
Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has pleaded innocent to charges of defying a court ban against assembling at a public square. Photo: Kamal Sellehuddin
Federal MP Craig Thomson says enough is enough and the coalition and media should let investigations into the Health Services Union take their course without getting into the gutter; prosecutors charge Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and two of his allies with breaking various laws during a massive street rally by electoral activists Bersih; the Victorian Higher Education minister defends changes to funding for vocational education, saying a forecast TAFE job loss of two thousand is alarmist; and the alcohol industry plans to introduce advice labels for pregnant women.