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Tony Abbott (R) and wife Margie paid tribute to Australia's troops in their Christmas message.
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Australian Minister Ian Hunter, right and Leith Semmens prepare to kiss outside the Pabellon de los Artes center after getting married in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same sex marriage legislation. Hunter, 52, is believed to be the first sitting member of an Australian legislative body to marry a gay partner. Hunter said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be legal in Australia but said the two decided they couldn't wait for their country to approve a gay marriage law. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)
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Australian Minister Ian Hunter, 3rd from right and Leith Semmens, 3th left stand with guests during a marriage ceremony in the Pabellon de los Artes center in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same sex marriage legislation. Hunter, 52, is believed to be the first sitting member of an Australian legislative body to marry a gay partner. Hunter said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be legal in Australia but said the two decided they couldn't wait for their country to approve a gay marriage law. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)
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Australian Minister Ian Hunter, right and Leith Semmens stand together during a marriage ceremony in the Pabellon de los Artes center in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same sex marriage legislation. Hunter, 52, is believed to be the first sitting member of an Australian legislative body to marry a gay partner. Hunter said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be legal in Australia but said the two decided they couldn't wait for their country to approve a gay marriage law. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)
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Australian Minister Ian Hunter, right, and Leith Semmens light candles during a marriage ceremony in the Pabellon de los Artes center in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same sex marriage legislation. Hunter, 52, is believed to be the first sitting member of an Australian legislative body to marry a gay partner. Hunter said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be legal in Australia but said the two decided they couldn't wait for their country to approve a gay marriage law. (AP Photo / Sergio Torres)
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Guests throw rice as Australian Minister Ian Hunter, right, and Leith Semmens leave the Pabellon de los Artes center after getting married in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same sex marriage legislation. Hunter, 52, is believed to be the first sitting member of an Australian legislative body to marry a gay partner. Hunter said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be legal in Australia but said the two decided they couldn't wait for their country to approve a gay marriage law. (AP Photo / Sergio Torres)
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Australian Minister Ian Hunter, left and Leith Semmens kiss during a marriage ceremony in the Pabellon de los Artes center in the town of Jun, southern Spain, Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012. Ian Hunter, the social inclusion minister for the state of South Australia, married his longtime partner Wednesday in southern Spain, two months after his country voted down a proposal to enact same sex marriage legislation. Hunter, 52, is believed to be the first sitting member of an Australian legislative body to marry a gay partner. Hunter said he was disappointed that his marriage to artist Leith Semmens won't be legal in Australia but said the two decided they couldn't wait for their country to approve a gay marriage law. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres)
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Labor is demanding answers over the coalition's role in the harassment case against Peter Slipper.
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The attorney-general says the opposition has questions to answer over the James Ashby case.
O'Farrell wants jobs in western NSW
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says the federal coalition should attract workers to western NSW as well as northern Australia, if it wins government.
A leaked coalition draft plan looks at splitting Australia into different tax zones and moving public service jobs to places like Darwin and Cairns.
Mr O'Farrell said if Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was considering introducing zone allowances to attract workers to regional areas, he should look not just at north Queensland but western NSW as well.
"If we're talking about zone allowances, if we're talking about tax breaks for people who live in remote areas ... let's not forget areas like western NSW," Mr O'Farrell told reporters on Thursday.
"You can't continue to concentrate, if you're a federal leader, just on capital cities anymore than the state premier of NSW should simply concentrate on Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong."
"If we're looking to properly run either NSW or Australia we should be also thinking, in my case, of people in regional and particularly western NSW who deserve job opportunities, who deserve services as much as those of us in cities."
Mr O'Farrell said he hasn't read the leaked discussion paper.
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