Australia Targets Criminal Operations at Main Waterfront Areas

By IBTimes AU

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ordered for a sweeping overhaul of security measures on Australia's key waterfront areas following reports from police authorities that confirmed the operations of criminal groups in Brisbane and Melbourne. (4:49 am)

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Amnesty International Assails Australia's Intervention among Indigenous Tribes in Northern Territory

By IBTimes AU

Australia has failed so far in raising the quality of life prevalent among the indigenous people living in the Northern Territory, according to the latest human rights review released this week by Amnesty International (AI) in Australia. (4:39 am)

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Prostitute Linked with Craig Thomson Worked as a Horse Strapper in NSW

By IBTimes AU

The sex trade worker who claimed to have embattled MP Craig Thomson as her client is real, not an imaginary person created to embarrass the legislator. The Daily Telegraph provided more details of the former prostitute whose tell-all interview with C... (12:55 am)

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Andrew Forrest: Europe's Distress Should Not Disturb Australia, Asia

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The worsening financial crisis in Europe, according to Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) owner Andrew Forrest, appears more disturbing than it ought to be, no thanks to the sensational media coverage trained on the struggling economic region. (May 24)

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Australia Vows to Defeat WTO Challenges on its Anti-Smoking Policy

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The Australian government vowed to repeal efforts by giant tobacco firms to frustrate its aim of further limiting the flow of cigarette products in the country. (May 24)

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OECD Lauds Australia's 'Happy Economy'

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Despite the surveys suggesting that Aussie voters were not inclined to give the Labor-led government a fresh mandate in 2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reasons to smile these days following the approval attached to her economic policy by the P... (May 23)

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Coalition Dismisses Reports: No Tax Revisions for Global Tech Firms in Australia

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The Coalition has downplayed reports that its likely win in next year's general elections would lead to a federal government that is not tax-friendly with tech titans maintaining local operations in Australia. (May 22)

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Few Brothels Have CCTV, Dashes Hope of Clearing Craig Thomson

By IBTimes AU

An official of a sex industry consulting firm dashed hopes of embattled MP Craig Thomson for video footage of people who enter and leave brothels in New South Wales the past six years. (May 22)

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Australia to Spend $300M More Beyond Diggers’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan

By IBTimes AU

The bulk of Australian troops will be out of Afghanistan by 2014 as scheduled but Prime Minister Julia Gillard has assured the Asian nation that her commitment will be sustained further in the form of development aids. (May 22)

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Craig Thomson: I Have Done Nothing Wrong

By IBTimes AU

Beleaguered MP Craig Thomson has spoken and was mostly successful in buying more time for his stay in the Parliament, which was threatened by ongoing efforts from the Coalition to move him out of the way. (May 22)