Thursday, May 19, 2016

Malcolm Turnbull's John Howard-induced headache on council amalgamations in Sydney's eastern suburbs and other top stories.

  • Malcolm Turnbull's John Howard-induced headache on council amalgamations in Sydney's eastern suburbs

    Malcolm Turnbull's John Howard-induced headache on council amalgamations in Sydney's eastern suburbs
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Election 2016: the photographers' campaign Photographers Alex Ellinghausen and Andrew Meares are travelling with Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten.These are some of their key images. PT1M1S 620 349 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in danger of being caught in a trap of John Howard's making, with calls inside his seat of Wentworth for the Turnbull government to ensure locals get a say on unpopular council amalgamations by funding a plebiscite vo..
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  • Shorten convoy involved in crash

    Shorten convoy involved in crash
    Shorten pulls up at car crashBy Paul Osborne and Rashida YosufzaiAAPThe Australian Federal Police approved Bill Shorten's convoy pulling over on the side of a narrow road moments before a woman swerved and collided head-on with another car.The opposition leader was in the Hunter Valley to talk to Cessnock mayor Bob Pynsent and Labor candidate for Paterson Meryl Swanson about problems with the notoriously dangerous stretch of Cessnock Road at Testers Hollow.As their cars pulled over on the signal..
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  • Chinese people 'most welcoming' to refugees

    Chinese people 'most welcoming' to refugees
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  • Police to examine Ashby's phone records

    Police to examine Ashby's phone records
    AUSTRALIAN Federal Police will examine two discs which contain the phone records of James Ashby from around the time a copy of former speaker Peter Slipper's diary was leaked to a journalist at the Courier Mail. Federal Court orders handed down this morning by Justice Geoffrey Flick state the information was downloaded from Mr Ashby's phone by a tech-expert and was intended to be used to back-up his sworn statement in an earlier case - when he was suing the Australian Government for breach..
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  • Tasmanian man fined for 'callous, calculated' exploitation of backpackers

    Tasmanian man fined for 'callous, calculated' exploitation of backpackers
    Tasmanian man fined for 'callous, calculated' exploitation of backpackers Posted May 19, 2016 18:08:22 A Tasmanian businessman has been fined tens of thousands of dollars for exploiting young backpackers who he lured to a remote town before sacking them and leaving them stranded.Harold William Jackson formerly owned and operated a hardware store and adjacent cafe and bakery in Queenstown. An investigation by the Fair Work ombudsman found he exploited five backpackers,..
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  • Election 2016: Competition law to target mergers that hurt the poor under Labor

    Election 2016: Competition law to target mergers that hurt the poor under Labor
    Labor's competition spokesman Andrew Leigh said for too long market concentration and inequality had been thought of as separate issues. Photo: 3AW Labor will refashion Australia's Competition and Consumer Act should it win office, encouraging the courts and the Competition and Consumer Commission to crack down the hardest on the abuse of market power that hurts low income earners.Unveiling the policy while delivering the John Freebairn lecture at Melbourne U..
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  • 'Tinny terror' accused extradited to appear in Melbourne court

    'Tinny terror' accused extradited to appear in Melbourne court
    Tinnie terrorists extradited0:34Flight carrying alleged terrorists has left Cairns for Melbourne. Courtesy: Sunrise FIVE men accused of trying to flee to Syria by boat to join Islamic State have appeared in a Melbourne court for the first time.Just hours after arriving in Melbourne after being extradited from Queensland the men appeared at the Melbourne Magistrates Court for a brief administrative hearing.It was standing room only inside, with dozens of supporters of the accused in court.Among ..
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  • Air search under way for German backpacker near Carnarvon

    An air search is under way for a German backpacker near Carnarvon.JOEL KELLY, DANIELLE LE MESSURIERPerthNowA MISSING German backpacker has been found near Mooka Station, about 180km east of Carnarvon, after being spotted by fixed-wing aircraft.The backpacker, Daniel, was located by aircraft on Thursday afternoon near Mooka Station, about 180km east of Canarvon, after leaving the coastal town on either Friday or Saturday night.Nola Hogan, from Mooka Station, said Daniel appeared to be “quite happ..
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  • WestConnex funding to be scrutinised by auditor-general after Anthony Albanese, Senate requests

    WestConnex funding to be scrutinised by auditor-general after Anthony Albanese, Senate requests
    WestConnex funding to be scrutinised by auditor-general after Anthony Albanese, Senate requests Updated May 19, 2016 16:15:44 The Federal Government's decision to commit $3.5 billion to Sydney's WestConnex project will be investigated by the auditor-general after requests from the Opposition's Anthony Albanese and non-government senators. Key points:Audit will look at decision to award federal funds to projectAlbanese accuses Government of abandoning proper processNSW ..
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  • AFP raids ALP offices in Melbourne over NBN 'leaks'

    AFP raids ALP offices in Melbourne over NBN 'leaks'
    Former communications minister, Labor senator Stephen Conroy is believe to be one of the people being raided. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen The Australian Federal Police are raiding Labor Party offices in Melbourne over the alleged leak of documents from the National Broadband Network.Shadow finance spokesman Tony Burke confirmed the raids on Thursday, saying they were in relation to allegations about documents which revealed that the NBN roll-out was slower and m..
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