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David Johnston skips cabinet security meeting
22 Oct 2014: Defence minister says he ‘didn’t have much to add’ despite Australian military engagement in Middle East -
Melbourne 11hr ago
Bunurong Memorial Park: the Melbourne wedding venue to die for
22 Oct 2014:Melbourne cemetery to be redeveloped to cater for birthdays, weddings and bar mitzvahs – as well as 8,500 more grave sites
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Victoria 11hr 40min ago
Luke Batty death: police shortfalls may have hindered father's arrest
22 Oct 2014:Inquest into 11-year-old's death hears poor police communication and lags in computer database system meant Greg Anderson may have slipped through the cracks
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Victorian election 2014 11hr 50min ago
Victorian election: PUP among minor parties standing for upper house seats
22 Oct 2014: ‘Preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery working on complex deals as number of minor parties contesting election grows -
Ebola 12hr 19min ago
Ebola: health department rejects claims Australian medical teams ‘unprepared’
22 Oct 2014:Medical chief claims Australia has not trained or readied health workers for rapid deployment in the event of an outbreak
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Perth 12hr 47min ago
Perth art school denies censoring students’ paintings
22 Oct 2014: John Curtin College of the Arts claims one painting depicted a naked underage student and was removed from exhibition for legal reasons -
Australian security and counter-terrorism 13hr 23min ago
Coalition agrees to amendments to foreign fighters legislation
22 Oct 2014: Government to fulfil one of Labor’s preconditions for passing bill as Greens slam Labor for ‘waving through draconian laws without proper scrutiny’ -
Australia news 14hr 13min ago
Relocation scheme for job seekers attracts 145 people since July
22 Oct 2014: Almost half of those who took up payment of up to $9,000 had been unemployed for more than two years, government says -
Australian politics 15hr 27min ago
Labor rejects Abbott government's first attempt at renewable energy deal
21 Oct 2014: Opposition and industry groups immediately reject ‘phoney’ opening offer as negotiations start on renewable energy target -
Australian budget 2014 15hr 38min ago
Welfare changes: government launches new push to break legislation stalemate
21 Oct 2014: Social security minister calls for proposals from crossbench senators as he signals plan to put bills through lower house -
Girl, 5, raped and flogged for being late for dinner at foster home, inquiry told
21 Oct 2014: State of NSW resisted accepting liability for abuse at Bethcar children’s home despite one manager being jailed for 30 years -
Australian politics 17hr 54min ago
Asylum seekers: Andrew Wilkie takes Australia to international criminal court
21 Oct 2014: MP names Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and the rest of cabinet in letter to ICC alleging crimes against humanity -
Gough Whitlam 18hr 9min ago
Greens' use of Gough Whitlam image offensive, says Anthony Albanese
21 Oct 2014: Labor frontbencher accuses party of trying to co-opt former prime minister by tweeting image of him next to Greens logo -
Australian immigration and asylum 21hr 23min ago
Cambodia to give Nauru refugees 'realistic' picture of resettlement
21 Oct 2014: Phnom Penh media is reporting officials will travel to Australia and Nauru as soon as this week to present options to refugees
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Defence minister says he ‘didn’t have much to add’ despite Australian military engagement in Middle East
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Melbourne cemetery to be redeveloped to cater for birthdays, weddings and bar mitzvahs – as well as 8,500 more grave sites
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Inquest into 11-year-old's death hears poor police communication and lags in computer database system meant Greg Anderson may have slipped through the cracks
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Defence minister says he ‘didn’t have much to add’ despite Australian military engagement in Middle East
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Bill would remove the requirement for telcos to reveal the number of disclosures of customers’ personal data they make to authorities each year
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Politics-as-usual resumed after a day of tributes to the former Labor prime minister, Gough Whitlam. The Coalition proceeded with repeal of various regulations, as the House sat and Senate estimates hearings continued. All the developments from Canberra
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Pakistan closed day one of the first Test on 219 for four with Younis Khan out for 106 and Mitchell Johnson taking three wickets for the Aussies
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The England head coach Stuart Lancaster has included the Bath wing Semesa Rokoduguni and Saracens lock George Kruis in his 33-man squad for the autumn internationals at Twickenham
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Medical chief claims Australia has not trained or readied health workers for rapid deployment in the event of an outbreak
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Island state still grows almost 50% of the world’s pharmaceutical opium poppies, but major factory will move to Victoria to avoid ban on crop imports
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Anthony Albanese says Greens' use of Gough Whitlam image is offensive - video
Anthony Albanese has accused the Australian Greens of 'opportunism of the worst kind' after the party attached its logo to an image of Gough Whitlam
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