![]() Brisbane Times | Ului weakens as north Qld mops up ABC Online Cyclone Ului has been downgraded to a tropical low as the system moves inland in north Queensland. It crossed the coast as a category three cyclone early this morning near Airlie Beach, north of Mackay, before steadily losing strength. ... It sounded like a freight train: Airlie Beach resident Cyclone knocks out power to 55000 The morning after Cyclone Ului |
![]() Australian Gamer | Troubled Attorney-General Michael Atkinson to quit front bench Herald Sun TROUBLE-plagued Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has fallen on his sword to make way for fresh blood in a new Labor ministry. Mr Atkinson said that it would be irresponsible, given the Government's majority of one, ... Senior SA Labor figure to quit cabinet SA attorney to leave Mike Rann's ministry Michael Atkinson steps down from his Attorney-General position |
![]() ABC Online | Tas Liberals more cautious on election outcome ABC Online Mr Hodgman appeared to claim victory last night but is more circumspect today. (ABC News) Tasmania's Opposition Leader has softened his claim to being the state's next premier, one day after voters abandoned the ... Election results 'bad news' for Rudd: Tony Abbott Tasmania in limbo after cliffhanger poll Australia's Rudd loses support in state elections |
![]() NEWS.com.au | Abbott rules out revealing health plan NEWS.com.au AUSTRALIA doesn't need "amateur hour experimentation" to fix its public hospitals, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says ahead of Tuesday's big health debate. Mr Abbott ruled out unveiling his own master plan for hospital reform when he goes up against ... Abbott asked to spell out hospital plan Abbott plan empowers<br/>families to have children Rudd and Abbott lock horns over health |
![]() Brisbane Times | Thousands remember Saxon Bird at service Sydney Morning Herald Balloons in the red and blue colours of Saxon Bird's Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club wafted over the Gold Coast on Sunday morning as thousands mourned his drowning. The Australian surf lifesaving championships gold medallist and reigning NSW under-19 ... Abbott pays tribute to killed lifesaver Police investigate ironman's death at surf comp Ironman fears for sport's future | Sunshine Coast News | Local News in ... |
![]() ABC Online | Family killed after police pursuit ABC Online New South Wales and ACT police have begun to investigate how a Canberra family died in a car crash after being caught up in a high speed chase overnight. A 33-year-old man, a 29-year-old woman and their four-month-old boy were killed after being hit by ... Family killed in police pursuit Four dead after chase: 'tragedy almost beyond description' says police chief Four die in police pursuit |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Maria Silva prepares legal action for detention The Age Maria Silva - the tourist cleared of drug charges this week after her imported lemon-flavoured Filipino iced tea was proved not to be amphetamines - is readying legal action against Australian authorities. Mr Tonkin yesterday told The Age the "general ... Australia says sorry for Filipina's mistaken arrest Customs mistakes iced tea for drugs Woman held in drug mix-up wants apology |
![]() ABC Online | 'Frustrated youths' gain support after racing riot ABC Online Australia's drag racing association says the Victorian Government must bear some responsibility for fuelling the frustrating of motor sports fans, following a riot in Melbourne's south-east. Last night, about 2000 people took to the streets of Oakleigh ... Deprived of their race, angry fans decide to have a riot Police seek arrests using YouTube clips Angry revheads trash a Bob Jane store |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Corporate big guns back indigenous jobs The Australian ANDREW Forrest has dubbed it the "Ian Black statistic". It is, he says, the stat that cannot lie. Just one-quarter of indigenous men in Australia live to age 65. "Living to 65: it's something we all expect, but if you're indigenous, you don't. ... Big names join fight against Indigenous poverty Big names unite for indigenous equality Big names join GenerationOne campaign to help end indigenous suffering |
![]() ABC Online | CMC gets $14m for phone taps ABC Online By Chris O'Brien The CMC has been allocated $14 million for five years to use telephone interception laws. (ABC TV News - file image) The Queensland Government says it will make sure the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) always has enough money for ... Qld CMC to have phone tapping capability Queensland drug laboratories no longer backyard operations Funding allocated to CMC for phone-tapping capabilities |