Mr Turnbull earlier criticised the Government for not acting quicker to release a terrorism white paper.
Turnbull slams 'directionless' Govt security statement
Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says the Government's first National Security Statement is lacking in detail and coherence.
In the statement, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd confirmed plans for a Department of Homeland Security have been scrapped.
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Murray-Darling go-ahead
The Government's bill to set up a national authority to manage water in the Murray-Darling Basin has passed Parliament.
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Bailout share boost
Shares in troubled Babcock and Brown have more than doubled after its bankers provided a $150m lifeline.
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Opposition in 'humiliating backdown' on schools bill
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Wood jailed for 17 years
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- US car union tightens belt to save industry
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Somali pirates 'likely cause' of cruise ship stand-off
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Bauer keeps Melbourne Cup placing
- Marsh and Paine get Tigers home
- Sydney to get 300 new buses
- Teachers chalk up another protest
- Heffernan writes reference for 'pathological liar'
- Widow's plea for safer car parks
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Green light for Murray-Darling management bill
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Inmate used mobile to run drug ring: police
- Brissy band wins Big Day Out spot
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A unique NZ justice program has dramatically reduced the number of Maori prisoners.
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Frayed Aussies recount their ordeal after landing on the first international flights from Bangkok in eight days.
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Mixed feelings: Retiring Australian V8 Supercar great Mark Skaife on the deal to ensure his financial survival.
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US demands Pakistan help find the Mumbai massacre masterminds, as thousands march in India.
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Zimbabwe Govt struggles to contain killer cholera epidemic spreading across its borders.
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Previously unheard recordings from Dame Nellie Melba have been released.
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HealthWatch with Sophie Scott: Australian scientists have uncovered why some people recover quicker than others.
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Repeat offender: Watch as NSW MP Andrew Fraser shoves a female colleague and relive his 2005 attack on a Minister.
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'Angry': NSW Opposition Leader says he has no plans to bring MP Andrew Fraser back to the frontbench.
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'Thankful': Jockey Chris Munce on his future after Racing NSW cleared him to ride.
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Venetians get creative in their biggest floods in 22 years.
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'No surprise': Aviation expert discusses Qantas and British Airways merger talks.
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Gun battle: CCTV shows terrorist attack in Mumbai's main train station.
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Sea of black: Thousands of Israelis have buried the six victims of the terrorist attack on a Mumbai Jewish centre.
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Flying memorial: A rare WWII flying boat has returned home after an epic voyage.
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Rate debate: Economists clash on whether the interest rate plunge will have the desired effect.
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Pillow talk: Scientists use mobile phone technology to learn more about koalas' sex lives.
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Aussie hero returns to Mumbai cafe where he risked his life to save dozens from terrorists.
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Secret police files have been leaked to crime bosses and alleged killers, compromising probes across Australia.
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Cream of the cartoons: Australia's satirical best goes on display in Canberra.
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The World Today: As Federal Parliament draws to a close Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is urging politicians adopt a new resolution to be nice to each other.
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News Audio: Deputy PM Julia Gillard ends the federal parliamentary year by telling the Opposition which MPs could fill roles in a remake of Batman.
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News Audio: Odetta Holmes, the deep voiced folk singer who was famous as Odetta, has died in New York. Samantha Donovan reports.
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News Online: Daily Telegraph editor Gary Linnell talks to Adam Spencer about buying from an MP a photo of a man dousing himself in petrol outside Parliament.
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News Audio: William Sherman, reporter with the New York Daily News, discusses his theft of the iconic Empire State Building.
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News Online: Former Liberal MP Bruce Baird tells Simon Santow it is time to pay our politicians properly to attract the best talent into Parliament.
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PM: Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Walter Mead, spoke with PM's Mark Colvin.
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The World Today: Palestinian Red Crescent is central to humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza. Its president, Younis al-Khatib, spoke with Eleanor Hall.
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News Audio: Kieran Daly, editor of Air Transport Intelligence, tells Radio National Breakfast there's a real prospect of a Qantas and BA merger.
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Rat v rat
Scientists are giving the native bush rat a helping hand in its fight to the death with its European rival.
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Crisis? What crisis?
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Green apprentices
A new study has found most apprentices would like to be more environmentally friendly in the workplace.
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Somali suspicions
The company operating a cruise liner involved in a stand-off in the Gulf of Arden says it is likely Somali pirates were responsible.
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Obama has team to do the job: expert
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We'll work for $1 a year, say US car bosses
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NZ's marae youth courts hailed a success
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Shipping industry urges Govt action on piracy
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Ponting check-up
Ricky Ponting says his troublesome wrist is fine and that there is no need for him to scale back his workload.
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Bauer keeps Melbourne Cup placing
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Giteau 'not allowed' to fly coop
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Wilkinson leading as storms stop play at Coolum
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Committee recommends efficiency relief for small agencies
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Babcock shares double after $150m lifeline
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MP's mix-up
A MP mixes up chloride and chlorine as he argues about water concerns in SA.
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Frayed Aussies recount their ordeal after finally making it home from Bangkok.
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There's no upside to getting older, filmmaker Woody Allen tells Kerry O'Brien.
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New home
The National Portrait Gallery finally has its own, permanent home in Canberra.
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