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Eyewitness: Melilla, Spain
Bilderberg at 60: inside the world's most secretive conference
NBN chief explains pipeline explosions in California that killed nine people
The best books on North Korea
Japanese oil tanker ablaze after explosion video
Tony Abbott begins meeting crossbench senators but not Clive Palmer
$70bn Westfield carve-up put on hold after chaotic meeting
Edward Snowden: breaking law was only option, says whistleblower
Australian Sex party propositions voters over budget - video
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi sweeps to victory in Egyptian presidential election
Asio reveals up to 12 young Australians killed in Syria as government faces pressure on pensions, Hecs the day's events
East Ukraine rebel leader claims to have missing OSCE observers
MH370: Australia rules out main search zone
Tony Abbott kills off plan to recover unpaid student debts from dead people
WHO urged not to 'suppress and control' e-cigarettes
Edward Snowden's NBC interview: 'I know I've done the right thing' - video
Egg industry faces legal crackdown over alleged 'cartel' attempt
Coalition strike penalty plans an ideological attack on workers: Labor
How Clive Palmer could use his party's Senate votes to make $9m
Huge explosion on Japanese oil tanker
Channel Ten loses bid to stop John Stephens working for Seven or Nine
The Roast: how to cash in on tragedy video
Australian dollar rises sharply as economy fights back
MH370: US Navy says too early to dismiss black box-type signals
Martin Hamilton-Smith's defection shocks Liberals across Australia

Eyewitness: Melilla, Spain

Posted: 29 May 2014 02:32 AM PDT

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series Continue reading...

Bilderberg at 60: inside the world's most secretive conference

Posted: 29 May 2014 02:03 AM PDT

Topics on the agenda for the three-day summit first held on 29 May 1954 will include: does privacy exist? Continue reading...

NBN chief explains pipeline explosions in California that killed nine people

Posted: 29 May 2014 01:45 AM PDT

Bill Morrow, accused of putting profits before lives, tells Senate the government knew about lawsuit he is defending vigorously

The best books on North Korea

Posted: 29 May 2014 01:37 AM PDT

From first hand accounts of gulag survivors to memoirs of defectors once part of the top echelons of government, heres our pick of the best books on the secretive kingdom

Japanese oil tanker ablaze after explosion video

Posted: 29 May 2014 01:34 AM PDT

Rescue boats spray water on an oil tanker after an explosion aboard the vessel off the coast of Himeji, western Japan. Eight crew members were on board when the tanker exploded with all but one, believed to be the captain, removed alive. Three of those rescued are said to be severely burned following the incident Continue reading...

Tony Abbott begins meeting crossbench senators but not Clive Palmer

Posted: 29 May 2014 01:25 AM PDT

PM's legislative agenda is in Palmer's hands but he won't speak with the government until PUP gains official 'party' status

$70bn Westfield carve-up put on hold after chaotic meeting

Posted: 29 May 2014 01:11 AM PDT

Vote delayed after Frank Lowy fails to convince angry shareholders to back his proposal to divide business in two

Edward Snowden: breaking law was only option, says whistleblower

Posted: 29 May 2014 12:47 AM PDT

Snowden tells NBC it was his duty to reveal sprawling NSA surveillance and going home would be 'walking into a jail cell'

Australian Sex party propositions voters over budget - video

Posted: 29 May 2014 12:33 AM PDT

The Australian Sex party is refusing to take the government's budget position lying down. In a crowdfunded video, the minor party proves size doesn't matter when it comes to the big issues: the NBN, the proposed school chaplaincy program, the raising of the retirement age, changes to university funding and the Medicare co-payment. Its pick-up line to voters? "We're not just about sex; we'll make sure you don't get fucked." Continue reading...

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi sweeps to victory in Egyptian presidential election

Posted: 29 May 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Provisional results show former army chief won more than 90% of votes, joining long line of leaders to come from the military Continue reading...

Asio reveals up to 12 young Australians killed in Syria as government faces pressure on pensions, Hecs the day's events

Posted: 29 May 2014 12:30 AM PDT

Tony Abbott has defended the Medicare copayment as a necessary price signal as Joe Hockey says university debt will be treated like any other in deceased estates. Follow all the news from Canberra...

East Ukraine rebel leader claims to have missing OSCE observers

Posted: 29 May 2014 12:30 AM PDT

Four international monitors being held by fighters will be freed soon, says 'people's mayor' of Slovyansk, Donetsk region Continue reading...

MH370: Australia rules out main search zone

Posted: 28 May 2014 11:50 PM PDT

Government announces plane is not in part of Indian Ocean where searchers previously reported 'pings' from black box

Tony Abbott kills off plan to recover unpaid student debts from dead people

Posted: 28 May 2014 11:45 PM PDT

Prime minister overrules education minister and treasurer: student debts will 'cease on decease'

WHO urged not to 'suppress and control' e-cigarettes

Posted: 28 May 2014 11:38 PM PDT

UK public health experts say device could save millions of lives and should not be regulated same way as conventional tobacco Continue reading...

Edward Snowden's NBC interview: 'I know I've done the right thing' - video

Posted: 28 May 2014 10:33 PM PDT

Highlights from NSA whistleblower's appearance on US television in which he defended his decision to go public about the NSA's sprawling intelligence-gathering activities Continue reading...

Egg industry faces legal crackdown over alleged 'cartel' attempt

Posted: 28 May 2014 10:20 PM PDT

Consumer watchdog claims egg lobby group conspired to inflate prices by slaughtering chickens and dumping eggs

Coalition strike penalty plans an ideological attack on workers: Labor

Posted: 28 May 2014 10:14 PM PDT

Two asset seizure orders have been issued, stopping employees from selling assets, including their house

How Clive Palmer could use his party's Senate votes to make $9m

Posted: 28 May 2014 10:08 PM PDT

Perfect illustration emerges of how PUP leader's business could benefit quite legally from the party's Senate balance of power

Huge explosion on Japanese oil tanker

Posted: 28 May 2014 09:48 PM PDT

Captain missing and four crew severely burned, with 998-tonne Shoku Maru left gutted and leaning over in the water

Channel Ten loses bid to stop John Stephens working for Seven or Nine

Posted: 28 May 2014 09:19 PM PDT

Supreme Court rules that Ten 'seeking to purchase an injunction' by offering to pay two years' salary

The Roast: how to cash in on tragedy video

Posted: 28 May 2014 08:12 PM PDT

Jazz Twemlow has some advice for potential newspaper editors looking to monetise tragedy. For every piece of tragic news there's a way to make the most of it. Sensationalise, sensationalise, sensationalise! You want clicks? Here's an easy-to-learn template.

The Roast is a daily 10-minute comedy news show that promises to destroy every bastion of journalism known to man. Weeknights at 8:10pm on ABC2. Continue reading...