Carr dishes up conundrum for NSW govt

EIGHT years after ending his reign over NSW, Bob Carr is still giving the state Liberals a headache.

THIS time, he's forced Premier Mike Baird to reconvene a "slimmed-down" joint sitting of parliament.

The procedure is so the former premier and foreign minister can be excused from the Senate and return to private life.Mr Baird was left with a conundrum after Mr Carr decided to retire from federal politics despite winning his Senate seat last year.The premier received legal advice that Mr Carr's resignation wasn't constitutional and a joint sitting of the NSW parliament was needed to replace him.But the problem was parliament was on Thursday preparing to close its doors for its winter recess and not planning to sit again until August, well after the July 1 date of the new Senate term.The premier eventually decided to hold a very short joint sitting session in July, which would only last a few minutes, to sort the issue out.Once that happens, Labor's Deb O'Neill will formally replace Mr Carr in the Senate.

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BlackBerry results top expectations

Painkiller poisons 150 a week

IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.

Teen prostitute worked after school

A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.

Airlines defend online fees in court

AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.

Facebook goes down worldwide

THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.

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Family heartbroken after aged home deaths

Painkiller poisons 150 a week

IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.

Teen prostitute worked after school

A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.

Airlines defend online fees in court

AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.

Facebook goes down worldwide

THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.

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Labor, coalition fight for rural affection

IF you believe Labor, they are the party for farmers and rural Australia.

IF you believe the government, that's a complete joke.

Parliament took a country tone on Thursday when Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon brought on debate about the budget's impact on regional Australia.He was concerned about the fuel excise hike's impact on rural residents, which he says will go down as the Abbott government's "worst broken promise".Mr Fitzgibbon is behind Labor's new "country caucus" made up of regional MPs and senators who will influence party policy on rural issues.Labor has long been a champion of the bush, given it was partly born out of the shearing sheds of rural Queensland, Mr Fitzgibbon told AAP."Country Labor has been successful in NSW and it can be successful nationally," he said in a statement.But the coalition is having none of that.Liberal MP Dan Tehan derided Mr Fitzgibbon's topic for debate, given it came just after its country caucus was publicly announced."That's why we have this (debate) here today," he said."What an absolute joke."Mr Tehan said the country caucus came too late."You all should be ashamed of yourself, starting in the year 2014 a regional caucus and coming in here telling us who should stand up for regional and rural Australia."Nationals deputy leader Barnaby Joyce joined in the derision.If there was a friend for regional Australia, it was clear which side of the chamber they would find them in, he said.

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Ferry fraudster Smith 'had no choice'

Painkiller poisons 150 a week

IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.

Teen prostitute worked after school

A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.

Airlines defend online fees in court

AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.

Facebook goes down worldwide

THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.

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Psychiatric drugs soar among Aussie kids

Painkiller poisons 150 a week

IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.

Teen prostitute worked after school

A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.

Airlines defend online fees in court

AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.

Facebook goes down worldwide

THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.

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Man charged after Sydney explosion

Last updated: June 20, 2014

A MAN has been charged following an explosion that brought peak-hour traffic to a standstill in Sydney's inner-west.

Fail Caesar: Old lingo being taught again

Tanya Chilcott IT'S being dragged back into Australian schools under a controversial revival of classical languages — and one Brisbane school is making it compulsory.

Airline fee crackdown fails to fly

EXCLUSIVE: Airlines, hotels and ticket agencies look set to keep slugging customers supersized surcharges, despite two court cases.

Hodkinson call buried a dynasty

DESPITE owning the try that ended eight years of Origin heartache halfback Hodkinson was not meant to receive the ball that led to his stirring solo run.

No straights here — just gays

A GATED housing community built solely for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people is being proposed for a European city.

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