Scam within a scam
IT was classic yarn about how quick we are to swallow complete bollocks. “Pssst! Have you heard the one about Captain Cook and his three wives?” read the story.
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Anger at delay on boarding schools
ABORIGINAL leaders in East Arnhem Land are angry at Labor’s failure to progress its plans to build a boarding school to educate indigenous children living in some of the most remote corners of the country.
Lowe blow to history
IF any Australian recognises the name Robert Lowe, it’s probably because they are thinking of the Hollywood actor.
Labor fails NT school building test
LABOR has failed to make any significant progress on its plans to build three boarding schools in the Northern Territory.
Barrister faces graft probe on ‘bribe’
A NSW barrister allegedly told a client he could make a police investigation “go away” in return for a bribe to a prosecutor.
Quadriplegic dies in nursing home
A QUADRIPLEGIC who won the right to starve to death has died in a Perth nursing home.
Push to raise pension age above 67
AUSTRALIA must consider raising the pension age beyond the planned new qualifying limit of 67, as our ageing population places the economy under extraordinary pressure.
Macklin’s intervention avoids wreck
IF anyone needed further evidence of the Northern Territory government’s ongoing failure in indigenous policy, here it is.
Building fund shrinking by the day
WHEN it was revealed Northern Territory ministers had been warned that less than half the promised 750 houses would be built under the $672 million Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program, federal minister Jenny Macklin went on the attack.
Refugees in their own land
ON lush islands off Australia’s tropical northern coast and in the desert interior, three Aboriginal communities live in hope.
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