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Chicago skyscraper's viewing deck cracks under tourists' feet 1,353ft up
Nauru: Human Rights Commission will accept leaked report as evidence
Finance Department's top bureaucrat's departure paves way for Abbott choice
Asian buyers unfairly blamed for sharp Australian house price rises, says FIRB
National Gallery of Victoria takes down painting sold under Nazi duress
Former students face thousands in interest payments under loan changes
8,000 multiple voting cases in 2013 election referred to federal police
Tanilla Warrick-Deaves killer: Warren Ross to serve at least 30 years in jail
Higher education debt interest rise to hit former as well as current students
Queensland power bills to rise by $191 next year, but future hikes not as high
Badgerys Creek home invasion leaves one man dead, woman injured
Clive Palmer: Rupert Murdoch 'gutless wonder' over campaign fund story
Bashar al-Assad supporters stage rallies in Australia ahead of Syrian poll
Vicious mosquito heads to Australia, its bite loaded with dengue fever
Ultramarathon burns victim Turia Pitt 'settles for $10m with race organiser'
Coalition cuts refugee council funding despite budget promise
Syrian aid efforts have lethally failed, say charities
We must work to ensure that Syrians can get enough aid, wherever they are
Nauru family health risks the report in full
Nauru detention: serious health risks to children revealed in confidential report
Washington fumble #RedskinsPride campaign as racism row intensifies
Texas can keep source of execution drugs secret, attorney general says
Bilderberg Group at 60: still keeping the things that matter private
Ukraine: US calls on Russia to denounce separatists - video
NSA releases email in dispute over Snowden 'internal whistleblowing'

Chicago skyscraper's viewing deck cracks under tourists' feet 1,353ft up

Posted: 30 May 2014 01:13 AM PDT

Protective coating on Willis Tower's glass deck appeared to shatter

Boxes known as the Ledge closed for routine inspection

Nauru: Human Rights Commission will accept leaked report as evidence

Posted: 30 May 2014 12:43 AM PDT

Commission has 'profound concern' about health care report written by independent medical experts

Finance Department's top bureaucrat's departure paves way for Abbott choice

Posted: 30 May 2014 12:25 AM PDT

David Tune to leave public service after 38 years of 'distinguished service to Australia'

Asian buyers unfairly blamed for sharp Australian house price rises, says FIRB

Posted: 30 May 2014 12:12 AM PDT

Parliamentary hearing told a lack of housing stock is more of a problem than any particular investor

National Gallery of Victoria takes down painting sold under Nazi duress

Posted: 30 May 2014 12:10 AM PDT

Van Gogh-linked portrait subject of Nazi restitution claim after heirs of Jewish owner claimed painting a forced sale

Former students face thousands in interest payments under loan changes

Posted: 29 May 2014 11:27 PM PDT

Australian governments proposed higher education changes could hit those already in the workforce

8,000 multiple voting cases in 2013 election referred to federal police

Posted: 29 May 2014 11:20 PM PDT

All cases forwarded to AFP, in contrast to 2010 election, when 19 instances of multiple voting were passed on

Tanilla Warrick-Deaves killer: Warren Ross to serve at least 30 years in jail

Posted: 29 May 2014 11:11 PM PDT

Judge says stepfather had not expressed any remorse for murdering toddler in NSW after days of severe punishment

Higher education debt interest rise to hit former as well as current students

Posted: 29 May 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Education Department alters website after initially saying only new and continuing students would face increased interest rates

Queensland power bills to rise by $191 next year, but future hikes not as high

Posted: 29 May 2014 10:37 PM PDT

Increased generation costs sparked by higher demand from the LNG industry are pushing up prices

Badgerys Creek home invasion leaves one man dead, woman injured

Posted: 29 May 2014 10:21 PM PDT

Up to three armed intruders alleged to have clubbed 69-year-old man to death and left wife with head injuries in brutal attack

Clive Palmer: Rupert Murdoch 'gutless wonder' over campaign fund story

Posted: 29 May 2014 08:49 PM PDT

PUP leader dismisses allegations of misuse of $12m: 'I've got billions of dollars. That's where the war chest came from'

Bashar al-Assad supporters stage rallies in Australia ahead of Syrian poll

Posted: 29 May 2014 07:42 PM PDT

Hundreds are expected to sign petitions backing al-Assad at rallies in major cities, in absence of polling stations

Vicious mosquito heads to Australia, its bite loaded with dengue fever

Posted: 29 May 2014 06:57 PM PDT

Queensland researchers studying Asian tiger mosquito, saying it's 'only a matter of time' before it reaches Australia

Ultramarathon burns victim Turia Pitt 'settles for $10m with race organiser'

Posted: 29 May 2014 05:57 PM PDT

Runner suffered burns to more than 60% of her body while running 100km race in Kimberley in 2011

Coalition cuts refugee council funding despite budget promise

Posted: 29 May 2014 04:55 PM PDT

Anger at 'petty' decision to strip more than half a million dollars in funding the group had been allocated in the federal budget

Syrian aid efforts have lethally failed, say charities

Posted: 29 May 2014 04:01 PM PDT

NGOs demand fresh approach to ending the Syrian conflict and warn that 'history will be unforgiving to those who turn away' Continue reading...

We must work to ensure that Syrians can get enough aid, wherever they are

Posted: 29 May 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Nauru family health risks the report in full

Posted: 29 May 2014 03:48 PM PDT

The desperate state of healthcare offered to asylum-seeker families, children, babies and pregnant women inside Nauru's detention centre has emerged in a comprehensive report produced by five independent clinical experts Continue reading...

Nauru detention: serious health risks to children revealed in confidential report

Posted: 29 May 2014 03:47 PM PDT

Guardian Australia exclusive:

Barely any screening for communicable diseases in children; none for under-11s

Children at significant risk of sexual abuse

Most pregnant detainees are depressed

Washington fumble #RedskinsPride campaign as racism row intensifies

Posted: 29 May 2014 03:06 PM PDT

Twitter hashtag provokes scorn and derision
Office of Senator Harry Reid: 'It's really made our day'

Texas can keep source of execution drugs secret, attorney general says

Posted: 29 May 2014 02:43 PM PDT

Decision from Texas attorney general Greg Abbott marks reversal on issue being challenged in other death penalty states

Bilderberg Group at 60: still keeping the things that matter private

Posted: 29 May 2014 02:36 PM PDT

Photographers play an important part in bringing the faces of the powerful at the Copenhagen conference to a wider world Continue reading...

Ukraine: US calls on Russia to denounce separatists - video

Posted: 29 May 2014 02:02 PM PDT

The US expresses concern on Thursday following reports that pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army helicopter, killing 14 soldiers including a general. Violence has escalated in the east of the country as government forces press ahead with an offensive to crush eastern rebellions swiftly following the election of a new president. US secretary of state, John Kerry, has called on Russia to end support for Ukrainian separatists Continue reading...