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Migrant workers to do 'dirty' jobs for 'lazy' Aussies 01/27/2012 06:00 AM |
| GOVERNMENT considers importing thousands of migrant workers to do jobs that are "beneath" many Australians. | |
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Teen girl slowly dying of her McAddiction 01/27/2012 06:00 AM |
| GIRL who has eaten almost nothing except chicken nuggets for 15 years warned by doctors the junk food is killing her. | |
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Union leader revealed Abbott location 01/27/2012 08:29 PM |
| Union figure Kim Sattler has been identified as the person who told Tent Embassy representatives of Tony Abbott's whereabouts on Thursday. | |
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Wright clubhouse leader at NSW Open golf 01/27/2012 07:59 PM |
| Lindsay Wright has taken the clubhouse lead at the women's NSW Open golf with an impressive six-under-par 66. | |
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Cricketers say no corruption in Australia 01/27/2012 07:44 PM |
| A poll in Inside Cricket magazine indicates players don't think spot-fixing is an issue in Australia's domestic cricket. | |
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Labor figure Kim Sattler named as go-between in protest 01/27/2012 09:12 PM |
| Sources at the Aboriginal tent embassy say the mystery intermediary between Julia Gillard's office and the protesting mob on Australia Day was Kim Sattler. | |
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Govt urged to declare natural disaster 01/27/2012 06:19 PM |
| The NSW government is being urged to declare natural disaster zones in flood-hit northern NSW to help fund the clear-up operation. | |
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'What did he say?': Abbott wants answers over staffer's resignation 01/27/2012 06:26 PM |
| Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to give precise details about the circumstances of the resignation of one of her staff. | |
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Family rescued as rains hit northwest Qld 01/27/2012 06:24 PM |
| Northwest Queensland is recovering after a night of torrential rain, with one family spending the night trapped between two rising creeks. | |
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PM must detail what adviser said: Abbott 01/27/2012 06:19 PM |
| Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has demanded that Julia Gillard reveal precisely what her adviser told demonstrators before Thursday's ugly scenes. | |
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Body will tell Mortlock when it's time 01/27/2012 04:39 PM |
| Melbourne Rebels skipper Stirling Mortlock is considering playing past this Super Rugby season but will wait until mid-season to make a decision. | |
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Perth Glory worried about rival poaching 01/27/2012 04:04 PM |
| Perth Glory face a desperate battle to retain a host of key A-League players when they cut back on player payments next season. | |
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Union head denies being go-betweem 01/27/2012 08:24 PM |
| UNIONS ACT secretary Kim Sattler has denied allegations she was the go-between to the Prime Ministerâs office who tipped off the Aboriginal Tent Embassy ahead of ugly protests on Australia Day. | |
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PM staffer quits as anger burns 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| A member of Julia Gillard's staff has been forced to resign after it was revealed he passed on information that may have contributed to Australia Day's ugly protests. | |
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Govt scraps $430m block 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| The ACT Government has walked away from its plan to build and operate a $430million office building in Civic for 3000 of its public servants. | |
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AWM seeks new, non-military boss 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| The Australian War Memorial has officially started the hunt for its first new boss in 16 years. | |
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Protesters vow to make Govt talk 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| The anger shows no sign of dissipating. Aboriginal tent embassy protesters yesterday shut the site down to the media, forcing photographers and reporters off the lawns of Old Parliament House. | |
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Attitudes soften on Aboriginal assistance 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| Australians' once-hard attitudes against Aborigines have softened remarkably over the past two decades, election research shows. | |
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Constitution changes seen to be on track 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| Constitutional reform advocate Mark Leibler said he remained confident Thursday's tent embassy protests had not marred the case for reform. | |
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Lease of 'own land' was impetus for campaign 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| It was pitch black in the earliest hours of the morning the minute the tent embassy was born. | |
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Partnership laws appeal to mixed sex couples 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| Heterosexual couples are entering civil partnerships faster than same sex couples under the ACT's watered-down civil partnership laws. | |
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Up to 20 solar farms for ACT 01/27/2012 07:00 AM |
| The ACT's countryside could be dotted with up to 20 solar farms under the territory Government's plans for the third tranche of its solar feed-in tariff scheme. | |