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Rudd under pressure over Gaza stand
THE federal opposition is demanding Prime Minister Kevin Rudd clarify his description of the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Categories: Australian Policy
Bomb threat closes Melbourne streets
A MELBOURNE court building has been declared safe after a bomb threat caused 200 people to evacuate and shut down major city streets for two hours.
Categories: Australian Policy
Australian Jews condemn Israeli attack
MORE than 100 Australian Jews have condemned Israel's invasion of Gaza, describing the action as "inhuman" and "abominable."
Categories: Australian Policy
Car sales slump, but second best year
AUSTRALIANS bought more than 1 million new vehicles last year, only the second time the milestone has been reached.
Categories: Australian Policy
Two men shot in brawl between families
TWO men have been shot and another three stabbed in an "alcohol-fuelled" brawl between two families in Sydney's south-west.
Categories: Australian Policy
Quick on the uptake
ANONYMITY is behind Japan's leadership in net usage.
Categories: Australian Policy
Outdoors play protects young eyes
AUSTRALIAN researchers finding that being cooped up indoors is what gives children glasses.
Categories: Australian Policy
Deposits guarantee 'a moral hazard'
THE OECD has warned that the Government's unlimited guarantee of bank deposits may encourage reckless lending, making the crisis worse.
Categories: Australian Policy
La Nina's cool can't beat the heat
A LA Nina weather pattern pushed temperatures down in 2008, with the latest climate data showing it was the coldest year since 2001.
Categories: Australian Policy
Remote communities 'must grow food'
ABORIGINES in remote communities should be forced to grow fruit and vegetables as part of their work-for-the-dole activities, an indigenous leader says.
Categories: Australian Policy
Recruit bonanza for ADF
THE ADF is poised for a recruitment bonanza in the coming months as rising unemployment and economic uncertainty scare school leavers.
Categories: Australian Policy
Tough conditions placed on pulp mill
FINAL approval for the $2.2billion Gunns pulp mill is now more than two years away after tough new conditions were imposed.
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Rising NRL star feared drowned
HIS courage and heroics on the football field had Sonny Fai earmarked as rugby league's next star -- the very traits that appear to have cost him his life.
Categories: Australian Policy
Costello predicts choppy seas for Rudd
PETER Costello has echoed a warning from John Howard on the dangers of budget deficits, saying they are hard to recoup once they are spent.
Categories: Australian Policy
Bosses want IR laws rewrite
KEVIN Rudd faces mounting employer pressure to substantially change his industrial relations laws, with leading employer groups calling for a rewrite if the Government is serious about avoiding job losses sparked by the global financial crisis.
Categories: Australian Policy
Thornley lobbied until the 11th hour
THE mystery surrounding Evan Thornley's shock departure from Victorian politics has deepened, with factional chiefs confirming the would-be minister was still lobbying them within hours of his decision to reject a cabinet post.
Categories: Australian Policy
Joy to the world
RESEARCH suggests ripples of happiness exercise a wider effect than previously thought.
Categories: Australian Policy
Close ports to Sea Shepherd: whalers
THE whale wars could be heading for Australia.
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Teen frantically tried to save mate
THE police case against a teen who allegedly shot his mate did not appear to stack up to a murder charge, a Sydney magistrate has said.
Categories: Australian Policy
Murray lake flooding 'a year away'
SOUTH Australia is still more than a year away from flooding the lower lakes of the River Murray with sea water, even in the worst case scenario, the state government says.
Categories: Australian Policy
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