Australian News
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Woman sexually assaulted behind servo
Northern Territory Police are asking for public assistance in their investigation into an alleged sexual assault in Tennant Creek last night.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 5:38 pm -
Drugs, suicide, abuse top concerns of NT youth
A survey of young Australians has found the issues of drugs, suicide, and physical and sexual abuse are the biggest worries for Territory residents in the 11 to 19 age group.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 5:50 pm -
No go for stop and search laws
The Western Australian Government's stop and search legislation will not pass through parliament this year.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 5:28 pm -
Green light for Butler rail
The WA Government has announced it will start work on the $240-million extension of the northern rail line to Butler next year.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 5:07 pm -
Separated twins' medical team honoured
The team of Melbourne doctors and nurses who separated twins Trishna and Krishna have been honoured at a reception at Victoria's Government House.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 4:56 pm -
Indigenous incarceration rate jumps 10pc
Indigenous adults continue to be over-represented in Australia's prison population, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 4:09 pm -
Delayed mineral sands project leads to job losses
Up to 40 workers are set to lose their jobs after Iluka Resources shelved plans to build a mineral sands mine in the South-West.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 4:00 pm -
Suicide could have been prevented: Coroner
A coronial inquiry has found that a Perth man's death could have been prevented if the person taking a triple-0 call about his suicide attempt had followed standard operating procedures.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 4:00 pm -
Blast survivor appears at court hearing
An employee who survived an explosion at a Gladstone munitions factory in 2006 has told the Industrial Court in Adelaide he never held concerns for his safety while working there.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:33 pm -
Rainstorms cause transport chaos
Melbourne and parts of north-eastern Victoria have been hit by severe storms.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:31 pm -
Door open on Tarkine road money
Tasmania's Premier has flagged injecting funds into the state's north-west to offset the likely construction delay on the Tarkine tourist road.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:23 pm -
Furneaux shipwreck mission
Divers will be sent to the Furneaux Islands off Tasmania's north east coast to search for shipwrecks.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:12 pm -
Former Spence adviser denies sporting grant allegations
A former ministerial adviser for the Queensland Government, Simon Tutt, has categorically denied boosting a rugby grant to help the University of Queensland Rugby Academy.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:09 pm -
Commonwealth accepts gay ceremonies
The Federal Government has agreed to allow gay couples in the ACT to hold legally binding civil partnership ceremonies.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 3:06 pm -
Oval killing 'gang-related', court told
Adelaide Magistrates Court has heard that six people accused of murdering a Sudanese man at Wingfield Oval last month had armed themselves with weapons.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:56 pm -
QR pleads guilty over rail deaths
Queensland Rail (QR) will be sentenced this afternoon over the deaths of two workers in the state's central region in 2007.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:42 pm -
Premier tells protesters to go back to work
The Premier Colin Barnett has been howled down by hundreds of people outside State Parliament protesting against the Government's pay offer to school support staff.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:42 pm -
Spence to testify again at sporting grant inquiry
Former Queensland sport minister Judy Spence will today take the stand again as part of a Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) investigation into a rugby union grant.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:38 pm -
Electrical fault may have caused worker's death
The Electrical Safety Office (ESO) says an electrical fault may be to be blame for the death of a young insulation installer near Rockhampton last week.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:32 pm -
Problem gamblers favour casinos over racing
The Productivity Commission has heard that problem gamblers have turned away from horseracing, in favour of casinos and poker machines.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 2:20 pm
