Australian police shut bogus banking sites 2005-12-29 06:06:17
Eight websites in Europe and Asia, involved in an e-mail banking scam, have been turned off by Australian police.Full Story...
Teacher's payout stuns Australians 2005-12-29 02:13:29
A 52-year-old teacher, who was sacked from an Australian high school after starting up a romance with a 15-year-old pupil, has won a payout from the Workers Compensation Commission on the grounds that the incident had left him depressed.Full Story...
Media mogul Packer dies 2005-12-27 00:18:31
Billionaire Kerry Packer, owner of Australia's top rating television network and a magazine empire, has died.Full Story...
Crash victims saved by Australian fisherman 2005-12-26 00:51:16
A fisherman came to the rescue of two people whose small plane crashed off the north-east coast of Australia after it suffered engine failure.Full Story...
Australian forensics to target fake passports 2005-12-26 01:12:59
Australia is sending two forensic experts to south-east Asia as part of a crackdown on terrorists and other criminals using false passports.Full Story...
Beach bonding in Sydney 2005-12-25 05:11:10
Thousands of people flocked to Sydney's Bondi Beach to enjoy Christmas Day in the sun, despite recent outbreaks of racial violence that shattered the calm at nearby seaside suburbs.Full Story...
Oz beach battle exposes surfing's dark side 2005-12-21 04:08:52
Before the recent ethnic riots in some of Sydney's most popular seaside communities, surfing has long been a fractious establishment where those on the coast and those living inland have waged war.Full Story...
Woman wins right to use dead husband's sperm 2005-12-20 02:52:06
An Australian woman has won a long court battle to be allowed to impregnate herself with her dead husband's sperm.Full Story...
Crackdown curbs violence on Sydney beaches 2005-12-19 00:42:49
Australian police say a security crackdown at beaches in southern Sydney has curbed a repeat of race riots.Full Story...
Race riots empty Sydney beaches 2005-12-18 06:11:21
Fears of a new eruption of racial violence have intensified after the seizure of petrol bombs and other weapons in Sydney, Australia - leaving the city's famous beaches eerily deserted.Full Story...
Sydney beaches deserted as police patrol 2005-12-17 07:23:32
A week after racial violence erupted in Sydney, surfers, swimmers and sunbathers were outnumbered by police at beaches as road blocks were set up and people heeded advice to stay away.Full Story...
Sydney police impose zero tolerance measures 2005-12-16 00:22:27
Australian police have launched their biggest security operation since the 2000 Sydney Olympics in an attempt to halt further racial unrest.Full Story...
Police in Sydney given power to 'lock down' 2005-12-15 01:51:19
The Australian parliament has passed special laws which will beef up Sydney police's powers in an effort to quell racial unrest in parts of the city.Full Story...
Police seek to stop third night of rioting 2005-12-13 03:46:14
More than 450 police officers - four times the usual number - will patrol Sydney's streets to prevent another night of racial violence by youth gangs who have attacked people, smashed cars and hurled rocks at police.Full Story...
'Suspicion, alienation' fuel race riots 2005-12-12 23:09:42
The race riots in Sydney were sparked by a complex combination of suspicion towards men of Arab descent heightened by the rise of Islamic militancy and the exclusive white culture of a beach-side suburb where few immigrants have settled, analysts believe.Full Story...
Violence continues in Sydney 2005-12-12 12:19:58
Youths have continued to run rampant on the streets of Sydney but Prime Minister John Howard has denied that it is motivated by underlying racism in Australian society.Full Story...
Australians are too fat to fight, report says 2005-12-12 06:04:21
Many young Australians are either too drug-addled or too fat to join the army, with the number of new recruits expected to decrease in the next five years, a defence force report has said.Full Story...
Warnings did not spark race riots - Howard 2005-12-12 00:24:41
Thirty people were injured at Cronulla beach, Sydney, after mobs of youths attacked people of Middle Eastern appearance in one of the worst racial clashes in Australian history.Full Story...
Undersea quake jolts area off Papua 2005-12-11 12:21:54
An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 has shaken an area off the coast of Papua New Guinea.Full Story...
Racial tensions spark beach attack 2005-12-11 12:04:09
Racial tension erupted into violence on a Sydney beach when thousands of people, some yelling racist chants, attacked youths of a Middle Eastern background, saying they were defending their stretch of beach.Full Story...
Howard extends Australia's mission in Iraq 2005-12-09 01:33:19
Prime Minister John Howard says his country will to continue guarding Japanese military engineers operating in the south of Iraq.Full Story...
Aussie mag presents 'worst gift' list 2005-12-08 02:55:10
An electric ice shaver, an icecream maker and a foot spa are some of the most useless gifts given over the festive season, according to a survey by Choice magazine.Full Story...
Huge shark spotted near Bondi Beach 2005-12-07 03:53:27
Hundreds of swimmers have been ordered out of the water after lifesavers spotted a giant shark cruising about 200 metres off Sydney's landmark Bondi Beach.Full Story...
Australia poised to adopt new terror bill 2005-12-05 02:25:29
The Australian parliament is set to adopt a controversial new counter-terrorism laws despite a last-minute warning from the country's leading law council that the legislation is "as terrifying as terrorism itself".Full Story...
Thousands mourn as drug trafficker is hanged 2005-12-01 23:11:46
Singapore has executed an 25-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van just before dawn despite repeated pleas by Australia's government for clemency, chilling relations between the long-time allies.Full Story...
Condemned dealer's mom just wants to hug him 2005-12-01 02:34:19
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has made an urgent plea to Singapore's government in order to get permission for Kim Nguyen to embrace her 25-year-old drug trafficker son Nguyen Tuong Van, who has been sentenced to hang.Full Story...
Free condoms, games for safe sex on Aids Day 2005-12-01 00:59:18
Asia has marked World Aids Day with rallies where free condoms and educational cellphone games were distributed to promote awareness of a disease that kills millions in rich and poor countries each year.Full Story...
Man gets prison sentence for 'heinous' acts 2005-12-01 03:39:00
Stanislas Kanengele-Yondjo has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by an Australian court for knowingly infecting two European tourists with HIV.Full Story...
Old sex workers pushed out of cities - study 2005-11-29 03:18:40
Strong competition from younger and more attractive sex workers sends prositutes as old as 70 to continue their trade in rural Australia, according to a researcher.Full Story...
Tonga moves closer to achieving democracy 2005-11-29 03:18:05
Tonga, the last Pacific principality, is edging ever closer to democracy as the people become more conscious of their power to effect change on the 171 islands, grouped almost 2 000km off the north-east coast of New Zealand.Full Story...
Man offers to hang death row compatriot 2005-11-28 04:39:20
A retired Australian has offered to become the executioner in Singapore where a 25-year-old Melbourne man faces the hangman for drug trafficking.Full Story...
Jilted husband threatened 'kamikaze crash' 2005-11-25 01:50:45
A New Zealand man was so desperate for his wife's attention that he threatened to fly a plane into the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, a court has heard.Full Story...
Fate of Australian drug smuggler is sealed 2005-11-23 03:24:31
Australian Prime Minister John Howard says that nothing more can be done to save an Australian who is scheduled to be executed by the Singapore government for smuggling heroin from Cambodia.Full Story...
NZ special forces return from Afghanistan 2005-11-21 23:15:14
Fifty New Zealand special forces soldiers have returned from Afghanistan after an extensive reconnaissance mission against Taliban elements in the country.Full Story...
Airborne woman tries to open plane door 2005-11-21 02:13:14
A French woman with a fear of flying and a history of sleepwalking appeared in an Australian court after attempting to open a jet airplane's door in mid-flight so she could light a cigarette.Full Story...
Northern Australia rocked by earthquake 2005-11-21 02:07:26
The northern Australian city of Darwin has been hit by an offshore earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale.Full Story...
Aussie militants 'used outback for training' 2005-11-15 00:10:37
Australian police believe that the Islamic militants arrested on charges of plotting a major terrorist bombing in Sydney, underwent their "jihad training" in the outback.Full Story...
Customs nabs man with suspected bulge 2005-11-13 22:57:21
An Australian man about to board a flight to Bangkok was found to have six galah eggs in his underpants.Full Story...
Australian pleads guilty to insurance fraud 2005-11-14 03:15:33
The double life of an Australian businessman has caught up with him: he pleaded guilty to faking his own death to cash in on a life insurance policy worth R17-million.Full Story...
'Howard's found the weekend barbecue stopper' 2005-11-14 01:50:18
Prime Minister John Howard's new labour legislation is threatening the very essence of Australia's way of life, the Australian council of trade unions has said.Full Story...
|
