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ST Gill's colonial paintings at State Library of Victoria and Ballarat

The paradox of ST Gill is plainly expressed on the State Library of Victoria's website and in the exhibition itself. He was, we are told, “Australia's most significant artist of the mid-19th century”, yet has been all but forgotten for the past 100 ... >> view original

Peter Dutton orders deportation of former bikie boss Sam Ibrahim

Jailed underworld figure Sam Ibrahim could swap his prison cell for immigration detention after federal government minister Peter Dutton ordered his deportation. The Immigration Minister cancelled Ibrahim's transitional permanent visa on Thursday when ... >> view original

Union eyes footy finals for train strike

The AFL footy finals are a wonderful time to stop Melbourne's trains and trams, according to CFMEU boss John Setka. Speaking at a rally during Friday's four-hour train strike, Mr Setka told the crowd they had the power to stop services during the ... >> view original

Up to 10 people face loss of citizenship

UP to 10 dual citizens now in jail for terrorist offences face the prospect of immediate deportation once they complete their sentences. UNDER proposed new citizenship laws that are expected to go before the parliament next week, the immigration ... >> view original

Four charged for violent SA home invasion

FOUR men have been charged in connection with a violent home invasion in Adelaide. POLICE will allege five men forced their way into a Marden apartment just after 1am on Friday in a targeted attack. Two of the suspects were armed with machetes and ... >> view original

Tony Abbott unmoved by Liberal calls for more Syria refugee help

Tony Abbott appears to have shut the door on an increase in Australia's intake of Syrian refugees even as his cabinet moves closer to approving air strikes on the strife-torn nation. The Prime Minister on Saturday seemed unmoved by impassioned pleas ... >> view original

A FACE image of a man police would like to speak to. Source: Supplied

POLICE are hunting a “suspicious loiterer” who put pornographic images in a primary school toilet block in Melbourne's east. Boroondara investigators were told the man entered the boy's toilet block at the primary school in Balwyn Rd, Balwyn North, ... >> view original

Peter Greste meets the letter writers who helped set him free

Peter Greste has urged the Australians who wrote letters to him in prison to show the same support to his colleagues who remain behind bars, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. Greste told a gathering of some of those letter writers in Sydney on Friday ... >> view original

Police search for missing yacht after bodies wash up on beach north of Newcastle

Police are carrying out aerial and land searches to find a yacht believed to have been carrying two men whose bodies washed up on a beach north of Newcastle yesterday. A 77-year-old man from Smiths Gully, Victoria, and a 71-year-old from Duns Creek, ... >> view original

Queensland police morale at 'rock bottom': union

Commissioner Ian Stewart continues to cop heat from Queensland's police union about the "rock bottom" level of morale among his staff. Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers says staff are disillusioned and demoralised after an overhaul of the ... >> view original