News Archive

Brewer Foster's has named David Dearie as managing director of its Australasian wine business, overseeing the company's units in Australia and New Zealand.June 12, 2009, 10:45 am

An Australian woman jailed in Kuwait for the past five-and-half months is due back in Australia on the weekend.June 12, 2009, 10:45 am

Scenes from Fieldays at Mystery Creek, Hamilton.June 12, 2009, 10:38 am

More than a third of mums fear their children are not getting enough physical exercise, while nearly 40 per cent say they were more active when they were kids, according to a new survey.June 12, 2009, 10:30 am

China is disappointed Australian resources giant Rio Tinto rejected its bid to buy a bigger stake but that will not hurt the two countries' trade relationship, the Federal Government says.June 12, 2009, 10:30 am

The body of Gabon's late president Omar Bongo Ondimba arrived on Thursday by plane in Libreville, where he will be given a state funeral, from Barcelona in Spain, where he died aged 73.June 12, 2009, 10:30 am

Even if former Australian coach John Buchanan released trade secrets in his new job with the England and Wales Cricket Board, it will have no bearing on the Ashes series...June 12, 2009, 10:18 am

The federal government is sticking by Treasury's forecast that one million Australians will be unemployed by mid-2011, despite rosier figures than predicted in the May budget.June 12, 2009, 10:15 am

The Australian share market has opened higher following gains overnight in US stocks and commodity prices.June 12, 2009, 10:15 am

Police were called to a home in Rivervale overnight after a woman claimed a man was pointing a gun at her.June 12, 2009, 10:15 am

Confirmed swine flu victim Karmichael Hunt may still play for Brisbane against the Bulldogs on Friday night.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

Australia's pacemen stepped up their workload on Thursday to ensure they are ready for the rigours of Test cricket by the time the Ashes start.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

Capacity constraints at Geraldton port could delay start-up times for emerging Mid-West iron ore miners.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

Australian basketballers CJ Bruton, Tony Ronaldson and Oscar Forman will all play on for the New Zealand Breakers in the NBL starting in September.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

Sir Jack Brabham and his family have launched legal action over the use of their name by a proposed new Formula One team that has lodged an entry for the 2010 championship.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

James von Brunn, the 88-year-old American white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at Washington DC's US Holocaust Museum, targeted Australia in his hate writings.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

Katie Holmes is to perform on a US TV dance contest.June 12, 2009, 10:00 am

A chance to seize a record fifth Queen's title has slipped away from Lleyton Hewitt after he lost a drama-filled third-round match to Andy Roddick.June 12, 2009, 9:45 am

A northern suburbs couple jailed for less than three years for caging a sixyear-old in a cot and neglecting him so badly he weighed just over 12kg could face new jail terms up to the 10-year maximum if the State wins an appeal heard yesterday.June 12, 2009, 9:45 am

The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to close in on him as that country's military cracks down on the northwestern tribal area where he is thought to be hiding.June 12, 2009, 9:30 am