Tuesday, 30 August 2011

latest National News

latest National News

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Hold fire on IR: Turnbull

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:00 PM PDT

THE Liberal Party needs to hold fire on industrial relations policy until the next election and let the government's Fair Work laws fail, Malcolm Turnbull says.

Gillard rejects call for wealth fund

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:42 PM PDT

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed the need for a sovereign wealth fund, saying the nation's trillion-dollar superannuation pot already does the job.

Emerson off to Paris for Libya talks

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

ACTING foreign minister Craig Emerson will join world leaders at a meeting with Libyan pro-democracy representatives in Paris.

High Court to decide on Malaysia deal

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

THE fate of the Federal Government's controversial Malaysian refugee swap deal will be revealed by the High Court on Wednesday.

No, milk's the real thing!

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:35 PM PDT

SENATOR Ron Boswell thinks it's crazy that under a new traffic light system of food labelling, Coke would appear healthier than milk.

Bird flu not a threat: chief medic

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:00 AM PDT

AUSTRALIA'S chief medical officer says people shouldn't be worried about reports that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading across Asia.

Qld offers to pay for funeral

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:00 AM PDT

DANIEL Morcombe's funeral may be funded by the public if his parents accept an offer from the Queensland premier.

Anxious wait for Hendra results

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:00 AM PDT

ALMOST 50 people from NSW and Queensland face an anxious wait after being tested for the potentially fatal Hendra virus.

Carbon tax compo appropriate: Dreyfus

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT

THE Federal Government and the coal industry have criticised a new report which says Labor's carbon tax compensation package is too generous.

Boom should fund rail link: Brown

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 07:30 PM PDT

CASH from the resources boom should be used to build a $100 billion rail link between Brisbane and Melbourne, federal Greens leader Bob Brown says.

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