Labor, CPSU make up over job cuts

THE public sector union has made up with federal Labor after the government agreed to work with the union to reduce job losses under its $1.8 billion efficiency dividend savings targets. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) had suspended...

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Vic killer Knight says he's no psychopath

HODDLE Street mass murderer Julian Knight says jail authorities' mistaken view he is a psychopath is affecting his chances of release. Knight complained in the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday that he is being treated differently to other murderers....

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Major parties shut down democracy: Greens

AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Christine Milne has accused Labor and the Liberals of shutting down democratic options after they ruled out deals with minor parties and independents to form government. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has also directed...

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Torbay rumoured to stand for New England

OUTGOING independent MP Tony Windsor says former NSW politician Richard Torbay may emerge as a contender for his seat of New England. Mr Torbay, who held the state seat of Northern Tablelands as an independent for 14 years, resigned in March...

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Sydney weapons find sparks border call

NSW'S police minister is urging the federal government to tighten border security after explosives and imported firearms were found in a car parked in Sydney's CBD, in what police believe was a mobile "safehouse" for bikies. Detectives uncovered...

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No major find in Vic schoolgirl search

POLICE investigating the disappearance of teenager Siriyakorn "Bung" Siriboon say they are yet to find anything of significance in their search of a Melbourne reserve. Clothing and animal bones were taken from Boronia reserve on Tuesday and...

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Economy is the key poll concern: survey

VOTERS are taking a keener interest in the economy and are less concerned about the carbon tax and the environment, a new survey shows. The Australian National University on Monday released the findings of its latest ANUpoll into voter attitudes....

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Gay marriage conscience vote 'democratic'

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott should allow coalition MPs to exercise their democratic right in a vote on same sex marriage, an activist says. Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) spokeswoman Shelley Argent says legalising gay marriage...

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New case of bird flu confirmed in China

A Chinese poultry worker has been confirmed as having contracted the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus. Source: AAP A CHINESE poultry worker has been confirmed as having contracted the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus, the first case in the southern Guangdong...

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Candidates bite the dust in week one

A WEEK into the election campaign and the first candidates have bitten the dust, one for offensive conduct more than a decade ago. That was Geoff Lake, Labor candidate for the safe Victorian seat of Hotham, who it emerged had abused a Liberal...

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