Dan Harrison
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Police charge men over Broadmeadows shooting
Police have charged two men in connection with a shooting in Broadmeadows last week that left a man in hospital. → Read More
Auditor-General to probe Australia's 2022 World Cup bid over $500,000 payment
The Australian National Audit Office will probe Australia's fruitless bid for the 2022 World Cup to determine whether any taxpayer funds ended up in the pockets of FIFA officials. → Read More
Most Australians don't eat enough vegetables, survey finds
New ABS figures shed light on the nation's eating habits, and it's not a pretty picture. → Read More
Only one in 20 Australians eats enough vegetables
New ABS figures shed light on the nation's eating habits, and it's not a pretty picture. → Read More
Labor, Greens question Australia's Ebola response
A Senate committee will probe the Abbott government's response to the worst Ebola outbreak in history, as Labor and the Greens question whether Australia's initial reluctance to act cost lives. → Read More
Horrific abuse of Australian cattle in Israeli abattoir captured on camera
Australian cattle and sheep have been filmed being brutally slaughtered in an Australian-approved abattoir in Israel. → Read More
Dick Smith to take on Tony Abbott but says he doesn't actually want to win seat
Multimillionaire businessman and pilot Dick Smith says he will stand for Tony Abbott's seat in Parliament in a bid to improve aviation safety, but he hopes he won't win. → Read More
FIFA must be reformed before Australia could ever bid again for the World Cup, Sport Minister says
Australia will not commit public money to any World Cup bid overseen by FIFA until football's world governing body is reformed, Sport Minister Sussan Ley has vowed. → Read More
Australia out of line in locking up children, says Amnesty's secretary-general Salil Shetty
Australia is out of line with international standards in holding children as young as 10 criminally responsible for their actions, the global head of Amnesty International has said. → Read More
PBS changes: drug prices to drop, push for generics
Consumers will pay up to 50 per cent less for many common medicines under changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to be announced by Health Minister Sussan Ley on Wednesday. → Read More
Health cut to cause hardship for sufferers of genetic disorder
Hundreds of Australians could be at risk of brain damage because they cannot afford low protein foods, following an Abbott government decision to abolish a grant that helps families meet the high costs of medical foods. → Read More
Medibank dumps GP access trial
Medibank has abandoned a controversial trial which gave its members preferential access to GPs. → Read More
Tony Burke backs same sex marriage in the wake of Ireland's vote
Labor MP Tony Burke says Ireland has proved same sex marriage is inevitable in Australia, and the best thing for community cohesion is to make the change as soon as possible. → Read More
Health Minister Sussan Ley's retreat on higher medicine charges to put $1b hole in budget
Little more than a week after its second budget, the Abbott government has made its first strategic retreat by abandoning a plan to increase charges for subsidised medicines. → Read More
Federal budget 2015: side-effect means sickest patients are to pay more for drugs
Some of Australia's sickest people will pay more each year for their medicines due to a little-noticed change in last week's federal budget. → Read More
Abbott vows not to shut down live cattle trade after sledgehammer revelations
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has vowed not to close down the trade in live cattle to Vietnam following revelations Australian cattle are being slaughtered with sledgehammers in Vietnamese abbattoirs. → Read More
Australian cattle 'being killed with sledgehammers in Vietnam' claim
Australian cattle are being killed with sledgehammers in Vietnamese abattoirs, according to a complaint lodged with the federal agriculture department by an animal rights group. → Read More
Abbott government extends pharmacy location rules for another five years
Rules that restrict new pharmacies from opening near existing pharmacies will be extended for another five years despite numerous government-commissioned reviews recommending they be abolished. → Read More
The banana tax hidden in the budget
They are the new taxes you probably haven't heard of. but you'll be paying them when you go to the supermarket. → Read More
The banana tax hidden in the budget
They are the new taxes you probably haven't heard of but you'll be paying them when you go to the supermarket. → Read More