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Campbell Newman calls for states to receive slice of income tax

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:54 AM PDT

Queensland premier says too much funding 'comes through Canberra mix-master' with strings attached

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Argentina's vice-president charged with corruption over money printing deal

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 11:45 PM PDT

Amado Boudou accused of secretly buying company that produces country's currency while serving as economy minister

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Ute ploughs through cafe strip in Melbourne suburb

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 10:50 PM PDT

Police arrest driver of stolen vehicle who 'methodically' drove into tables and shop fronts on footpath

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US flying armed drones in Iraq

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 09:53 PM PDT

Pentagon says flights are to protect US military contingent that is assisting Iraqi forces in fight against Isis

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Australian man sentenced to death in Vietnam for heroin trafficking

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 09:38 PM PDT

A court in southern Vietnam on Friday sentenced Pham Trung Dung to death for possessing more than 4kg of the drug

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Clive Palmer shifts ground on climate policy: now it's the economy

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 09:08 PM PDT

PUP leader says Al Gore told him other countries with trading schemes were likely to impose tariffs on imported goods

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Scott Morrison tight-lipped on claim of asylum-seeker boat in trouble

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 08:52 PM PDT

Immigration minister says no incidents to report after refugee activists says 153 Tamils on board boat with broken engine

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Christopher Pyne and George Brandis at odds over Liberal constitution

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 08:46 PM PDT

Party defers amendments after education minister raises concern about federal power over state bodies

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Widespread blackouts hit Venezuela

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 08:20 PM PDT

Public transport suspended and presidential ceremony interrupted in latest failure of shaky electricity infrastructure

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'Illegal Spying Below': blimp flies over NSA data centre in surveillance protest

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 07:18 PM PDT

Stunt used to draw attention to new website rating members of Congress on their approach to data collection

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Rupert Murdoch ordered editors to 'kill Whitlam', according to US envoy

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 07:02 PM PDT

Consul made it clear that the words 'kill Whitlam' were used in a political context and not as a physical threat

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Outgoing Liberal president suggests corporate membership

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 06:48 PM PDT

Call to professionalise party's federal fundraising after Icac focus on donations to New South Wales branch

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US veterans healthcare agency dogged by chronic failures, report finds

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 05:56 PM PDT

White House review delivers damning verdict on delays faced by military veterans seeking healthcare at scandal-plagued VA Continue reading...






Wonga: Church of England advised by ethics review to keep its stake

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 05:30 PM PDT

The church's financial arm has an interest in the payday lending firm, believed to be around £100,000 Continue reading...

Manus unrest: new evidence suggests G4S handed control to PNG squad

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 04:21 PM PDT

New documents given to inquiry about night Reza Barati died raise questions about statements given by G4S executives

Immigration department was notified a day after unrest that the violence had occurred inside detention centre, not outside

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Elliot Rodgers father says of killings we did not see it coming

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 02:46 PM PDT

Father of man who murdered six tells of sorrow for victims as students parents criticise police handling of case

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John Dingell prepares to say goodbye and airs his gripes with modern politics

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:05 PM PDT

Longest-serving congressman in history dines with journalists at National Press Club and shares memories from 60 years' service

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The EU's 'democratic' system that elected a president nobody wants

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT

The bandwagon that appointed Juncker has been rolling since at least 2009 Continue reading...






Britain closer to EU exit after Jean-Claude Juncker vote

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:55 PM PDT

A bad day for Europe, says isolated and bitter David Cameron as commission chief nominated Continue reading...






US vulture fund ruling pushes Argentina towards second bankruptcy

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:38 PM PDT

New York judge blocks $500m payment to creditors in ruling that favours 'predatory' hedge funds over debt restructuring plan Continue reading...






Mississippi Tea Party activist embroiled in dirty tricks allegations found dead

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Mark Mayfield, a lawyer who had supported Chris McDaniel in primary, found dead at home having apparently killed himself

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Seventeen people charged in US with running global khat trafficking ring

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Group accused of importing African khat into Manhattan for sale on the streets of New York and Massachusetts

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Champion of Chinese farmers' rights jailed for forging official documents

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 11:44 AM PDT

Villagers pack the court to applaud woman given two years in prison for trying to prevent land grabs and illegal demolition
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Buy-buy baby: wives of top Niger politicians held for 'child trafficking'

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 11:37 AM PDT

Wives of minister and parliamentary speaker arrested after alleged baby-trafficking syndicate uncovered in west Africa Continue reading...








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