June 05, 2010

Latest Australian and International News

NSW gets five new ministers
June 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM

THE NSW ministerial merry-go-round has taken another spin, with five ministers sworn in following the resignations of Graham West and Ian Macdonald.
 

US troops now in 75 countries
June 5, 2010 at 3:37 PM

PRESIDENT Obama has secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda.
 

Garrett left out of ETS loop
June 5, 2010 at 2:52 PM

THE Federal Government didn't bother to tell its Environment Minister Peter Garrett about a decision to delay its emissions trading scheme (ETS).
 

Snow machines switched on at Mt Hotham
June 5, 2010 at 2:22 PM

SNOW-making machines have been turned on at Mt Hotham in the lead-up to next week's opening of the Victorian ski season.
 

Aid ship 'intercepted by Israeli troops'
June 5, 2010 at 1:54 PM

AN international aid ship en route for the Gaza Strip was intercepted by Israeli troops, the Gaza-based committee awaiting the vessel said.