Pair to front court over Shen Neng 1 grounding
Two men charged over the grounding of the Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1 on the Great Barrier Reef, off central Queensland, are expected to reappear in court this afternoon.
Obama won't speak to BP chief
United States president Barack Obama has hit out at BP's chief executive as oil continues to leak from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sea Shepherd casts Bethune adrift
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has cut its links with anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune after he carried a bow and arrows during confrontations with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.