Palmer plans homes on flood plain
Clive Palmer’s plan to build a mini-city on a Gold Coast flood plain is set to be characteristically controversial.
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Don’t blame Myanmar for crisis
Myanmar has slammed a UN refugee official’s call for full citizenship rights for the country’s persecuted Rohingyas.
Bali bomber son in Islamic State
Indonesian counter-terrorism authorities are bracing for violence as the sons of Muslim terrorists follow in their fathers’ footsteps to jihad.
Blunt words but friendship firm
Canberra takes no position on the competing territorial claims in the South China Sea but objects to unilateral actions.
US showdown with China looms
Momentum is building strongly for the US to confront China over its military build-up on artificial islands.
Elders hail recognition summit
A high-powered meeting of Aboriginal leaders yesterday attempted to steer the indigenous recognition debate back on course.
Global approach to stop smuggling
Australia would like to help on South-East Asian people-smuggling, but it should not inject itself into this problem.
Thais kill off illegal migrant trade
The sudden crackdown on illegal migrants by Thai authorities stopped dead the people-smuggling boats leaving Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Deaths feared at sea over impasse
Malaysia has defied international pressure and turned away more than 800 boatpeople, raising fears of mass deaths at sea.
Plenty of takers for loan fund
A rail link between Mount Isa and Tennant Creek and an expansion of the Ord River scheme are among ideas laid out for a new northern loan scheme.
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