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Palestinian death toll passes 70 as Israel pounds Gaza with air raids
'Prostitute' accused of injecting Google executive with lethal dose of heroin
Labor closer to axing regulation that weakens financial safeguards
RM Williams: these boots are made for posing (if you're a politician)
Carbon tax repeal voted down in Senate - as it happened
Detainee in self-harm bid sent back to Christmas Island against medical advice
Nuclear materials seized by Iraq insurgents believed to be 'low grade'
Israel-Gaza conflict prompts emergency UN security council meeting live updates
Child missing off beach on NSW central coast sparks air and sea search
Victorian Labor vows to counteract any changes to Racial Discrimination Act
Teachers warned over disciplining bad students while rewarding good ones
Clive Palmer's last-minute carbon tax amendment sows confusion
Indonesian presidential candidates summoned after both declare victory
Prosecutor stands by recommendation not to recharge Scott Volkers
Spring shooting: six killed in suburban Houston including four children
Judge warns jurors in Baden-Clay trial over internet download
AEC ordered to reveal how Senate votes are counted
Israeli offensive in Gaza continues with at least 14 killed
Clive Palmer on why his party didn't vote to repeal the carbon tax - video
Lower drink-driving alcohol limit rejected by Victorian politicians
24 Russian fashion designers to watch
Israeli legal centre abandons lawsuit against Sydney academic
Plibersek: Julie Bishop jeopardising Australias relations with China
Clive Palmer blocks carbon tax repeal amid Senate chaos
Baden-Clay jury retires to consider its verdict after 18-day trial

Palestinian death toll passes 70 as Israel pounds Gaza with air raids

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:48 AM PDT

Family loses eight members and cafe full of football fans watching World Cup hit as IDF strikes 300 targets in one night Continue reading...

'Prostitute' accused of injecting Google executive with lethal dose of heroin

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:43 AM PDT

Alix Tichelman appears in California court on manslaughter and heroin charges following death of Forrest Timothy Hayes Continue reading...

Labor closer to axing regulation that weakens financial safeguards

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:30 AM PDT

The Abbott government failed in a bid to delay the parliamentary tabling of its changes to financial advice reforms

RM Williams: these boots are made for posing (if you're a politician)

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:28 AM PDT

Despite being part-owned by a French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, they're the footwear of choice for Australian politicians on both sides of the political divide. So what's the appeal?

Carbon tax repeal voted down in Senate - as it happened

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:18 AM PDT

After a bruising three days in the new senate, the Abbott government is hoping today is the day that the carbon tax is voted down. As it happened

Detainee in self-harm bid sent back to Christmas Island against medical advice

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:16 AM PDT

Iranian woman, 24, had been receiving psychiatric care in Perth before jumping from a roof at the detention centre at the weekend

Nuclear materials seized by Iraq insurgents believed to be 'low grade'

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 01:05 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency says materials 'would not present significant safety, security or nuclear proliferation risk' Continue reading...

Israel-Gaza conflict prompts emergency UN security council meeting live updates

Posted: 10 Jul 2014 12:46 AM PDT

Ban Ki-moon urges Israeli restraint and end to Gaza rockets
Rockets sirens sounded again in Tel Aviv
Operation protective edge stepped up with 322 air strikes
Five Palestinians children killed in a predawn air raid

Child missing off beach on NSW central coast sparks air and sea search

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:55 PM PDT

Fears grow for five-year-old boy who was swept off Pearl beach by a large wave

Victorian Labor vows to counteract any changes to Racial Discrimination Act

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:28 PM PDT

Should Labor win state election, it will bring in legislation to make it unlawful to insult, offend or humiliate on basis of race

Teachers warned over disciplining bad students while rewarding good ones

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:24 PM PDT

The way teachers discipline children may breach the international convention on the rights of the child, expert says

Clive Palmer's last-minute carbon tax amendment sows confusion

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:18 PM PDT

Amendment which derailed tax repeal appears to extend consumer watchdogs power and penalties for businesses

Indonesian presidential candidates summoned after both declare victory

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:57 PM PDT

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urges Indonesians to remain calm as both Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto claim mandate

Prosecutor stands by recommendation not to recharge Scott Volkers

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:49 PM PDT

Swimming coach's former student has criticised Margaret Cunneen's 2004 advice

Spring shooting: six killed in suburban Houston including four children

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:23 PM PDT

Man surrenders to police after two adults and three children died at the scene, with a fourth child later dying in hospital

Judge warns jurors in Baden-Clay trial over internet download

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:15 PM PDT

The judge said a juror had apparently downloaded material from overseas on how a jury might approach deliberations

AEC ordered to reveal how Senate votes are counted

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:01 PM PDT

Electoral commission must produce details of the computer software used to calculate preference ballots by 15 July

Israeli offensive in Gaza continues with at least 14 killed

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:59 PM PDT

Palestinians say up to eight members of a single family, including children, among the dead as air strikes enter third day

Clive Palmer on why his party didn't vote to repeal the carbon tax - video

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:57 PM PDT

Tony Abbott's pledge to 'axe the tax' will have to wait until next week after the Palmer United party senators decided to vote against the repeal of the carbon tax. Party leader Clive Palmer said the government had a 'violent reaction' to his last-minute revision, which insisted that power companies not passing on carbon tax price reductions be hit with a penalty of 250% of the saving improperly received. Continue reading...

Lower drink-driving alcohol limit rejected by Victorian politicians

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:09 PM PDT

Police say the legal blood alcohol limit should be lowered from 0.05 to 0.02 to reduce road deaths and trauma

24 Russian fashion designers to watch

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Russia's fashion scene is little more than 20 years old, yet it's already flourishing. The Calvert Journal picks 24 young Russian designers who have taken leave of the former Soviet styles, and are offering a new take on how to dress well