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Clive Palmer offers voters free entry to his resort for politics and dinosaurs
In North Korea, China's Tiananmen Square protests stirred hope for change
US welcomes Sisi talks while urging human rights reforms in Egypt
Tony Abbott heads for Indonesia the day in politics
Bowe Bergdahl release video: 'Don't come back to Afghanistan'
Clive Palmer sorry for offending Peta Credlin in parental leave attack
Ukraine troops flee post in Luhansk after running out of ammunition
Australias richest could be hiding billions from tax office
Qataris defend country's right to host World Cup amid anger and denial
Tiananmen anniversary: Chinese police patrol square to stop commemorations
Central US states hit by hailstorms and tornadoes
Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban release dramatic video of handover to US
Heathrow's new Terminal 2 opens to first passengers
Hackers trick police into dawn raid with elaborate swatting hoax
Fair Work Australia raises minimum wage by 50c per hour to $16.87
Alarm raised after cane toad-like species discovered in Melbourne
Data breach: asylum seekers appeal after failed bid to halt repatriation
Mississippi Republican primary goes to run-off with Chris McDaniel leading Thad Cochran
Marty Natalegawa criticised over Indonesian ambassador's return
Guo Jian: detained for refusing to abide by mass amnesia of Tiananmen
Queensland doctors warn 46 babies infected in outbreak of incurable virus
Royal commission to investigate priest commended by Tony Abbott
Joe Hockey cautiously optimistic as economic growth rate improves
MH370: Indian Ocean crash may have been heard by underwater microphones
NSW Police refuse to confirm or deny whether children used in stings

Clive Palmer offers voters free entry to his resort for politics and dinosaurs

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:55 AM PDT

"Fairfax festival weekend" open to electorate in Coolum just before Palmer United party senators take their seats

In North Korea, China's Tiananmen Square protests stirred hope for change

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:25 AM PDT

Monique Macias was at university in Pyongyang in 1989. She recalls the excitement the protests brought to students in China's secretive neighbour, until they were crushed

US welcomes Sisi talks while urging human rights reforms in Egypt

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:25 AM PDT

Washington says it is looking forward to working with new Egyptian president 'to advance strategic partnership' with US Continue reading...

Tony Abbott heads for Indonesia the day in politics

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:24 AM PDT

The prime minister leaves for a fortnight-long overseas trip as Victoria faces a political crisis, with the Napthine government at risk of a no-confidence vote. All the developments from Canberra

Bowe Bergdahl release video: 'Don't come back to Afghanistan'

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:20 AM PDT

Footage released by the Taliban allegedly showing the handover at the weekend of their captive US army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl to the American military near the Afghan border with Pakistan. It ends with the caption: 'Don' [sic] come back to afghanistan [sic].' The handover was made in exchange for five militants held at Guantánamo Bay. Bergdahl, 28, is now in a military hospital in Germany, undergoing physical and mental assessments Continue reading...

Clive Palmer sorry for offending Peta Credlin in parental leave attack

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 01:16 AM PDT

Party leader apologises but again criticises Coalition policy for favouring successful women

Ukraine troops flee post in Luhansk after running out of ammunition

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:58 AM PDT

Australias richest could be hiding billions from tax office

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:58 AM PDT

Report says the country's high-wealth individuals, together worth about $500bn, are a significant revenue risk for the ATO

Qataris defend country's right to host World Cup amid anger and denial

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:56 AM PDT

Organising staff continue work on stadium designs amid wave of home-grown conspiracy theories and international scandal Continue reading...

Tiananmen anniversary: Chinese police patrol square to stop commemorations

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:55 AM PDT

Dozens of activists have been placed under house arrest and internet scoured for references to massacre 25 years ago

Tiananmen Square, 25 years on Continue reading...

Central US states hit by hailstorms and tornadoes

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:34 AM PDT

Bowe Bergdahl: Taliban release dramatic video of handover to US

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:33 AM PDT

Video shows sergeant, freed five years after being captured in Afghanistan, being led to helicopter by men waving white cloth Continue reading...

Heathrow's new Terminal 2 opens to first passengers

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:25 AM PDT

Airport plans slow start with only 17 flights arriving on first day to banish memories of Terminal 5 opening debacle Continue reading...

Hackers trick police into dawn raid with elaborate swatting hoax

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 12:09 AM PDT

Sydney teenager released without charge after reports of shots being fired at his home turn out to be a false alarm

Fair Work Australia raises minimum wage by 50c per hour to $16.87

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:49 PM PDT

Fair Work president says the increase, which raises weekly minimum to $640.90, was appropriate given 'earnings inequality is increasing'

Alarm raised after cane toad-like species discovered in Melbourne

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:43 PM PDT

Asian black-spine toad could cause devastation similar to that of the cane toad in cooler areas of Australia

Data breach: asylum seekers appeal after failed bid to halt repatriation

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:24 PM PDT

Applicants seek to prevent Immigration Department removing them from Australia after personal details were published online

Mississippi Republican primary goes to run-off with Chris McDaniel leading Thad Cochran

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:13 PM PDT

Tea Party-backed candidate edges incumbent senator into second place but fails to secure enough votes for outright win

Marty Natalegawa criticised over Indonesian ambassador's return

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 11:05 PM PDT

Indonesian foreign minister under fire from Golkar party MP for not including parliamentary foreign affairs committee in decision

Guo Jian: detained for refusing to abide by mass amnesia of Tiananmen

Posted: 03 Jun 2014 09:52 PM PDT

Art writer Madeleine ODea discusses the detention of her friend, Australian-Chinese artist Guo Jian, who had spoken publicly of his memories from the Tianamen Square protests