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Clive Palmer unveils his carbon tax policy politics live

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 01:12 AM PDT

The carbon tax package is waiting in line for Senate approval as Clive Palmer reveals his position on the final day. Follow it live

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Clive Palmer announces terms for backing carbon tax repeal

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:53 AM PDT

PUP senators will seek amendments to ensure savings for consumers and for emissions trading scheme

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Inside the Soviet Union's secret pornography collection

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:38 AM PDT

Off limits to the public but enjoyed by Soviet-era leaders, the Lenin Library collection grew out of erotica confiscated from aristocrats after the revolution. The Moscow Times reports

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Iraq crisis: Nato meets as US military advisers arrive in Baghdad live updates

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:36 AM PDT

  • Nato leaders discuss Iraq crisis in Brussels
  • Obama telephones Cameron over Iraq
  • First US military advisers arrive in Baghdad
  • John Kerry: deployment of 300 troops is not intervention
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Putin removes threat of military intervention after Ukraine ceasefire

Posted: 25 Jun 2014 12:26 AM PDT

President cancels ruling allowing Russian troops to cross border but Ukrainian helicopter is shot down as fighting continues Continue reading...






Towards Healing did not have Vatican approval, child abuse inquiry told

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:59 PM PDT

Archbishop Philip Wilson tells how a powerful Vatican body nullified his ban on priest later defrocked by Pope Benedict

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G20 summit: Obama expected to discuss 'critical issue' of climate change

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:41 PM PDT

US ambassador says his country will be raising the subject, which has not been made a priority by the Abbott government

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Clive Palmer and Al Gore meet before PUP outlines its climate policy

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:35 PM PDT

Palmer believed to be considering backing some parts of the existing climate scheme

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Pizza chain La Porchetta will monitor pay after under-paying workers

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:17 PM PDT

Third of outlets will audit wages after employees underpaid by $258,000 and companies fined by Federal Court

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Greens may push floating carbon price as PUP mulls partial repeal backing

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:08 PM PDT

Immediate move to lower, flexible price preferable to carbon tax repeal, sources close to Christine Milne say

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Tasmania's DPP guilty of negligent driving causing woman's death

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:03 PM PDT

Magistrate rejects Tim Ellis's claim that sleep apnoea caused him to fall asleep at the wheel

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From the archive, 25 June 1977: The Bay goes gay

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Christopher Reed reports from San Francisco, where where homosexuality is a political force that can make or break the citys top men, mayor, sheriff, district attorney

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Jihadist who wanted to be British PM

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

At 16, Reyaad Khan wanted to rid the world of evil; at 20, he was in Syria, recruiting British Muslims to fight for Isis Continue reading...

Meet the Chinese women standing up to inequality

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Activists have 'occupied' men's toilets, donned wedding dresses splashed with red and shaved heads to raise awareness Continue reading...

Morrison: asylum seekers should go home or face 'very, very long' detention

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:56 PM PDT

Exclusive: extraordinary footage emerges showing Australian immigration minister calling on detained asylum seekers to leave

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Tony Abbott plays down rethink of $7 Medicare co-payment

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:51 PM PDT

AMA president Brian Owler says PM and health minister have indicated they will consider alternative models

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Scott Morrison: asylum seekers must go home or face 'a very, very long time' in detention video

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:38 PM PDT

A filmed message intended for asylum seekers has emerged, featuring immigration minister Scott Morrison. In the film, which was originally intended to be shown to asylum seekers in detention centres run by Australia, Morrison urges detainees to return home or face a 'very, very long time' in detention Continue reading...






Mississippi primary: Thad Cochran wins in relief for GOP mainstream

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:34 PM PDT

Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel reacts angrily, refusing to concede and suggesting Republican vote was hijacked

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Baden-Clay trial: blood in family car matched dead womans DNA

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:03 PM PDT

Forensic scientist says the chance of the sample coming from a non-relative was one in 5,600 billion

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Bali Nine member enters self-portrait in Archibald prize

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:44 PM PDT

Myuran Sukumaran, imprisoned in Kerobokan jail since 2005, seeks and gets advice from previous winner Ben Quilty

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Peter Slipper wants fraud charges dismissed on mental health grounds

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 08:03 PM PDT

The former speaker has pleaded not guilty to charges of dishonestly using a taxpayer-funded Cabcharge card

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John Madigan accuses Coalition of using families as a punching bag

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:46 PM PDT

Crossbencher criticises budget measures, saying he will not be pressured into selling out those who will be hurt most

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Ukraine ceasefire in danger after helicopter shot down

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 05:30 PM PDT

Nine soldiers killed after pro-Russian separatists shoot down helicopter, against their commander's orders to respect ceasefire Continue reading...






Cancelled 'honour' killings talk did not aim to justify murder, says organiser

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:26 PM PDT

Hizb ut-Tahrir member's speech at Festival of Dangerous Ideas is pulled by Sydney Opera House amid flood of online protest

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Former UK ambassador to Afghanistan calls for legalisation of drugs

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Sir William Patey acknowledges west's failure to eradicate poppy crops in Afghanistan as he calls for state-regulated drug trade Continue reading...








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