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07/29/2010
Gillard got the cover but Abbott is looking better - The Australian
Brisbane Times
The Australian
THIS week Julia Gillard appeared with a million-dollar makeover on the cover of The Australian Women's Weekly. Our first female Prime Minister looked more like a supermodel than a cabinet minister. But it's Tony Abbott who is beginning to look better ...
Save us: ALP's desperate plea to Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard's car trapped over the speed limit twice in six months
Labor announces disability support programs
07/29/2010
Gillard urges Indonesia to cut Corby sentence - The Age
ABC Online
The Age
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has thrown her weight behind moves in Indonesia to get convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby an early release from prison in Bali. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono could decide Corby's fate within weeks ...
Family fears for 'catatonic' Corby
Australia backs Corby's bid
Clemency for Corby endorsed
07/29/2010
Elder's family gets $3.2m for death in prison van - Sydney Morning Herald
ABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald
The family of an Aboriginal elder who roasted to death in searing heat in the back of a prison van will receive a $3.2 million compensation payment from the WA government, one of the largest such payouts in Australian history. ...
Ward family gets $3.2m payment for prison van death
Payout for indigenous death
West Australian government pays millions over man's prison van death
07/29/2010
John Della Bosca's parting shot at Julia Gillard - Daily Telegraph
The Age
Daily Telegraph
JOHN Della Bosca will resign from the NSW Parliament today and has left with a parting swipe at Julia Gillard's government's approach on climate change and asylum seekers. In an exclusive interview, the long-time NSW ...
Labor power couple bow out together
Surprise as MP exits stage quietly
Della Bosca quits for non-govt job
07/29/2010
Open financial and retail sectors further: Cameron to India - The Hindu
Telegraph.co.uk
The Hindu
PTI The Hindu British Pime Minister David Cameron with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prior to a meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: S. Subramanium Eyeing Indian markets to accelerate economic growth back home, British Prime ...
PM's rebuke of Pakistan on terrorism draws riposte from Islamabad
David Cameron is a 'loudmouth', says David Miliband
Cameron defends Pakistan comments
07/29/2010
Crime cartels in ATM card scam - The Age
ABC Online
The Age
Victoria Police crack down on ATM skimmers in Melbourne after 28 hits around the city since March. INTERNATIONAL crime syndicates are targeting Melbourne ATMs in the latest wave of banking crime to hit the city, with police urging the public to look ...
Eastern European gangs hit ATMs: police
ATM skimmers fleece millions from Melbourne bank customers
Millions stolen from Melbourne ATMs
07/29/2010
Budgies, Bombers and ball skills - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Two primly dressed ladies in pink carrying a pair of budgie smugglers and a stuffed budgie shadowed the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, across Melbourne yesterday, questioning his stance on climate change, the mining tax and his attitude to women. ...
Ladies' Auxillary crashes Abbott's campaign trail
Abbott fails to kick a goal at AFL
Tony Abbott 'fan club' thrown out of campaign event
07/29/2010
Brother, sisters found safe on Vic beach - Sydney Morning Herald
The Age
Sydney Morning Herald
A 13-year-old boy and his two younger sisters have been found safe at a western Melbourne beach more than 12 hours after running away from home. Police located Rashad Omaga and his sisters Nerressah, 11, Narrika, 10, about 7.30pm (AEST) on Altona beach ...
Police search for missing kids
Three children found safe after search
Laverton children missing
07/29/2010
Foreign farm buyers split Libs and Nats - The Australian
The Australian
SHARP division has emerged between the Liberals and the Nationals over foreign ownership of rural land and water in Australia. The split in the Coalition came after its spokesman on agriculture and food security, Nationals MP John Cobb, backed a Greens ...
Coalition backs Greens' call for register of foreign farm ownership
Is foreign investment a problem?
Greens call for register of foreign purchases
07/29/2010
Row ... Verity Firth and Kristina Keneally yesterday. Photo: Domino Postiglione - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
THE fragile truce between the Left and Right factions of the NSW government since Kristina Keneally became Premier has been demolished by the treatment of the Education Minister, Verity Firth, say senior Left figures, who warn they are preparing to go ...
Firth admits heater announcement mistake
Education Minister apologises over gas heater gaffe
Unflued gas heaters removed from schools