Australian News
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Review finds ambos need more resources
An inquiry into Western Australia's ambulance service has found more staff training and government funding is needed to address safety concerns.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 4:48 pm -
Cannabis seized in separate police operations
Police officers working with drug detector dogs have arrested two people after they were found with 550 grams of cannabis in their car, just north of Katherine.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 5:43 pm -
Land release failures stymying development: HIA
The Housing Industry Association says the Northern Territory Government's failure to release enough land is the reason the Territory is sliding back from national lending trends.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 5:00 pm -
Oil leak plugged permanently later this week
The company responsible for the West Atlas oil platform that was leaking oil and gas into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks is awaiting approval to board the structure.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 4:47 pm -
Bushfire campaign
Community fire refuges are being identified in Tasmania as part of the fire service's new summer bushfire safety campaign.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 4:28 pm -
Housing loans going up in Tasmania
Growth in housing loans in Tasmania is being attributed to a rush in first home owners trying to get finance before the grant is reduced.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 4:15 pm -
Explosive floodwater cleared from ABC building
A potentially explosive situation has been averted in a car park beneath a building that houses the ABC on New South Wales' mid north coast.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:51 pm -
No easing yet for SA watering bans
A warning system for extreme hot weather, created in the wake of heatwaves last January and February, has been activated this week in South Australia.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:50 pm -
Police clarify football riot numbers
Northern Territory Police say a riot at a football game on Groote Eylandt, east of Darwin, did not involve 500 people as first reported.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:49 pm -
Northbridge: politics, police and the Perth City Council
The weekend must be over. Talk back lines are awash with complaints and concerns about yet another two days of seemingly uncontrollable violence in Northbridge.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:37 pm -
Tasmanian 'icons' recognised
Mount Wellington, the Port Arthur Historic Site and Winton Merino wool are among the top ten Tasmanian icons named in this year's Heritage Awards.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:36 pm -
Maccas armed raider uses drive-thru window
A man armed with a knife has held up a Sydney fast food outlet after climbing through the drive-thru window.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:32 pm -
Launceston square's sesquicentenary
Today marks the 150th anniversary of Launceston's Prince's Square.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:29 pm -
Extend Cape York welfare to NT: Abbott
The Federal Opposition's spokesman on Indigenous affairs, Tony Abbott, says the model of Indigenous welfare reform introduced to communities at Cape York could be adopted in the Northern Territory.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:26 pm -
Age, not menopause, to blame for broken bones
New research from the Australian National University in Canberra shows women who experience early menopause do not have an increased risk of hip fractures later in life.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:16 pm -
Indigenous cannabis use linked to psychosis
Research by James Cook University in far north Queensland has found that cannabis is causing serious mental health problems in some remote Indigenous communities.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:09 pm -
Teachers refuse to back down over industrial action
The Australian Education assures Tasmanian teachers will proceed with their planned industrial action despite the Premier urging them not to.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:06 pm -
Eco lodge wins international award
A far north Queensland resort has won a major international tourism award.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 3:01 pm -
'Ingrained misogyny' behind rape webpage
One of Sydney University's oldest colleges is on the defensive over reports that past and present residents set up a pro-rape website on Facebook.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 2:48 pm -
Sex charge MP on leave
Tasmania's Legislative Council has granted leave to Elwick Independent Terry Martin while he faces criminal charges.
ABC - November 9, 2009, 2:47 pm
