News Archive

The Australian share market has received a positive lead from Wall Street, with key indices either up or flat, and copper and oil higher, although precious metals were lower.June 19, 2009, 9:45 am

A Greens senator has had her crying child taken from her arms and removed from the Senate chamber.June 19, 2009, 9:45 am

A leading Chinese economist has savaged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's essay attacking neo-liberalism.June 19, 2009, 9:45 am

Talky by name but not by nature, at least yesterday.June 19, 2009, 9:30 am

Shia LaBeouf was bullied for being a Disney Channel star.June 19, 2009, 9:30 am

Mariah Carey is to star in a London stage show.June 19, 2009, 9:30 am

Wimbledon can't come quickly enough for Lleyton Hewitt.June 19, 2009, 9:15 am

Britain's Prince William has hinted he would like to follow in the army-booted footsteps of his younger brother and fight on the front line.June 19, 2009, 9:15 am

Rihanna and her new boyfriend are inseparable.June 19, 2009, 9:15 am

BC Iron plans to raise $22 million from a sale of new shares, as it welcomes a new cornerstone investors to its share register.June 19, 2009, 9:00 am

A cold front is making its way to Perth this morning bringing squally conditions and possible destructive winds of more than 125km an hour.June 19, 2009, 9:00 am

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated another $1 million ($A1.24 million) to charity.June 19, 2009, 9:00 am

Shahid Afridi shone with bat and ball as Pakistanbeat South Africa by seven runs to storm into the World Twenty20 final overnight.June 19, 2009, 9:00 am

Nobody knows when the US Open will finish but one thing for sure is that luck will play a role in the outcome.June 19, 2009, 8:45 am

British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen has brought London's theatre-land to a standstill at the premiere of his new film "Bruno" - and jokingly rapped his former hit character Borat for fuelling stereotypes.June 19, 2009, 8:30 am

Swine flu has infected nearly 40,000 people around the world in 89 countries and territories, causing 167 deaths since late March, latest World Health Organisation data shows.June 19, 2009, 8:15 am

Two shop assistants were threatened by a man armed with a sword demanding cash at a Yokine takeaway store overnight.June 19, 2009, 8:15 am

Oakford owner-trainer Bryan Cousins has high hopes of a repeat boilover when his promising twoyear-old pacer Kissed Flush runs as the $41 outsider in tonight's $100,000 Group 1 Veolia Pearl Classic Final (2130m) at Gloucester Park.June 19, 2009, 8:00 am

Strong-marking Swan Districts forward Tim Geappen has moved to equal second in The West Australian's $5000 WAFL Player of the Year award.June 19, 2009, 8:00 am

Goldfields trainer Frank Maynard is eyeing recent WA newcomer Geyser Peak as a potential fifth winner for his Henley Brook stable in the Hannan's Handicap this spring.June 19, 2009, 8:00 am