Top Stories: Melbourne, December 10 : Reality star Tila Tequila suffered an embarrassing nipslip on the red carpet while announcing her engagement to Casey Johnson. ANI Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:10:13 -0500Melbourne, Dec 10 (IANS) Australia's Victoria state has canned its plan to allow mining and export of coal to India, a media report said. IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:02 -0500Melbourne, December 10 : Tiger Woods' alleged mistress Jamie Grubbs has apologized to his wife. ANI Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:50:05 -0500Sydney, Dec 9 (DPA) An iceberg twice the size of Sydney Harbour is heading towards Western Australia, news reports said Wednesday. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:20:02 -0500Sydney, Dec 9 (DPA) An Australian single mother, who killed her two-year-old child because he was 'overly clingy' and reminded her of his father, pleaded guilty to the 2007 murder and will serve a minimum of 19 years in jail. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:20:02 -0500Karachi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wednesday appointed former fast bowler Waqar Younis as the new bowling and fielding coach for the team's tough tour of Australia starting later this month. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:40:03 -0500Melbourne, Dec 9 : A randy teenaged Kiwi dolphin has become infamous after it trapped young women in water. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:40:07 -0500Melbourne, Dec 9 : A Russian chemistry student is said to have been killed by what is believed to be an exploding chewing gum. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:50:13 -0500Melbourne, Dec 9 (IANS) If Australia have to wrest the top position from India in the cricket Test rankings they will have to wallop their opponents in the next four series. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:50:06 -0500Nevada (US), Dec 9 : Preparations are on for Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman's two-and-a-half hours free concert in Australia on January 16. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:15 -0500New Delhi, Dec. 9 : Australia's High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese today welcomed the decision by The Council of Australian Governments (which brings together the leaders of Australia's federal, state and territory Governments) to create a new, independent national regulator for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:08 -0500Sydney, Dec 9 : Lisa Robertson, the former Qantas air hostess who had sex with actor Ralph Fiennes in an aircraft toilet, says the incident has ruined her life. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:10 -0500Melbourne, Dec.9 : Victorian Premier John Brumby, it seems, is too busy to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:50:14 -0500Melbourne, Dec 9 : Unknown goons in Melbourne stabbed a 23-year-old Indian youth in his chest here today. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:50:11 -0500Islamabad, Dec.9 : Former Pakistan opening batsman Aamir Sohail has said that batsmen like Mohammad Wasim and Yasir Hameed should have been included in the squad for the Australia series. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:50:06 -0500Adelaide (Australia), Dec. 9 : West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle and his team now have aspirations of drawing the Test series against Australia after giving the hosts a fight in Adelaide. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:50:02 -0500Sydney, Dec.9 : Going into the third Australia-West Indies Test at Perth, the Australian selection committee has a fresh headache on its hands in the form of middle-order batsman Michael Hussey and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz. ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:37 -0500Melbourne, Dec 9 (IANS) Australia's hope to bid for the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cups suffered a set-back with rules football and rugby bodies refusing to step aside to relinquish their ownership of stadiums. IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:30:02 -0500Super-shrink me ... McDonald's Quarter Pounder is one of three burgers being given a diet. McDonald's could be headed for a bun fight after shrinking the size of three of its burgers. The buns of t... WA Today Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:05:18 -0500Colin Barnett has promised a staged rebuild of Subiaco Oval to solve Perth's stadium woes. Premier Colin Barnett is dreaming if he thinks rebuilding Subiaco Oval is cheaper than a new stadium, respe... WA Today Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:05:14 -0500Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is scheduled to make an official visit to Australia in early 2010.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd extended the invitation to Mr Abhisit at October's bila... West Australian Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:03:53 -0500Queensland have recalled Greg Moller for his first Sheffield Shield match of the season after losing both their first-choice openers to injury. Moller has not played for the Bulls since November last ... Cricinfo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:48:22 -0500Researchers are questioning the effectiveness of the influenza treatment Tamiflu. A study published in the British Medical Journal has found that the data relied on by the flu drug's manufacturer Roc... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:43:53 -0500The Tasmanian Government is to cut commercial rock lobster fishing quotas by 20 per cent over three years in response to declining stocks. The industry is allowed to catch about 1300 tonnes next seas... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:43:52 -0500Grocery wholesaler Metcash has agreed to buy a 50.1 per cent stake in the hardware chain, Mitre 10. Metcash's main business is supplying wholesale groceries to IGA-branded supermarkets. Metcash will... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:43:51 -0500The director of a new National Security College to be established at the Australian National University in Canberra says it is being set up in the national interest. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd flagged... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:43:50 -0500A computer error has forced South Australia's forensic investigations centre to reissue a number of DNA court reports. Forensic Science SA says the error in a computer program was minor and did not c... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:43:48 -0500A former Transport Department worker has been given a suspended jail sentence in the District Court in Adelaide for using her position to set up a vehicle defect racket. The judge said Emma Kate Aube... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:43:46 -0500Over 120 wildfires were burning in one Australian state today and forecasters warned of severe danger in another as temperatures and winds increased across parts of the south. Some fires in N... Belfast Telegraph Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:39:43 -0500Dec 10 2009 by Gareth Griffiths, Western Mail GLAMORGAN are in talks to bring one of the world’s fastest bowler to Wales next summer. The Dragons are looking at Australian speedster Shaun Ta... IC Wales Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:03 -0500The federal government's Future Fund has entered talks with two Canadian pension funds about supporting their takeover bid for Transurban Group. The Future Fund board of guardians said on Thursday th... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:32:05 -0500Australian cricket's most prolific opening combination have called on Phil Hughes to be patient, saying he remains an outstanding prospect. Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer also praised current Test ... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:59 -0500West Indian quicks of the past have loved the WACA pitch and certainly Kemar Roach would be delighted to hear a fast and bouncy deck is being prepared for the third Test. Roach has been the quickest,... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:58 -0500Queensland Fire and Rescue Service crews have just boarded a blazing 280-metre container ship near Mud Island where an explosion sparked a fire in the engine room. One crew member on board the Liberi... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:55 -0500Comedian Dave Grant, who has been missing since early Thursday morning, was disoriented and talking incoherently when he left his Melbourne home. Police, family and friends are searching for the comi... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:53 -0500A tanned, smiling Ana Ivanovic took time out from practice for the new tennis season to support golf star boyfriend Adam Scott in the Australian PGA Championship on Thursday. The former world No.1 wo... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:51 -0500Recently established Tasmanian financial group MyState Ltd has appointed John Gilbert as its managing director. The 62-year-old was chief executive of MyState Financial, and before joining MyState wa... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:49 -0500Australia's Winter Olympics gold medal prospects are likely to become clearer this weekend with 2006 moguls champion Dale Begg-Smith expected to return to World Cup competition for the first time in a... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:31:46 -0500QUEENSLAND Governor Penny Wensley has used the state's 150th birthday celebrations to call for a closer focus on reconciliation. News.com.au Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:58 -0500A REGIONAL Victorian fruiterer who was feared as a vicious mobster for years of "evil, cruel and cowardly" blackmail and extortion has been jailed for 11 years and six months. News.com.au Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:55 -0500A NSW Ombudsman's report found child protection agencies neglected to look after Dean, who was murdered by Rachel Pfitzner before his body was stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a pond at Ambarvale... News.com.au Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:55 -0500FEDERAL Health Minister Nicola Roxon calls the medical centre at Woongarrah on the NSW central coast a "super clinic" but the nurse who actually runs the facility begs to differ. The Australian Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:22 -0500FIREFIGHTERS are battling to contain two large grass fires in the Burpengary and Narangba area, north of Brisbane. Nine fire crews are working to contain a fire between Marks, Morgan, New Settlement ... Courier Mail Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:30:20 -0500According to police the 39-year-old, along with a man, 66, went to a house in Coniston Way last night to visit friends. When they were leaving the house shortly before 11pm the 39-year-old man allege... The West Australian Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:23:23 -0500Adelaide defender Andy Otten says he has come to terms with the knee injury which will prevent him from playing next year. The 20-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in a training drill ... ABC Sports Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:21:56 -0500WACA ground curator Cameron Sutherland says he wants to make amends for last year by preparing a faster pitch for the third Test between Australia and West Indies. Australian captain Ricky Ponting cr... ABC Sports Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:21:55 -0500SYDNEY: A monster iceberg nearly twice the size of Hong Kong island has been spotted drifting towards Australia in what scientists yesterday called a once-in-a-century event. The Peninsula Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:18:02 -0500TASMANIA Police have issued a warning about hooning and traffic offences committed around venues hosting school leaver dinners.Inspector Stuart Scott said over the past few weeks Tasmania Police had r... The Examiner Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:57:12 -0500(RTTNews) - The Australian dollar appreciated to a level well above its long-run average on both a trade-weighted basis and against the US dollar, Reserve Bank of Australia's Assistant Governor of F... Quote.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:54:51 -0500There was keen competition for the title of most popular story on WAtoday for 2009. Reviewing the most popular stories of the year is always an eye-opening experience for the WAtoday editorial team.... WA Today Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:36:15 -05006PR 's Simon Beaumont that the Kitchener Park proposal was costed at $680 million. "I don't know who's briefing the Premier," Mr Langoulant said. "To rebuild the stadium will cost you more (than the... WA Today Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:36:12 -0500Video settings Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer is removing placards of Tiger Woods from jewellery stores across Australia, but says the timing is unrelated to the champion golfer's recent transgressions. ... WA Today Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:36:05 -0500Sydney - A surprise fall in the jobless rate sent the stock market lower Thursday on expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would respond with another interest rate hike. The RBA has raised ... Earth Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:19:23 -0500Sydney - A 70-year-old Australian celebrating his birthday Thursday with a skydive on Queensland's Gold Coast apparently had a heart attack and died. A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said ... Earth Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:19:22 -0500If you are new in the job and need some advice, who better to call than someone who did the same job for years? New Federal Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison invited fellow Liberal and ... ABC Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:19 -0500The Health Minister Kim Hames has unveiled nine new prototype rooms at the site of the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch, to demonstrate how the facility will look and function once it is completed. ... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:19 -0500Western Australia has begun its second innings on day three of its Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval, after the hosts declared. Tigers skipper George Bailey opted to call his ... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:13 -0500The burlesque dancer who dressed up as John Howard at Bob Hawke's birthday party last night says her act was a perfect reflection of the "kinky, full of life" former Labor PM and his wife. Mr Hawke's... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:12 -0500The Government's peak health policy body has lifted a five-year ban on transplanting animal organs into humans. In 2004, the National Health and Medical Research Council banned clinical trials involv... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:10 -0500Showers in Melbourne have delayed proceedings after lunch on day one of the Sheffield Shield clash between South Australia and Victoria at the MCG. Umpires called an early end to the middle session a... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:07 -0500Fire crews are working to protect homes from several large grassfires in Queensland's south-east. Residents at Thornlands on Brisbane's bayside have been asked to enact their bushfire plans after a b... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:06 -0500A Chinese sculpture of a giant panda family has been unveiled at Adelaide Zoo, just days before the real pandas Wang Wang and Funi go on public show. The five-tonne sculpture has been donated by the ... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:05 -0500Central Queensland coal mine workers have protested in Brisbane over a 10-day company ordered lockout. About 80 workers from Peabody's North Goonyella Mine gathered outside the company's headquarters... ABC News Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:14:04 -0500SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will lift a five year ban on animal-to-human transplant trials at the end of 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council said on Thursday. The council said deve... The Star Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:13:31 -0500SOUTHERN wool growers selling centre options will be slashed to a single centre as of June 30 next year.However Australian Wool Handling Victorian state manager David Brierly says its Frederick Street... Stock Journal Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:12:39 -0500THE managing director of one of Australia’s last remaining vertically integrated knitwear mills has denounced the Federal Governments plan to wind-up its duty concession scheme next June as the fina... Stock Journal Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:12:37 -0500SYDNEY broadcaster Alan Jones has pleaded with defiant Monaro district grazier, Peter Spencer, that he end his hunger strike, while bringing national attention to the cause.Mr Spencer was in the 16th ... Stock Journal Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:12:36 -0500CRITICS of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) have welcomed Tony Burke's swipe at the organisation as part of his criticism of governance and efficiency of Australia’s rural research and development c... Stock Journal Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:12:33 -0500A Victorian company says it is disappointed the state government has apparently abandoned discussions aimed at allocating it brown coal to sell to India. The chief of Melbourne company Exergen Pty Lt... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:32 -0500Australian paceman Peter Siddle is confident his injured hamstring is healing fast enough to deny good mate Clint McKay a Test debut against the West Indies in Perth next week. Left hamstring sorenes... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:29 -0500Etihad Stadium boss Ian Collins is keeping an open mind about his venue possibly hosting soccer World Cup matches. A day after AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou declared the stadium would be off-l... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:27 -0500Australian scientists can soon resume their research into the controversial field of animal to human transplants, because the nation's five-year moratorium will be allowed to lapse. The National Heal... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:24 -0500Two bass fish leapt over a 36 metre dam wall in an incredible 260km journey to breeding grounds in southeast Queensland, new research has revealed. Queensland Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin said the... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:22 -0500Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the opposition is making erratic and inaccurate claims about the cost of the government's emissions trading scheme (ETS). Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the sche... Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:17 -0500SLAMMED: Peak motoring body, the RAC has slammed petrol companies for shifting the price cycle to hit motorists on Thursday, the busiest day at the bowser. perthnow Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:59:45 -0500A WITNESS in the case of an alleged murder of a chef has told a court he suggested the accused use a hotel courtesy bus to transport the body. News.com.au Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:59:22 -0500THE Opposition is again calling on the federal government to wind back its stimulus spending following a decrease in the unemployment rate. News.com.au Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:59:20 -0500AUSTRALIAN scientists can soon resume their research into the controversial field of animal to human transplants, because the nation's five-year moratorium will be allowed to lapse. News.com.au Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:59:15 -0500NSW State Coroner Mary Jerram said she would ask the DPP to consider whether a criminal charge or charges should be laid against a known person.Ms Jerram has been conducting an inquest into the death ... The Australian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:58:51 -0500WHEN child killer Derek Ernest Percy confessed to a junior police officer that he might "possibly" have murdered several young children, homicide detectives seemed less than interested in th... The Australian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:58:41 -0500SYDNEY, Dec. 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)?Australia announced plans Thursday to reduce its defense force personnel stationed in East Timor from around 650 to 400 soldiers. Australia and New Zealand have had... Breitbart Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:31:06 -0500FISH processing company Huon Aquaculture has delivered some good news for the beleaguered North- West Coast, announcing it will move its operations to a site near Latrobe. The announcement came after ... The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:27:14 -0500COPENHAGEN - Green groups and aid activists reacted fiercely at the UN climate talks yesterday to a leaked early draft of a compromise deal put forward by Denmark, the conference host. The draft - dat... The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:27:12 -0500MELBOURNE - A woman told her ex-lover to "suffer" after helping her new boyfriend to set him alight, a Melbourne court has been told. The neighbourhood love spat began when Kim Emery, 36, left her par... The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:27:11 -0500SYDNEY - A NSW Parks and Wildlife ranger has been killed in a firefighting helicopter crash, as fire crews battle more than 100 blazes across the state. The helicopter crashed on private property near... The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:27:10 -0500-(Dow Jones)- The Australian government Thursday said it will continue to assess foreign investment proposals on a case-by-case basis despite criticism that its policy is unclear and confusing to fo... Morning Star Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:26:28 -0500Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says on Thursday the country's unemployment rate has surprisingly fallen to 5.7 percent in November. The economy added a net 31,200 jobs last month, with 30,800 o... People's Daily Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:24:17 -0500Australia committed to fund 60 million dollars (55 million U.S. dollars) in four years to the United Nations' Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the government announces on Thursday. The humanita... People's Daily Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:24:08 -0500Electricity artist Peter Terren gets into the Christmas spirit. What do you get when you add 500,000 volts of electricity, a large lighting machine, a fishing rod, a Bunbury doctor, and a digital ca... WA Today Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:00:46 -0500Video settings One of Tiger Woods's mistresses, Jaimee Grubbs, has appeared on US television to apologise to the golf star's wife, Elin Nordegren. Meanwhile,... WA Today Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:00:37 -0500Australians might be butting out their cigarettes, but new statistics reveal they still love to eat and drink dangerously.The Australian Bureau of Statistics quarterly society snapshot released today ... West Australian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:59:06 -0500You couldn't hide the excitement, even though National Gallery staff were exhausted by the amount of work it had taken to mount the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition. West Australian Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:58:58 -0500AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, today urged the Australian delegation to the Copenhagen climate talks to convince world leaders to implement plans to deal with the serious threats that climate change ... Medical News Today Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:49:36 -0500Sydney - Final exams over, Australian 17-year-olds flock to resorts on the east coast for schoolies - a round of partying that for many is their first time away from home without parents to keep them ... Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:44:28 -0500A Hobart hotel has been fined $63,000 for underpaying a former assistant manager. An investigation by the Workplace Ombudsman found the operators of Hobart's Macquarie Motor Inn, Crown Trading Group ... ABC News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:39:21 -0500Homicide detectives have arrested a man over the murder of another man at Albert Park yesterday. Andrew Dowd, 48, died after being assaulted in Queens Lane. A 20-year-old man from the Melbourne subu... ABC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:39:20 -0500Organisers of the 2010 Sydney Festival are calling on saxophone players across the city to register to take part in the opening night celebrations. Sax And The City will see around 100 saxophonists p... ABC News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:39:18 -0500The Federal Opposition says the Government has broken its election promise to build 35 GP super clinics. The Opposition's regional health spokesman Andrew Southcott says only a handful have been buil... ABC News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:39:17 -0500Darwin had its equal hottest night on record last night. The Bureau of Meteorology says the overnight minimum was 29.7 degrees Celsius, with high humidity. Duty Forecaster Todd Smith says it was a s... ABC News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:39:16 -0500 | 
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