Australian News
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Govt pledges 2,000 jobs for Indigenous Australians
The New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees says he will create more than 2,000 public sector jobs for Indigenous Australians.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 9:00 am -
Rees's new powers to 'modernise party'
A ministerial re-shuffle could be on the cards in New South Wales, with the Premier Nathan Rees yesterday given the power to sack ministers.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 8:45 am -
Woman dies after falling from hotel balcony
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony at Cronulla in southern Sydney.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 7:39 am -
Man faces court over attack on sleeping boy
A man is to face court today charged over an attack on a six-year-old boy in his Sydney home.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 5:48 am -
2 wounded in funeral shooting
A man is being questioned by police and two people are in hospital after a shooting in Western Australia overnight.
ABC - November 15, 2009, 5:34 am -
Explosion leads police to secret drug labs
Organised Crime Squad Detectives in Western Australia have been called in after the discovery of two more clandestine drug laboratories operating inside Perth homes.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 11:00 pm -
Dolphin death inquiry
The Environment Minister Donna Faragher says a spate of dolphin deaths in the Swan River will be fully investigated.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 3:45 pm -
New memorial to fallen soldiers
Hundreds of Tasmanian prisoners of war are being commemorated at a new memorial in the state's north.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 3:15 pm -
Adelaide pageant crowd feels the heat
Adelaide's 77th Christmas Pageant has drawn a crowd of around 224,000 people, almost 100,000 less than last year.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 2:47 pm -
TRG storms house
The Police Tactical Response Group stormed a house at Falcon south of Mandurah this morning after reports of gun shots.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 2:45 pm -
Labor bans donations from developers
The New South Wales Labor Party has banned political donations from developers and has challenged the Coalition to do the same.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 2:33 pm -
Man airlifted to hospital after truck smash
A seriously injured truck driver is being flown to a Brisbane hospital after a rollover in Southern Queensland this morning.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 2:14 pm -
Explosion injures man
A man has been taken to hospital with serious burns after an explosion at a block of units in Armadale.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 1:39 pm -
Police investigating explosion
Police are investigating whether a unit destroyed by fire in Armadale this morning was operating as a clandestine drug lab.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:43 pm -
Bike bells ring in MONA festival
Hobart residents have had a sneak preview of one of summer's alternative arts and music festivals.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:41 pm -
Gas sparks explosion
A fire has broken out at a block of units in Armadale.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:37 pm -
Arrests over shots
Four people have been arrested after shots were allegedly fired from a house in Falcon, south of Perth.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:33 pm -
Arson suspected in boat blaze
Police suspect a fire that destroyed a $100,000 boat on the Gold Coast last night was deliberately lit.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:27 pm -
Planning review to give big supermarkets 'free rein'
The New South Wales Nationals are worried that a leaked planning document suggests the Government wants to approve giant one-store shopping centres at the expense of small businesses.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:18 pm -
Health inquiry into woodchip piles
Tasmania's Health Department is investigating if it is possible for legionella to survive in woodchip piles, such as the one on the Burnie waterfront.
ABC - November 14, 2009, 12:17 pm
