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Swan to launch APEC infrastructure study
Treasurer Wayne Swan will be launching a new expert study on infrastructure when he meets his APEC counterparts in Singapore on Thursday.
November 12, 2009, 11:59 am -
Union stunned by Taser denial to police
Tasmanian police officers have been denied a general issue of Tasers, stunning their union, which says the decision is wrong.
November 12, 2009, 12:29 pm -
Bali survivor named top South Australian
Bali bombing survivor Julian Burton has been named the South Australian of the Year for his work to set up a community organisation caring for burn injuries.
November 12, 2009, 12:25 pm -
Police seek stronger anti-violence laws
New laws giving Victorian police wider powers to crack down on street violence have been introduced in state parliament.
November 12, 2009, 12:21 pm -
Vic police to crack down on arsonists
Victorian police will this month start patrolling bushfire-prone areas for arsonists.
November 12, 2009, 11:58 am -
Keep out Kiwis, says Labor MP Thomson
Australia should shut the door to thousands of New Zealanders to help stabilise the nation's population at 26 million, Labor backbencher Kelvin Thomson says.
November 12, 2009, 10:58 am -
One Nation stoush sparks defamation case
A man who was involved in the downfall of Pauline Hanson and the One Nation Party is suing former party senator Leonard Harris for defamation.
November 12, 2009, 10:40 am -
Two arrested over nightclub glassing
Police have arrested two people over the glassing of a 21-year-old apprentice at a Melbourne nightspot.
November 12, 2009, 10:33 am -
Driver charged over six passenger crash
The driver of a car crammed with six teenage passengers when it struck a tree in Sydney's northwest has been charged with dangerous driving, police say.
November 12, 2009, 10:22 am -
New deal offered in Oceanic 78 standoff
November 12, 2009, 10:07 am -
Election spend should be limited: survey
Almost 90 per cent of Australians believe political parties should limit the amount of money they spend on electoral campaigns, according to a survey.
November 12, 2009, 9:47 am -
Queensland road toll passes 300
Queensland's road toll has passed 300 after a woman in her late 30s died in a single-vehicle crash in the state's southwest.
November 12, 2009, 8:41 am -
Men charged over false fire report
Three men have been charged over a false report of a fire and armed robbery at a store in Sydney's northwest.
November 12, 2009, 7:53 am -
SA blaze engulfs 20,000 bales of hay
A fire raging among 20,000 bales of hay on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula could burn for five days and leave a damages bill of $3.5 million.
November 12, 2009, 7:40 am -
Five attorneys-general to meet annually
Attorneys-general from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand will meet annually.
November 12, 2009, 7:34 am -
Let's recognise frontier wars: Beazley
Aboriginals who fought European settlers during Australia's colonisation should be recognised alongside diggers, former opposition leader Kim Beazley says.
November 12, 2009, 6:58 am -
Forgotten Australians invited to apology
"Forgotten Australians" from the 500,000 people taken from families and put in state care will be invited to Canberra to attend the prime minister's apology.
November 12, 2009, 5:57 am -
Aussie scientists trial breast regrowth
A team of Melbourne scientists has developed a world-first surgical technique that may allow women who have undergone mastectomy to regrow their breasts.
November 12, 2009, 5:51 am -
Man tasered in street robbery
Two teenage boys have been arrested over an armed robbery during which a man was tasered in Melbourne's northwest overnight.
November 12, 2009, 5:44 am -
Dam fight not quite over for Mary Valley
Mary Valley residents must wait to hear if Peter Garrett's decision to stop the controversial Traveston Crossing Dam is set in stone.
November 12, 2009, 2:31 am
