Obama signs health reforms into law
Posted on 24 March, 2010
US president Barack Obama has signed his historic health care changes into law in an elaborate White House ceremony.
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Perth counts cost of freak storm
Posted on 23 March, 2010
There are fears the damage bill from yesterday's massive storm in Perth could reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Police pursuit ban rejected after horror crash
Posted on 22 March, 2010
ACT Police Minister Simon Corbell is at odds with civil libertarians who want police pursuits banned after a deadly high speed crash in Canberra on the weekend.
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Cyclone Ului may speed up
Posted on 19 March, 2010
Tropical Cyclone Ului is expected to pick up speed today, as it continues its path towards the Queensland coast.
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Britian bans exaggerated climate change ads
Posted on 18 March, 2010
Britain's advertising standards authority has banned two government advertisements for overstating the risks of climate change.
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Islands evacuated as cyclone looms off Queensland
Posted on 17 March, 2010
Authorities are preparing to evacuate two islands off the central Queensland coast as a category four cyclone approaches the region.
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Keating attacks 'intellectual nobody' Abbott
Posted on 16 March, 2010
Former prime minister Paul Keating has labelled Liberal leader Tony Abbott an "intellectual nobody" and a "poor man's Howard" with no policy ambition.
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Climate change is beyond doubt
Posted on 15 March, 2010
The head of Australia's peak science body has spoken out in defence of climate scientists, saying the link between human activity and climate change is beyond doubt.
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Sydney airport ranked country's worst again
Posted on 12 March, 2010
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slammed Sydney Airport for raising prices despite ranking as the worst-performed airport in the country.
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Climate change is a fact, says China
Posted on 11 March, 2010
A deputy director of China's most powerful economic ministry has come out swinging against climate change denial.
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Scientology 'putting lives at risk'
Posted on 10 March, 2010
Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry has thrown his weight behind calls for a Senate inquiry into the Church of Scientology, saying the church's teachings are putting Australians' lives at risk.
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Abbott hits back at parental plan criticism
Posted on 9 March, 2010
The Federal Opposition has hit back at the business community's criticism of its paid parental leave policy.
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Man kept toddler in the boot for hours, court told
Posted on 8 March, 2010
A man charged over the death of three-year-old Gurshan Singh allegedly put the toddler, unconscious, in the boot of his car and drove around for three hours, an out of sessions court has heard.
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Locals evacuated ahead of 120 year flood
Posted on 5 March, 2010
Residents are being evacuated from low-lying areas at St George, in Queensland's southern inland, as the town prepares for its biggest flood in more than 120 years.
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Live Aid funded Ethiopian rebels
Posted on 4 March, 2010
An investigation by the BBC has found just 5 per cent of the money raised by Live Aid and Band Aid actually made it to the victims of famine in Ethiopia.
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D-Day for Rudd's hospitals overhaul
Posted on 3 March, 2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today unveil his plan to fix Australian hospitals, an announcement that could mark the biggest change to healthcare since the introduction of Medicare in the 1970s.
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Flood fears grow as rain saturates southern Queensland
Posted on 2 March, 2010
Large parts of Queensland are bracing for floods today as heavy rain continues over much of the state.
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Chile orders curfew amid quake chaos
Posted on 1 March, 2010
The Chilean Government has imposed a curfew on some of the areas worst affected by Saturday's devastating earthquake, as the official death toll stretches beyond 700.
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Fruit pickers deported in illegal workers swoop
Posted on 26 February, 2010
The Immigration Department last night sent home 76 illegal foreign workers in the largest deportation of workers from Australia in 10 years.
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Tendulka blasts historic ODI double ton
Posted on 25 February, 2010
Sachin Tendulkar scored one-day international cricket's first double century to set up a 153-run win and a series victory for India over South Africa overnight.
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