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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 […]

Today newspapers revealed that not only are tax payers to be hit with a so-called “deficit levy” for those on higher incomes – a budget option that has raised the ire not only of the public but also of many backbenchers who fear an electoral backlash – but also that the government is seriously considering slugging […]

The 40-year-old, who made headlines after becoming sexually involved with President Clinton, has written an essay for Vanity Fair magazine after years of backlash. “I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton. Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened,” Lewinsky says in the magazine. “I am determined to have a different […]

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop released a statement condemning the Islamist militant group Boko Haram who are responsible for the abduction of the school girls from Chibok in Borno State three weeks ago. “Australia is working closely with Nigeria on counter terrorism to prevent attacks such as the recent bombings that took place in Abuja,” she […]

There are reports that British police want to use radar equipment to scour three sites. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, Mark Rowley, said he would be unable to provide details of the search activity. BBC News reported that a letter was sent to media editors, urging them to avoid speculation about excavation work. Mr Rowley reportedly told […]

The Cathay Pacific Airways Flight Attendants Union (FAU) claim cabin crew have noticed a rise in sexual harassment, often at the hands of their entitled frequent flyer passengers, and blame the unsolicited attention on their uniforms, which they are now asking their employer to revise. Staff are complaining that the blouses and skirts are too […]

Billionaire James packer’s stoush with his best mate and Channel Nine CEO David Gyngell will no doubt go down in history as the greatest bust-up ever seen in the top end of town. Of course, it’s unedifying to see to two grown men, leaders in their respective fields, carrying on like schoolboys in the streets […]