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JOYCE RENOUNCES NZ CITIZENSHIP AS COALITION ACCUSES LABOR OF CONSPIRACY TO BRING DOWN GOVERNMENT
The Deputy Prime Minister claimed he has renounced his New Zealand citizenship and it has been acknowledged by the New Zealand government... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO PUSH FOR POSTAL BALLOT IF SAME SEX-MARRIAGE PLEBISCITE FAILS IN SENATE AGAIN
Marriage equality advocates have already signalled they will challenge the legality of a postal ballot in the High Court... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA IS IN CRISIS: WHERE IS ALL THIS HEADING?
Earlier this year, the government, through the top court, tried to take away all powers of the National Assembly... READ MORE›
GONSKI 2.0 PASSES IN EARLY HOURS WITH CROSSBENCH SUPPORT
Bleary-eyed government MPs are celebrating a major win in securing the Gonski 2.0 schools funding package through parliament during another marathon sitting... READ MORE›
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TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY
Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... READ MORE›
Despite the weirdness of Campbell Newman running for premier from outside the parliament in 2012, his government began its work in a familiar, austerian manner... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN PASSES LONG-AWAITED ANTI-HONOUR KILLING LEGISLATION
The legislation, passed unanimously by the National Assembly, mandates life imprisonment even if the victim's relatives forgive the murderer... READ MORE›
ONE IN SIX JOBSEEKERS HAVE ALLOWANCE STOPPED BY DWP EACH YEAR
The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government's increasingly severe welfare policies... READ MORE›
ETHIOPIA'S CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT TAKES RISING TOLL
Politicians held over protests as PM says anti-peace forces spreading false information about investment zone plan... READ MORE›
CHINESE WOMAN TRAPPED IN ELEVATOR FOR WEEKS FOUND DEAD
The discovery of her corpse has led to the detention of an elevator maintenance crew... READ MORE›
QLD 'GAY PANIC' DEFENCE TO BE SCRAPPED
Under current Queensland legislation, accused murderers can use unwanted sexual advances as a partial defence... READ MORE›
COMMENT: NO QUESTION ABOUT IT - IT'S TIME TO BOYCOTT QUESTION TIME
Comment No question about it - it's time to boycott Question Time... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'
Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT TOUGHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PENALTIES
Domestic violence offenders will face tougher criminal penalties under legal reforms recommended by the former governor general Dame Quentin Bryce and adopted by the Queensland government... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF AT RISK FROM 'RUSHED' SEDIMENT DUMPING PLAN AT ABBOT POINT
Great Barrier Reef at risk from 'rushed' sediment dumping plan at Abbot Point... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDERING HER THREE CHILDREN IN LAKE CRASH
She also pleaded guilty to the attempted to murder of her six-year-old daughter on the same day, April 8, 2015... READ MORE›
JUDGE THROWS OUT CASE BECAUSE OF UNRELIABLE EVIDENCE
Judge Traverso told the court It is crucial for the state to prove that Mr Dewani entered into an agreement with Zola Tongo the taxi driver... READ MORE›
LABOR URGES AFP ON SPEAKER BISHOP AGAIN
The trip came just two weeks after Mrs Bishop's infamous helicopter charter trip from Melbourne to a Liberal fundraiser in Geelong... READ MORE›
TULSA POLICE OFFICER CHARGED OVER SHOOTING OF UNARMED BLACK MAN
Betty Shelby has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in the shooting of Terence Crutcher on Sept. 16... READ MORE›
'IF YOU SCREAM...': HONG KONG COURT HEARS CHILLING JUTTING TORTURE VIDEO
British banker Rurik Jutting L in a prison van before a court apperance in 2014... READ MORE›
CHILD ABDUCTION AND MURDER DATA PAINT CHILLING NEW PORTRAIT
Child abduction and murder data paint chilling new portrait... READ MORE›
WHAT FATE AWAITS THE ONES SET FREE?
There was huge relief when 82 of the girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, in 2014 were freed on Saturday... READ MORE›
GLENCORE YET TO PUT UP ALL WARNING SIGNS A YEAR AFTER ALERT
Statements from the government and Glencore have been inconsistent on the extent of the contamination problem... READ MORE›
FARKHUNDA MURDER: AFGHAN COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCES
On the same day in May that the four men were given the death penalty, the judge sentenced eight defendants to 16 years in prison and acquitted 18 others... READ MORE›
'YOU'VE LOST THE PLOT, BARRIE': MALCOLM TURNBULL DEFENDS GOVERNMENT ATTACK ON ABC
Malcolm Turnbull has compared the ABC to an undergraduate playing at tabloid journalism after a former terror suspect was allowed into the Q A audience... READ MORE›
COMMENT: THIS IS WHAT A GOVERNMENT HITTING THE WALL LOOKS LIKE
Governments like to control the terrain over which an election is fought... READ MORE›
PLAN TO STRIP FUNDING FROM HOSPITALS WILL 'NEVER' BE POLICY
It will never be government policy, Mr Hunt told reporters in Canberra on Monday... READ MORE›
WHY HAS OSCAR PISTORIUS'S RELEASE BEEN POSTPONED?
Video Why has Oscar Pistorius's release been postponed?... READ MORE›
MOM RECORDS HER OWN MURDER, POLICE SAY
NEWSER - Wesley Webb was fighting with boyfriend Keith Smith in their home in Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania, when she decided to start recording the argument... READ MORE›
'FLOODGATES OPEN' TO PAY CLAIMS AFTER GARDAI OFFERED SPECIAL DEAL
'floodgates open' to pay claims after gardai offered special..... READ MORE›
THE HIGH SOCIAL COST OF DOWNSIZING THE STATE
This means finding better ways of funding local services, rather than depending on unpredictable government grants... READ MORE›
'A HELL OF A YEAR': REVIEWING AN UNUSUAL TIME IN OTTAWA HOMICIDES
Daniel Adjetey-Nelson was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his children's grandfather... READ MORE›
'I'M NOT SURE IF I DID THIS MURDER,' SAYS MAN BEING SENTENCED FOR RAYMOND TAAVEL KILLING
In court documents, Denny is described as having paranoid schizophrenia... READ MORE›
CHINA ADVISERS RECOMMEND 7 PERCENT GROWTH GOAL IN 2015 AS LEADERS MEET
We recommended a growth target of around seven percent, said Zhu Baoliang, chief economist at the State Information Centre, a top government think-tank... READ MORE›