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Manus inquiry told Immigration overruled G4S to order in dog squad
Why both the left and right have got it wrong on Ukraine iek
All in the same boat: Cameron talks about EU reform at summit with German, Swedish and Dutch leaders video
Australia Post sackings: 900 senior management and admin staff to go
Karachi flights suspended amid new airport attack
Geoff Shaw faces suspension, fine and forced apology under Napthine plan
Hillary Clinton memoir: we 'were broke' after presidency
Hillary Clinton hits back at Republican criticism over Benghazi attack
Old, sick and poor will stop taking vital drugs, health economists warn
Five Nato troops killed in southern Afghanistan
Australia and New Zealand condemn Japanese plan to resume whaling
Australian customs chief's brother to be sentenced over corruption charges
From the archive, 10 June 1958: Royal opening for Gatwick airport
NSW government approves electricity poles and wires sell-off to private sector
South Korean ferry crew on trial
Clive Palmer defends offer to drop coal litigation in return for rail corridor
Waratah's offer to abandon litigation in return for approval of rail corridor
Manus inquiry: mixed messages on knowledge of PNG contractors
Back in the USSR: Belarusian leader who helped bury Soviet Union says it is making a comeback
Two decades of child abuse examined after teacher loses identity protection
Migrants in Texas's federal prisons subjected to 'shocking abuse'
Julia Gillard's house: union man says he was offered money for statements
Union tells Australia Post to come clean about cutting hundreds of jobs
Victorian premier blocks Labor's bid to expel Geoff Shaw
Coalition split on paid parental leave sparks Joe Hockey budget warning

Manus inquiry told Immigration overruled G4S to order in dog squad

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 02:03 AM PDT

G4S managers tell Senate inquiry they counselled against use of dog squad, which fuelled detention centre violence

Why both the left and right have got it wrong on Ukraine iek

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 02:00 AM PDT

There's a historical irony in watching Ukrainians tearing down Lenins statues as a sign of their will to break with Soviet domination

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Interactive: meet the children of the revolution

Quiz: how much do you know about post-Soviet states?

All in the same boat: Cameron talks about EU reform at summit with German, Swedish and Dutch leaders video

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 02:00 AM PDT

David Cameron talks about his hopes for EU reform ahead of mini-summit on the subject near Stockholm with Germany's Angela Merkel and their Swedish and Dutch counterparts. 'We want to see a European Union that's more open, more competitive, more flexible, one that does less pointless interference.' The four leaders go out in a boat, with Sweden's Fredrik Reinfeldt rowing Continue reading...

Australia Post sackings: 900 senior management and admin staff to go

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 01:30 AM PDT

Most of the job losses to come from the postal service's head office in Melbourne, Australia Post CEO confirms

Karachi flights suspended amid new airport attack

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 01:30 AM PDT

Security force training camp close to airport attacked two days after Taliban assault which killed 29 people Continue reading...

Geoff Shaw faces suspension, fine and forced apology under Napthine plan

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 01:15 AM PDT

The move would kill would off any chance of a by-election in his marginal seat before the state election in November

Hillary Clinton memoir: we 'were broke' after presidency

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 01:07 AM PDT

Launching her memoir, Clinton reveals debt caused by Chelsea's education and legal bills relating to Lewinsky affair Continue reading...

Hillary Clinton hits back at Republican criticism over Benghazi attack

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 01:03 AM PDT

Clinton says inquiries into Libyan gun battle that killed US ambassador are spurring her to run for White House Continue reading...

Old, sick and poor will stop taking vital drugs, health economists warn

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 12:24 AM PDT

Criticism of Health Department's idea to save money by making people pay more for subsidised medical services and drugs

Five Nato troops killed in southern Afghanistan

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 11:49 PM PDT

Deaths come as US-led force winds down operations after more than a decade of fighting Taliban insurgents Continue reading...

Australia and New Zealand condemn Japanese plan to resume whaling

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 11:31 PM PDT

Greenpeace says idea of sustainable commercial whaling is 'rubbish', while governments say ICJ ban must be respected

Australian customs chief's brother to be sentenced over corruption charges

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 11:22 PM PDT

Customs officer Fabio Pezzullo was present at a customs event in June, despite already being suspended over the charges

From the archive, 10 June 1958: Royal opening for Gatwick airport

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

The Queen sympathises with local residents as she opens the new airport, expressing concern for 'England's diminishing countryside'

NSW government approves electricity poles and wires sell-off to private sector

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:52 PM PDT

Proceeds to be spent on major infrastructure, possibly including a second Sydney Harbour rail crossing

South Korean ferry crew on trial

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:52 PM PDT

Fifteen in court over disaster in which more than 300 people died, most of them schoolchildren, amid chaotic evacuation

Clive Palmer defends offer to drop coal litigation in return for rail corridor

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:44 PM PDT

PUP leader, whose party is poised to wield great influence in Senate, says there is nothing wrong with proposed settlement

Waratah's offer to abandon litigation in return for approval of rail corridor

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:43 PM PDT

Three-page document suggests Waratah would 'discontinue all current litigation' in the Queensland supreme court and release the government from all current claims Continue reading...

Manus inquiry: mixed messages on knowledge of PNG contractors

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:12 PM PDT

Department secretary says it was not Immigration's responsibility to tell former detention centre manager G4S how to do their business

Back in the USSR: Belarusian leader who helped bury Soviet Union says it is making a comeback

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Stanislav Shushkevich hosted 1991 summit when Belarus, Ukraine and Russia signed USSR into obsolescence. Now, he says the Soviet order is returning

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Two decades of child abuse examined after teacher loses identity protection

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:12 PM PDT

Inquiry told how two Marist brothers were allowed to move from school to school despite multiple claims against them

Migrants in Texas's federal prisons subjected to 'shocking abuse'

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Multi-year ACLU investigation finds immigrants housed in state's private prisons are often subjected to mistreatment with little means to speak out Continue reading...