Deceit and conceit of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's latest blue
KEVIN Rudd wore a blue tie to explain Julia Gillard's latest attempt to turn women against men. No, the Prime Minister's disgraceful "blue tie" speech was not aimed only at Opposition Leader Tony...
View ArticleMinister Alison Anderson mauls ABC fact-checker Russell Skelton
OUTSPOKEN Northern Territory minister Alison Anderson has unleashed a scathing attack on the head of the ABC's new fact-checking unit, Russell Skelton, slamming his work as "highly partisan" and...
View ArticleEmotional blackmail follows political terror
THE biggest barrier to a Kevin Rudd comeback from within the Labor caucus is that doing so would be tantamount to "rewarding terrorism". Mark Latham's comments on ABC TV on Monday night that Rudd has...
View ArticleKiwis chase dream of a better life -- at home
THE flow of Kiwi migrants is slowing as the New Zealand economy gathers steam and the Australian economy heads downhill. University of Canterbury researcher Rosemary Baird said: "New Zealanders are...
View ArticleOnline health deadline looming
THE Gillard government must sign up more than 9600 people a day to meet its target of 500,000 registrations by the end of the month for the $467 million eHealth record system. It took 11 months to hit...
View ArticleConservative concerns as Iran's election won't stick to the script
IRAN'S presidential election is threatening to spin out of control despite the efforts of religious hardliners to choreograph the result, with splits between conservative candidates widening. With...
View ArticleArt imitates death as cancer claims versatile Iain Banks at 59
IAIN Banks, one of the most gifted and prolific writers of his generation, has died, only three months after he was diagnosed with cancer. In a brief statement posted on his website yesterday, Adele,...
View ArticleThe strange unravelling of Paris Jackson
"BEING a sensitive 15-year-old is difficult no matter who you are," a family lawyer said. "It sounds more like a boy thing," an unnamed acquaintance suggested to a reporter from a New York tabloid...
View ArticleRace for national congress heats up
A NUMBER of high profile indigenous figures are running for the leadership of the peak Aboriginal body, including editor of the Koori Mail Kirstie Parker and former head of the NSW/ACT Aboriginal...
View ArticleJulia Gillard fires abortion salvo in gender war
JULIA Gillard has reopened the gender wars as she fights off speculation about her leadership, declaring that the election of Tony Abbott would make abortion "the political plaything of men who think...
View ArticleJulia Gillard to Kevin Rudd: I'm going nowhere
JULIA Gillard is digging in against another round of leadership speculation, telling supporters she is "going nowhere" as union officials in her home state of Victoria concede momentum is shifting...
View ArticleUS spy whistleblower Edward Snowden goes to ground in Hong Kong
THE defence contractor who blew the whistle on the US Government's global surveillance programme was in hiding in Hong Kong after checking out of the hotel room in which he made his confession. As a...
View ArticleAl-Qa'ida Islamists kill Syrian boy, 15, for "insulting the prophet"
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been murdered in front of his parents by members of an Islamist group in Syria linked to al-Qa'ida after he was accused of blasphemy. Mohammad Qataa, who worked as a street...
View ArticleLatham extends support to Abbott policy to tow back asylum boats
FORMER Labor leader Mark Latham has called on Julia Gillard to call Jakarta's bluff by towing asylum-seeker boats back to Indonesian waters without the country's approval. Mr Latham, who led the ALP...
View ArticleQueen pays Duke of Edinburgh hospital birthday visit
THE QUEEN visited the Duke of Edinburgh as he spent his 92nd birthday recovering in hospital from his operation last week. The Duke was described in an official statement as being in good spirits, but...
View ArticleKevin Rudd's jihad of revenge in the realm of evil, says Mark Latham
KEVIN Rudd's three-year insurgency against Julia Gillard's leadership marks an unprecedented "jihad of revenge" that clearly sits in "the realm of evil," said former Labor leader Mark Latham. Mr...
View ArticleSebastian Vettel stamps authority with bold display of front-running
IN the end it was the old one-two that captured that Canadian Grand Prix after provideding a contrast in styles as they duelled their way. Sebastian Vettel took the victory, but Fernando Alonso put on...
View ArticleBolshoi sacks lead dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze amid acid attack fallout
THE Bolshoi Theatre has effectively dismissed the most famous dancer in Russia in the latest shock to the world-famous ballet after an acid attack on its artistic director in January. Nikolai...
View ArticleNothing to fear from 'necessary' British spying, says William Hague
BRITISH citizens have "nothing to fear" from the security services, the Foreign Secretary said as he defended intelligence gathering as "necessary" and "proportionate". William Hague will appear...
View ArticleBritish immigration rules 'splitting up families'
HUNDREDS of families are being torn apart by new immigration rules requiring British citizens to earn more than 18,000 pounds (29,000) to bring in a non-EU spouse or partner, a new report say....
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