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Designated trademarks, brands and domain names are the property of their respective owners.The National Parks Association says a recent shooting shows recreational hunting should not be allowed in NSW reserves....http://news.net/article/296052/Politics2013-05-22 11:26:55 The State Government is rolling out a pilot program that aims to improve literacy among migrants and refugees in regional Queensland....http://news.net/article/295918/Politics2013-05-23 01:26:43 A review of Northern Territory Police resources has warned that the lack of a container X-ray facility at Darwin Port makes the city attractive to organised crime....http://news.net/article/295900/Politics2013-05-23 01:28:00 A report by Amnesty International says Australia must address its soaring Indigenous incarceration rates....http://news.net/article/296053/Politics2013-05-23 02:36:57 Former federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper will have to wait until December to argue against allegations of defrauding Australian taxpayers.The Queensland MP pleaded not guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday to three charges of causing a loss to the Commonwealth Department of Finan...http://news.net/article/295902/Politics2013-05-23 01:29:50 Tasmanian Corrections Minister Nick McKim is facing a no confidence motion in the Tasmanian Parliament....http://news.net/article/295915/Politics2013-05-23 01:34:50 Chief Minister Adam Giles has defended the Northern Territory's drinking culture as a "core social value". Speaking at an Australian Hotels Association dinner in Darwin, Mr Giles said the tradition of "having a coldie" in a pub should be "enshrined" as part of Territory life....http://news.net/article/295878/Politics2013-05-23 12:53:59 Lara Giddings has foreshadowed another tough budget, saying her Government cannot afford to deviate from its hardline austerity measures....http://news.net/article/295587/Politics2013-05-22 10:25:45 Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong has accused the opposition of hiding its plans to cut public spending if it wins government.Senator Wong said on Thursday it was time for shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to be "up front" with Australians about any coalition plans to slash federal spending."Joe Hockey ...http://news.net/article/295625/Politics2013-05-22 10:56:32 Queensland MP Ray Hopper has been suspended from state parliament during a fiery debate on new liquor and gaming legislation.Mr Hopper, who is state leader of Katter's Australian Party, had been protesting that changes to the laws would take funds, raised by gambling profits, away from community gro...http://news.net/article/295751/Politics2013-05-23 12:22:10 Former federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper has faced the ACT Magistrates court for the first time over dishonesty charges....http://news.net/article/295873/Politics2013-05-23 01:07:27 Anthony Weiner knows there may be a lot of New Yorkers who would never consider voting for him again, but he says he's running for mayor because he wants to bring his ideas to the fore — and win. "I don't kid myself. I know that this is going to be a difficult slog, and I'm going...http://news.net/article/295295/Politics2013-05-23 00:36:12 The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS. The official enmeshed in a probe of the tax agency is the latest on a roll call of witnesses brought before Congress who refused to answer lawmakers' questions. A few well-known names who invoked Fifth...http://news.net/article/295292/Politics2013-05-23 01:09:58 Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000...http://news.net/article/295737/Politics2013-05-22 15:54:13 Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has promised to give relief to the Australian workers who may be impacted by the announcement by car maker Ford.Ford is reportedly expected to announce a huge cut to its Australian operations from 2016.Mr Swan would not be drawn on whether Ford operations would cease in ...http://news.net/article/295679/Politics2013-05-22 11:38:17 Adelaide hills and south coast councils have received a federal grant to boost a planned sculpture trail....http://news.net/article/295596/Politics2013-05-22 10:37:42 Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has called for a report into allegations that relatives were barred from visiting aged-care facilities after complaining about care standards....http://news.net/article/295345/Politics2013-05-22 08:55:32 After months of ignoring China's warnings to give up its nuclear program, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with its most important ally and the latest sign that Pyongyang ma...http://news.net/article/295178/Politics2013-05-22 13:49:24 CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an...http://news.net/article/295141/Politics2013-05-22 22:16:54 Tea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative groups. A crowd Tuesday packed the sidewalks in front of and across t...http://news.net/article/295115/Politics2013-05-22 13:05:26