Let current regulator police us: charities

SOME of Australia's biggest charities and community sector groups have banded together to warn the federal government it will commit a "huge mistake" by closing the national charity regulator. The federal government will introduce the first...

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Putin inks deal to incorporate Crimea

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Crimea and its biggest city Sevastopol have signed a treaty making the two entities new members of the Russian Federation. The treaty goes into force immediately, but stipulates an interim period...

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Market blast kills 17 in Afghanistan

AT least 17 civilians have been killed and 46 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in northern Afghanistan. "A pregnant woman and two children are also among the dead," said Abdul Sattar Barez, deputy governor...

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Govt to try to push through bills

THE Abbott government has had enough of stalling in the Senate and will move a motion on Wednesday calling for a vote on bills abolishing the mining and carbon taxes. The carbon tax repeal legislation has been bogged down in the upper house...

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Aust gets back-up in aircraft search

AIRCRAFT from New Zealand and the United States will bolster Australian search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the operation to find Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues. Four RAAF aircraft have already started sweeping...

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PM to start red tape cull

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott plans to light the nation's "biggest bonfire of regulations" on Wednesday with a promised $1 billion cull of red tape. The government intends getting rid of 10,000 redundant acts of parliament and regulations, putting...

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Australia attends Jakarta maritime talks

INDONESIAN immigration officers in the area where asylum seekers set off for Australia - and where the first orange lifeboat came back - say they are undermanned and overwhelmed, but still stopped almost 1000 people risking their lives last year. ...

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