The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says workers at BHP Billiton’s coking coal mines in Queensland’s Bowen Basin will strike again from next Thursday. more…
‘Angel of The Gap’ farewelled by hundreds
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HUNDREDS pay tribute at a funeral for Don Ritchie, who for half a century helped hundreds of people reconsider suicide.
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Girl, 15, assaulted in Sydney’s west
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Media shut out of ‘missing’ girls hearing (ABC)
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The Family Court in Brisbane has excluded the media from its proceedings over an international custody dispute involving four Italian-Australian girls. more…
Beijing’s re-emergence desirable – Carr
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FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr says Australia’s strengthening ties with Japan and the US were not aimed at containing China, describing Beijing’s rising clout as "desirable".
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US kids less whiny in cars than Aussies
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NEW research shows US kids are better behaved on long drives than their contemporaries across the pond and Down Under. 
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Australian cricketer held for hotel fracas
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INDIAN police have arrested Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach for allegedly molesting a woman and beating her fiance at a New Delhi hotel.
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Government under pressure over cattle stunning (ABC)
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The Federal Government is under renewed pressure from within its own ranks to demand all Australian cattle sent to Indonesia are stunned first before they are slaughtered. more…
North Qld zinc mine ‘threatening health’
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CONTAMINATED water from a north Queensland zinc mine is putting the livelihoods of hundreds of people at risk, a state MP says.
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Media shut out of ‘missing’ girls hearing (ABC)
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The Family Court in Brisbane has excluded the media from its proceedings over an international custody dispute involving four Italian-Australian girls. more…