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Police Union angry at 'political correctness gone mad'on naming offenders' race

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Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan's order to stop using ethnic descriptions has been described as 'political correctness gone mad. POLICE say a ban on using ethnic or religious words to describe offenders is obstructing investigations. The police union has labelled the policy, a direct order from Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan, as “political correctness gone mad”. Officers... 

Pauline Hanson decides Australia is paradise after all

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People are leaving Europe because of immigration from poor countries and diktats from EU bureaucrats, right-wing firebrand Pauline Hanson said Sunday after abandoning plans to move to Britain. ‘I love England but so many people want to leave there because it’s overrun with immigrants and refugees,’ the former leader of the anti-immigration One Nation party told the Sun-Herald newspaper. She... 

US, Australia seek to influence China's behavior

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference with Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. The United States and Australia pledged Saturday to tighten security ties and work together to influence the behavior of an increasingly assertive China. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Australian Foreign Minister... 

Australian Iraq war protester hurls shoes at former prime minister

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Peter Gray flings his shoes at John Howard after demanding former leader defend sending troops to Iraq. A man protesting against the Iraq war hurled his shoes at Australia’s former prime minister during a live TV show, mimicking the shoe-throwing protest aimed at former President George Bush in Baghdad two years ago. Peter Gray flung his shoes at John Howard, a Bush ally in the Iraq war, after... 

Miss India Jacinta Lal accused of ‘not looking Indian’

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Row: Jacinta Lal raised eyebrows at the Wellington leg of the MissIndiaNZ contest where some of the audience accused her of not being Indian enough. Her stunning looks won her a coveted title in New Zealand’s Miss India contest. But Jacinta Lal, 21, was today at the centre of a huge row after she was accused of not looking Indian enough. The blue-eyed blonde, whose father is Fijian-Indian and... 

Australian army chief refuses to drop charges in Afghan deaths

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Australia’s army chief Ken Gillespie resisted public pressure on Wednesday to drop charges against three former commandos in the deaths last year of six Afghans, as cracks began to appear in Australia’s support for its military deployment in Afghanistan. Lt Gen Ken Gillespie issued a statement after more than 20,000 people signed an online petition calling for charges to be withdrawn over a February... 

WikiLeaks founder warned of action

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Australia may pressure Sweden to prosecute Julian Assange or others linked to his whistleblower website WikiLeaks if planned releases of military documents outlining the Iraq and Afghanistan wars pose a risk to serving forces. Attorney-General Robert McClelland warned Mr Assange, who is an Australian citizen but runs his rogue website from Sweden, that he could not ”from the comforts of his... 

Tea Party comes to Australia

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An anti-tax, anti-government Tea Party has set up shop in Australia, inspired by the US-based movement that has turned the Republican Party upside down. The Australian T.E.A. Party (an acronym for Taxed Enough Already) will be targeting pre-selections across the country and heavily promotes its links to “our friends” in the United States. Reluctant spokesman David Goodridge – “just... 

Aussies issued UK travel warning

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The warning comes after recent bomb attacks and clashes between nationalist youths and the police AUSTRALIANS are being warned against travelling to Northern Ireland following bomb attacks earlier this month. The Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade updated the advice on its website for travellers to the UK to take account of recent bomb attacks and clashes between nationalist youths and the police. “Incidents... 

Gillard declares she wants Australia to become a republic when Queen dies

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TONY Abbott believes it is “far from certain” Australia will become a republic in his lifetime, after Labor signalled a new push on the issue. Julia Gillard today declared she wants Australia to become a republic when the Queen dies, and plans to lead a national debate on the form the republic would take. The Prime Minister said today that despite being a republican, she understood... 

South Asian 'superbug' spreads to Australia

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Australian experts say 3 locally discovered "superbug" cases might be just the "tip of the iceberg" Indian doctors warned earlier this year about the threat from a new multi-drug resistant “superbug” — months before a British study that New Delhi has condemned for scaremongering. A team of researchers from a leading private hospital in Mumbai came to similar conclusions... 

Grim Warning On Fluoride Issued In Australia

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Is your water safe and healthy to drink? The truth finally hits the TV in Australia.  Read More »

Australia to Impose Nuclear Sanctions on Iran

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Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith delivers his speech during the opening of the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction in Jakarta Australia says it will impose new sanctions on Iran, joining the United States, Canada, European Union, and United Nations. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday that the sanctions, aimed at persuading Iran to halt its nuclear program,... 

Mel Gibson leaves America, moves back to Australia

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Mel Gibson is poised to quit the US after selling his mansion near New York. The Lethal Weapon star, who faces allegations of violence from his Russian former girlfriend, sold the mock Tudor property, known as Old Mill Farm, for £16 million – £10 million less than the asking price. Gibson has also put his Malibu home, Lavender Hill Farm, on the market for £10 million, according to a property... 

Australia reports coldest day in 100 years

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Widespread cloud and persistent rainfall has kept temperatures down right across Queensland. Longreach, in the Central West, received persistent rain from Tuesday evening, dropping the temperatures by about four degrees. The temperature then barely moved yesterday, reaching a maximum of 11 degrees; 12 degrees below the long-term average and the coldest July day in 44 years of records. Isisford, further... 
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