Australian News
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Wartime 'Battle of Brisbane' remembered
The streets of Brisbane's CBD were turned into a war zone for two nights 67 years ago today, resulting in the death of one Australian serviceman and scores of injuries.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 12:09 pm -
AFL Tasmania worker on stealing charges
A Victorian man has appeared in the Magistrates Court in Hobart charged with stealing more than $74,000 from AFL Tasmania.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 12:20 pm -
Ad campaigns for Moura doctor fail
Queensland Health says the top doctor position at the Moura Hospital remains vacant despite four advertising campaigns.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 12:13 pm -
Forest industry memorial
A memorial has been unveiled for Tasmanian forest workers who have died at work.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:41 am -
Greens urge support for co-ops
The Tasmanian Greens want improved Government support for community co-operatives.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:41 am -
Man allegedly assaults Gold Coast schoolie
Queensland police have charged a 35-year-old man from the Gold Coast with assaulting a schoolie.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:25 am -
Labor accused of trying to rewrite history
The former Territory minister Alison Anderson has accused the Labor Party of trying to rewrite history after her image and name were removed from more than 50 archived press releases.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:15 am -
Alleged home invader arrested in street
A man will face court today, accused of 17 break and enters targeting the elderly in the Hunter region.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:04 am -
RSPCA critical of animal cruelty sentence
The RSPCA has criticised a Magistrate's decision not to ban a man from owning animals, after he was jailed for animal cruelty.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:04 am -
Licence loss but no jail over fatal hit-run
An Adelaide woman has avoided being jailed by the District Court over an elderly man's hit-run death.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 11:01 am -
Scientists warn of freshwater fish threat
A national task force has been set up to help preserve native freshwater fish species.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:56 am -
Dolphin deaths could be linked to herbicide: Opposition
A herbicide which carries a warning against its use near marine life is being used to combat weeds on the Nedlands foreshore.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:45 am -
Bring a GP to Australia, get $3,000
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is offering thousands of dollars to people who entice doctors from overseas to work in Australia.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:29 am -
Schoolie numbers expected to top 30,000
Gold Coast schoolies organisers say they are on target to attract between 30,000 and 35,000 school leavers to official activities in Surfers Paradise.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:25 am -
Heavy rain threatens grain quality
Farmers across South Australia are in a race against time to harvest crops as rain threatens to seriously downgrade the quality of grain.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:24 am -
Pastoralists welcome year's first rain
Pastoralists have welcomed the recent rain in South Australia's north-east - for some, the year's first.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:24 am -
Police hunt for murder clues
Adelaide police hope to learn more about the murder of a Pooraka man after a post mortem examination.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:22 am -
Builders allay shonky work concerns
The building industry has moved to ease fears that the construction boom is attracting builders that are not proven in the work they are carrying out.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:02 am -
Abuse forces Macklin's hand on income management
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin's radical move to extend income management to all welfare recipients in the Northern Territory is in part a recognition that child safety in the NT is far from satisfactory.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:00 am -
Police squad disbanded
The head of the West Australian Police Union says the public should be upset that a professional squad of officers who are the first to respond to serious crime is about to be disbanded.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 10:00 am
