The Government saved about $4 billion in the last budget by delaying some defence programs and cutting back others. Major-General Molan has told Channel Ten that Australia will struggle to defend itself by 2020 if spending stays at current levels. “If you’re going to produce a force that can fight, you’ve got to have jets, […]
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Teens questioned over weekend crime spree
Print page Email this Melissa Brown Updated July 23, 2012 07:32:20 Police are investigating whether four teenagers were involved in a weekend crime spree in Melbourne’s west. Three boys aged between 13 and 15 and a 15-year-old girl are being questioned over an armed robbery, a police pursuit and a hit-and-run. Police were chasing a […]
Teens questioned over weekend crime spree
Print page Email this Melissa Brown Updated July 23, 2012 07:32:20 Police are investigating whether four teenagers were involved in a weekend crime spree in Melbourne’s west. Three boys aged between 13 and 15 and a 15-year-old girl are being questioned over an armed robbery, a police pursuit and a hit-and-run. Police were chasing a […]
Motorbike left at NSW shooting scene
Police are investigating an abandoned motorcycle and a burned out car found near a New South Wales Hunter Valley vineyard following yesterday’s shooting of bikie member. The 56-year-old member of the Gladiator outlaw motorcycle club arrived at Cessnock Hospital yesterday afternoon and has since been airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. Police said the […]
Motorbike left at NSW shooting scene
Police are investigating an abandoned motorcycle and a burned out car found near a New South Wales Hunter Valley vineyard following yesterday’s shooting of bikie member. The 56-year-old member of the Gladiator outlaw motorcycle club arrived at Cessnock Hospital yesterday afternoon and has since been airlifted to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. Police said the […]
You are not alone
Click to play video More video Recommended Click to play video Google Hangout with Gillard – the full event Click to play video Many injured in M7 horror smash Click to play video CCTV of vicious Bar 20 assault Click to play video Melbourne set for a warm weekend Replay video [WHO] David Baker, research […]
You are not alone
Click to play video More video Recommended Click to play video Google Hangout with Gillard – the full event Click to play video Many injured in M7 horror smash Click to play video CCTV of vicious Bar 20 assault Click to play video Melbourne set for a warm weekend Replay video [WHO] David Baker, research […]
Child support scheme ‘too complex’
Only a handful of experts can understand Australia’s child support scheme, a study shows. Photo: Jessica Shapiro AUSTRALIA’S child support scheme, which underwent a reworking in 2008, is so complex that only a handful of experts can understand the rules. A study shows that most of the 1.5 million divorced and separated parents who pay […]
Child support scheme ‘too complex’
Only a handful of experts can understand Australia’s child support scheme, a study shows. Photo: Jessica Shapiro AUSTRALIA’S child support scheme, which underwent a reworking in 2008, is so complex that only a handful of experts can understand the rules. A study shows that most of the 1.5 million divorced and separated parents who pay […]
Gillard takes on the Greens
Find More Stories 23 July 2012 Gillard takes on the Greens 6 Comments Ben Keneally In the supercharged environment of the NSW ALP conference, much was read into the Prime Minister’s refusal to explicitly criticise the Greens. However, instead of focussing on what Julia Gillard did not say, analysts and party members should have been […]
Gillard takes on the Greens
Find More Stories 23 July 2012 Gillard takes on the Greens 6 Comments Ben Keneally In the supercharged environment of the NSW ALP conference, much was read into the Prime Minister’s refusal to explicitly criticise the Greens. However, instead of focussing on what Julia Gillard did not say, analysts and party members should have been […]
Why we still need to talk about Kevin
Labor has probably won the by-election for the seat of Melbourne which gives the Gillard Government five minutes of silence from journalists speculating on Gillard’s inevitable demise. Then again, maybe not. Consider this – just over two weeks ago, on a Saturday morning, those of us who read the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, […]
Why we still need to talk about Kevin
Labor has probably won the by-election for the seat of Melbourne which gives the Gillard Government five minutes of silence from journalists speculating on Gillard’s inevitable demise. Then again, maybe not. Consider this – just over two weeks ago, on a Saturday morning, those of us who read the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, […]
mum was buried with a stranger
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mum was buried with a stranger
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Liam Jurrah due in court today
Updated July 23, 2012 08:06:14 Photo: Liam Jurrah in Melbourne, March 9, 2012. (AAP: David Crosling) Melbourne Demon’s football star Liam Jurrah will face court in Alice Springs today on several charges, including assault. Earlier this year, Jurrah allegedly attacked several people at a town camp in Alice Springs. He has been charged with four […]
Liam Jurrah due in court today
Updated July 23, 2012 08:06:14 Photo: Liam Jurrah in Melbourne, March 9, 2012. (AAP: David Crosling) Melbourne Demon’s football star Liam Jurrah will face court in Alice Springs today on several charges, including assault. Earlier this year, Jurrah allegedly attacked several people at a town camp in Alice Springs. He has been charged with four […]
Greens’ asylum seeker demand set to blow the budget surplus
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said the Greens’ demands would cripple the government’s ability to control its asylum seeker policy. Source: PerthNow DEMANDS that the country’s humanitarian refugee intake be lifted to 25,000 to solve the asylum seeker crisis would wipe out next year’s budget surplus, the government has confirmed. The Coalition has claimed that the […]
Greens’ asylum seeker demand set to blow the budget surplus
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said the Greens’ demands would cripple the government’s ability to control its asylum seeker policy. Source: PerthNow DEMANDS that the country’s humanitarian refugee intake be lifted to 25,000 to solve the asylum seeker crisis would wipe out next year’s budget surplus, the government has confirmed. The Coalition has claimed that the […]
Rhetoric clouds climate change debate
Relentless political debate over the carbon tax has confused the public and slowed Australia’s response to global warming, climate change experts say. Climate Commission member Gerry Hueston says the heated argument over carbon pricing is baffling, given both sides of federal politics have committed to the same long-term goals for cutting emissions and shifting to […]