The Innisfail prison camp in far north Queensland has been closed after allegations that inmates had easy access to drugs and pornography....

Tonight we take a look at the North Queensland seat of Kennedy, held by independent MP Bob Katter. He has long been a fixture in a seat that stretches from Mt Isa, north to the Gulf of Carpentaria and east to Innisfail. Bob Katter says the future of rural Australia is his top priority. ...

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Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek challenges Premier Anna Bligh to give Queenslanders a referendum on privatisation before Christmas....

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The large number of wars, conflicts and more recently natural disasters means the International Committee of the Red Cross is still busy helping the wounded and the lost almost 150 years since it was formed....

As the intellectual crucible of middle eastern thought, Egypt remains enormously influential. What happens in Egypt when Hosni Mubarak dies will have global ramifications. The Muslim Brotherhood, the chief of intelligence, high up military men, and Gamal Mubarak, Hosni's son, are all ...

The National Farmers Federation wants a guarantee that agriculture will be exempt from future carbon charges, after climate change became a key issue for the returned Federal Labor Government. ...

The second Gillard Government begins with a non sequitur and a subversion of democracy....

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