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Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Labor carbon tax ads broke rules
THE Auditor-General has found the $20 million carbon tax advertising blitz breached financial regulations. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Alcoa plant needs bailout: union
MANUFACTURING unions are urging the federal government to fund a bailout to save Alcoa's Point Henry smelter from closure. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Carr hammers GetUp! ad campaign
KIM Carr has warned GetUp! its scare campaign against the furniture industry threatens to spark serious job losses. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Nasser backs car industry support
FORMER Ford CEO Jacques Nasser has backed support for the local car industry but said it should be tied to appropriate benchmarks. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Rare parrot holds up marina
CONCERNS about the rare orange-bellied parrot threaten a $50 million marina expansion on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Return of the nearly dead parrot: orange-belly holds up marina
CONCERNS about the rare orange-bellied parrot threaten a $50 million marina expansion on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Gillard's appeal to factory floor
JULIA Gillard has dramatically shifted Labor's economic narrative to reconnect with blue-collar Australia. ... more
Feb 9 2012
12:00am
Familiar look to Noongar protest
THE West Australian opposition has defended Colin Barnett's "genuine and generous" native title offer to the state's 35,000 Noongar people ... more
Feb 8 2012
5:28pm
Wins for Santorum reignite campaign
RICK Santorum scored a hat-trick in today's Republican presidential voting contests with a win in the Colorado caucuses. ... more
Feb 8 2012
5:02pm
PM peppered on role in tent riot
THE Coalition is refusing to let Julia Gillard off the hook over her office's role in sparking the Aboriginal tent embassy riot. ... more
Feb 8 2012
4:50pm
Aboriginal protesters trap WA premier
WA Premier Colin Barnett and two ministers were trapped inside a Perth restaurant as Aboriginal opponents of a native title offer banged on the windows. ... more
Feb 8 2012
4:49pm
Now I'm sorry I put a figure on it: Hockey
JOE Hockey says he regrets saying the Coalition needed to find up to $70 billion to fund its election promises. ... more
Feb 8 2012
4:37pm
Carbon tax to add to Alcoa uncertainty
ALCOA says a carbon tax will make life harder for the company as it reviews the future of its Victorian smelter and the jobs of up to 600 workers. ... more
Feb 8 2012
4:26pm
Santorum wins Minnesota, Missouri
A RESURGENT Rick Santorum has easily won Minnesota's Republican caucuses, relegating front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish. ... more
Feb 8 2012
4:20pm
Dam inquiry 'crammed' as poll nears
LAWYERS representing four Wivenhoe Dam engineers have raise doubts about the flood inquiry's capacity to hear all the evidence. ... more
Feb 8 2012
4:04pm
Judge 'misinterpreted' Molloy sex slur
A JUDGE who ruled that comedian Mick Molloy had defamed Nicole Cornes erred in his interpretion of the comment, a court has heard. ... more
Feb 8 2012
3:49pm
Abbott links Alcoa jobs to carbon tax
JULIA Gillard has attacked Coalition claims that her carbon tax influenced Alcoa's decision to place its Victorian smelter under review. ... more
Feb 8 2012
3:39pm
Killer grilled over missing teen
DETECTIVES have interviewed killer Leslie Camilleri who they say is a suspect in a 20-year-old missing Melbourne teen case. ... more
Feb 8 2012
3:06pm
China targets Hong Kong 'birth tours'
AUTHORITIES in Guangdong province say parents can be fined or punished for having more than one child, even if the babies are born in Hong Kong. ... more
Feb 8 2012
3:01pm
Urgent action pledge on sport broadcasts
THE Gillard government is urgently considering whether copyright laws need to be changed to protect the broadcast rights of major sporting codes. ... more