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Bali Nine pair: Executions are imminent

Embassies representing prisoners on death row with Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have been summoned to a meeting.

Jane Kelsey: NZ irresponsible to follow Obama's TPP spin

Trade Minister Tim Groser says he is going to assume until proved otherwise that the Obama Administration would not have submitted the bill unless it had the numbers to pass it, writes Jane Kelsey. That is disingenuous.

Anzac plot linked to Isis leader

The men allegedly planning to attack police and bystanders in Melbourne on Anzac Day have been linked to Isis' most senior Australian fighter.

Editorial: Clinton must demonstrate her difference

Abbott arrives for Anzac events

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrived in New Zealand last night for Anzac centenary events and talks on the military mission to Iraq.

China's growing middle class puts society before GDP

One of the things I love most about China is that whenever you see a traffic jam there's always an old bloke on an impossibly rickety bicycle picking his way through the chaos.

Hillary Clinton sets out for White House

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has given a taste of her policy ideas as she started her campaign in Iowa last week.

Hillary Clinton and the gender issue

Ask anyone who has run for office while female and they'll tell you that even at the presidential level, Hillary Clinton is in once again for a different kind of scrutiny.

Science man slams 'flawed' Govt document

The choice of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - one of Australia's best known and most highly respected science broadcasters - to front the ad campaign is backfiring on the Government.

Melbourne rocked by protests

A large protest opposing the closure of remote indigenous communities in Western Australia yesterday shut down streets in central Melbourne.

Paul Thomas: One man's appeasement is another's diplomacy

Govt denies any knowledge of child abuse

The Australian federal Government has rejected claims that it was told about multiple allegations of child sexual abuse more than a year before it commissioned an inquiry.

China young gun hot on two-way trade

Fran O'Sullivan on governor Lu Hao - widely tipped to be a major player in Beijing's "next generation" leadership - who was in NZ yesterday.

Fiji wants NZ ousted from Pacific forum

The Prime Minister of Fiji, Frank Bainimarama, has repeated his call for New Zealand to be kicked out of the Pacific region's main decision-making body.

Bali Nine pair's appeal for clemency fails

Two Australians on death row will face a firing squad after a Jakarta court rejected their bid to appeal against the Indonesian President's clemency refusal.

'Gay panic' defence under attack

Pressure is mounting for the abolition of a law allowing Queenslanders who kill homosexuals to have a murder charge reduced by arguing that their victim propositioned them.

Bali Nine: Condemned pair lose appeal

Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have lost their appeal in Indonesia to challenge the decision to deny them clemency.

Labor man held after Mideast trip