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Son shown porn by YMCA childcare worker, mother tells commission
What do you do when you discover a childcare worker accused of child molestation has been showing your ...
Eucalypts reveal their veins of gold
Money may not grow on trees but researchers have found that the next best thing does. Gold.
BUSHFIRE PHOTOS: Firefighters face D-Day across NSW
Hearts swell in overflowing gallery for long-awaited day
''I have waited 58 years for this day,'' declared Lyn Grigg.
Women rising up as breadwinners of today’s modern family
More Australian women are bringing home the lion’s share of the household income with females nominated as the ...
Second wedding to mean much more
For Kate Findlay and Tina Brown, the ACT's step towards marriage equality paves the way for their second wedding - ...
World
Three Romanians plead guilty to daring theft at Dutch museum
Three Romanians have pleaded guilty to stealing seven paintings, including works by Picasso, Monet and Matisse, from a ...
Australian Muslims accused of attacking US Muslims in Saudi Arabia
A group of Australian Muslims has allegedly mounted a sectarian attack on an American group during the annual Hajj pilgrimage ...
Greece orders crackdown on birth certificates after Roma child uproar
A powerful Greek prosecutor has ordered an emergency nationwide investigation into birth certificates issued over the past six years, after ...
Russia follows lead of US intelligence
Less than three months after granting asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, Russia is preparing to implement the ...
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James Packer's Sri Lanka casino faces delay
Opposition by Buddhist religious leaders and some political parties in Sri Lanka led the government to announce it ...
Joe Hockey morphs from fiscal Scrooge into Santa
The Hockey of "budget crisis" fame, the dry who never met a deficit he didn't hate, has turned ...
Did the bank bashing work? Disputes fall 11%
Disputes between customers and their banks have fallen for the first time since the global financial crisis, new ...
China's appetite for wine lower, says Treasury
Treasury Wine Estates, the world's largest pure-play winemaker, has warned that consumer demand for wine in China has softened as ...
Carnegie ups pressure on Brickworks
A backer of a proposal to revamp the cross shareholdings between Brickworks and Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co concede ...
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Liberal Party to push for electoral reform of 'distorting' Senate deals
The Liberal Party's federal director Brian Loughnane has flagged his party will push for electoral reform, with a ...
UN official 'talking through her hat' on bushfires and climate change, says Tony Abbott
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed the comments of a senior UN official who said there was a clear link ...
'Very important discussions': Tony Abbott defends Don Randall's Cairns trip
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has provided the first explanation from the government for WA MP Don Randall's taxpayer-funded ...
Bob Carr announces his resignation from Senate
In one of the worst-kept secrets of federal politics, former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has announced his ...