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Nelson: I'm blocking the budget
BRENDAN NELSON has staked his leadership on a bold promise to reduce petrol excise by 5 cents a litre and a pledge to block in the Senate up to $6 billion in tax and revenue measures contained in t...
Government forced into inquiry on radioactive site
RELATIVES of a couple who died of cancer after living near an unmarked radioactive waste dump at Hunters Hill have welcomed a parliamentary inquiry into the contamination scandal that has dogged st...
Pay dock carrot replaces job stick
JOB SEEKERS who fail to show up for training or education programs will have their payments docked for each day missed as part of a new plan to get the long-term unemployed back to work.
Family's agonising road to justice
The words had been building up inside of Pat Huxley, father of Lauren, for more than two years. "Burn in hell, with petrol, where you belong, you bastard".
Fury over means test on solar
LABOR's decision to means test solar-power rebates for houses has caused the Liberal Party and Greens to join forces behind an industry incensed at the change.