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SYDNEY ISLAMIC SCHOOL TO APPEAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING LOSS
Sydney's Malek Fahd Islamic School will appeal a tribunal's decision to uphold a federal government move to cut the school's funding... READ MORE›
FAMILIES OF AMERICANS TAKEN HOSTAGE SEE SOME PROGRESS IN INTERACTION WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT
One after another the American hostages -- James Foley, Steven Sotloff and Peter Kassig -- were murdered... READ MORE›
CONTROVERSIAL ASIC SELL-OFF ABANDONED AFTER GOVERNMENT FAILS TO SECURE LUCRATIVE ENOUGH BID
Final bids for control of the register were received from companies earlier this year under a government tender... READ MORE›
ALEPPO EVACUATION EFFORTS FALTER AS ISLAMIST FIGHTERS BURN CONVOY OF RESCUE BUSES
Tell me, what do we do, what choices do we have? said Ahmed al-Mashadi, an engineer in eastern Aleppo... READ MORE›
ARE ANONYMOUS SOURCES ENOUGH FOR ACCUSING PUTIN OF MEDDLING IN THE U.S. ELECTION?
But he says if journalists could only publish so-called provable truth, many important stories based on anonymous sources wouldn't get told... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 10,000 BADGERS KILLED IN CULL, SAYS GOVERNMENTA
Nigel Gibbens, the Chief Veterinary Officer, said that further expansion of the culls will help the Government to eradicate the disease... READ MORE›
INDIGENOUS LEADERS CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING SUPPORT AFTER DEADLY FIRE
Day said underfunding for First Nations is an issue that needs to be addressed... READ MORE›
UK GOVERNMENT FACING NEW BREXIT COURT CASE -SUNDAY TIMES
That ruling is being challenged by the government in Britain's Supreme Court... READ MORE›
'HOW ARE WE GOING TO LIVE?'
Some 60 percent of Syrian refugees in Canada don't speak English or French, according to data from the federal government... READ MORE›
TAKING ON GOVERNMENT NOT GOOD FOR CAREER
Gillian Triggs has referred to the end of her tenure as Australian Human Rights Commission president in a speech in Sydney... READ MORE›
LORDS DEFEAT GOVERNMENT OVER CHILD PROTECTION PROPOSALS
Well done to the Lords for doing the government's job, listening to the concerns of social workers and campaigners, and standing up for children's rights... READ MORE›
JUDGES RULE PARLIAMENT MUST VOTE ON ARTICLE 50
It is a strong reminder, however, that the government should respect the constitutional rules during the Brexit process... READ MORE›
U.K. GOVERNMENT CAN'T TRIGGER BREXIT WITHOUT PARLIAMENT APPROVAL, HIGH COURT RULES
The government said it would appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court... READ MORE›
SPAIN'S RAJOY LOOKS TO DECISIVE SATURDAY VOTE TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT
So far since then, efforts to form a coalition government have failed... READ MORE›
CAMERON AIDE SAID GOVERNMENT WAS 'EXPOSED ON HEATHROW' OVER AIR QUALITY
But the government published its national air quality plan later that month with little reference to Heathrow and has not expanded on it publicly since then... READ MORE›
PHOENIX PAYROLL UPDATE TODAY AS GOVERNMENT DEADLINE TO CLEAR BACKLOG LOOMS
Update on Phoenix payroll mess comes as government deadline to clear backlog nears... READ MORE›
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UK GOVERNMENT TO BAN MICROBEADS FROM COSMETICS BY END OF 2017
Microbeads are very small pieces of plastic in products such as facial scrubs and makeup... READ MORE›
TWO MORE SENIOR LIBERAL AIDES TO REPAY $55,000 IN MOVING EXPENSES
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains' chief of staff Elder Marques received 103,997 in moving expenses when he relocated to Ottawa... READ MORE›
9/11 WIDOW ON SAUDI ROLE IN ATTACKS
Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9 11 bill... READ MORE›
HACKERS TOOK FINGERPRINTS OF 56 MILLION US WORKERS GOVERNMENT SAYS
But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive... READ MORE›
ANGER OVER LIMITED RESPONSE TO HOSTILE MILITIA TAKEOVER OF US GOVERNMENT BUILDING
'Oregon Under Attack' Anger over limited response to hostile militia takeover of US government building... READ MORE›
IN A FIRST, CHINESE HACKERS ARE ARRESTED AT THE BEHEST OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Intelligence and law enforcement agencies drew up a list of the hackers the United States wanted arrested... READ MORE›
POST REPORTER JASON REZAIAN AND HIS FAMILY FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST IRANIAN GOVERNMENT
The suit says Rezaian was targeted for arrest to win concessions from the U.S. government during the Iran nuclear talks... 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›
WHY THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS SPOILING YOUR ONLINE BARGAINS
Howe Institute, was commissioned by eBay Canada, which has been lobbying Ottawa to raise its 20 threshold, known in the world of commerce as de minimis... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS IN TURKEY RALLY AGAINST GOVERNMENT AFTER ANKARA BOMBINGS
A two-year peace process between the Turkish state and the P.K.K... READ MORE›
UK GOVERNMENT AXES PLANS FOR FRACKING IN PROTECTED NATURE SITES
The government has backed down on its plan to allow fracking in some of England's most important nature sites... READ MORE›
N.Y. JUDGE BACKS APPLE IN ENCRYPTION FIGHT WITH GOVERNMENT
In both cases, the government relies on the All Writs Act, a broad 1789 law which enables judges to require actions necessary to enforce their own orders... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF POLLUTERS FACE TOUGHER ACTION UNDER QUEENSLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT
Labor government appoints statea??s first ever reef minister as it steps up plan to avoid the UN listing the ecosystem as a??in dangera??... READ MORE›
NSW GOVERNMENT SPRUIKS COAL SEAM GAS MINING TO THE WORLD
The government department said it should have made clear that it is government policy to prohibit coal seam gas exploration in the state's northern rivers... READ MORE›
11 STATES SUE U.S. GOVERNMENT OVER OBAMA'S TRANSGENDER DIRECTIVE
The lawsuit, announced Wednesday in Austin by Texas Attorney General Kenneth Paxton, also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maine, Arizona, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT PASSING THE BUCK ON AIR POLLUTION, SAYS CAMPAIGNERS
Government passing the buck on air pollution, says campaigners... READ MORE›
'ALBERTA LOST ITS FOCUS,' B.C. GOVERNMENT SAYS IN THRONE SPEECH SLAM
B.C. throne speech cites Alberta as example of how not to run a province... READ MORE›
LOCAL COUNCILS WARN OF CRITICAL FUNDING CRISIS AS A?18BN GRANT IS SCRAPPED
Osborne also announced that he would increase the Better Care Fund by ?1.5bn by 2020, which he said councils providing social care would be able to access... READ MORE›
JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS GOVERNMENT WON'T ACT AS PIPELINE PROJECTS 'CHEERLEADER' AS TORIES DID
The prime minister said it's not up to the federal government to decide in advance what projects it wants to push through... READ MORE›
UN ASKS GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN TWO-CHILD CAP ON CHILD TAX CREDITS
At the evidence sessions, a UK government delegation will have to explain how its recent welfare reforms conform to its UN obligations on child poverty... READ MORE›
HOUSE PASSES FIVE-DAY GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL, AVERTING WEEKEND SHUTDOWN
It became clear last week that lawmakers would not be able to meet the Dec. 11 deadline because of disagreements over policy riders attached to the bill... READ MORE›
APPEAL COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE IN POUNDLAND CASE
Three judges uphold high court ruling that emergency measures introduced in 2013 were incompatible with human rights law... READ MORE›
HIGH COURT RULES RUSHED SPYING BILL, DRIPA, IS ILLEGAL, GOVERNMENT GIVEN UNTIL MARCH TO FIX
To allow the Government time to fix the bill, the High Court has given them a deadline of March 2016, after which the bill will become invalid... READ MORE›
IRISH WATER HAS BECOME AN 'EMBARRASSMENT' TO GOVERNMENT
Communications Minister Alex White says the Government must accept the embarrassment over Irish Water debacle but that it is worth continuing with... READ MORE›
HOMELESSNESS - NOT IRISH WATER - WILL STOP GOVERNMENT GETTING BACK INTO POWER SAYS LEADING CAMPAIGNER
The Government is too concerned with getting re-elected to properly address the homelessness crisis according to a leading activist... READ MORE›
CIVIL SERVANT IN LEGAL MESS AFTER SUING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER PHOENIX PAY PROBLEM
Out of 80,000 workers affected by the Phoenix problems, he's the only one to go up against the federal government in court... READ MORE›
'THE GOVERNMENT IS WAGING WAR AGAINST OUR CHILDREN'
Jos Angel known by his family as Pepe had entered the Ayotzinapa rural teacher training college this year... READ MORE›
UNIMMUNISED CHILDREN TO BE BANNED FROM KINDERGARTENS UNDER VICTORIAN PLAN
What we don't accept is those who go around myth-making about the risks of vaccination Victoria's health minister Jill Hennessy said on Sunday... READ MORE›
U.S. GOVERNMENT, APPLE TAKE ENCRYPTION CASE TO COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
The phone at issue is an iPhone 5c issued to Farook by San Bernardino County in his role as a health inspector... READ MORE›
GUANTANAMO BAY: JUDGE RULES US GOVERNMENT MUST RELEASE VIDEO OF DETAINEES BEING FORCE-FED
The American government has been ordered to release videotapes showing Guantanamo Bay detainees being force-fed while on hunger strike... READ MORE›
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IN ZIMBABWE A FIRST LADY EXERTS HER POWER
According to American diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Ms. Mugabe was engaged in the illegal mining of diamonds in eastern Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
CHINESE FARMERS TAKE OVER FORMER WHITE-OWNED FARMS IN ZIMBABWE TO CASH IN ON TOBACCO
Chinese farmers have taken over formerly white-owned farms for the first time, investing millions of pounds into tobacco production... READ MORE›
THAI POLICE WANT TO INTERCEPT PHONE CALLS IN 'NATIONAL SECURITY' CASES
Thai police want to intercept phone calls in 'national security' cases - Asia Times... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE WAR VETERANS BOYCOTT MUGABE SPEECH
READ MORE Zimbabwe's season of rising discontent Mugabe's government has arrested and charged war veterans' leaders in a crackdown against his formed allies... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS RALLY IN AUS OVER JUVENILE ABUSE
The Townsville Human Rights Committee expanded its protest to cover Australia's offshore detention program... READ MORE›
JILL MEAGHER'S KILLER LAUNCHES EARLY RELEASE BID CITING HUMAN RIGHTS BREACH
Convicted murderer Adrian Bayley has begun a court action after Victoria Legal Aid refused to fund an appeal to reduce his 43-year minimum jail term... READ MORE›
ROBERT MUGABE EATS GIANT CAKE AT BIRTHDAY PARTY IN DROUGHT ZONE
President Robert Mugabe marked his 92nd birthday with a lavish party and a huge cake in a drought-stricken area of Zimbabwe on Saturday... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNED BY WEST IS SELECTED FOR CHINESE PEACE PRIZE
Mr. Qiao noted that the Confucius Peace Prize committee and the Nobel committee had both looked to Africa for candidates this year... READ MORE›
POTHOLES, SEWAGE AND TRAFFIC HOSTILITY: CAN KAMPALA EVER BE A BIKE-FRIENDLY CITY?
Initiate a conversation about cycling in Kampala and it will probably go one of two ways... READ MORE›
MUGABE SAYS HIS PEOPLE 'FAILED TO PROTECT' CECIL, ON WORLD LION DAY
President Robert Mugabe says his people 'failed to protect' Cecil, on World Lion Day... READ MORE›
'SILLY MOVE' TO PUSH UP DP WORLD RENT WILL HURT $6 BILLION PORT OF MELBOURNE SALE
Silly move to push up dp world rent will hurt 6 billion port of melbourne sale... READ MORE›
WHY ARE ALL THESE ANGRY MEN IN HONG KONG WEARING BRAS?
On Sunday dozens of men wearing bras gathered outside a police station in the busy Wan Chai district of Hong Kong island... READ MORE›