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Latest breaking news reports covering all the recent current affairs in Australia and internationally
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Native title proposal wins praise (AAP)
A proposal to give indigenous groups power to jointly manage all Crown land with government would be a step toward real reconciliation, advocates say.
Categories: Australian Policy
Crisis may boost Defence recruitment (AAP)
Tougher economic times and rising unemployment could be a blessing-in-disguise for the Australian Defence Force, new recruitment figures reveal.
Categories: Australian Policy
OECD wary of deposit guarantees: Bishop (AAP)
The OECD's warning about the dangers of unlimited guarantees of bank deposits shows the government needs to fix the problem, shadow treasurer Julie Bishop says.
Categories: Australian Policy
Telstra worker loses discrimination case (AAP)
A worker who claimed he was treated unfairly by Telstra because he was more outspoken than foreign-born colleagues has lost an anti-discrimination case.
Categories: Australian Policy
Three major bushfires burning in NSW (AAP)
Hot winds, low humidity and soaring temperatures are making three large bushfires burning in NSW difficult to control, the Rural Fire Service says.
Categories: Australian Policy
Garrett denies doing PM's job on Gunns (AAP)
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett denies he is doing the prime minister's bidding on the controversial Gunns paper pulp mill.
Categories: Australian Policy
Government assurance on Falls delays (ABC)
The State Government has agreed to ensure the smooth running of Tasmania's biggest music festival.
Categories: Australian Policy
Melburnians praised for saving water (AAP)
Melburnians made a tiny dent in water consumption last year, using 500 million litres less than in 2007.
Categories: Australian Policy
Rudd rejects opposition claim (AAP)
The prime minister's office has rejected an opposition claim Kevin Rudd referred to the Israeli invasion of Gaza as an "insurgence".
Categories: Australian Policy
Howard to receive US presidential award (AAP)
Former prime minister John Howard will receive the highest civilian honour a US president can bestow during a White House ceremony next week.
Categories: Australian Policy
Bomb threat closes court in Melbourne (AAP)
A Melbourne court building has been declared safe after a bomb threat caused 200 people to evacuate and major city streets were shut down for two hours.
Categories: Australian Policy
Super funds to 'halve in next five years' (ABC)
There is a lot of superannuation money out there and it is costing more and more to manage it. Increasingly, funds are preferring not to.
Categories: Australian Policy
Fires burn near Gawler and in Riverland (ABC)
The Country Fire Service (CFS) says a blaze west of Gawler in South Australia has burnt through about 40 hectares of stubble.
Categories: Australian Policy
Pokies numbers at record low: Brumby (AAP)
Victorian Premier John Brumby has rejected concerns about a pokies spending boom in Melbourne's outer suburbs, saying poker machine numbers are at a record low.
Categories: Australian Policy
High-rise on metro 'would ruin suburbs' (AAP)
A plan to build high-rise developments along a proposed rail line in Sydney's inner-west would ruin suburban life, NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says.
Categories: Australian Policy
Kurnell residents 'endangered by sand mining' (ABC)
The New South Wales Opposition says continued sand mining in Sydney's south is endangering residents on the Kurnell Peninsula.
Categories: Australian Policy
Greens slam Howard human rights award (ABC)
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says former prime minister John Howard does not deserve the highest civilian honour from the United States.
Categories: Australian Policy
Fish to be tested for toxins (AAP)
Toxins in fish will be tested for the first time since dredging began in Port Phillip Bay.
Categories: Australian Policy
Disaster declarations grow in flooded north-west Qld (ABC)
A disaster declaration has been made for two more areas in flooded north-west Queensland, as the damage bill rises to $7 million.
Categories: Australian Policy
NSW Govt denies high-rise metro plan (ABC)
The New South Wales Government has denied reports it has begun planning high-rise developments around the proposed metro rail line for Sydney's inner west.
Categories: Australian Policy
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