Australian News
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Legal road hump for Tarkine plan
Tasmania's new parliament could be faced with the task of amending laws to allow a tourist road to be built through the Tarkine wilderness in the north-west.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:50 am -
Ambulance call operator sacked after blunders
The New South Wales Ambulance Service has confirmed that it has stood down one operator and is investigating another following 000 blunders.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 9:19 am -
More health workers caught up in salary scam
The Director General of Health is warning that more public health employees will be caught up in an investigation into fraudulent salary packaging claims.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 9:19 am -
Man jailed over drive-by shooting
A man from Queensland's Sunshine Coast was jailed yesterday for seven years for a drive-by shooting in February last year.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 9:17 am -
Time up for comments on Traveston Crossing
The consultation period for comments on the proposed decision to reject the Traveston Crossing dam near Gympie in south-east Queensland has closed.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 9:17 am -
Car collision leaves 3 in hospital
Three people have taken to hospital - one in a life-threatening condition - after two cars crashed in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 9:17 am -
Health probed over false death certificate conviction
An investigation into a central Queensland doctor is being expanded to cover systemic problems in the state's health sector.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 9:00 am -
Teen injured after rock thrown from freeway overpass
A teenage girl was lucky to escape serious injuries in an apparent rock-throwing incident at Box Hill, in Melbourne's east.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:50 am -
Men charged with assaulting police
Two policemen in Hervey Bay in south-east Queensland have allegedly been assaulted overnight.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:47 am -
Woman stabbed in chest during domestic dispute
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed at a house in Sydney's west yesterday afternoon.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:40 am -
Tillegra Dam approval 'needs business case'
The New South Wales Auditor-General says the government should not make a decision on the future of the proposed $477 million Tillegra Dam in the Hunter until a sound business case has been produced.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:37 am -
Town under siege: 6,000 camels to be shot
The Northern Territory Government has announced an emergency cull as the outback community of Docker River comes under siege from thousands of marauding feral camels.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:36 am -
Damage trail from stormy weather
A storm has swept across eastern parts of South Australia overnight causing power outages and damage to buildings.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:31 am -
Cairns man was in argument before death
Police are trying to piece together the last movements of a man found dead on Tuesday in Cairns in far north Queensland who is believed to have been murdered.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:29 am -
Expert says fish deaths preventable
Angry residents have formed an action group to spearhead concerns about fish deaths at Beachmere, north of Brisbane.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:26 am -
Boarding house fire treated as suspicious
Police are treating a boarding house fire at Townsville in north Queensland this morning as suspicious.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:23 am -
Fears schoolie went missing in surf
Police have used helicopter surveillance and thermal-detection equipment to search for a schoolie who may be missing in surf off Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:22 am -
Teen girls spit, steal and punch in rampage
Two teenage girls have been charged over a rampage through Drummoyne in Sydney's inner west yesterday afternoon.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:11 am -
Gunns continues push for more assets
The Tasmanian timber company Gunns will continue its push for more timber assets, despite its latest knock back from the corporate regulator.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:09 am -
ASIO headquarters cost 'well justified'
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has defended the cost of the new Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) headquarters in Canberra.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 8:07 am
