Australian News
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More Holdens being produced in SA
The car maker Holden has lifted production at its Adelaide plant by nearly nine per cent.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:54 pm -
Cooking oil spill closes highway lanes
Police say the Stuart Highway should re-open after 10 drums of cooking oil were spilt on the road this morning.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:41 pm -
Seven months' jail for high-speed biker
A man has been sentenced to seven months in prison after leading police on a high-speed chase along the Stuart Highway earlier this year.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:38 pm -
Sydney fire threat eases
The threat to homes from a bushfire burning in Sydney's West Hoxton area has now eased.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:28 pm -
Affordable housing grows
Some of the 3 000 Tasmanians on the public housing waiting list could soon be in new homes, with dozens more houses to be completed this year.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:19 pm -
Factory fire forces evacuations
Fire authorities are urging people to leave an industrial area in the Perth southern suburb of O'Connor because of a large fire at a meat factory.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:09 pm -
Rees takes stand against developers
The New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party is so desperate to stay in power it's even prepared to turn decent.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:08 pm -
Accused man with HIV assaulted
The Adelaide Magistrates Court was told a man accused of spreading HIV had been assaulted and his home had been vandalised.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 4:08 pm -
Senate fight looms over Youth Allowance
The Federal Government says its proposed changes to Youth Allowance will not disadvantage students from the bush.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 3:25 pm -
Forgotten Tasmanians welcome PM's apology
Emotional Tasmanians welcomed the Prime Minister's apology to forgotten Australians and child migrants with mixed feelings.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 3:22 pm -
Rooms for homeless saved by $2m package
The Northern Territory Government is saving 60 rooms from closure at the YMCA in Darwin as part of an initiative to help house the homeless this wet season.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 3:13 pm -
Meat factory on fire
Fire crews are working to put out a blaze at a meat factory in the Perth southern suburb of O'Connor.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 3:13 pm -
NSW Premier reveals new cabinet
New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has unveiled his new frontbench team following the sacking of two high-profile ministers.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 3:06 pm -
Boy faces court over stolen Freddo frog
A 12-year-old Western Australian boy has made a brief appearance in the Northam Childrens Court charged with receiving a stolen chocolate bar.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:51 pm -
Work starts on Canberra-Queanbeyan bottleneck
Work has started to upgrade one of the ACT's worst road bottlenecks.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:48 pm -
'Shocking' conditions in Utopia: Amnesty
The Secretary-General of Amnesty International says she is shocked at conditions at a remote Central Australian Aboriginal community.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:46 pm -
Court grants bail to pair charged over shooting
A Pinjarra couple accused of shooting a shotgun at two brawling families have been granted bail.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:46 pm -
Boy charged over stolen chocolate frog
The Aboriginal Legal Service in Western Australia has criticised police for charging a 12-year-old boy with receiving a stolen chocolate frog valued at 70 cents.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:23 pm -
'Alarming' spike in teenage sex offences
Police in Melbourne are concerned about an alarming increase in sexual assaults against teenage girls.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:18 pm -
Murderer 'threatened in jail'
A Hobart court has heard a 22-year-old man who murdered another man in a city department store has received death threats in prison and been physically attacked.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 2:11 pm
