Northern Territory to shift problem drinkers from hospital to prison unit
Anyone taken into police custody three times in two months for public drunkenness could be forced to undergo treatmentThe Northern Territory government is preparing to move problem drinkers undergoing...
View ArticleWhy I resigned from the WikiLeaks party | Daniel Matthews
Daniel Mathews: I was a member of the WikiLeaks party national council and have been a friend of Julian Assange since university. Here is why I am resigning from my positionDaniel Mathews
View ArticleChina touts 'open' Bo Xilai trial but tight media control remains
Official updates posted on Weibo microblog are a novel development but not enough to satisfy calls for transparencyBo Xilai's long-awaited trial is an "open" one, officials have declared – even if the...
View ArticleTony Abbott tells Liberals to quit donations from tobacco companies
Opposition leader says party will refund $2.6m donated since 1999 only if Labor gives back money from Health Services UnionLenore Taylor
View ArticleDebate makeup artist says Kevin Rudd the rudest client she has worked on
'I have never had anyone treat me so badly,' Lily Fontana writes in a post she later removes from Facebook
View ArticleClive Palmer says Mal Brough asked him to fund case against Peter Slipper
Fuel added to bitter electoral battle between Brough and Slipper as Palmer says he is speaking out to exonerate Joe HockeyClive Palmer says the Liberal National Party candidate Mal Brough directly...
View ArticleAre vulvas so obscene that we have to censor them? | Hannah Ryan, Avani Dias,...
Hannah Ryan, Avani Dias, Mariana Podesta-Diverio and Lucy Watson: Our student newspaper was taken off the shelves from showing vulvas. But what is offensive about a body part that over half of the...
View ArticleElection 2013: Abbott unveils his health policy - politics live blog
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott resume campaigning after a fiesty second debateKatharine Murphy
View ArticleBig fight fails to deliver knock-out blow
Last night's election debate was a metaphor for a boxing title fight, although it lacked a killer punchPastimes that inspire nothing but cynicism and contempt from the vast majority of people are my...
View ArticleAirline to sue Argentinian government over eviction
Latam airlines vows to take action after it is forced to vacate a hangar at Aeroparque airport in Buenos AiresArgentina faces another storm of criticism over its protectionist policies after...
View ArticleNew York city council overrides mayor in votes for greater police oversight
Proponents see new legislation as a check on police force that has come under scrutiny for its heavy use of stop-and-friskThe New York city council has voted to pass bills that will create an outside...
View ArticleSyria: chemical weapons with impunity | Editorial
The options for response are all bad, and it is doubtful whether airstrikes would establish deterrenceThere is next to no doubt that chemical weapons were used in Ghouta in eastern Damascus, and that,...
View ArticleJustice Department sues Texas over new voter ID law
Attorney general Eric Holder says Texas failed to take steps to prevent its voting law from being discriminatoryThe US government said on Thursday it would sue to keep Texas from carrying out a voter...
View ArticleBen Jennings on the west's reaction to the Syrian crisis – cartoon
The US is deciding whether to take new action against the Syrian regime – but says it still has not seen any conclusive proof of the use of chemical weapons there
View ArticleNasdaq shutdown renews fears over stock market stability
Glitch at Nasdaq results in unprecedented shutdown and halts trading amid calls grow for greater regulation of marketsA glitch in the Nasdaq stock market resulted in an unprecedented shutdown of...
View ArticleBo Xilai trial: the best news pictures of the day
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching imagesMee-Lai Stone
View ArticlePolitical advertising: the only time the 'leader brand' ever slags off the...
The biggest brands in the market wouldn't dream of mentioning their rivals. But one dark corner of the advertising world consistently ignores that rule, writes Dave Bowman
View ArticleJapanese animator under fire for film tribute to warplane designer
Japanese nationalists and doctors attack Hayao Miyazaki's acclaimed The Wind RisesHis latest film has taken almost 6bn yen (£39.4m) at the box office in Japan since its release last month and is a...
View ArticleFears for seabirds as global warming affects coastline
National Trust study warns of threat to wildlife as rising sea levels and changing weather patterns transform UK coastlinesPuffins, terns and butterflies are among the key species in the UK being put...
View ArticleMan charged with murder of two former partners in Northern Ireland
Leslie Ross, from County Down, questioned in connection with deaths in 2007 and 2012, as well as other possible offencesA man has been charged with the murders of two former partners in Northern...
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