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Labor mounting fear over super: coalition

Labor mounting fear over super: coalition

18 May 2013, 17:11 PM

Labor launched a co-ordinated blitz against the coalition on Saturday, warning voters Tony Abbott will hurt super savings if elected prime minister. Read more

Mundine: I don't want to be a passenger

Mundine: I don't want to be a passenger

18 May 2013, 17:03 PM

Australia | If Tony Abbott gets the top job and offers Warren Mundine a role, the ex-ALP official says he'll put politics aside to take it. Read more

Double dissolution threat a bluff: Bandt

Double dissolution threat a bluff: Bandt

18 May 2013, 16:58 PM

Australia | Greens MP Adam Bandt has urged Labor to hold its nerve on keeping the carbon tax if it loses September's election. Read more

Toy gun used in Sydney cabbie robbery

18 May 2013, 15:28 PM

Two young men have been charged with armed robbery after a taxi driver was help up with what police believe was a toy gun. Read more

AFP cuts in Jakarta 'silly': opposition

AFP cuts in Jakarta 'silly': opposition

18 May 2013, 14:26 PM

The coalition says the federal government's decision to cut two people-smuggling related federal police positions in Jakarta is "astonishing". Read more

Swan warns coalition will 'slash and burn'

Swan warns coalition will 'slash and burn'

18 May 2013, 11:24 AM

Australia | A coalition government would follow Queensland's "cruel" slash and burn economic approach if it wins power, treasurer Wayne Swan says. Read more

Vic sex abuse inquiry moves to next phase

18 May 2013, 11:00 AM

Victoria's child sex abuse inquiry has set a deadline for written submissions as it prepares to move to the next phase of its investigation. Read more

Former NSW cop charged with assault

18 May 2013, 10:51 AM

A former NSW police officer has been charged with six counts of assault and committing an act of indecency, police say. Read more

Customs seizes 9kg of drug ingredient

18 May 2013, 10:32 AM

Customs has seized four packages, sent from Hong Kong and China, containing almost nine kilograms of ephedrine, which is used to manufacture amphetamines. Read more

Gillard rejects Rinehart economy analysis

Gillard rejects Rinehart economy analysis

17 May 2013, 19:56 PM

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed Gina Rinehart's claims that Australia's economy is following Europe's downward spiral. Read more

NSW hunt for toddler Tyler suspended

NSW hunt for toddler Tyler suspended

17 May 2013, 19:52 PM

Police will wait till first light to resume searching for a toddler lost on the NSW mid-north coast. Read more

Two charged after meth found in hair dye

Two charged after meth found in hair dye

17 May 2013, 19:19 PM

Two Hong Kong nationals are behind bars after Australian authorities found $43 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in hairdressing products. Read more

Vic bikie feud fears after arson attacks

17 May 2013, 18:56 PM

Arson attacks on a bikie clubhouse and a car in Melbourne's west could be a sign that a feud between gangs is escalating again, police say. Read more

Lane change led to Vic bridge plunge

Lane change led to Vic bridge plunge

17 May 2013, 18:08 PM

A truckie was thrown 20 metres from a busy Melbourne highway onto a road below in a crash that shut down the highway for most of Friday. Read more

Labor 'fears voters have switched off'

Labor 'fears voters have switched off'

17 May 2013, 18:06 PM

Australia | Finance Minister Penny Wong says difficulties encountered by the minority parliament and a "toxic" political culture are putting voters off. Read more

Horse gets lyssavirus for first time

17 May 2013, 18:03 PM

A horse on a property on southwest Queensland is the first to ever contract Australian Bat Lyssavirus, until now thought only to affect bats and humans. Read more

Court rejects Merck deal over Vioxx

17 May 2013, 17:56 PM

A settlement which would have seen a maximum $2000 compensation paid to people who suffered a heart attack after taking Vioxx has been refused by a judge. Read more

Torres Strait Islander dies from drug-resistant tuberculosis

Torres Strait Islander dies from drug-resistant tuberculosis

17 May 2013, 17:46 PM

Queensland | A Torres Strait Islander has died from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in what is thought to be the first death of an Australian citizen from the disease in Queensland.
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Cotton pesticide 'impacting on people's health'

Cotton pesticide 'impacting on people's health'

17 May 2013, 17:46 PM

Australia | Communities in the cotton-growing region of north western New South Wales are calling for a review of pesticides used by the industry and their potential impacts on health. Read more

Sex attack on four Sydney schoolgirls

17 May 2013, 17:41 PM

Police are hunting a man who assaulted four primary school girls, one sexually, in Sydney. Read more

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