ICAC minister blames media for resignation
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 20:27:04 -0700 | political-news
Mr Macdonald's decision to grant the Doyles Creek mine licence to a group of businessman without a competitive tender in 2008...Mr Macdonald has also denied knowing the licence would make its beneficiaries millionaires...Commissioner David Ipp said today he may not...
Oz Politican Attacked By Kangaroo While Jogging
Source: Sky News
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-05-17 06:52:53 -0700 | political-news
Shane Rattenbury said he was out running in a suburb of the capital Canberra when he suddenly came up against an eastern grey kangaroo grazing on a front lawn. "We both got a nasty fright, and of course when kangaroos...
Vic Greens promise to fight link tunnel
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 20:27:45 -0700 | political-news
THE Greens say they will fight inside and outside parliament to stop part of Melbourne's iconic Royal Park disappearing to make way for exits from the East West Link road. An animation of the project on the internet shows a...
Vic/NSW river search for fugitive Potter
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 18:28:27 -0700 | political-news
THE search for Australia's most wanted fugitive has narrowed to the banks of the Murray River after a stream of tips suggested he could be hiding near the Victorian border. A police spokeswoman said officers have begun a major search...
Crackdown flagged on stolen valour
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 17:33:31 -0700 | political-news
South Australia's Veterans Affairs Minister Jack Snelling said a veterans group had expressed concern about the number of people wearing medals and decorations which were not awarded by the nation. He said the concern had been raised with the Federal...
Budget's self-education cap under fire
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 17:33:30 -0700 | political-news
Society president John White said professionals would find it harder to keep up to date with developments in their field of work. Mr White said a cap of $2,000 will become a disincentive for people to maintain their skills, and...
Premier orders review of Gatto's boxing licence
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 17:33:28 -0700 | political-news
The State Government-appointed Professional Boxing and Sports Combat board unanimously approved Mr Gatto's application for a promoter's licence. "Let's be clear. We do not want Mick Gatto and his nefarious ilk running boxing events in Victoria," Dr Napthine said. "I...
CCTV cameras to roll again after loophole closed
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 17:33:26 -0700 | political-news
Nowra today after a privacy ruling challenged the use of the surveillance systems by local councils across New South Wales...Early this month, a ruling by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal forced Shoalhaven Council to shut down the surveillance system in Nowra...
Truck hangs from Melbourne freeway
Source: Adelaide Now
Adelaide :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 19:13:00 -0700 | political-news
Police have confirmed that the device placed under a car that brought Gouger St into lockdown late yesterday afternoon was a GPS device.
U.S. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty with Australia
Source: Scoop
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 16:56:06 -0700 | political-news
Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty with Australia Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC May 16, 2013 Today's entry into force of the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty between the United States and Australia enables American and Australian troops to...
'Beefgate' Transfixes Scandal-Prone Indonesia
Source: The New York Times
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 20:34:25 -0700 | political-news
Indonesia has had no shortage of scandals in its decade-long fight against endemic corruption, mostly involving middle-aged politicians, suspicious bank accounts, handoffs of briefcases in hotel elevators, or boxes of cash in the trunk of a car in a dark...
Australia extends reach of tough refugee regulation to mainland
Source: China Post
Geraldton :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 13:22:57 -0700 | political-news
Australia on Thursday extended tough refugee policies to any asylum-seeker who lands on its mainland, allowing them to be banished to remote Nauru or Papua New Guinea for detention. Until now, the government only had powers to send boatpeople for...
Magic mushrooms promise a long trip... to prison
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 10:35:00 -0700 | political-news
Prosecutions for drugs like magic mushrooms are extremely rare but one case has shown it is possible to face life imprisonment for possessing a handful of mushrooms. Brazilian chef Lauro Carrilho had served nine months in a maximum-security prison for...
Student loan defaulters to face border arrest
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 17:18:22 -0700 | political-news
Student loan defaulters living overseas can expect to be arrested at the border when harsher penalties kick in next year. The "last threat option" is expected to start clawing back some of the $400 million now owed by debtors, 80...
$6m allegedly paid Waterhouse debts
Source: Adelaide Now
Adelaide :: Australia | updated 2013-05-16 19:42:53 -0700 | political-news
Government would delay handing workers a 3 per cent superannuation boost by two years, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said in his Budget reply speech.
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