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Launceston retailers join forces to ban shoplifters

Launceston business owners have escalated their campaign to stop shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in the city. They have launched a strategy to ban shoplifters from Launceston businesses. Under the partnership, store owners can ban shoplifters ... >> view original

Abbott says Islamic State 'coming after us'

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the Islamic State group is 'coming after us', but there will not be any immediate tightening of security in Australia after three terrorist attacks overseas. Mr Abbott says it is important to remain vigilant and that everything is being ... >> view original

Australia may suspend citizenship privileges of single passport holders

'We want to make sure that we can protect the Australian people as best we can,' says immigration minister, Peter Dutton. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP. Australian Associated Press. Saturday 27 June 2015 01.37 EDT Last modified on Saturday 27 June 2015 ... >> view original

Police investigate Wanniassa shooting

A 31-year-old man was arrested after a shooting in Wanniassa which left another man with a gunshot wound to his leg on Friday night. ACT Policing were called to a house by residents who reported hearing the sound of a single gunshot. The wounded man ... >> view original

Police looking for person involved in deaths of three people at rural property in ...

Police have confirmed they are looking for a person believed to be involved in the suspicious deaths of three people on a rural property in central New South Wales. Three bodies were found on the property at Hermidale, near Nyngan, after emergency ... >> view original

Constitutional recognition 'won't end racism'

FEDERAL indigenous MP Ken Wyatt has urged his fellow citizens to fill a deafening silence in the Constitution and allow the recognition of Aboriginal Australians. A joint parliamentary committee has now handed down its long-awaited report on indigenous ... >> view original

George Alex and his high life with low-lifes: standover men, unionists and ...

George Alex has come to tell "the truth". Maybe it's the company he has kept – standover men, bikies, terrorists and allegedly corrupt union officials – that makes his truth look murky. Rick Feneley and Anna Patty report. >> view original

'Enough is enough': Clementine Ford to lodge police complaint over trolling

Writer Clementine Ford said she believed women are too afraid to speak out against abuse. Photo: the age. Clementine Ford has had enough with online trolls, and says she will report a man who abused her online to police. The well-known feminist and ... >> view original

Two people dead, two seriously injured after three separate weekend car ...

Two people are dead and two people have been seriously injured from three separate weekend car crashes in the Northern Territory. A 36-year-old man died and three others were injured after the car they were in collided with livestock on the Barkly Highway ... >> view original

Labor will become Greens light says Hockey

The Labor Party will become a light green party ahead of the next federal election amid a resurgent Australian Greens, Treasurer Joe Hockey says. Mr Hockey says Labor is operating in a policy vacuum. 'I think you'll see the Labor Party become the light ... >> view original