PM to call for agile Liberal Party
Sky News Australia
Malcolm Turnbull is expected to call for the Liberal Party to be more open and allow greater involvement of members when he addresses a special convention in Sydney. However senior Liberals are talking down the ability of rule changes to end ...
Malcolm Turnbull twists and turns but the game is getting desperateThe Sydney Morning Herald
Turnbull vs Abbott: what voters say about their power struggleThe New Daily
NSW Liberal member threatens to 'tear party apart' if Warringah motion failsThe Guardian
The Australian -ABC Online -The Australian Financial Review -9news.com.au
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Police officer who shot Justine Damond had less than two years' experience
Warrnambool Standard
Los Angeles: Chilling new audio has emerged of the moments around the fatal US police shooting of Australian spiritual healer and meditation coach Justine Damond in a Minneapolis alley. The officers are heard communicating with their dispatcher over ...
Aussie was on drugs, killer cops saysThe Australian
After Justine Damond shooting, Minneapolis City Council members question police leadership, oversightMinneapolis Star Tribune
Fatal Police Shooting of Woman Who Called 911 'Should Not Have Happened,' Minneapolis Police Chief SaysKTLA
Toronto Star -WGNO -Newsweek -ThinkProgress
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Elijah Doughty lost and Kalgoorlie simmers
The Australian
“We didn't come here to have motorbikes stolen,” the man told police. “People steal and take things off my kids, so our family suffers.” The interview took place as 14-year-old Aboriginal boy Elijah Doughty lay dead in the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital ...
Anger, 'no winners' in Elijah Doughty case9news.com.au
Kalgoorlie on edge after verdict for driver who killed Elijah Doughty revealedNewcastle Herald
'Peaceful' Kal protesters keep up call for justice for Elijah DoughtyThe West Australian
Esperance Express
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MPs should know their citizenship status entering parliament
The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull is correct. Greens senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters were careless in not checking their citizenship status before nominating for election to the Senate. Moreover, as the Prime Minister said on Radio 5AA in Adelaide on Wednesday ...

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Kevin Rudd short on tenure, long on words
The Australian
Kevin Rudd has literary ambitions far greater than any of his prime ministerial predecessors. The two-time former prime minister has signed a lucrative, two-volume deal for his memoirs with Macmillan, which outbid other publishers that had long pursued ...

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Trump legal team probes Mueller sleuths for conflicts of interest
The Australian
Donald Trump's legal team is evaluating potential conflicts of interest of members of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team. The US President's lawyers were attempting to “corral the probe” and were compiling a list of Mr Mueller's ...
US President Donald Trump's legal team spokesman quits amid growing scandalNEWS.com.au
Hurtling toward a showdown with the special counselLos Angeles Times
Trump legal team gets shake-up as investigation deepensYahoo7 News
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Peter Dutton: the Liberal leader Australia deserves
The Australian
On Peter Dutton, let's start at the start. The man who heaved Cheryl Kernot out of the federal seat of Dickson in 2001, winning a 6 per cent swing for the Liberal Party, earned immediate political cred. In Dutton, local voters found the polar opposite ...
Peter Dutton's home affairs ministry will investigate itself for corruptionThe Sydney Morning Herald
Home affairs-style super-ministry a 2001 vision of Immigration secretary Michael PezzulloABC Online
Prime Minister quietly issues warning on house pricesNEWS.com.au
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Driver likely killed by defective Takata airbag in Sydney crash, police say
ABC Online
A man who died in a Sydney car crash last week was likely killed because of a defective airbag, police say. Police are linking the Takata airbag to the death of a 58-year-old man, who was driving a Honda CRV when it collided with a Toyota Celica in ...
Police flag first Australian Takata airbag deathThe Australian
Faulty airbag at centre of recall to blame for death of Sydney manThe Sydney Morning Herald
Man killed by faulty airbag in car crash in Cabramattadailytelegraph.com.au
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Students at prestigious Melbourne school posts note explaining why she defecated on bathroom floor
NEWS.com.au
STUDENTS at an elite girls' school in Melbourne have responded after reports one student was defecating on school grounds in protest over education standards. On Thursday, news broke that an unidentified student at Mac.Robertson Girls High School was ...
Elite girls' school in poo stand-offToowoomba Chronicle
With good advisers, dual-credit program is helping Idaho kids go beyond high schoolIdaho Statesman
Madison students ask for more teacher diversityWisconsin Gazette
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Elderly man, 86, arrested after allegedly firing on a brothel with a shotgun
Daily Mail
An 86-year-old man was dramatically arrested on a major freeway after shots were fired into a Melbourne brothel. Police rushed to Romantics on Colebrook Street in Brunswick about 9.50am on Wednesday after reports of a shooting. The alleged gunman ...

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