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Oscar Pistorius live trial coverage Monday 7 July
Carbon tax top of the new Senate agenda politics live
Swimmers felt 'insulted' when DPP dealt with their abuse claims
Hamas vows revenge on Israel after seven members die in air strike
US-bound passengers may have to switch on mobile phones for security
Crocodile attacks handler at zoo on New South Wales south coast
Saving the bacon during the First World War
Asylum seekers will be handed to police on return, Sri Lanka confirms
Sexual violence against older women is ignored or unreported, says study
Five reasons why Indonesia's presidential election matters
Spooked horse forces stagecoach off bridge, injuring 14 people
Coach continued to work with children without certification, inquiry hears
Australian TV network denies obtaining Oscar Pistorius video illegally
Indonesian presidential election too close to call - video
Clive Palmer switch threatens to blow $9bn hole in budget
Angela Merkel says allegations of US spying on Germany are 'serious'
Baden-Clay murder trial is not a soap opera or whodunnit, jury told
Asylum seeker transfer: Labor, the Greens and Clive Palmer speak out
Handing back Tamils is disturbing and disgraceful - video
Man stabbed to death in front of shoppers at Westfield Parramatta
UN refugee convention: on unlawful entry, expulsion and refoulement in full
The new-look Senate a surprisingly friendly welcome to the crossbench
Pope Francis to meet sex abuse victims, with questions hanging over response
Western Australia health workers vote to strike after rejecting pay offer
Handing back asylum seekers is called refoulement. And it's illegal

Oscar Pistorius live trial coverage Monday 7 July

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 01:28 AM PDT

Rolling coverage of the final stages of evidence in the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, after footage emerges of the athlete re-enacting the fatal shooting

Carbon tax top of the new Senate agenda politics live

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 01:25 AM PDT

Twelve senators are sworn in today and their first order of business is axing the carbon tax. Meanwhile, the Abbott government comes under fire for handing over asylum seekers to Sri Lanka. Follow parliament live ...

Swimmers felt 'insulted' when DPP dealt with their abuse claims

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:31 AM PDT

Julie Gilbert and Kylie Rogers allege they were sexually assaulted by coach Scott Volkers numerous times as teenagers

Hamas vows revenge on Israel after seven members die in air strike

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:21 AM PDT

Israel bombs tunnel used by Gazan militants in response to rocket attacks and tensions continue over death of teenagers Continue reading...

US-bound passengers may have to switch on mobile phones for security

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:16 AM PDT

Some direct flights to US will require passengers to show cellphones, as authorities work to counter threat of explosives

Crocodile attacks handler at zoo on New South Wales south coast

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:08 AM PDT

Attack occurred during a regular feeding show at Shoalhaven zoo and the man is now being treated for bites to his hands

Saving the bacon during the First World War

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:05 AM PDT

Were vegetarian sausages invented during World War I? Why did the German government slaughter 9 million pigs in 1915? Vanessa Heggie explores the surprising connections between war and pork products.

Asylum seekers will be handed to police on return, Sri Lanka confirms

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:02 AM PDT

Legal experts add to criticism from Labor, Greens and Clive Palmer about transfer of 41 asylum seekers, as Sri Lankan high commissioner reveals how authorities will handle arrivals

Sexual violence against older women is ignored or unreported, says study

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Researchers cite an 'enormous silence' around the topic and a belief older women are asexual and unlikely to be assaulted

Five reasons why Indonesia's presidential election matters

Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:00 AM PDT

Once a dictatorship, now the world's third largest democracy, the 90% Muslim country is poised to take a step forward Continue reading...

Spooked horse forces stagecoach off bridge, injuring 14 people

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 11:49 PM PDT

Queensland emergency services in Longreach find Cobb & Co coach lying on its side in a dry creek bed on Jundah Road

Coach continued to work with children without certification, inquiry hears

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 11:33 PM PDT

Swimming Queensland sent Scott Volkers to China as head coach to girls aged 14 to 17 even after he had been twice rejected for a 'blue card' certification to work with children

Australian TV network denies obtaining Oscar Pistorius video illegally

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 11:23 PM PDT

Defence team protests as 1.3m viewers see footage of the Olympic runner re-enacting the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp

Indonesian presidential election too close to call - video

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 11:03 PM PDT

More than 186 million Indonesians will head to the polls on 9 July to choose a new leader in a presidential election analysts say is too close to call. Jakarta governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and former general Prabowo Subianto are running neck and neck to be the new leader of the world's third-largest democracy Continue reading...

Clive Palmer switch threatens to blow $9bn hole in budget

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 10:47 PM PDT

PUP leader to vote against Coalition plans to abolish schoolkids' bonus, the low income super guarantee and welfare bonus

Angela Merkel says allegations of US spying on Germany are 'serious'

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 10:32 PM PDT

The German chancellor says if the allegations prove true it would breach expected levels of cooperation between partners

Baden-Clay murder trial is not a soap opera or whodunnit, jury told

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 09:39 PM PDT

Accused's barrister says: 'It's my submission that you will not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Gerard killed Allison'

Asylum seeker transfer: Labor, the Greens and Clive Palmer speak out

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 09:19 PM PDT

Human rights groups fear asylum seekers returned directly to Sri Lanka over the weekend will be jailed

Handing back Tamils is disturbing and disgraceful - video

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 09:11 PM PDT

Senators react to the news that Australian border protection officials have handed back 41 Sri Lankan nationals, including four Tamils, over to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer at sea. With Greens Christine Milne and Sarah Hanson-Young, Labor's Doug Cameron and Sam Dastyari and Independent Nick Xenophon. Continue reading...

Man stabbed to death in front of shoppers at Westfield Parramatta

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 09:10 PM PDT

'He kept plunging the knife in his chest ... and paced up and down the shopping centre screaming at police,' says witness

UN refugee convention: on unlawful entry, expulsion and refoulement in full

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 09:09 PM PDT

Articles 31 to 33 of the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees prohibit the return of any refugee 'to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened'

The new-look Senate a surprisingly friendly welcome to the crossbench

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 08:57 PM PDT

Senators turn on the charm as the newbies who hold the balance of power take their seats for the first time

Pope Francis to meet sex abuse victims, with questions hanging over response

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 08:45 PM PDT

Victims groups are unconvinced by the pope's record on abuse, and the length of time he has taken to arrange a meeting

Western Australia health workers vote to strike after rejecting pay offer

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 08:25 PM PDT

Physiotherapists, radiographers and other hospital staff will walk off the job unless the state government increases wage rise

Handing back asylum seekers is called refoulement. And it's illegal

Posted: 06 Jul 2014 08:13 PM PDT

In his first column for Guardian Australia, our new legal editor at large says the handover of Sri Lankans at sea has taken this country into new legal territory

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