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MAY 2014

Sorry Minister, but apple orchards aren't going to solve youth unemployment.
Saturday's news in less than two minutes.
2 teenage girls left their house on Tuesday evening and never returned
Swapped at birth but only one of the mothers wants to swap the little girls back.
JAM: Are you serious, Australia?
No, sorry. Joe Hockey is not a hypocrite.
Thursday's news in under 5 minutes.
Her family beat her with sticks and hurled bricks at her head.
Accused: Peppa Pig, a tool for dangerous feminist left-wing propaganda.
Government cuts millions from royal commission into child sex abuse.
The exact moment the world lost interest in the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
“Poverty is the greatest cause of armed conflict, but armed conflict is the greatest cause of poverty. And women bear the brunt of both…”
Mental illness was not the only factor at play in the Santa Barbara massacre.
“I no longer have anything to say about what is now part of normal American life.”
Monday's news in under 5 minutes.
Our schools don't need more school chaplains. They need mental health professionals.
UPDATE: Elliot Rodger's father says: "We are in inconceivable pain."
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
Is Australia racist?
Dear Violent Student Protesters: you’re harming, not helping your cause.
This is what it's like to be a woman in a war zone.
The awkward moment a talk back caller tells the PM she works for an adult sex line.
Wednesday's news in under 5 minutes.
Maybe you can afford to pay an extra $7. But not everybody is so lucky.
They raised $2m by calling themselves a 'charity'. It was a lie.
Monday's news in under 5 minutes.
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
This is how I came to realise the importance of mothers.
People call them the "tribe of ghosts". And they're in danger because of the colour of their skin.
8 months pregnant and she's going to die. Because of her religion.
Stephen only lived for 19 years. But he achieved more than many of us ever will.
Mr Abbott, we're confused...
"Some things remain better hidden. The factories where our clothes are made isn’t one of them."
Surprise winners in last night's budget: Ballerinas and small business.
A 9 y/o boy who is going blind reminds us how beautiful the world can be.
Super helpful: Abbott Government's election promises versus last night's Budget.
Wednesday's news in under 5 minutes
Federal Budget 2014: Everything you need to know in 5 minutes.
That one time when Rosie Waterland went to a paranormal conference.
Tuesday's news in under 5 minutes.
Video footage released. Claims to show the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
An involuntary act of self defence means Cecily McMillan could spend 7 years behind bars.
Feeling thirsty? Read this.
The first openly gay NFL player shares a kiss with his boyfriend on television.
Monday's news in under 5 minutes.
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
Saturday's news in less than three minutes.
The names of Nigeria's stolen schoolgirls have been released.
Friday's news in under 5 minutes.
Finally, the world has started noticing the 276 stolen schoolgirls.
If you could donate paid leave to a colleague who really needed it, would you?
Thursday's news in under 5 minutes
This miracle baby was born during a storm. She is her parents lucky charm.
Why Tony Abbott's daughter is not "fair game."
She was a widow who slept with a married man. What these 8 men did to her as "punishment" is disgusting.
Wednesday's news in under 5 minutes.
Celebrity news: Stefanovic held up by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
UPDATE: 8 more girls, some as young as 12, were kidnapped overnight by armed men.
Would you step in if you saw someone doing this to a homeless person?
Letter to an asylum seeker. Pass it on.
Two women debate the sentence of the rapist who was given only 5 years’ probation.
"Speaking out is not easy."
One month after this video footage was taken, Yvonne Grant was dead.
An empowered woman is an empowered family.
This is how a mother taught her son about extreme poverty.
The post nobody thought could be made entertaining. Did Rosie Waterland pull it off?
Proof that Obama has a career in comedy after he leaves the White House.
Monday's news in under 5 minutes.
Long before my son could count, he had been counted…
"Writhing on the gurney": What happened during this man's execution is horrifying.
The surprising way we could reduce domestic violence... instantly.
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
How to Budget-proof your family
Saturday's news in less than two minutes.
Cheatsheet: What's the Commission of Audit and what will it mean for me?
Friday's news in under 5 minutes
$12. That's how much it costs to make a schoolgirl your sex slave.
Porno filmed in the fantasy section of La Trobe University Library. Because, why not?

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