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Tony Abbott: Australia’s New (Yet Justifiably Loathed) Prime Minister

Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister today and has immediately ordered the scrapping of the nation’s carbon tax and the halting of asylum-seeker boats. Two options that would...

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Broadcaster Charged for Disclosing Background of Known Abuser ADRIAN ERNEST...

Australian broadcaster Derryn Hinch has been found guilty of breaching a court suppression order in relation to our related publication of information that convicted rapist and murderer Adrian Ernest...

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CCTV Cameras to Be Placed Between Your Legs on Sydney Trains?

Could arguably voyeuristic security cameras be placed between train carriages and platforms? A pre-release of an upcoming security upgrades brief from the New South Wales transport service has gotten...

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Should We Punish Pre-Teen Bushfire Starters in Australia and What Else Causes...

With Insurance companies claiming the bill is growing with it currently sitting at $94 million with 855 claims made and the intense “first-person” view footage being released by fire-fighters in...

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People Being Held in Mandatory, Arbitrary Detention Settings: UNHCR Raise...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has elevated grave concerns about the conditions for asylum seekers being held at the Nauru and Manus Island detention centres by Australia. In...

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Four Officers to Be Charged Over Roberto Laudisio Death for Excessive Force...

Four New South Wales police officers will face assault charges over the death of young Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti last year after he was tasered up to 14 times, sprayed with capsicum...

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Australian Coalition Suggesting More Poorly-Researched Ideas for Better...

Australia’s abysmal internet access and terrible speeds and coverage have been the focus of political debate for several years now, and it’s not at all surprising that the suggestions that have come up...

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Australian Government to Give Counselling to Newlyweds, Despite Cutting...

They’ve cut the funding to mental health. They’ve nuked the easy access to free counselling for those struggling to make ends meet. They’ve rejected to have any say or action over the country’s...

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Australian Government Forcing Suppression, Ignorance and Nationalism After...

It’s usually a common occurrence for people to put their foot down when they believe that free speech and an uncontrolled platform to criticise the government is about to be suppressed but with...

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This Is Australia’s Attack on the Environment: Destroying the Barrier Reef,...

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has approved a proposal to dump dredge spoil from the Abbot Point coal terminal expansion in the marine park area. Australia sells out again. (oops, if...

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The Decision Is In: Schapelle Corby Granted Parole

We’ll try not to add too much to the irritating media circus that has surrounded the Schapelle Corby case but it’s been confirmed that Schapelle Corby will be receiving parole today. According to the...

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Conservatives Get Angry as Comedic Rock Band ‘GWAR’ Decapitate Tony Abbott...

The 40+ billion year old interstellar humanoid Oderus Urungus has been criticised for his performance which depicted the beheading of Australian PM Tony Abbott and the Queen. The first sentence of this...

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5 Dead After Small Plane Crashes in Australia

Five people have been killed in a blazing light aircraft crash at Caboolture airfield, north of Brisbane. The Cessna 206 is assumed to have been taking off with skydivers when it crashed and burst...

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Australia: National Commission Recommendations Include Raising Age Pension,...

For a country that has rapidly become ridiculously expensive and has had a fair share of governments who immediately assume every resident on welfare is rorting the system or that those with nice...

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Australia “bribing” Asylum Seekers Up to $10k to Leave.

Australia is offering paid incentives for illegal immigrants detained in offshore camps of up to $10,000 if they voluntarily return to their home country, a new government strategy report claims,...

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Australian Senate Inquiry Into New Mandatory Data-Retention Is Assisted by NSA.

Attorney-General George Brandis has said a compulsory data-retention scheme, which security organisations argue is essential to contest terrorism, is ”under active consideration by the government”. The...

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Russia Implements Full Ban on Imports From US, Au, Canada, EU and Norway.

Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree on the full ban for imports of beef, pork, poultry meat, fish, cheese, milk, vegetables and fruit from Australia, Canada, the EU, the US and Norway. The...

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Terrorism Fears in Australia: Conveniently Giving New Powers for Censorship...

The past few weeks have seen Australians thrown into the idea that they’re number one on the terrorist agenda and that the mighty Muslim extremists are here to take their freedoms away. Mass hysteria...

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Asylum Seeker at Manus Island Detention Centre Reports That He and Another...

An asylum seeker at the Manus Island detention centre has purported that he and another detainee were tortured, physically assaulted, threatened with rape and forced to sign papers withdrawing their...

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(UPDATED) Sydney City in Lockdown After Man Takes 13 Hostages in Cafe

  Update: Two hostages and the gunman at the centre of a siege at a cafe in Sydney’s CBD have been shot dead when armed police stormed the building, police have confirmed. Police said shots were fired...

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Sydney Hostage Crisis Ends: The Event That Was a Convenience to the...

With the 2014 Sydney Hostage Crisis over, leaving two hostages and the gunman dead, many questions are being raised – most, as should be expected, based on hysteria and shocked reactions against the...

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New Australian IVAN MILAT Series Irritates Thousands Convinced We Should...

We shouldn’t even be giving them the publicity but yet again the irritatingly overly-sensitive have struck again with over 16000 signatures on the (mostly filled with pathetic petitions as if petitions...

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Australia Reveals Benefits Cuts to Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Children.

Australian parents will lose thousands of dollars of childcare and welfare benefits if they refuse to vaccinate their kids. The ‘no jab, no pay’ plan, announced by the federal government on Sunday, has...

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As Bali Nine Ringleaders Are Executed and Australia Threatens Punishment for...

There’s no doubting that the final treatment of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran was tragic and unsettling for family, friends and supporters after the Indonesian authorities...

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Narrowly Escapes “in Danger” Status by UNESCO

United Nations conservation agency UNESCO has recommended the Great Barrier Reef not be placed on the World Heritage "in danger" list after previously threatening to do so due to the severe lack of...

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