Arts elite attacks PM over images
Kevin Rudd's handpicked cultural advisers have confronted him over his attack on Melbourne artist Bill Henson.
ASIO: the enemy was within
ASIO was dysfunctional throughout much of the Cold War and was probably infiltrated by hostile foreign agents, according to previously top-secret documents from the 1970s.
Sudanese tears hit home
To be a refugee implies escape. But the tears shed in Melbourne rain yesterday by Sudanese refugees told of the bonds that remain.
Business may pay for cut in excise GST
John Brumby raises the possibility of an increase in company tax to pay for taking the GST off petrol excise.
Hunger deaths spark emergency summit
The Government will send a high-level delegation to Rome next week for a crisis meeting of world leaders aimed at finding a solution to the global food crisis, which is seen as an emerging threat to international security.
ANZ exit from pulp mill project confirmed
The $2 billion Tasmanian pulp mill has lost its key financial backer, the ANZ bank, finance industry sources confirmed yesterday. But Environment Minister Peter Garrett has not been briefed by the developer, Gunns.
Pardoned man's family look to proper burial
The remains of a man wrongly executed 86 years ago for a murder he almost certainly did not commit are likely to be returned to his family so he can finally be laid to rest as a free man.
Aged home staff set to walk off job
Staff at embattled nursing home Bridgewater could walk off the job as soon as Friday if their entitlements are not guaranteed, and preparations have been made to move more than 100 elderly residents if necessary.
Unearthing family history from burial pits of the Somme
Tim Whitford has been many, many times to Pheasant's Wood, the tiny copse in the wheat fields below the French village of Fromelles.
Honesty issues brought up after political gift
Probity concerns have been raised by a big political donation from Sydney developer Mirvac Group while ALP powerbroker Graham Richardson was lobbying to get control of the Kew Cottages site transferred.
Dodson says ties to land can be proven out of court
A broader range of Aboriginal people could establish rights over land in Victoria under an alternative native title settlement framework being negotiated with the State Government.
Rudd cops heat over hired help
In a liberal dose of revenge, Coalition senators turned the tables on Labor in Senate estimates hearings yesterday as they accused Kevin Rudd of employing a butler to shine his shoes and lay out his clothes when he is on the road.
Cost of Rudd's summit hits $1.9m
The Federal Government has spent nearly $2 million on April's 2020 Summit and the bills are still coming.
Rein gives homeless cause celebrity
Multi-millionaire Therese Rein is a slightly incongruous pin-up girl for homelessness.
Promise made to UK about scope of Haneef inquiry
Australia assures the British Government the Haneef inquiry will only examine authorities' treatment of the Indian doctor and not security matters, a Senate committee has heard.
Liberals irked by display of disunity
Federal Liberal MPs lash out at colleagues over recent disunity, as Brendan Nelson warned that Labor could call an election as early as the end of next year.
Roxon won't back down on Medicare threshold
A peace offering in the form of money will be made to private hospitals today but the Health Minister says she will not change plans to lift the Medicare levy threshold.
Apartment hunters face 'mission impossible' in CBD
It's about noon on a gloomy Melbourne day and a small army of city workers have sacrificed their lunchbreak - yet again - to attend a string of open for inspections in CBD towers and apartment blocks.
Separated parents a silent risk to children
Despite most separated couples agreeing that both parents should remain involved in their children's lives, about one quarter never talk to their ex-partner about matters relating to their children.
