Australian News
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Narrogin shooting charges
Police have laid further charges against a man allegedly involved in a shooting in Narrogin last weekend.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 1:31 pm -
Drop in endangered bird numbers sparks worries
Concerns have been raised about a dramatic decrease in endangered bird numbers in Tasmania.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:34 pm -
Men hurt in Armadale bashing
Two men have been seriously injured in an attack by a group of up to 15 people in Armadale, in Perth's south-east.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:34 pm -
Firefighters breathe easier, but still watchful
Fire crews have started investigating the cause of a bushfire that destroyed at least three homes on Tasmania's east coast yesterday.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:30 pm -
Minister rejects Newnham public housing criticism
Tasmania's Human Services Minister insists the State Government has listened to concerns about planned public housing in the Launceston suburb of Newnham.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:26 pm -
Firm sets trend for cheap remote housing
A company that has been able to build a house in a remote Indigenous community in Queensland, at a third of the usual cost, says it has been inundated with calls - including from the Northern Territory Government.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:01 pm -
Customs topples heroin domino scheme
A 30-year-old man will face Parramatta Local Court today charged with importing heroin into Australia that had been concealed within mahjong tiles and dominoes.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:01 pm -
Fire controller pay-out
The incident controller blamed for the deaths of three truck drivers in a Goldfields fire has received a $73,000 redundancy payment.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:00 pm -
NSW denies axing firefighting jobs
The New South Wales Government has denied claims it is trying to axe bushfire fighting jobs across the state.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 9:07 am -
Christmas Is buckling under population boom
The Christmas Island Shire Council says there is not enough housing to cope with an influx of officials and contractors working at the immigration detention centre.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 7:30 am -
NSW braces for catastrophic danger
Temperatures are set to soar in New South Wales today with a catastrophic fire danger and total fire bans across the state.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 1:33 am -
Indian student 'bashed with chair, iron post'
Victorian police have confirmed they are investigating another attack on an Indian student in Melbourne's northern suburbs last weekend.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 9:44 pm -
Businessman convicted of drug trafficking
An Adelaide businessman has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of trafficking drugs to Sydney.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 9:11 pm -
Foolhardy decision led to truckies' deaths
In a scathing judgement, Western Australia's coroner says the decision to allow a group of vehicles onto the highway ahead of a firestorm forecast was "foolhardy in the extreme".
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:12 pm -
Banknote scandal: police raid RBA subsidiary
Federal police have raided the offices of a Reserve Bank subsidiary in Melbourne in the latest part of a scandal involving plastic banknotes in other countries.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:03 pm -
Lethal heroin warning
W-A police believe a new, lethal batch of heroin is responsible for at least three fatal over-doses in the past week.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:00 pm -
Hoon loses another car
Less than a week after having his vehicle crushed under anti-hoon laws, a 19-year-old Perth man has had another car impounded by police.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 7:50 pm -
200 jobs go at McCain vegetable factory at Smithton
Almost 200 permanent and casual jobs will be lost at Smithton in Tasmania's north-west next year, when McCain Foods closes its vegetable processing plant.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 5:08 pm -
Royalties revamp
The former Premier, Richard Court, says royalty payments from resources companies should flow directly to the State Government instead of the Federal Government.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:44 pm -
Rally resumes after a minute of silence
Entrants in the Adelaide Classic rally have held a minute's silence to remember two men killed while competing in the event.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:36 pm
