Digger's Afghan killing was an 'act of murder'
Bianca Hall The shooting of Lance Corporal Andrew Jones by an Afghan soldier 'a cowardly act of murder'.
ACT focus of schools debate
Bianca Hall, Emma Macdonald Canberra will be the site of a ''grassroots, nationwide discussion'' on school funding this week as Prime Minister Julia Gillard defers any firm commitments to the Gonski review of funding and...
No compensation for Maralinga radiation victims
Bianca Hall The British government has ruled out paying ''act of grace'' compensation to Australian soldiers deliberately exposed to nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga in South Australia 61 years ago.
Asylum seekers land in Geraldton
Bianca Hall and Aleisha Orr Sixty-six asylum seekers landed within the harbour limits of Geraldton on Tuesday, after telling rescuers they had spent 44 days at sea from Sri Lanka, more than 8000 kilometres from Western...
Brave men on tyre raft nominated for awards
Bianca Hall An Indonesian crewman and three missing asylum seekers from Myanmar have been nominated for Australian bravery awards.
Official barred from visits to Nauru, Manus Island
Bianca Hall The federal government's top legal adviser has told Australian Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs she cannot visit Nauru and Manus Island to assess and act on complaints from asylum seekers...
Human rights chief warned off islands visit
Bianca Hall The federal government's top legal adviser has told Australia's Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs she cannot visit Nauru and Manus Island to assess and act on complaints from asylum seekers...
Free speech appeal fails over critical letters to Diggers
Bianca Hall A SELF-STYLED Muslim imam accused of sending offensive letters to the families of dead Diggers has had his appeal against the charge dismissed.
Captain's family left in waiting
Bianca Hall THE family of alleged people smuggler Captain Emad remains in Australia more than six months after he fled the country, a parliamentary inquiry heard on Monday.
PNG court rejects Manus injunction
Bianca Hall Papua New Guinea's National Court has thrown out a bid to stop asylum seekers being sent to the Manus Island processing centre.
Court halts deportation of 56 men
Bianca Hall, Daniel Flitton The deportation of 56 Tamil men has been halted after a dramatic hearing at the High Court. The Immigration Department agreed to halt the men's forcible deportations, expected on Tuesday, and all...
UN gives Canberra deadline to address refugee health fears
Bianca Hall THE United Nations has given Australia a month to show how it will ensure the mental and physical safety of two refugees, one of whom tried to commit suicide this month.
Hearing told of sex education for kids
Bianca Hall Children will begin to be taught sexual education by as young as seven, a Senate estimates hearing was told yesterday.
PM pledges to push for better teachers to make the grade
Bianca Hall ONLY the best and brightest will be able to get into university teaching courses under the federal government's reform package to improve the educational outcomes of the nation's children.
Top-of-the-class teachers at heart of education plan
Bianca Hall Only the best and brightest will be able to get into university teaching courses, under the federal government's reform package to improve the educational outcomes of the nation's children.
Feds on attack as states cut budgets
Bianca Hall The federal government launched a bitter assault on Liberal states yesterday, saying Tuesday's state budgets that slashed education and health funding are a sign of what's to come under a federal...
Schools stick with religious chaplains
Bianca Hall Most Australian schools employing student welfare officers hired religious chaplains, figures released this week show.
School funds reform may be delayed
Bianca Hall Education Minister Peter Garrett says painstaking work to overhaul Australia's school-funding arrangements continues, but it's far from clear the work will be finished this year.
AFP lets Captain Emad leave Australia
Bianca Hall The accused people smuggler ''Captain Emad'' fled Australia on Tuesday, it emerged yesterday, with authorities powerless to prevent him leaving Melbourne Airport.
Media test not a knee-jerk reaction to Rinehart - Conroy
Bianca Hall MEDIA owners will be forced to submit to a public interest test under a plan to be presented to the federal cabinet within weeks.
