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Craig Thomson to stand as independent
Brisbane :: Australia | 8 days ago
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Labor MP Craig Thomson will contest his NSW seat at the next election as an independent. The Dobell MP is expected to quit the Labor party on Thursday. "I can't in all good conscience contest this election as a Labor party candidate," Mr Thomson told
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Labor MPs to fight for Newstart increase
Melbourne :: Australia | 9 days ago
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The government ruled out a $50 increase to the unemployment benefit, now $497 a fortnight for a single person. Labor senator Doug Cameron is disappointed the budget did not include an increase. "This is an area that we will continue to fight for
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Cornered Labor chooses brave way out
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
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And since the chances of Labor's re-election seem low, this is more Tony Abbott's budget than Gillard's. It will be he who decides which measures survive and which don't; whether Labor's last budget becomes anything more than its final, impotent
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Why is Tony Abbott so spineless?
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
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It is certainly not comprehensible as a political storyline or, as the fashion of the day has it, a narrative...Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said on Monday ''the No.1 priority for an incoming Coalition government has got to be to restore the nation'
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Big ticket items in Federal Budget (7News Sydney)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 11 days ago
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Julia Gillard faces some glum faces as she gives Ministers the lowdown on tomorrow's Budget, and the Treasurer hopes it will not be his Swan song. News has learnt the centrepiece will be a $100 billion nation building plan to unlock massive private
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No truth in confidence motion: Albanese
Brisbane :: Australia | 11 days ago
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THE federal opposition is "crabwalking" away from its plan to move a motion of no confidence in the government, Leader of the House Anthony Albanese says. Opposition business manager Christopher Pyne on Monday said a motion of no confidence in the
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New website to check political facts
Sydney :: Australia | 12 days ago
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A NEW political fact-checking website is about to go live with lofty plans to keep politicians honest and voters better informed. PolitiFact Australia says it will fact-check claims by MPs, parties, candidates and other influential figures. The
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Only one state left for NDIS
Port Moresby :: Papua New Guinea | 13 days ago
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Western Australia remains to sign on to the Federal Government's DisabilityCare scheme after Julia Gillard yesterday secured agreement with Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles. The Prime Minister, passing briefly through Darwin on the way
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Concern over aid raid to cover asylum costs
Sydney :: Australia | 13 days ago
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Sources close to Government say about 7 per cent of the overseas aid budget will again be spent on housing and feeding those applying for asylum. The move would put more pressure on non-government aid programs, and comes just five months after the
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Vic wants hospitals funding back in budget
Sydney :: Canada | 14 days ago
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THE prime minister's home state wants a fairer deal from Canberra in the federal budget, including restoration of almost $370 million in hospital funding. Victorian Treasurer Michael O'Brien says the Gillard government is ripping Victoria off by
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