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As the Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie stood in a parliamentary courtyard declaring he was a Julia man, it was very nearly possible to hear Tony Abbott banging his head on the wall of his office. Hadn't Wilkie arrived in Canberra bearing a list of ...
Support for Gillard rises
Decisions as early as Monday: Tony Windsor
Abbott's 'reckless' offer pushed Wilkie to Labor
![]() Reuters (press release) | Hospital sting leaves Coalition nursing wounds Sydney Morning Herald As the Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie stood in a parliamentary courtyard declaring he was a Julia man, it was very nearly possible to hear Tony Abbott banging his head on the wall of his office. Hadn't Wilkie arrived in Canberra bearing a list of ... Support for Gillard rises Decisions as early as Monday: Tony Windsor Abbott's 'reckless' offer pushed Wilkie to Labor |
![]() ABC Online | Immigration 'trying to deceive Australia' over Curtin move ABC Online An advocate for asylum seekers says the Immigration Department is talking "rubbish", after it claimed Afghans who broke out of the Darwin detention centre were moved to remote Western Australia for their own good. More than 80 men were transferred to ... Protesters broke through electric fences Police break up Afghan detainee protest Fears of copycat escape bids after asylum-seekers' breakout |
![]() NEWS.com.au | Australian attacked by shark in Solomons ABC Online A 34-year-old man from New South Wales is in a stable condition after being attacked by a shark in the Solomon Islands. The Department of Foreign Affairs says the attack left the man with cuts to his face and neck while holidaying at a remote island ... Shark attacks holidaying Australian |
Man bashed by six youths at station Sydney Morning Herald A 38-year-old man has been bashed by six males at a railway station in Melbourne's east. Witnesses told police the trouble started when it appeared the Caulfield North man glared at two teenage boys for smoking on a Frankston bound train on Thursday ... Teen gang bash man at station |
![]() ABC Online | Fred Nile says no 'perving' on net porn in his office Sydney Morning Herald DEBBIE may have done Dallas, but Fred swears he never did. ''I've heard of the title, but I've never seen it,'' the Reverend Fred Nile vowed yesterday when asked if he had watched Debbie Does Dallas. In fact, he insisted, he had never seen a moment of ... Nile office porn visits for 'research' only Nile defends his staffer's porn 'research' Nile insists he doesn't even like to watch |
![]() NEWS.com.au | Blown Up: Stranded Whale Is Put To Death Sky News A terminally ill whale that had become stranded near an Australian harbour has been blown up by authorities. The 31-foot-long juvenile humpback, weighing more than 12 tons, had been stranded near Albany's Princess Harbour on Western Australia's south ... Stranded, sick whale euthanized with explosives on western Australian beach Whale blown up with explosives after becoming stranded on beach in Western ... Stranded whale goes out with a bang |
![]() ABC Local | Same-sex adoption bill passes House Sydney Morning Herald BIRTH parents who do not want their children to be adopted by a same-sex couple will be able to make their preference known without fear they will breach anti-discrimination laws by doing so. A bill granting gay and lesbian couples the same rights ... Bill passed in NSW allowing gay couples to adopt Gay adoption Bill only just made it Same-sex adoption a step closer |
![]() Northcote Leader | Brazen daylight robbery The Age Several witnesses came close to meeting an armed robber as he stole a large amount of cash in broad daylight in Westgarth, Melbourne. AN ARMED bandit, wearing a high-visibility vest, held up two security guards in a busy shopping strip in Northcote ... Gunman robs security guards at cinema Armed bandit on the run Security guards robbed at gunpoint |
Collingwood Park families demand compensation for subsidence ABC Online Residents of Ipswich west of Brisbane whose homes are on top of an old mine say subsidence problems have caused them two-and-a-half years of hell. The Collingwood Park families had hoped mediation talks with the State Government this ... Residents vow to sue Qld government Angry families walk out of mediation over subsidence Talks on mining subsidence fail |
Schools shut as police arrest suspect The Age Two schools in Melbourne's eastern suburbs were locked down yesterday while police arrested a man wanted over a shooting and sex crimes in NSW. NSW police allege that David Wootton, 27, shot another man in the head and is also linked to sex crimes. ... Melbourne arrest over Katoomba shooting Arrest over home invasion shooting Police raid home, arrest man over shooting |