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Govt won't rule out force to unload boat
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith will not rule out the use of force to offload a group of 78 asylum seekers aboard a Customs vessel in Indonesia waters.
October 28, 2009, 1:12 pm -
Daredevil jumps hovering chopper
Daredevil Travis Pastrana says he's not the craziest stuntman, but his stunt this morning would have many disagreeing with him.
October 28, 2009, 1:02 pm -
Farmers hope Russians hop into roo meat
Australian farmers are hopeful the ban on kangaroo meat in Russia will be lifted next year.
October 28, 2009, 12:55 pm -
Qld Health examine sexual assault claims
Police and Queensland Health are investigating allegations a 50-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by an employee at a southern Queensland hospital.
October 28, 2009, 12:26 pm -
Long Tan diggers to be recognised
The soldiers who took part in the Battle of Long Tan will finally be acknowledged by the government, 43 years after the fight in a Vietnamese rubber plantation.
October 28, 2009, 12:05 pm -
Prince meets students to promote award
The seventh in line to the British throne chatted with Catholic school students in Sydney on Wednesday on the second day of his visit to Australia.
October 28, 2009, 11:55 am -
PM grilled over G-G's '$700,000 trip'
The opposition wants to know whether the prime minister approved the $700,000 it cost taxpayers for Governor-General Quentin Bryce's trip to Africa.
October 28, 2009, 11:35 am -
Call to release sports funding report
The federal opposition is backing calls for the federal government to release a report it commissioned into sports funding.
October 28, 2009, 10:50 am -
Turnbull demands answers over vessel
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is demanding answers from the PM about the fate of 78 asylum seekers on board an Australian Customs vessel.
October 28, 2009, 9:57 am -
Qld teachers strike for more money
Hundreds of teachers from independent Catholic schools across Queensland will strike on Wednesday to ramp up their campaign for better pay.
October 28, 2009, 8:32 am -
Smoking parents 'risk children's health'
Four in 10 Victorian smokers continue to light up around children, new figures show.
October 28, 2009, 6:45 am -
Man charged with attempted murder
A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a young man who suffered multiple stab wounds in an incident on the NSW mid-north coast.
October 28, 2009, 6:33 am -
Floodwaters to ease on NSW north coast
Floodwaters that have isolated hundreds of residents on the state's mid-north coast are expected to recede on Wednesday, emergency services say.
October 28, 2009, 5:48 am -
Prisoner treatment report to be released
A report on alleged mistreatment of prison inmates through disciplinary measures will be released by the Queensland Ombudsman on Wednesday morning.
October 28, 2009, 2:31 am -
Don't treat emotions as illness: expert
Australians are being urged to not follow the "American trend" of branding "emotions an illness" and then being coaxed into expensive therapies to rectify them.
October 28, 2009, 1:06 am -
Qld doctors vote for pay rise
About 5,500 Queensland Health doctors will receive a 12.5 per cent pay rise over three years and hours that will better manage fatigue.
October 28, 2009, 1:04 am -
'No money to improve country comms'
Victoria Police say emergency command structures have been improved ahead of bushfire season, but country officers will have to use outdated radios.
October 28, 2009, 1:03 am -
Korean cars win 'best value' awards
They've always been cheap but Korean cars are now among the best value in Australia, according to Wheels Magazine.
October 28, 2009, 1:01 am -
Workers push for better safety standards
Thousands of workers are expected to protest in Sydney in a push for stronger safety standards to curb the number of workplace injuries and deaths.
October 28, 2009, 1:01 am -
Smoking, obesity 'grow as world threat'
Tobacco and obesity are overtaking hunger and infectious disease as leading causes of death and illness across the developing world, an expert has warned.
October 28, 2009, 12:46 am
