Australian News

Man jailed over 1986 kidnapping

The Supreme Court has jailed a man from Moe, in south-east Victoria, over the kidnapping of a woman in 1986.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 1:21 pm
MP demands abuse report be made public

The Victorian Opposition says a report into whether a Goulburn Valley school appropriately dealt with a sex abuse victim should be made public.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 1:31 pm
Pulp friction: bail reprieve for Cundall

Tasmanian police have lifted strict bail conditions imposed on Peter Cundall and 55 pulp mill protestors arrested outside Parliament House in Hobart.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 1:28 pm
Close check urged on cancer treatment waits

The Cancer Council is urging the South Australian Government to establish the maximum waiting times which cancer patients should expect to face.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 1:15 pm
Stop and search powers have public support: Johnson

The Police Minister, Rob Johnson, says he believes there is widespread community support for police to have stop and search powers.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 1:08 pm
KFC amends defence in food poison case

A multi-million dollar damages case against KFC has been adjourned to allow the fast food outlet to amend its defence.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:29 pm
National Service memorial takes shape

A new monument commemorating the 290,000 young men called up for National Service is taking shape at the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:25 pm
Bike tyres 'commonly' get stuck in tram tracks, inquest told

A coronial inquest into the death of a cyclist in Melbourne's CBD last year has heard it was common for bike tyres to get stuck in tram tracks.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:20 pm
Emergency staff promise for nurses

The nursing union says SA Health has agreed to meet staff ratios agreed to for two of Adelaide's busiest public hospital emergency departments.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:04 pm
20pc of migrants headed for Qld

The State Government says new figures show 20 per cent of people migrating to Australia are making Queensland home.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:01 pm
Connex off track till the bitter end

Connex, Melbourne's outgoing passenger train operator is going out with a whimper when it finishes up its contract at the end of the month.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:01 pm
More than 35pc child safety cases Indigenous: report

A new report shows more than a third of children in the care of child safety authorities in Queensland are Indigenous.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:00 pm
Workers return to jobs after meat plant fire

About 50 employees of a meat processing plant destroyed by fire in the Perth suburb of O'Connor last week, will return to work this morning.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:52 am
New ACT same-sex laws face veto

The Federal Government has signalled it will block the ACT's new laws for same-sex couples.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:44 am
Greens not surprised by intervention report

The Australian Greens say they are not surprised by a damning independent report into the consultations the Federal Government held on ways to reform the Northern Territory Emergency Response.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:41 am
Show stabbing accused face court

Two men who allegedly stabbed a teenager at the Royal Adelaide Show in September have faced Adelaide Magistrates Court.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:35 am
Politicians get sneak peek at climate change doco

Federal parliamentarians last night watched an Australian short film on climate change that will next month have its international premiere at the United Nations in Copenhagen.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:31 am
Elderly woman bound during home robbery

An 87-year-old woman was tied up in her backyard in Canberra's inner north during a home robbery yesterday.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:31 am
Disabled man hospitalised in fall from Jetstar wheelchair

A Melbourne man says he was hospitalised for six days after falling from a wheelchair provided by Jetstar at Melbourne Airport.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:06 am
Auditor to probe water management licences

The Northern Territory may have missed out on major revenue by not charging Katherine irrigators for new water licences, the Northern Territory Auditor-General says.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:04 am