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2013/05/18 01:46
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The frontrunner: Tony Abbott, flanked by Joe Hockey and Julie Bishop, sets out to deliver his budget reply on Thursday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Four nights ago, when a nervous Wayne Swan rose to...
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2013/05/17 22:47
2013/05/17 22:47
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Illustration: Spooner Four nights ago, when a nervous Wayne Swan rose to deliver the budget that was crafted to create a ''stronger, smarter, fairer Australia'', the public galleries were sparsely...
2013/05/17 18:17
2013/05/17 18:17
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Tough new law puts mainland Australia and its legal system out of bounds for boat-people The vast continent of Australia is no longer Australia. At least, not for any of the asylum-seekers who...
2013/05/14 07:34
2013/05/14 07:34
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JULIA Gillard has declared Tony Abbott "simply not up to it" when it comes to the economy. As MPs faced their first parliamentary question time in seven weeks, the Prime Minister took aim at Mr...
2013/05/14 01:27
2013/05/14 01:27
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TONY EASTLEY: Tonight, as Wayne Swan stands at the dispatch box on the floor of the House of Representatives, the Treasurer will be delivering his sixth and arguably his most difficult budget. His...
2013/05/11 14:17
2013/05/11 14:17
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A LEAKED Labor cheat sheet has revealed the extraordinary lengths party officials are taking to keep the election campaign tightly scripted and mistake-free. In a seven-page document, Key Facts - 26...
2013/05/11 14:17
2013/05/11 14:17
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MOVE over Madonna, Cher and Rihanna ... there is a new mononymous poster boy on the scene. Kevin Rudd's new campaign poster hit the streets of Griffith yesterday and bears just a single word -...
2013/05/08 21:16
2013/05/08 21:16
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THE number of asylum seekers to arrive under Labor is about to pass the population of Tamworth following more boats being intercepted recently. More than 40,500 people have now arrived under the Rudd...
2013/05/08 19:04
2013/05/08 19:04
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Sydney – Australia’s government plans to post video on YouTube and Facebook of the first group of asylum seekers sent to Malaysia under a pact between the countries to swap refugees, in an attempt to...
2013/05/05 00:34
2013/05/05 00:34
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CHICKEN Kev is the star attraction of a new Liberal Party election ad campaign targeting Labor's "headless chooks". Liberal Party campaigners are planning a Sunday roast for the ALP with the launch...
2013/05/03 02:59
2013/05/03 02:59
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ACADEMICS have criticised a decision by Australia's previous immigration minister Chris Bowen to grant a visa to disgraced former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The decision to grant the...
2013/05/03 02:55
2013/05/03 02:55
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Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has admitted his claim the 457 visa scheme had been rorted 10,000 times was simply his own ''estimate'' – but insisted there had been ''more than a few''...
2013/05/02 13:17
2013/05/02 13:17
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A ''GENUINENESS'' test for foreign workers on 457 visas is being considered by the government as it contemplates expanding a crackdown. The test, if adopted, would be applied through a criteria aimed...
2013/05/02 07:52
2013/05/02 07:52
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WITH Philly Beer Week just five weeks away, word is beginning to spill about many of the new brands that the locals will be showing off for the festivities. Consider this your early checklist. *...
Read more at Philly.com, The Triangle
2013/04/30 11:27
2013/04/30 11:27
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A plan by the Northern Territory Government to force alcoholics into rehabilitation appears to have hit a snag. The remaining Australian soldiers in East Timor will begin pulling out of the country...
2013/04/30 00:52
2013/04/30 00:52
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Children with severe illnesses have been sent to Australia's offshore asylum seeker processing centre on Manus Island, even though it lacks proper medical supplies. John Valentine, a former doctor at...
2013/04/29 23:27
2013/04/29 23:27
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Vocally opposed by some when it opened, a plan to close a detention centre in SA now provokes some unease. A motorcyclist has died in an accident at Woodside in the Adelaide hills, the fourth road...
2013/04/29 20:46
2013/04/29 20:46
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The media in Australia is obsessed with same-sex marriage. It is far from clear, however, that this is a priority for many Australians living in the suburbs and regional centres - far away from the...
2013/04/29 02:11
2013/04/29 02:11
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Is News Ltd officially campaigning against the idea that democratically elected local community representatives should be constitutionally allowed to receive direct funding from the federal...
2013/04/27 14:46
2013/04/27 14:46
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THE Deputy Leader of the federal Coalition, Julie Bishop, yesterday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government, accusing it of failing in all of its fundamental...