Police are closely monitoring online hate speech, amid fears Friday's deadly shooting outside a police headquarters in Sydney could spark revenge attacks. Radical groups have used social media to call for retaliation on Muslim communities and mosques. But NSW Police say the shooting death of a police accountant by a 15-year-old boy can't be allowed to split the community.  

- Полицијата тесно следи говори на омраза, поради стравувањата дека смртоносното стрелање во петокот пред една полициска станица во Сиднеј би можело да предизвика одмазднички напади.Радикалните групи ги користат социјалните медиуми да повикаат на одмазда врз Муслиманските заедници и џамии.Но, во Нов Јужен Велс Полицијата вели дека од убиството на еден полициски сметко-водител од страна на 15-годишно момче, не смее да се дозволи да ја подели заедницата.

Chamber Proceedings- House of Representatives (Part 2), Luke Simpkins MP for Cowen, delivering his 4:35" speech in the House of Representatives, in which he calls upon the Federal Government to recognise the Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name.   Macedonia "Tonight I wish to raise a matter of great importance to many of my constituents and in fact many people around the country. It is rare that I take exception to our governments foreign policy because I think that on all the big issues the Foreign Minister and the executive as a whole have gotten the calls right. The issue I speak of, is that of the failure of successive Federal governments to call the Republic of Macedonia by its constitutional name. On every occasion that the name issue comes up with those Australians of Macedonian heritage, and there are more than 100,000, they feel insulted by this countrys continued use of the term, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Yugoslavia itself ceased to exist some 20 years ago and our country continues to be locked in the past. The question then becomes why? There is no doubt that both sides of politics are ultimately fearful that this one issue will somehow galvanise the Australian Greek community into a block vote against whoever makes this change to recognise the Republic of Macedonia. Both sides are wrong. Those of Greek heritage are pretty much like every other ethnic community of second generation or more heritage in this country. They are not locked into some false and paranoic belief that somehow Australia officially uttering the words Republic of Macedonia will somehow lose territory of the Hellenic Republic. Australians of Greek heritage have bigger issues in their lives than this and they vote like any Australians on issues that really affect them, such as the economy and opportunities for them and their families. Of course there are a handful of Australians of Greek heritage that do contact MPs talking about how many votes would be lost by whoever made such a change, but it remains a handful and despite the talking, there are not enough people that would vote only on this issue to affect the result in a single electorate. It is tragic that literally a handful of nationalists can exert such power as to control the foreign policy of this nation. Of course that is not the reason given why Australia is against doing the right thing on the name issue. Officially our biased position is to stand with a very small group of nations, a group that does not include our traditional allies of the United States, the United Kingdom or Canada. This small group excuses their biased pro-Greek position, by talking about the need to remain committed to the UN-sponsored process that aims to achieve a mutually accepted agreement over the name issue. This is of course a smoke screen that is good for hiding behind for a perceived domestic political advantage. Our position is wrong on many counts. Firstly, that stated objective can be achieved by maintaining the reference to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the UN and in multilateral fora. Secondly it does not take any notice of the outcomes over the last almost 20 years. Those outcomes have been minimal and despite very big concessions on the Macedonian side regarding borders and even changing their flag, the Greek side insists that the name Macedonia cannot be in the name of the country at all. Former Greek Prime Minister Samaras said in the past that all they have to do is to ensure there is no agreement at these UN sponsored talks and Albanian nationalism and other economic instability resulting from economic problems will see Macedonia fall apart. I would remind the Parliament that in vetoing Macedonias entry to the EU and NATO, the International Court of J…

Report from Macedonia with Brane Stefanovski 9 February - Извештај од Македонија со Бране Стефановски 9 февруари·Нивото на реките кои поплавија големи подрачја во Македонија се повлекува·Денеска почнува санација на штетите од поплавите·Две нови лица се уапсени во акцијата „Пуч ·Македонското знаме се бори за најубаво знаме во светот

The momentum for a change of leader of the Liberal party appears to be waning. There's strong support from within Cabinet for Tony Abbott, and uncertainty whether anyone is prepared to challenge him for the position.  - Импулсот за смената на лидерот на Либералната Партија се чини дека се намалува.Има силна поддршка од рамките на кабинетот за Тони Абот, а неизвесно е дали некој е подготвен да даде предизвик за позицијата.

With the worst bush fires South Australia in more than 30 years contained at last, attention has turned to recovery. The state and federal governments have announced financial support for those who have suffered.  - Пожарите во Јужна Австралија се под контрола. Овие пожари се сметаат за најлошите во последните 30 години. Федералната и Државната Влада ветуваат финансиска помош за настраданите.

The Tasmanian government is considering a private members bill which would ban tobacco sales to people born after 2000. Independent Legislative Council member Ivan Dean says the aim is not to penalise young smokers, but to clamp down on supply. Tasmania's push for a tobacco-free generation is back on the agenda, with a private member's Bill to come before Parliament.  The 2000 Smoke Free Generation initiative has secured the backing of Tasmania's independent upper house and will be scrutinised by the state government. If the bill is successful, those who turn 18 in the year 2018 will be unable to purchase cigarettes. Penalities would be imposed on anyone caught supplying tobacco to the "tobacco-free generation," whether a retailer or an individual. Legislative Council Member, Ivan Dean, is preparing the bill. f1348a DEAN .10""Young people sadly are taking it up in greater numbers. This is about a product we know is dangerous and it is causing lots of issues out there with ill health."  Imperial Tobacco Australia has been meeting with members of the Legislative Council, outlining the industry's case against a ban. The company's Andrew Gregson says prohibition doesn't work and leads to black markets and criminal activity. He told SBS in a statement that the proposal is neither sensible, or practical, and would only punish retailers. However, the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Medical Association has backed the move.  Dr Tim Greenway, the AMA Tasmanian President says its a step in the right direction.  f1348b GREENWAY .10" "Anything that would stop people from starting to smoke will minimise the burden of disease caused by cigarettes." Tasmania Medicare Local says close to a third of 18 to 24 year old Tasmanians are smokers. The Island state has the second highest rate of smokers in the country, behind the Northern Territory. Respiratory specialist, Professor Hayden Walkers, says young people are more at risk of smoking-related health problems. f1348c WALKERS .10""We know that it's children between the ages of 13-15 taking up smoking, they get addicted, by the time they're in their 20s they want to stop but it's too late. And then half of them are going to die prematurely."  But Tasmanians have mixed opinions on the bill.  f1348d VOXPOP .10""I think the bill is wonderful, and it's a great pity that it wasn't in when I was that age"// I think it's a fallacy. I think the people who have come up with that idea are morons. All it's going to do is cause bootleg tobacco trade and black market tobacco"  It is understood Singapore and Finland are the only other jurisdictions considering such a law. If the bill is approved, Australia would become the first country to ban tobacco sales to some generations and not others. By Julia Calixto and Sarah Abo.   - Владата на Тасманија размислува да воведе приватен пратенички закон со кој ќе се забрани продажбата на тутун на лица родени после 2000.

In a world first, doctors at Sydney's Saint Vincent's Hospital have restarted a heart that had stopped beating and transplanted it.   - Лекарите од болницата Сент Винсентс во Сиднеј, за прв пат во светот рестартираа срце кое престана да чука и го трансплантираа.

Sharia law is sometimes portrayed as synonymous with cruel punishments and this year it's even been linked with terrorism. Muslim scholars say such portrayals deliberately mispresent Sharia and are both ill-informed and inflammatory. So just what is Sharia law?   - Шеријатскиот закон некогаш се поврзува како синоним за суров начин на казнување. А оваа година се поврзува дури и со тероризам. Муслиманските познавачи велат, таквите прикази, намерно неточно го претставуваат Шеријатот, и се истовремено неинформирани и подбуцнувачки.Па така, што навистина е Шеријатскиот закон?

Childcare facilities in Australian schools, sports clubs and other community buildings. That's one of the key recommendations in a new report on how to address the country's acute shortage of childcare places.   - Се предлага условите за детска нега бидат воведени во Австралиските училишта, спортските клубови и други комунални установи, како одговор на недостигот на места за детска нега.

Families and communities across the country have gathered in mourning, as authorities discover more Australians were on board the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight.  At least 36 Australian citizens and residents have died in the MH-17 disaster - and that number could rise.   - Семејствата, роднините и пријателите на загинатите во авионската несреќа се собраа заеднички да ја споделат болката за најблиските.