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City claims success in e-ID registration : The city administration claimed on Monday that all citizens in Jakarta have now been registered for the electronic identification (e-ID) card program, as officials began distributing the cards to some residents. Asmawi, 38, a resident from Palmerah ...

Black Hawks back on full-flying operations : The suspension was imposed on April 24 after an Army Black Hawk had to make an emergency landing while preparing for Anzac Day commemorations in Papua New Guinea. The Defence Force says an engine fault was to blame for forcing the helicopter to land at ...

Sonographer uses life's adventures as backdrop for novel Van Dermark's life is full of interesting tidbits; she's lived in New Zealand , traveled to Chimbote, Peru in 2000 as a missionary to learn about the social and political misdoings that contribute to poverty and adopted two children from Guatemala.

Australia: Competing Marriage Equality Bills Working Through Parliament : An online survey undertaken as part of the consultation process found two-thirds of all respondents believed the law should be changed to allow gay couples to marry. Of those, 64 per cent expressed support for the Greens bill, put forward by lower ...

More mental health services for elderly | DPS News : According to Mr McKay, untreated mental illness “robs” older Australians of their quality of life, physical health and independence, at “significant cost to ...

Gillard is behind the wheel of a clapped-out bomb : SOME years ago the ABC ran an excellent program called Bush Mechanics, documenting the amazing resourcefulness of indigenous car nuts in the most remote parts of Australia . These guys have no access to car parts but keep their bombs on the road by ...

Houses are bad welfare, not kids : He introduced the baby bonus, the health insurance and childcare rebates, a large expansion of subsidies for private schools, and plenty of other spending pitched at ''mainstream'' Australians , be they Howard's ''battlers'' or Labor's ''working ...

The new age of old age : With average life expectancy now above 80, he discusses what Australia should do to prepare for the longevity revolution. ALEXANDRE Kalache's departure from his job as the World Health Organisation's Director of Ageing in 2007 was a moment of bitter ... Sydney Morning Herald

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Australian mining magnate to run for Parliament : Two suicide bombers blew up cars rigged with explosives near a military compound and a hotel in a city in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least eight people and tearing large craters in the ground, state media said.

Ramsay reaffirms guidance : Private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care has reaffirmed its guidance for growth of its core earnings of between 13 and 15 per cent. Ramsay made the guidance announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange after the close of trading on Monday ...

Minister stands firm on Nyström deportation : Nyström, 38, is known as “The Australian ” in Skänninge, a country town he frequents because he does not speak Swedish and relatives live nearby. His family in Sweden are not in touch regularly because he drifts as a homeless man between friends' houses ...

Plea for focus on Australia's most vulnerable children with national deputy ... "In the area of child protection, the deputy commissioner could well be the much-needed circuit-breaker to address the alarming overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Islander children in child protection systems across Australia .

Telemedicine vision for remote eye care : Under the plan, people with a suspected diabetes-related eye problem can visit a partnering health care clinic in remote regions of the state where a special retinal camera takes a picture of the back of the eye, sending the digital images ...

Police shoot two Aboriginal youth in inner Sydney : The youth who were shot in Kings Cross are from western Sydney, one of the most socially deprived areas of Australia . The rising levels of joblessness and poverty affecting young people are even greater among those of indigenous backgrounds. World Socialist Web Site