Bill Shorten’s parliamentary secretary Michael Danby says the “awful’’ ABC program has a “hardline” agenda.

Failures in Tasmania’s $6m air surveillance system are still occurring ­almost monthly.

JOE Hockey is showing signs of learning from his mistakes, and those of Wayne Swan and Julia Gillard.

A STRING of current and former union officials have been referred for prosecution by the Royal Commission.

THE NSW government has announced a string of surplus stretching into the future on the back of Sydney’s surging property market.

ACADEMIC Barry Spurr has resigned from the University of Sydney in the wake of controversy over racist emails.

Fair Work Commission vice-president Michael Lawler allegedly verbally abused an industrial ­advocate appearing before him.

TONY and Margie Abbott have visited Martin Place to pay tributes to the victims and hostages of the Lindt cafe siege.

TASMANIA Police is investigating allegations of pedophilia against a former teacher believed to be dead until found alive in NZ.

Two former ACTU chiefs have joined business leaders in backing Bill Shorten’s negotiation of workplace deals.

THE fathers of the eight children found dead in a Cairns house have reacted with “absolute devastation”, police say.

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The men, aged 21 and 23, were shot in the stomach and the chest, New Orleans police say.

A TEENAGER has died after being bitten by a shark while spear fishing over a reef in far north Queensland.

ARTHUR Sinodinos has taken a second bullet for the Abbott government by resigning from the ministry.

English band Mumford & Sons have spoken out against the pending execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

ANZ Bank remains the only big lender to pledge that financially stressed farmers in drought-affected area can stay on the land.

JULIA Gillard was duped by Bruce Wilson in helping him set up a fraudulent union slush fund, but did not commit any crimes.

WORKERS at Clive Palmer’s nickel refinery received a very special gift from the boss yesterday.

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SYDNEY siege gunman Man Haron Monis had evil in his heart and a long list of targets on his warped mind.

ASADA’s investigators recommended against pursuing current and former Essendon footballers over the club’s 2012 supplements program.

The launch of Super Netball a few months ago promised a new start for the sport, but tensions between the state associations and the Players' Association (PA) now threaten the harmony of the competition.

THE government has refused to comment on “rumour and speculation” that the Cairns family was known to child safety authorities.

ARTHUR Sinodinos has taken a second bullet for the Abbott government by resigning from the ministry.