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Macfarlane deals in a climate of fearThe Australian - - 3 hours ago WHEN ill health forced Andrew Robb to stand down as opposition emissions trading spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull turned to Ian Macfarlane, in part because of the former Howard government minister's ability to connect with the conservative wing of the party ... Turnbull cuts a deal Sydney Morning Herald Malcolm Turnbull faces down climate change sceptics Courier Mail Philippines political violence leaves 21 deadBBC News - 3 hours ago Twenty-one politicians and journalists who were abducted in the southern Philippines have been found dead. The group was seized on the island of Mindanao by armed men as they tried to file nomination papers for a candidate in local elections next year. PNP vows pursuit of cops in Maguindanao massacre Inquirer.net Australia's Rudd confident of deal at Copenhagen climate summitBBC News - 43 minutes ago With two weeks to go before the start of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has expressed confidence that a political agreement can be reached there. Rudd's final appeal for emissions vote ABC Online |
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Israeli PM says no deal yet on prisoner swap with Hamas
Xinhua - - 16 minutes ago
JERUSALEM, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday sought to chill down a simmering speculation that a prisoner swap deal with Hamas is now around the corner, local daily The Jerusalem Post reported.
Israel, Hamas close to prisoner swap deal The Associated Press
Indonesian ferry captain rejects overcrowding claims
AFP - 6 hours ago
TANJUNG BALAI, Indonesia - The captain of an Indonesian ferry which sank killing 29 people rejected claims of overcrowding Monday and blamed a freak storm for the disaster, as officials launched an investigation.
Survivors say ferry overloaded ABC Online
Iran's Ahmadinejad on controversial trip to Brazil
AFP - 21 minutes ago
BRASILIA - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday began a controversial visit to Brazil, the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran's vision of "a new world order.
Brazil's President Defends Visit of Iranian Leader New York Times
Devil's in the elaborate detail of a he-said, she-said standoff
The Australian - - 3 hours ago
SO it comes to this: does Michelle Chantelois have the equivalent of Monica Lewinsky's stained blue dress tucked away? After Mike Rann's brutal and clinical denial of a sexual relationship with the former Parliament House barmaid, it would certainly ...
Vital issue is truth, not sex Herald Sun
Michelle Chantelois speaks out NEWS.com.au
Dramatic disability reform announced
ABC Online - - 3 hours ago
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced the Government's first step towards the establishment of a national disability insurance scheme.
Govt to probe no-fault insurance Sydney Morning Herald
Calls for Q1 Schoolies ban
NEWS.com.au - - 3 hours ago
RESIDENTS of one of the Gold Coast's best known high-rises are calling for Schoolies to be banned after a hellish first 48 hours of "bedlam" in their residential building.
Toolies and parents the worst offenders Sunshine Coast Daily
Cops arrest 200 during Schoolies events Sydney Morning Herald
Building products group James Hardie confident of a lift in profit
The Australian - - 3 hours ago
Louis Gries, CEO of James Hardie, in his Sydney office. Picture: Alan Pryke Source: The Australian US-FOCUSED building products group James Hardie Industries is confident of posting an annual profit gain of about 20 per cent after reporting a small ...
Asbestos payout to resume next year Sydney Morning Herald
Harvey spin and miner shares lift bourse
The Australian - 3 hours ago
BULLISH comments about Christmas sales by retailer Gerry Harvey and an investor push into Rio Tinto shares nudged the Australian sharemarket higher yesterday.
Jingle tills as Harvey Norman looks forward to a Merry Christmas Sydney Morning Herald
Australia Shares End Up 0.7% On Broad-Based Gains Wall Street Journal
Tough laws to avoid new Storm
The Australian - - 2 hours ago
INAPPROPRIATE advice by financial planners and lax lending practices by banks have been blamed for the "catastrophic" losses suffered by clients of Storm Financial.
Ripoll recommends a moderate reform path Money Management
First drive: Toyota Prado
Sydney Morning Herald - - 17 hours ago
Few people will get close to experiencing the off-road potential of the seriously capable Toyota Prado, but its off-road prowess makes it capable in all situations.
2010 Toyota Prado Launched Motor Report
Toyota Australia Launches 4th Generation 2010 Prado TopNews New Zealand
AT&T finally welcomes the BlackBerry Bold 9700
The Tech Herald - - 3 hours ago
T-Mobile customers may have been enjoying the delights of Research In Motion's latest BlackBerry Bold smartphone since November 16, but expectant consumers attached to AT&T have had to wait a little longer to ...
AT&T Starts Selling Blackberry Bold 9700 For $200 The Inquisitr
More car sales, less emissions: work that one out
Brisbane Times - 8 hours ago
In a crucial week for the Rudd Government's climate change legislation, new data ironically shows passenger car sales in the past seven months have grown their fastest in nine years.
Carbon Emissions Report – Australia way behind CarAdvice (blog)
No Idol romance for 2002 Australian Idol winner Stan Walker
Herald Sun - 3 hours ago
STAN Walker spent his first day as an Australian Idol winner discovering some of the obstacles associated with being a major leaguer on the publicity scene.
Stan Walker Is Your Australian Idol! Defamer Australia
Britney Spears Left 'Very Little To The Imagination' In 'Toxic' Video
MTV.com - - 4 hours ago
'Britney said she wanted to shoot a scene wearing diamonds and nothing else,' director Joseph Kahn recalls. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Matt Elias When Britney Spears shot the video for "Toxic" in 2003, she had already started to play with her ...
Sync me baby one more time Brisbane Times
Restless spirit found the music in Voss
The Australian - - 3 hours ago
ALONG with Peter Sculthorpe and Nigel Butterley, Richard Meale first came to prominence in the mid-1960s as part of that Sydney-based triumvirate announcing a new modernist period in Australian music.
Celebrated composer embraced the world Sydney Morning Herald
Classical composer Meale dies ABC Online
Johnson rising out of the Ashes
The Australian - - 3 hours ago
However much he tried to ignore the criticism of his mother over Johnson's relationship with karate champion girlfriend Jessica Bratich, it upset the sensitive young fast bowler.
Johnson admits family problems led to Ashes meltdown Sydney Morning Herald
Mum was to blame: Mitchell Johnson Herald Sun
Don't write me off: Stuart Clark
Herald Sun - - 26 minutes ago
Stuart Clark, pictured bowling for NSW, is hopeful to break back into the Australian Test team. Source: HWT Image Library STUART Clark has refused to concede his Test career is over -- he wants another crack at the Ashes next summer.
Transition phase over, says Shane Warne The Australian
AP suspends coverage of Australian cricket, again The Associated Press
Bligh adviser `funnelled cash to rugby club'
The Australian - - 3 hours ago
A SENIOR Bligh government adviser was "intricately involved" in the funnelling of $200000 in public money to the University of Queensland's rugby academy, directly benefiting the uni's rugby club, of which he was a board member, a public hearing has ...
CMC investigates rugby grant ABC Online
QRU grant 'used as line of credit for expenses' NEWS.com.au
Burleigh heads risk list
Gold Coast Bulletin News - - 46 minutes ago
PARENTS at Burleigh Heads State School, revealed as having the highest number of asbestos sites of all Gold Coast schools, say they should have been made aware of the extent of the problem earlier.
Asbestos risk in homes and schools Warwick Daily News
Asbestos in 52 local schools Bundaberg NewsMail
Movember is for jerks
Sydney Morning Herald - 16 hours ago
I f you'd like to save your own life or that of your loved partner, read on. Although warning, warning, Achtung, the content contains adult themes, although no violence and no drug references this week.
Emergency staff relishing Movember Macarthur Chronicle Campbelltown
'Movember' gathers momentum The Toronto Observer
IT could benefit Australian health system: business group
Xinhua - - 9 hours ago
CANBERRA, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Improved information technology could significantly reduce the costs of the Australian health system, a business group said on Monday.
BCA calls for national e-health strategy Sydney Morning Herald
Researchers herald cancer test breakthrough
ABC Online - - 19 hours ago
The Children's Medical Research Institute has developed a new blood test which may assist in the early diagnosis of 15 per cent of all cancers.
Novel test may speed up war against cancer Thaindian.com
Test may speed up war on cancer Sydney Morning Herald
Nick Xenophon Church of Scientology parliamentary inquiry
Sydney Morning Herald - 3 hours ago
Yesterday Stephen McBride, whose Scientologist brother committed suicide two years ago, travelled to Canberra to plead with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to order an investigation of the church.
Schools free from Scientlology Gladstone Observer
'Special team' to assess Oceanic Viking Sri Lankan asylum-seekers
The Australian - - 3 hours ago
A TEAM of five Australian immigration officers has been assembled from posts around the region to process the claims of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers rescued by the Oceanic Viking, fuelling claims of a special deal.
Rogue roo a fearful combatant in dam attack
The Age - 3 hours ago
A ROGUE kangaroo put an Arthurs Creek man in hospital after he tried to stop it from drowning his dog in a farm dam. Chris Rickard, 49, sustained deep cuts to his abdomen and face after being attacked by the kangaroo as he tried to free his dog, ...
Rogue roo tries to drown dog Herald Sun
Roo tries to drown dog, attacks owner ABC Online