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• Lamington Party calls for digital economy focus in budget reply

  

  Fledgling political organisation the Lamington Party has issued a response to the Gillard government’s 2013 budget, calling Treasurer Wayne Swan’s effort “less Robin Hood and more Sheriff of Nottingham” and “probably one of the weirdest budgets you’ll ever see.”

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• Abbott lays out $4bn a year spending cuts in budget reply

  

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a coalition government will make savings to allow households to keep their promised tax cuts.

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• Former League star Glenn Lazarus to lead Palmer’s Senate team

  

  Rugby league legend Glenn Lazarus has been named to lead the Palmer United Party’s Queensland Senate team at the next federal election, claiming that Clive Palmer’s fledgling party could unite and advance Australia through inspirational leadership.

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• Migrating professionals say UK more desirable than Australia

  

  Australia has been edged out of second place by the UK, in an international survey which assesses countries on their desirability as relocation destinations for migrating professionals.

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• New legislation means Schapelle Corby a step closer to parole

  

  Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is expected to apply for parole after Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed legislation designed to clarify the position of foreigners within the country’s legal system.

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• Three Brits to fly to Oz for final stage of ‘Best Jobs in the World’

  

  Three lucky contenders from the UK are among 18 finalists for Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ and will travel Down Under next month to spend a week competing in the final stage of the global competition.

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• Aussie MP criticised for branding Pitt ‘pathetic’ over praise for Jolie

  

  A Northern Territory politician, MP Willem Rudolf Westra van Holthe, has drawn criticism after a social media gaffe in which he described film star Brad Pitt’s claim that his partner Angelina Jolie was “heroic” for undergoing a double mastectomy as “pathetic”.

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• Australian aid may be propping up al-Assad’s Syrian regime

  

  Leaders of Australia’s Syrian community have urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to ensure that Australian aid does not contribute to propping up the administration of President Bashar al-Assad.

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• Abbott says staffer’s ‘cut the throat’ threats a “drunken brain snap”

  

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the senior staffer in a drunken brain snap won’t be out of the cold forever because of one unprofessional lapse. The staffer, Dr Mark Roberts, was overheard threatening to ‘cut the throat’ of funding of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation to its chief Andrew Penfold when the coalition won government.

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• Thank you card for DisabilityCare moves Gillard to tears

  

  A postcard from two youths with disabilities has brought Prime Minister Julia Gillard to tears as she introduced disability care legislation.

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• Hoddle Street killer launches legal action over Playstation for prison cell

  

  The perpetrator of the 1987 Hoddle Street massacre, Julian Knight, has embarked on a legal battle for access to a PlayStation and a personal computer in his Victorian prison cell, telling the Supreme Court that he would initiate proceedings against the Victorian government if his application for the personal items continued to be denied.

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• Disability care program to receive $14.3 billion to ensure viability

  

  Labor’s signature national disability care program will get $14.3 billion in new money to ensure it will be fully up and running on time.

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• Budget will balance in two years, at cost to baby bonus and benefits

  

  Treasurer Wayne Swan’s federal budget has mapped a path to surplus that has required some cuts that could anger families and business.

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• Transcript of Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget speech 2013/14

  

  The full transcript of Treasurer Wayne Swan’s 2013/14 Budget speech.

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• Adoption an option for neglected Indigenous children

  

  Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles has announced he will remove neglected Aboriginal children from their homes and adopt them out if necessary, claiming that fears of a return to the Stolen Generation have put Indigenous children at serious risk in recent years.

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• Australian Times weekly newspaper | 14 May 2013

  

  View the digital edition of this week’s FREE Australian Times newspaper, available every Tuesday across London.

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• Palmer’s party faces dual hurdles in AEC registration

  

  Clive Palmer’s campaign to reshape the Australian political landscape has faced a number of hurdles over the weekend, with the Queensland billionaire businessman forced to make a change to the party’s name and having the group’s initial application to the Australian Electoral Commission rejected on the basis that the party had ‘too many members’.

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• Focus on jobs and growth in budget: Swan

  

  The federal budget will chart a path back to surplus while delivering extra spending for schools and disability care, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

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• Centre-left Lamington Party ‘close shave’ with registration

  

  Centre-left political group The Lamington Party has said that it will be a “close shave” in their goal to register with the Australian Electoral Commission before September’s federal election, with the organisation’s leadership hopeful that they will obtain the 500 members necessary to qualify as a registered political party. The party have recently released their policy platform, with a focus on health care, and tackling problem gambling.

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• Tickets sold for Gallipoli 2015 should be refunded, says minister

  

  Veterans Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon says tour companies that have sold tickets to Gallipoli 2015 events should give the money back.

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