June 20, 2010

Latest Australian and World News

Ken Talbot missing over Africa
June 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM


A PLANE carrying one of Queensland richest businessmen, Ken Talbot, has gone missing while flying over the Congo with serious fears held for the safety of the mining magnate.
 

North Straddie mining ban
June 20, 2010 at 1:21 PM


CONSERVATIONISTS have welcomed the Queensland Government's decision to phase out sand mining on North Stradbroke Island and enhance its park status.
 

Voters 'sick of bad Labor'
June 20, 2010 at 12:22 PM


TONY Abbott has attempted to draw a connection between a swing against Labor in a NSW state by-election with the fortunes of the Federal Government.
 

Six on bus driver assault charges
June 20, 2010 at 11:53 AM


SIX teenage boys have been charged after a bus driver was terrorised on the Gold Coast.
 

Sapper Smith remembered
June 20, 2010 at 12:51 AM


THOSE at the funeral for an Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan have heard that, as he lay dying, his sole concern was for his wife and young son.
 

Bureaucrat in nightclub row
June 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM


A TOP liquor licensing official had a wild day out with a strip club manager and then put the photographs on Facebook. Now he is being investigated.
 

Do your job, says CMC chief
June 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM


CRIME and Misconduct Commission chairman Martin Moynihan has announced he will start a wide-reaching probe into how police investigate each other.
 

Teen drivers to be fast-tracked
June 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM


DRIVERS will be able to ditch their P-plates early if they complete advanced or defensive driving courses under a controversial national plan.
 

Call to ban bra for pre-teens
June 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM


A PROMINENT child psychologist has called for a bra marketed to eight-year olds by iconic underwear company Bonds to be recalled from the market.
 

Woolies, Lowes take on Bunnings
June 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM


TINGALPA is set to become Queensland's first hardware battleground, with new kid on the block "Masters" going head to head with Bunnings.
 

Liberals win Penrith by-election
June 19, 2010 at 10:28 PM


THE scandal-plagued NSW government has suffered a crushing defeat in a Western Sydney by-election, seeing a swing of 25 per cent against it
 

Woman killed in car collision
June 19, 2010 at 6:52 PM


A WOMAN died at the scene of a two-vehicle accident 10km north of Gympie late this afternoon.