Two former executives at Qantas budget offshoot, Jetstar Pacific, who have been embroiled in a fuel-hedging investigation in Vietnam, have been permitted to return to their homes in Australia. Daniela Marsilli, the airline’s former chief operating officer, and Tristan Freeman, Jetstar Pacific’s former chief financial officer, were detained by the ...
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David Cameron has become the youngest British Prime Minister in nearly two centuries. He is six months younger than Tony Blair was when he first entered Downing Street. He is also the first Old Etonian to take up residence in Downing Street since the 1960s. Mr Cameron’s premiership signals the ...
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Britain’s main political parties are still trying to thrash out deals to decide how exactly the next government will be formed. At present, the most likely coalition will be between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. However, leader of the Lib Dems Nick Clegg and the Tory leader David ...
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Victorian drivers who are found to be under the influence of illicit drugs will have their driver’s license automatically suspended for three months and face a $350 fine under proposed regulations to take effect mid next year.
Under new laws announced yesterday, Victoria Police will be given the power to suspend ...
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It was announced yesterday that the Federal Government plans to implement mandatory internet service provider filtering for refused classification.
The government also issued a report on the ISP filtering pilot, which was given to the government by Enex Testlab in October, outlining results of the blocking accuracy and performance of the ...
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Australia may have to foot the bill in assisting developing nations such as India and China cope with climate change to clinch a deal in Copenhagen.
In spite of Australia facing a $50 billion domestic budget deficit for the coming year, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said that Australia may have ...
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Centrelink has been forced to annul over a third of its decision as staff constantly get facts and legal advice wrong.
Complaints about decisions made by Centrelink skyrocketed by 104 percent in the last two years, making it the most complained about government agency in Australia, according to the Welfare Rights ...
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At twenty-five percent of the way through his four-year term Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has told of two upcoming overseas trips.
This is in spite of having been elected on a basis of ending lavish overseas excursions for Melbourne City Councillors.
At the time of his election in November last year, Cr ...
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Kevin Rudd, Australian PM, hasn't eliminated the alternative of applying force to unload a group of 78 asylum seekers from a customs ship to a detention centre in Indonesia.
But on Wednesday he moved to disperse fears women and children in the group could be held behind bars once in the ...
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Jakarta and Canberra may use the APEC summit in Singapore in an attempt to strike a deal between the two nations on the issue of people smuggling.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has already begun discussions with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last week on how to work together more closely on ...
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