THE Federal Government is considering giving banks new tax breaks and reducing financial regulation in an effort to build Australia as a regional financial centre.
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DEFENCE has launched a new centre to repel cyber attacks against Australia amid revelations there were 2400 assaults on the department’s computer systems last year.
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A FARMER who just ended a 52 day hunger strike is craving Vegemite and poached eggs.
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THE cost of Kevin Rudd’s hand-picked special envoy on whale conservation has soared to $500,000 as Japan continues to hunt whales.
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OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has declared Australia’s relationship with Japan is too important to risk over whaling.
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PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has wasted an opportunity to “break through” at global climate change talks in Copenhagen, the Australian Greens said.
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JOHN Alexander has won Liberal Party preselection for former prime minister John Howard’s old Sydney-based seat of Bennelong.
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AUSTRALIA should commit to slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent over the next decade to boost the flailing Copenhagen summit, a coalition of unions, welfare groups and conservationists says.
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HOUSEHOLDS will need to find hundreds of extra dollars each year to pay utility bills.
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The Federal Government will spend $50 million on infrastructure on Christmas Island to help the island keep up with growing demand for services such as power, water and improved roads as the detention centre grows.
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TONY Abbott has addressed Parliament for the first time as Opposition Leader - and declared he will now have to stop flirting with Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
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PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd’s private jet has been forced back to the US because of a mechanical fault.
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THE odds of Labor retaining government at the next election have narrowed slightly after Tony Abbott was installed as Opposition Leader.
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IT’S Joe Hockey vs Tony Abbott vs Malcolm Turnbull as the Liberals’ climate crunch comes to a head.
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TONY Abbott is the new Leader of the Opposition.
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ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has refused to be drawn on whether the Government will call a double dissolution election if Tony Abbott becomes opposition leader.
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FEDERAL Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is confident he will survive a leadership challenge this morning.
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THE Rudd Government’s emissions trading legislation is unlikely to pass the upper house before today’s deadline amid accusations of filibustering on the part of Opposition and crossbench senators.
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A NAVY patrol boat has gone to the aid of a vessel carrying 29 suspected asylum seekers and a crew of two about 150 nautical miles southwest of the Ashmore Islands.
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TONY Abbott has put new pressure on Malcolm Turnbull to change his mind on the emissions trading scheme or face a leadership challenge on Monday.
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TONY Abbott has denied his bid for the Liberal leadership is about ambition and says he’s distressed about the breakdown of his relationship with party leader Malcolm Turnbull.
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