Labor's 'manic desire to oust Brandis'
Brandis denies misleading parliament1:56Attorney-General George Brandis has rejected claims he misled parliament amid a high-level legal dispute. Attorney-General Senator George Brandis will come under fire this afternoon when Labor moves an urgency motion. Picture: Kym SmithDanielle Le Messurier, with AAPNews Corp Australia NetworkLIBERAL-National Party Senator Ian Macdonald says Labor has politicised the bitter feud between the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General due to an “insatiable” des..>> view originalTiahleigh Palmer's foster family turn on accused killer father
Julene and Joshua Thorburn will testify against Tiahleigh Palmer's accused killer Rick Thorburn, according to their lawyer.The dramatic development was revealed outside Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday, after Julene, 54, and Joshua, 20, were represented in court on charges relating to the alleged murder of the 12-year-old foster child in October last year. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Tiahleigh 'forever an angel' Paraglider stuck in tree ..>> view originalNT to wait two more years for PET scanner
Lucy Hughes JonesAustralian Associated PressTerritorians suffering cancer have been told they'll have to wait up to two years to get a PET scanner, six years after its was first promised.Incoming NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles revealed the new timetable on Monday, saying she was confident it would arrive despite being promised by both sides of federal politics since 2010.Positron emission tomography (PET) scans are used to detect and track cancer, heart disease, epilepsy and other neurological..>> view originalPerth Anglican Archbishop steps down
Greg RobertsAustralian Associated PressRoger Herft has stepped down as Anglican Archbishop of Perth just over a month after admitting to the royal commission into child sexual abuse to badly letting down victims.Archbishop Herft said he had decided after consulting widely in recent weeks that it was in the best interests of the Perth diocese that he step aside.Archbishop Herft is the highest-ranking casualty so far of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which..>> view originalPyne adviser hired to man phones: Credlin
A senior ministerial adviser who quit over his part in the "budgie nine" scandal was initially hired to answer phones and do some diary work, Peta Credlin says.Former prime minister Tony Abbott's chief of staff said she would have thought that Jack Walker, 26, wasn't up to the position he eventually filled, policy adviser to defence industry minister Christopher Pyne.Mr Walker and eight friends attended the F1 Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia, celebrating Australian Daniel Ricciardo's win by stri..>> view originalAustralia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM
Last year's unusually quiet cyclone season will make way for a more stormy summer ahead with abnormally warm waters set to fuel more tropical tempests, the Bureau of Meteorology says.Separately, Sydney's run of mild weather has a few days to run after temperatures on Monday reached almost 12 degrees above average. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide More cyclones this summer Paraglider stuck in tree Kingsford Smith Drive a crawl Todd..>> view originalGable Tostee: Mobile phone records argument between Warriena Wright and accused murderer
Gable Tostee: Mobile phone records argument between Warriena Wright and accused murderer Updated October 10, 2016 20:33:34 Part of a recording between Gable Tostee and the woman he is accused of murdering, detailing alleged moments of violence and expletive-ridden conversations before her fatal fall from his Gold Coast apartment balcony, has been played to a court.Tostee today pleaded not guilty to murdering New Zealand tourist Warriena Wright on the Gold Coast in Augus..>> view originalMan dies after one punch attack in South Brisbane
A 48-year-old man has died in hospital after a one-punch attack in South Brisbane on Saturday morning.The victim died from his injuries in the Princess Alexandra Hospital on Monday afternoon and detectives were still searching for his attacker. Police have released an image from CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to. Photo: QPS Media Police released vision of a man who might be able to help with the investigation. He was described as about 170cm with short dark hair, wearing black ..>> view originalMt Druitt motorcycle crash kills one youth, seriously injures another
Mt Druitt motorcycle crash kills one youth, seriously injures another Updated October 10, 2016 17:34:23 Police say their "absolute priority" is identifying two youths and notifying their families after one was killed and another seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Sydney's west this morning.NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Matt Appleton said police spotted the two young males on an unregistered trail bike on Carlisle Avenue, Mt Druitt about 11am today."Th..>> view originalSame-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech
Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech Updated October 10, 2016 19:31:27 A federal Labor MP has fought back tears while calling for same-sex marriage during an emotional maiden speech to Parliament.Susan Lamb defeated former Coalition minister Wyatt Roy to win the seat of Longman in Queensland.She reflected on becoming a mother while still a teenager and praised her family — including her four sons — in the speech.B..>> view original
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