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Water bill sends money flowing into Murray-Darling - ABC NewsSome Victorian control of the Murray-Darling River system has now been referred to the Commonwealth.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:19
Tathra tragedy: three charged over TV crew bashing - National
Shane O'Neill, 28, and his fiancee Stacey Lambert, 24 and their boys, Riley, 4, and Travis, 15 months.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:18
Eleven cancer kids in chemotherapy overdose | The Australian
ELEVEN children, including at least one baby, have been overdosed with a powerful chemotherapy drug in a hospital bungle that will intensify concern about cancer services in Adelaide.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:17
Ogilvy takes PGA lead - Golf - Sportal Australia
Still chasing his first victory on home soil, the 31-year-old opened with a birdie at the 10th hole and followed it up with an eagle at the par-five 12th to move to three-under and a one-stroke lead.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:15
Kogan launches Agora, the first Aussie Google Android mobile phone | News
Ogle phone ... first images of the Kogan Agora phone, built to run on Google's Android platform / Pic: Kogan Technologies A SMALL electronics company has beaten the big mobile manufacturers to launch the first ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:14
Qantas told not to forget 'birthplace' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Qantas told not to forget 'birthplace' Posted December 4, 2008 10:00:00 Map: Winton 4735 A western Queensland Mayor says it is important Qantas does not forget its outback origins if a merger with British ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:12
ASX: Australian share market news
Australian stocks pushed higher after US stocks gained overnight, with Babcock & Brown surging after it received a last-minute $150 million round of short-term funding.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:10
Gillard slams 'cobbled together' school bill changes
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard says the Government will "take every step necessary" to get its $28 billion Schools Assistance bill through the Senate today without further changes.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:09
MPs reckon Bidgood behaviour was 'tacky' - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
Federal coalition MPs think it is tacky but no one is calling for the head of the Labor backbencher who sold a photograph he took of a protester threatening to set himself alight.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:07
Pakistan must cooperate with Mumbai terrorism probes: Rice - ABC News
US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice says Pakistan must cooperate with international investigations into the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:06
Breath testing MPs "inappropriate" | Herald Sun
A PROPOSAL for New South Wales politicians to be breath tested before they vote on legislation in Parliament has been dismissed by state Health Minister John Della Bosca.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:05
Rudd, Turnbull exchange Xmas greetings - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has temporarily put aside hostilities on the final scheduled parliamentary sitting day to wish the Opposition a Merry Christmas.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:03
Ministers deserve $100k pay rise: report
A report from the tribunal which sets the pay of federal politicians says MPs and ministers should receive a hefty pay rise.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 01:00
AMA urges audit review after cancer bungle
The Australian Medical Association says yesterday's admission that 11 children with cancer in South Australia were given higher than normal doses of a chemotherapy drug should lead to a change in hospital audit ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:58
Gordon Wood jailed for 17 years for murdering Caroline Byrne - National
Guilty of murder ... Gordon Wood and, inset, his victim Caroline Byrne and The Gap, where she was thrown to her death.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:54
Telegraph editor defends MP in photo row - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The editor of a Sydney newspaper has defended a Federal Labor MP over his decision to sell photographs of a man threatening to set himself on fire outside Parliament to the news organisation.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:43
Australia's fastest internet is up a tree out in the bush | The Courier-Mail
WHERE would you expect to find the fastest internet connection in the country? Probably not for a kid sitting up a tree in one of the most remote places in the Northern Territory.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:42
Conjoined twin dies after separation | World News
Hope Williams, the smaller of the twins, died after being separated from her sister Faith, who has a 50-50 chance of survival, Great Ormond Street Hospital said.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:36
Rare Gospel fragment fails to sell at auction - ABC News
No sale: Rare Gospel of John fragment. An unusually large fragment from possibly the oldest copy of part of the Gospel of John failed to sell at a Sotheby's auction in London on Wednesday.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:27
Breathalysers for NSW MPs - report - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
A idea to have NSW politicians breath-tested before they vote on legislation in parliament has been supported by several MPs.
Source : topix.net | 04-Dec-2008 00:16
Govt introduces carbon storage legislation - Yahoo!7 News
The Queensland Government says new laws will regulate underground greenhouse gas storage.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:58
Fans evacuate Rieu Brisbane concert - Yahoo!7 News
Thousands of Andre Rieu fans have been forced to move off the grass and under cover at his Brisbane concert which has been delayed after severe thunderstorms lashed south east Queensland.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:58
Australia opens new gallery amid economic gloom | Lifestyle | Reuters
It cost nearly $20 million more than planned, and opens amid fear of recession, but Australians are hailing a new portrait gallery as a celebration of national identity.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:55
The Associated Press: Australia's quarterly growth slows to 0.1 percent
Australia's economy scraped bottom in the third quarter, growing at its slowest pace in eight years as the global financial crisis sapped consumer spending and demand for the country's vast reserves of iron ore ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:53
$48m train upgrade to benefit disabled passengers - ABC News
The Queensland Government says upgrades to south-east Queensland's trains will make public transport easier for people with disabilities.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:38
ALP 'ignores' grieving NSW father's plea - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
By delaying a vote on a health bill NSW Labor MPs are ignoring the pleas of a dead teenager's family, says the Liberal shadow health minister Opposition health spokeswoman Jillian Skinner introduced Vanessa's ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:36
Bipartisan tributes flow as Chris Ellison retires - ABC News
Senior Liberal Nick Minchin has criticised former Prime Minister John Howard for not giving departing Senator Chris Ellison more time in Cabinet.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:34
New laws make way for Qld police phone taps - Yahoo!7 News
New laws have been introduced into Federal Parliament that will pave the way for Queensland law enforcement agencies to use phone taps.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:32
Andre Rieu concert delayed by severe thunderstorms | The Courier-Mail
UPDATE: TONIGHT'S Andre Rieu concert at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium has been delayed as severe electrical storms rage across southeast Queensland.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:30
Farmers hold off Aussie recession - Yahoo!7 News
Official figures show the farming sector helped save the Australian economy from falling backwards in the September quarter.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:16
Victoria passes Murray-Darling Bill | National News
VICTORIA has passed legislation that will finally allow federal control of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:07
WAN chairman, CEO quit
The chief executive and the chairman of West Australian Newspapers Holdings have resigned, along with two directors, and a new independent director has been appointed.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:59
New laws for higher maximum terms in WA - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
The West Australian government is introducing new laws allowing judges to give offenders higher maximum terms but admits that won't necessarily lead to harsher sentences.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:55
Former Canberra music teacher Richard John Llewellyn jailed for child porn | NSW/ACT
A FORMER Canberra music teacher who downloaded thousands of child porn images, including pictures of children engaged in sex acts with animals, will spend three months in jail.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:48
The Associated Press: Officials insist Qantas must stay Australian owned
A merger of Qantas and British Airways wouldn't pass muster without control of the "Flying Kangaroo" remaining in Australia, officials insisted Wednesday, as Qantas shares surged on hopes a deal would see it ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:46
Australia & New Zealand
Babcock & Brown Ltd. has received a A$150 million credit line enabling its shares to resume trading tomorrow, the Australian newspaper reported.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:45
Olivia our Most Popular Aussie? : TV Tonight
Olivia Newton John has topped a "Favourite Australian" poll conducted by ABC. She is one of ten Australians to feature in video portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:43
Kevin Rudd eyes infrastructure bank for states | The Australian
KEVIN Rudd is weighing plans to establish a bank to co-ordinate major loans to fund state government infrastructure projects.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:31
Warriors halfback Grant Rovelli joins North Queensland Cowboys | The Courier-Mail
THE North Queensland Cowboys have announced they've signed New Zealand Warriors halfback Grant Rovelli for the next two NRL seasons.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 09:30
Emma's death sparks change for L drivers - National
Emma Hansen lived a short time but crammed a great deal of time into the time she was given.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 07:00
Govt reverses Opposition changes on schools bill - ABC News
The Federal Government has reversed the Opposition's moves to have provisions for a national curriculum removed from its $28 billion Schools Assistance bill.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 06:16
Rejuvenated Mortlock eyes third Cup campaign - ABC News
Stirling Mortlock could yet play through to the next World Cup . Reinvigorated and enjoying career-best form, Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock says he will consider playing on until the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 06:03
Grammys: The anniversary party is over. Time to get risky. | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times
Grammys: The anniversary party is over. Time to get risky. 07:13 PM PT, Dec 2 2008 The 50th anniversary is out of the way.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 06:01
Specs released for NSW school laptops - BizTech - Technology
Computer makers have been set the ambitious task of designing a new laptop for NSW students by January that is stylish, powerful and unable to be hacked by tech-savvy kids - all for $500. The NSW Department of ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 05:51
UPDATE 3-Australia open to BA/Qantas merger, not takeover
Australia left the door open on Wednesday to a $5.9 billion merger between Qantas Airways Ltd and British Airways, which sent the Australian flag carrier's shares up nearly 10 percent.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 05:47
GDP result a positive outcome: Swan - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
The Australian economy barely grew during the September quarter but Treasurer Wayne Swan sees the result as a "positive outcome" given the state of the global economy.
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 05:45