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Manhunt under way in Canada after gunman kills three police
D-day anniversary: The weather forecast that paved the way for the Normandy landings
Nauru suspends two more opposition MPs ahead of budget hand down
Bowe Bergdahl: senators battle White House over release strategy
Queensland to absorb pensioner cuts after Newman backflips on concessions
Hillary Clinton on running for president: I have a decision to make
Adelaide siege: Rodney Clavell found dead inside building
University of Melbourne to cut 540 jobs to save $70m
No other people involved in deaths of Darwin woman and two children: police
Nauru riot: first two asylum seekers found guilty are sentenced to jail
NSW planning officials helped lobbyist write story backing controversial policy
D-day: memories from the frontline
D-day veterans return to Normandy - in pictures
Syria and Egypt's tale of two polls could end in the same old story
General David Hurley to take over from Marie Bashir as NSW governor
Japan bans real-life child sexual abuse material but cartoons remain legal
Higher education regulator was not consulted about budget changes
Alcohol study: middle-aged women drink more often than daughters
Malcolm Turnbull's dinner companions are none of Alan Jones's business
The life and awful death of a Tamil asylum seeker in Australia
Australian friends mourn Leo Seemanpillai, the asylum seeker who set himself on fire video
Australia drops 'occupied' from references to Israeli settlements
Harrier jet crashes in California town
Company bosses could avoid paying deficit tax, says Treasury

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 01:00 AM PDT

The prime minister achieves a thaw with the Indonesian president before departing for France for the D-Day memorial. MPs in Canberra, meanwhile, dig in for the budget fight. All the developments live from Canberra

Manhunt under way in Canada after gunman kills three police

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:58 AM PDT

Two other RCMP officers wounded and manhunt under way for Justin Bourque, 24, in Pinehurst subdivision of city

D-day anniversary: The weather forecast that paved the way for the Normandy landings

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:45 AM PDT

Weather forecasts by the former naval meteorologist Harold Checketts determined the timing of the Normandy landings
D-day landings scenes in 1944 and now interactive Continue reading...

Nauru suspends two more opposition MPs ahead of budget hand down

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:36 AM PDT

Government accused of trying to dodge scrutiny of budget, which includes Australian funding for asylum seekers

Bowe Bergdahl: senators battle White House over release strategy

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:03 AM PDT

Barack Obama has faced criticism from members of the US senate over his decision to release Guantánamo detainees Continue reading...

Queensland to absorb pensioner cuts after Newman backflips on concessions

Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:02 AM PDT

Premier says government is listening to Queenslanders but Labor says Newman scrambled to save his own political skin

Hillary Clinton on running for president: I have a decision to make

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:56 PM PDT

Former secretary of state says there is a need to break the 'highest, hardest glass ceiling in American politics' Continue reading...

Adelaide siege: Rodney Clavell found dead inside building

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:29 PM PDT

South Australia politician makes announcement, marking the end of a two-week manhunt for fugitive

University of Melbourne to cut 540 jobs to save $70m

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:26 PM PDT

Vice chancellor Glyn Davis hopes many of the cuts over the next 18 months will be achieved through natural attrition

No other people involved in deaths of Darwin woman and two children: police

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:48 PM PDT

Veterinarian with stab wounds and bodies of her 12-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter found by landlord

Nauru riot: first two asylum seekers found guilty are sentenced to jail

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:45 PM PDT

Sixty-three detainees face criminal charges after centre was torched in July last year

NSW planning officials helped lobbyist write story backing controversial policy

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:37 PM PDT

Concerns about departmental independence after Sydney Business Chamber executive was supplied with talking points

D-day: memories from the frontline

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT

First-hand accounts of D-day and its aftermath taken from stories submitted by veterans and relatives to Guardian Witness, our platform for reader contributions. Compilers Caroline Bannock and James Meikle

D-day veterans return to Normandy - in pictures

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Veterans of the second world war are returning to France for the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings

Syria and Egypt's tale of two polls could end in the same old story

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT

A pair of presidential coronations have underlined the truth that it takes more than an election to make a democracy Continue reading...

General David Hurley to take over from Marie Bashir as NSW governor

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:54 PM PDT

Chief of the defence force says he has 'enormous shoes to fill' when he moves into Sydney's Government House

Japan bans real-life child sexual abuse material but cartoons remain legal

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:46 PM PDT

Possession to be outlawed but manga, anime and computer graphics depicting sexual exploitation of minors exempt

Higher education regulator was not consulted about budget changes

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:24 PM PDT

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency faces funding cut of $31m over four years, representing 41% of its budget

Alcohol study: middle-aged women drink more often than daughters

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 09:02 PM PDT

13% of Australian women aged 45 to 59 average more than two drinks a day, increasing their risk of alcohol-related illness

Malcolm Turnbull's dinner companions are none of Alan Jones's business

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:51 PM PDT

In selling its budget measures, the government should listen to the voters more and to media megaphones less

The life and awful death of a Tamil asylum seeker in Australia

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:26 PM PDT

Special report: Leo Seemanpillai was a hardworking 29-year-old plagued by the uncertainty of life in visa limbo, say friends

Australian friends mourn Leo Seemanpillai, the asylum seeker who set himself on fire video

Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:26 PM PDT

Leo Seemanpillai was a 29-year-old Tamil asylum seeker living in Geelong, Australia. He took his own life by setting himself alight. Guardian Australia goes to Geelong to talk to the people who knew him. Read the full story here
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