World spotlight on our 'dirty secret'

Minutes from the mining boom: South Hedland, WA's indigenous community still waiitng for housing Source: The Australian A 20-MINUTE drive from where real estate agents are touting a "new breed of luxury modernist apartments" to cashed-up employees...

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Labor Medicare levy hike biggest ever

The Gillard government has confirmed workers will face a tax increase through the Medicare levy to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme The Gillard Government's proposed levy hike will generate $3 billion per annum needed...

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Navy sick of Abbott's 'drunken sailors'

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra. Source: The Daily Telegraph SOBER sailors have finally had enough of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's repeated use of the insulting...

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Mystery of the first Aboriginal flag

Harold Thomas carries the Aboriginal flag during a parade to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its creation. Picture: Mike Burton Source: adelaidenow THE designer of the Aboriginal flag, flown for the first time at a demonstration in Adelaide's...

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Australian faces Saudi terror trial

An Australian man faces terror charges in Saudi Arabia. Picture: Thinkstock AUSTRALIA must do all it can to help two West Australian brothers in Saudi Arabia, one behind bars and the other in hiding and facing arrest, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam...

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UK cops came to Australia over Harris

UK police came to Australia to inquire about sex abuse claims against Rolf Harris. Source: News Limited SCOTLAND Yard detectives have conducted inquiries in Australia in relation to sex abuse allegations against entertainer Rolf Harris. ...

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Hicks to appeal terror verdict

David Hicks will appeal against his conviction for supporting terrorism next month. Source: adelaidenow FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will appeal against his conviction for supporting terrorism next month, his lawyer says. ...

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Carr puts faith in US global power

Carr told the European Parliament that "Europe and Australia share a common set of values." Picture: AP Source: AP THE US would remain the key global power into the future, despite the rise of China, and would be crucial to maintaining world...

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PM snubs Newman on Queensland trip

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will not meet with Queensland Premier Campbell Newman during a two-day trip to the state. Picture: Jamie Hanson Source: The Courier-Mail JULIA Gillard will snub Queensland premier Campbell Newman on a visit to...

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UK kids learn not to forget Anzacs

The Harefield junior school also contributed to helping the ANZAC service men who convalesced at the hospital during the war and now teaches its students about Anzacs. Picture: John Ferguson Source: News Limited Aussie millionaire offered his...

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Kate's ex jumped as police approached

Homicide detectives begin to investigate the death of Sydney financier Kate Malonyay. THE ex-boyfriend of Sydney murder victim Kate Malonyay has fallen to his death from a luxury Gold Coast hotel as police moved in to arrest him. ...

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Buttrose slams aged-care homes

Ita Buttrose, the National President of Alzheimer's Australia, addresses the National Press Club in Canberra. Picture: Ray Strange Source: News Limited AUSTRALIAN of the Year Ita Buttrose has hit out at aged-care homes that chemically restrain...

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Ita: PM cops unfair flak as a woman

Ita Buttrose addresses the National Press Club in Canberra today. Picture: Ray Strange Source: News Limited MEDIA trailblazer Ita Buttrose says Prime Minister Julia Gillard is treated differently because she's a woman. The Australian of...

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Two suspected asylum boats intercepted

Assylum seekers on Nauru. Picture:  Clint Deidenang Source: The Daily Telegraph AUTHORITIES have intercepted two more suspected asylum seeker boats with 175 people on board. The first, with 107 passengers, was spotted near Cocos (Keeling)...

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Farewell, Digger, you've earned a rest

Former Z Special Unit member Joe Da Roza during a reunion with comrades last year. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: News Limited ONE of the last remaining veterans of the top-secret World War II 'Z' Special Unit, Joe Da Roza, has died...

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Students to blame for blasts: Jones

Broadcaster Alan Jones said he believes students were responsible for the Boston blasts. Picture: Kylie Davis Source: News Limited CONTROVERSIAL broadcaster Alan Jones says he believes students were responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings,...

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Gonski reforms 'favour private schools'

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says cabinet hasn't been able to find $1.7b to fund education reforms. Independent schools were given an unfair advantage in the way the new funding model was calculated, according to Associate Professor...

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Boat with 49 located at Cocos Islands

People arriving by boat without a visa run the risk of transfer to a regional processing country. Source: The Australian ANOTHER boat carrying asylum seekers has been located on Australian waters. Customs and Border Protection and the...

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Hanson considers political comeback

Pauline Hanson, seen here with celebrity agent Max Markson at the Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, says she is will seek a seat at the September election in either NSW or Queensland. Picture: Tim Hunter Source: News Limited Says Tony Abbott...

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Guilty or not? Jurors ask Facebook

JURORS are asking Facebook friends and Twitter followers to help decide the fates of criminals with no regard for the consequences, a report has found. The Centre for Law, Governance and Public Policy, at Bond University, says existing punishments...

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New 'phablet' to spark giant phone war

With its 6.1 inch screen, the Huawei Ascend Mate dwarfs its nearest phablet competitor, the 5.5 inch Samsung Note II. Source: Supplied THE war of the supersize phones reignites with the Australian launch of the giant Huawei Ascend Mate phablet...

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Business lobby's call to arms

Tony Shepherd, President of the Business Council of Australia, addresses the National Press Club in Canberra. Picture: Ray Strange Source: News Limited AUSTRALIA'S peak big business lobby has called for a radical overhaul of economic and social...

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PM laughs off fashion critics

Prime Minister at a student forum at Nunawading Christian College in Melbourne. Picture: Derrick Den Hollander Source: Herald Sun THE PM has laughed about the media focus on what she is wearing during a visit with students in Melbourne today....

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Firm monitors NBN Facebook page

Source: The Daily Telegraph TAXPAYERS are funding a late-night NBN Facebook monitoring service while almost $25 million is being spent this financial year on advertising the broadband rollout. Government contracts show $11,715 has been...

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Hawke didn't talk straight: US Embassy

Bob Hawke in his Canberra office on his first day as president of the ACTU in 1970. Source: Supplied THE US Embassy in Canberra clearly considered Bob Hawke, who was then president of the Labor Party and the ACTU, a potential national leader,...

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Gillard strikes major deal with China

PM Julia Gillard has signed an unprecedented diplomatic agreement with China's new Premier Li Keqiang. AUSTRALIA has beaten every country in Asia to lock-in high-level annual meetings with China's leaders as it grows as a world super-power....

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Howard rejects Iraq war 'lie' claim

Former Prime Minister, John Howard, has rejected claims Australia went to war in Iraq based on a lie. FORMER prime minister John Howard has emphatically rejected the "most notorious claim of all" about his government's conduct - that...

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Undetected asylum boat to be reviewed

The boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers which pulled into Geraldton Harbour.  Picture: Graeme Gibbons Source: The Daily Telegraph First vessel in five years to make to mainland undetected Boat intercepted within metres of mainland...

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No, really, our NBN isn't a costly dud

Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott insist their broadband plan is cheaper than Labor's and they deny claims their system will be slower and cost regional users more. Picture: Croucher James Source: News Limited Plan called a "lemon" and "fraudband"...

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Killer Aussie mum lands back home

AN Australian woman who drowned her two young sons in a bathtub in Canada has arrived back in Australia, refusing to comment to reporters at the airport. AN Australian woman who drowned her two young sons in a bathtub in Canada has...

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Call this croc big? Hell yes

A HUGE saltwater crocodile has been caught at a dam, popular with bird watchers and nature lovers. Department spokesman Edwin Edlund said rangers kept a close eye on the popular dam. Rangers had caught seven crocodiles at the reserve last year and...

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$1.5bn not enough for independent MPs

Federal independent MP for Lyne Rob Oakeshott, in his home town of Port Macquarie on the NSW mid north coast. Picture: Nathan Edwards Source: The Australian BALANCE-of-power politicians are crowing they have won $1.5 billion extra for their...

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