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A word so distasteful, we wouldn’t print it on this site. The worst word of all (and let’s not even get into the argument about why such a word should be the worst word of all.) Mr Pyne says it’s all a misunderstanding. The nation has misheard! The word he actually used, when addressing the […]

The book will be called My Story and features a striking cover of white and grey. The former Prime Minister is pictured wearing a white outfit and feminine jewellery, hinting at the factor that sets this political memoir apart from others – it is that of Australia’s first female prime minister. Julia Gillard described writing the […]

The scheme, under which home owners were encouraged to install so-called pink batts to conserve energy while stimulating the economy, claimed the lives of four young installers. Donning a blue tie, new glasses and a small grin that sporadically replaced an expression of composed concern, Mr Rudd sat listening as his lawyer discussed the legalities […]

Harris, 23, was travelling in a car driven by her fiancé, Luke Hunt, 28, in Narraweena on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, when it collided with Kenneth Lay’s car, which then slammed into a tree. Mr Lay, a grandfather of 16 and father of seven, died in hospital. The court heard that Hunt had been speeding in […]

“Funding for the National Plan to Prevent Domestic Violence is being cut by $7.4 million over forward estimates,” Senator Waters said on Wednesday. “Domestic violence is a national crisis and needs to be dealt with urgently with properly resourced action, not funding cuts.” Liberal Senator, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Michaelia Cash, […]

Treasurer Joe Hockey announced the cuts and introduced taxes in one of the most feared budget speeches in decades. Mothers will feel the weight of these announcements, as they, along with the entire nation, will be charged $7 as a Medicare co-payment each time they and their children visit the doctor from July 2015. School […]

Tonight treasurer Joe Hockey stood in federal parliament and handed down the Abbott Government’s first budget. Wearing a blue tie, Hockey delivered a tough budget with “heavy lifting” measures that he says will reduce the national deficit to $10.6 billion by 2016-17. However, political pundits are already anticipating that these deep cuts will savagely impact […]

More specifically, is the budget as painful as we were led to believe? And has the government broken any election promises? PAIN FOR WHOM? It was tipped to be the toughest budget since 1996, and news.com.au has bought into the narrative, leading the site with ‘The Hockey Horror Show: It’s time to Budget for pain’. […]

Professor Phelps, a GP and the former head of the Australian Medical Association, said that while there is talk that the Australian National Preventive Health Agency will be axed, prevention is a crucial pillar of the health budget. “With a growing ageing population, we have to focus on prevention,” she said. The health budget is […]

Mrs Rinehart, the heiress to Lang Hancock’s iron ore mining fortune and estimated to be worth $18.5 billion, gave Hope Rinehart Welker, 30, the money on the condition that she sign over the voting rights to shares in Hancock Prospecting held on her behalf by the trust. Christopher Withers, representing Gina Rinehart’s son John Hancock […]