![]() The Age | Tune in to a political thriller NEWS.com.au THE explosive cocktail of alleged sex, lies and TV videotape is unfolding in a political drama that's comes out of left field faster than a man wielding a copy of Winestate magazine. Prior to Premier Mike Rann being clobbered with a rolled-up magazine ... Barmaid's romp claims rock Rann My affair with the Premier MPs rally around scandal-hit Rann |
![]() Times LIVE | NSW issues 'catastrophic' fire warnings with hot weather, high winds NEWS.com.au SCORCHING temperatures, bone-dry bushland, high winds and severe lightning storms have combined to create our worst bushfire threat in 100 years. The volatile cocktail of conditions forced authorities in NSW to issue "catastrophic" fire ... Hot and bothered as state scorches Wild winds whip fires towards NSW towns More than 100 homes under threat in bushfire |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Miracle twins beat the odds Courier Mail WITH one arm firmly clutched around Dorothy the Dinosaur, little Trishna is awake, alert, and ready for life as a normal little girl. At two years and 11 months, the Bangladeshi orphan has spent her life joined at the head to her twin sister, ... Mum's wish to see twins Krishna wakes with a raspberry for her 'mum' Second conjoined twin out of coma after separation op |
![]() Globe and Mail | Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy BBC News The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ... Hymn to Belgium's EU president Unlike Lord Mandelson, Baroness Ashton 'doesn't know any oligarchs' New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey |
![]() Brisbane Times | Girl, 12, spaced out as she parties with Schoolies Courier Mail On the first morning of the annual end of school event, surf lifesavers yesterday dragged a "spaced-out" 12-year-old girl from the surf in front of the Gold Coast's party precinct. Lifesavers Breanna Andrews and Peter McMahon realised the girl, ... Schoolies 'turned away' Sick of same old scene, schoolies resort to 'safer' venues overseas Schoolies hit the skies |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Libs warn Turnbull: carbon plan risks split Sydney Morning Herald MALCOLM Turnbull has been warned by colleagues to reject the Government's emissions trading legislation to avoid a ''damaging rupture in the Coalition'', amid speculation his leadership may not survive the year. The divisions within the Coalition are ... Defiant Turnbull to face climate backlash Turnbull quiet on talk he'll sack dissenters Turnbull confident of ETS deal |
Australian leaders praise Iraq veterans Sydney Morning Herald As Australians fight on in war-torn Afghanistan, the nation's top dignitaries stepped up to salute the troops who served in recovery efforts in Iraq at a parade in Canberra. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Defence force chief Angus Houston and ... Parade honours Australians for Iraq service CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO ADF PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN IRAQ MISSION Two years on, Labor faces new challenge |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Scientology targets young kids Daily Telegraph The Church of Scientology has hit back at Nick Xenophon who labelled the church a criminal organisation. THE NSW Government has warned principals about a Church of Scientology attempt to infiltrate primary schools with propaganda ... Scientology's dark secrets Xenophon 'ignored Scientology invite' Political pursuit of religion |
![]() Brisbane Times | Air safety regulator examines ditching The Australian THE air safety regulator is examining Pel-Air's flight planning practices after questions have been raised about why an aircraft involved in a miracle night-time ditching off Norfolk Island did not have enough fuel to reach another destination. ... Norfolk pilot 'flew without enough fuel' Pilots heroes as six survive Pacific Ocean crash Pilot 'a hero' for emergency ocean landing |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Cumbria floods: Gordon Brown pledges extra £1m for stricken area Telegraph.co.uk Gordon Brown has pledged an extra £1 million of taxpayers' money to help flood-hit communities in Cumbria after the "Biblical" downpours that have devastated the area. By David Harrison The Prime Minister announced the funding on a visit to Cumbria, ... Gordon Brown visits flood-stricken Cumbria Prime minister Brown meets Cumbria flood victims Flood-hit Cumbria braces for more rain |