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'Escaped' Darwin teens captured doing burnouts inside youth detention centre

Two teenagers have escaped from Darwin's youth detention and then smashed their way back into the prison with a car, performing burnouts inside the facility. Police have confirmed the pair broke out of Don Dale Youth Detention Centre on Sunday night ... >> view original

Australia turned back 65 people on boat, including a pregnant woman, police ...

Asylum seeker children held five years in detention. Australian customs turned back 65 people, including a pregnant woman, after their boat reached Australian waters last Tuesday, according to an Indonesian police chief. The 65 people from Bangladesh, ... >> view original

Brisbane IBM building evacuated after fire

The IBM building in the Brisbane CBD is evacuated around lunch time on Tuesday after a fire broke out on the 13th floor. PT0M34S 620 349. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play; Play now. As it happened: ... >> view original

Fair Work Commission announces moderate minimum wage increase of 2.5pc

The nation's lowest paid workers have been granted a 2.5 per cent pay rise with the Fair Work Commission announcing a more modest rise to the minimum wage than last year's increase. More than 1.8 million people who are on the minimum wage will have ... >> view original

Jack Charles tells Q&A Australia has come of age on same-sex marriage

It was mostly happenstance, but Monday night's Q&A served up a program replete with panellists unusually well-equipped to deal with the issues of the day. There were two admitted Carlton supporters, for example, more than you'd find not crying at most ... >> view original

'Pogo stick' child death: grandmother tells mother boy had nowhere to turn

"You are now in a place where you will always be free, and safe from harm." These are the words of a grandmother to her seven-year-old grandson who died after months of extreme abuse and neglect at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend. The boy's ... >> view original

Tributes flow for former Vic premier

FLAGS are flying at half-mast for Victoria's first female premier as Joan Kirner's family consider a state funeral for the politician noted for her lack of ego. PREMIER Daniel Andrews has offered the state farewell to honour Ms Kirner, 76, who died on Monday ... >> view original

Shaune Gibson's family reject killer's apology as a joke

A "callous" killer's courtroom apology has been rejected by his victim's family, who say a life prison sentence isn't punishment enough. Convicted murderer Warrick David Lindenberg, 29, expressed his "regret and deep sympathies" to the family of 19-year-old ... >> view original

Indigenous imprisonment rates creating a lost generation, Amnesty report warns

Indigenous rights campaigners protest about Aboriginal deaths in custody during the G20 in Brisbane on 14 November 2014. Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA/Corbis. Calla Wahlquist. Tuesday 2 June 2015 01.49 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter ... >> view original

Is rural Australia holding up same sex marriage?

There is an assumption that the biggest opposition to same sex marriage is found in rural and regional parts of Australia, but is that really the case? Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek. >> view original