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Tony Abbott avoids answering why legal advice on citizenship was kept from ...

Malcolm Turnbull's warning on proposed terror laws. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to answer questions about why he kept from his cabinet ministers key official legal advice which, according to media reports, said his proposed changes to ... >> view original

Queensland teen in Syria denies joining terrorist group

Queensland teenager suspected of fleeing to Syria to fight with an al-Qaeda linked terror group says he is doing humanitarian work and has not taken up arms. Oliver Bridgeman, 18, has taken to Facebook to reject reports he is involved in a terrorist ... >> view original

Police investigate child approaches in Auburn

Police are investigating after a young girl was approached by a man in Auburn, in Sydney's West, which they believe may be linked to a number of other child approaches in the area. A 10-year-old girl was standing in a property in Auburn yesterday morning ... >> view original

Ex-NBL player threw rocks, eggs, punch

Ex-NBL player Luke Martin must undergo a mental health assessment after a court heard allegations that he not only threw rocks at Sydney's Lindt Cafe but eggs and a punch at police. The former Sydney Kings player was ordered to be taken by police to a ... >> view original

Police try to block access to US porn site

South Australian police are trying to block access to a US website which features nude photos of Australian women, including potentially hundreds of Adelaide women and teenagers. Electronic Crime Section boss Barry Blundell says police have received ... >> view original

'Totally trashing the tradition': Former Speaker Anna Burke hits out at successor ...

Former Speaker Anna Burke has accused her successor, Bronwyn Bishop, of "totally trashing" the traditions of the position by making political comments about issues that could appear before the Parliament. Mrs Bishop attacked Gillian Triggs on live TV on ... >> view original

Maverick MP slams 'Emperor' Barnett

Rob Johnson won't be endorsed by the WA Liberal Party for the next state election, says Premier Colin Barnett. ROGUE West Australian Liberal backbencher Rob Johnson plans to stand at the next state election despite the premier saying he will not be ... >> view original

The great Greens Budget con job

THE Greens' agreement to support Government cuts to the age pension is shaping up to be the most one-sided deal in current politics. And the minor party today appeared to have just realised they won't get their side of the arrangement while Tony Abbott ... >> view original

Officer speared by tram barrier may lose eye

A Victorian police officer is out of surgery, but may lose one eye after being speared in the face with a metal pole when his divisional van crashed. The 33-year-old first constable was driving a marked police van when it hit a barricade at a tram stop outside ... >> view original

FIFO worker stabbed man to death after partner involved in caravan park ...

A fly-in, fly-out worker has gone on trial in Perth's Supreme Court accused of a fatal stabbing motivated by revenge for his partner being involved in a "threesome". Ryan Christopher Hawke, 34, has pleaded not guilty to murdering 50-year-old Mark Koller in ... >> view original