDT

Government of Congo-Brazaville launches operation called 'Slap that hurts', blaming foreigners for crime wave

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Joe Hockey tilts at wind turbines

Posted: 01 May 2014 07:46 PM PDT

Wind turbines are utterly offensive, treasurer tells broadcaster Alan Jones, flagging a paring back of renewable energy funding

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Car bomb kills at least a dozen people in the Nigerian capital Abuja

Posted: 01 May 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Bomb exploded on a busy road near a checkpoint just days before city is to host the World Economic Forum on Africa Continue reading...






Cutting film funding 'would take us back to the stone age', says producer

Posted: 01 May 2014 03:42 PM PDT

Film-makers react angrily to audit idea to halve federal support for the industry and merge Screen Australia with other bodies

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US immigration rights activists rally to condemn detentions in courthouses

Posted: 01 May 2014 02:58 PM PDT

May Day rally targets surge in detentions at US courthouses
Activists say undocumented people now fear to enter courts

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Soldier gets life sentence for murders with Georgia anti-government militia

Posted: 01 May 2014 02:55 PM PDT

Judge spares Anthony Peden, who pled guilty to killing a teenage girl and her boyfriend, the death penalty for military service

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