PM likens Indigenous crisis to Harricane Katrina
Posted on 26 June, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard has compared Australia's failure on Indigenous child abuse to the botched Government response to Hurricane Katrina in the United States.
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Brown takes over British Labour Party
Posted on 25 June, 2007
Gordon Brown, who takes over as Britain's prime minister this week, has vowed to revitalise the ruling Labour Party and learn from the "divisive" Iraq war.
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Howard calls for volunteer doctors for NT
Posted on 22 June, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard wants doctors to donate some of their time to carry out compulsory health checks for Aboriginal children and combat a "national emergency" in Indigenous child abuse.
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Hudson charged with CBD shooting murder
Posted on 21 June, 2007
The man arrested over a triple shooting in Melbourne's CBD has faced an out-of-sessions court charged with murder.
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Shooting suspect a "dead man walking"
Posted on 20 June, 2007
A Melbourne expert on bikie gangs doubts murder suspect Christopher Wayne Hudson will be harboured by the outlawed Hells Angels bikie gang.
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Police release gunman regos
Posted on 19 June, 2007
Police have released the registration numbers of two vehicles they say may be being driven by the gunman who killed one man and wounded two other people in a shooting in Melbourne's CBD yesterday morning.
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One dead as police hunt Melbourne gunman
Posted on 18 June, 2007
Victorian police say a gunman is on the loose after killing one person and critically wounding two others in a rush hour shooting in the middle of Melbourne.
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Aussies want action on climate change: survey
Posted on 5 June, 2007
An international survey commissioned by an environmental group has found that the majority of people in 14 countries want governments to do more about climate change.
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Few avenues to appeal fairness test, say unions
Posted on 4 June, 2007
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) says the only avenue for appeal under the Federal Government's new fairness test for workers who trade away their award conditions is the High Court.
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Howard will drag feet on carbon trading: Labor
Posted on 1 June, 2007
Federal Labor says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted to act quickly on a report recommending a carbon emissions trading scheme by 2012.
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Japanese villagers 'depend on whaling for survival'
Posted on 31 May, 2007
Australian Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has clashed with Japan over its plan to allow four of its coastal communities to hunt whales.
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Survey reveals overtime burden
Posted on 30 May, 2007
Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey says new figures showing the majority of Australians who work overtime do not get paid for it have nothing to do with the Coalition's industrial relations laws.
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Govt used foreign aid money to pay Iraqi debt: report
Posted on 28 May, 2007
The Federal Government's foreign aid program is under question over suggestions the Budget has been artificially inflated.
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Labor accused of 'double standards' on Rudd's wife
Posted on 25 May, 2007
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has accused Labor of double standards in the row about a company owned by Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein.
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Sydney should be nation's capital: Keating
Posted on 24 May, 2007
Former prime minister Paul Keating has called for Sydney to be made the nation's capital.
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PM's annihilation warning a 'political tactic'
Posted on 23 May, 2007
The Federal Opposition says the Prime Minister's warning to his colleagues that the Coalition could face electoral "annihilation" is a short-term political tactic.
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High-profile QC dies after hotel collapse
Posted on 22 May, 2007
A prominent Melbourne lawyer who was found unconscious in an Adelaide hotel room over a week ago has died in hospital.
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Poll shows 'mood for change'
Posted on 21 May, 2007
Labor Deputy Leader Julia Gillard says new poll figures show a "mood for change" in Australia, despite a majority of people continuing to favour the Coalition on economic issues.
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I wasn't forced to resign: McGuire
Posted on 18 May, 2007
The chief executive of the Nine Network, Eddie McGuire, maintains he was not forced to resign from the role.
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Random body searches cleared for APEC
Posted on 17 May, 2007
NSW Premier Morris Iemma says the State Government will introduce legislation into Parliament to give police increased powers for the duration of the APEC Summit in Sydney.
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