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MP Warren Entsch critical of fellow Liberal Corey Bernardi's views
DAN HARRISON Liberal MP Warren Entsch has launched an extraordinary attack on Cory Bernardi, saying he is worried by his colleague's ''obsession'' with gay people.
Liberal MP Warren Entsch attacks Cory Bernardi on 'gay obsession'
DAN HARRISON Liberal MP Warren Entsch has launched an extraordinary attack on Cory Bernardi, saying he is worried by his colleague's ''obsession'' with gay people.
ASIO methods used to assess threat of would-be police officer criticised
Markus Mannheim, Michael Inman Australian spies illegally coerced a man into speaking with them and failed to inform him of his rights, a tribunal says.
Attorney-General looking at Queensland bikie law for Victoria
Jane Lee and Rania Spooner State Attorney-General Robert Clark is considering giving Victoria Police powers similar to those used to arrest five Victorian 'bikies' during a family holiday in Queensland.
Qantas urges Abbott on direct action climate policy
Tom Arup Peter Hannam Qantas has urged the Abbott government to design its direct action climate policy in a way that could encourage more efficient aircraft, better air traffic management and the use of less fuel.
Perth man Junaid Thorne deported from Saudi Arabia promotes jihad
ALEISHA ORR A Perth man who was deported from Saudi Arabia last year when his brother was accused of terrorism offences has reportedly been delivering lectures encouraging jihadists.
Bali deaths: Bischoff autopsies to be carried out in Queensland
Esther Han, Amilia Rosa and Marissa Calligeros 7:28pm Australian pathologists will perform an autopsy on the bodies of a Sunshine Coast mother and daughter who mysteriously died in Bali on Saturday, after Indonesian authorities honoured the family's request to have the bodies flown home.
Ashes furore: Hemline becomes a headline after solicitor barred from Members
JACQUELINE MALEY The dress was scarlet, but that, apparently, was not the problem. When Lynda Reid arrived at the Members Stand of the Sydney Cricket Ground on the second day of the Test, wearing her carefully chosen outfit of a pink floral dress topped with lightweight trench coat, she was turned away because her hemline was too brief.
Activitists on tail of fleeing Japanese whaling ship
ANDREW DARBY Activist ships were clinging grimly to the wake of the Japanese factory ship, Nisshin Maru, after it was caught butchering minke whales in the Antarctic.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims denies urging privatisation of Australia Post
Gareth Hutchens, Clay Lucas Labor has demanded that the federal government say whether it plans to sell Australia Post, as a former commissioner of the competition regulator says the postal service ought to be privatised.
Australia Post sell -off would 'devastate' rural towns
LARISSA NICHOLSON Selling Australia Post would devastate rural and regional communities, according to one of the country's small town post office operators.
Senator Cory Bernardi's call for new abortion debate sidestepped by PM
DAN HARRISON Prime Minister Tony Abbott has once again distanced himself from Liberal senator Cory Bernardi after the backbencher called for a new debate on abortion, railed against ''non-traditional'' families and called for more flexible industrial relations laws.
Delay tipped for Toyota's stay-or-go announcement
Sam Hall and Clay Lucas Toyota Australia has indicated it may delay an announcement on its manufacturing future until the second half of 2014, dispelling fears it is being pressured for a quick answer by its parent company in Japan.
Baby crocs surprise swimmers at Queensland pool
A family of baby crocodiles has made a splash at a public pool in Queensland, surprising swimmers.
Western Australia
Missing WA boat found after 7000km journey
An eight-metre boat believed lost eight months ago after being capsized by a freak wave off the coast of Western Australia has been rediscovered 4000 nautical miles away washed up on an island off the coast of Madagascar.
