GG marriage stance 'influential': Greens

GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce's open support for same-sex marriage will be hugely influential across all voter groups, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says. Ms Bryce said during a lecture in Sydney on Friday she hoped for Australia to become...

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Bryce's remarks more than appropriate: PM

PM Tony Abbott says it's appropriate for the governor-general to publicly support gay marriage. Source: AAP ANGRY constitutional monarchists have called for the governor-general's scalp after she backed the republican movement in a landmark...

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Hardline group to hit Australian embassy

Indonesia has asked phone companies to investigate whether they helped to tap the President's phone. Source: AAP A SECOND wave of protests is expected in front of the Australian embassy in Jakarta as fallout over the spying controversy continues....

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Hospital designs of high quality

OPEN space, educational uses, large public plazas, youth centres and residential buildings all feature in the six final designs being considered for the existing Royal Adelaide Hospital site. The South Australian government has been running...

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Patel free to go to US after avoiding jail

FORMER surgeon Jayant Patel is free to return to the US after avoiding jail time in Queensland for fraud. The 63-year-old former doctor was given a two-year suspended sentence in the Brisbane District Court on Thursday for lying to gain employment...

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Lift ban on Vic gas fracking, report says

THE Victorian government should lift its moratorium on coal seam gas, appoint a gas commissioner and offer incentives to businesses to develop the industry, a report on the state's gas market says. Communities should also be offered a share of...

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Police investigate WA officer's outburst

A PERTH policeman who swore at a man while apparently issuing a traffic infringement has admitted to his superiors that he acted inappropriately. Video footage of the confrontation that was posted on Facebook by John Gds Martin has attracted more...

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Qld bikie cops accused of overreacting

QUEENSLAND police's anti-bikie squad has been accused of overreacting after a former gang member's house was raided and he was arrested over a drug driving offence. The 41-year-old man and two younger men were arrested on Tuesday after police...

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Cop used 'secret camera' to film people

A NSW police officer has been charged with filming people using a secret camera in his bathroom. A visitor to the home at Inverell, in northern NSW, alerted police in August after allegedly finding the camera. Police say officers searched the...

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Court appearance bittersweet, says wife

A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention of Aussie Greenpeace activist Colin Russell. Source: AAP THE wife of a Greenpeace activist detained in Russia has described watching him appear in court as "bittersweet". A Russian court...

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Infrastructure plan will be balanced: govt

THE federal government has defended billions of dollars worth of infrastructure cost-cutting despite promising a comprehensive nation building plan. The coalition has forecast $4.5 billion of savings beyond the budget forward estimates from cancelled...

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NFF elects its third president this year

QUEENSLAND grazier Brent Finlay has been named president of the nation's peak farming body, the third person to occupy the top job this year. The National Farmers Federation (NFF) elected Mr Finlay, a veteran farmer with 25 years experience...

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