Australian News

• Stricken cargo ship drifts toward reef - The Australian 19/05/2012
  Trend.azStricken cargo ship drifts toward reefThe AustralianENVIRONMENTALISTS are warning of a looming crisis as a stricken cargo ship drifts off dangerously of the north Queensland coast. Hong Kong-registered ID Integrity suffered engine failure about 325km north-east of Cairns yesterday as it motored from ...Stricken cargo ship 'won't hit Qld ree […]
• Seven teens escape from Alice Springs jail - Herald Sun 19/05/2012
  NTNews.com.auSeven teens escape from Alice Springs jailHerald SunFour of the youths who escaped from Alice Spring jail captured Three more are on the run and considered dangerous Brisbane couple charged with baby's murder ONE youth remains on the run from a group of seven who broke out of the Alice Springs Juvenile ...Seven teens escape NT juvenile dete […]
• Two women charged over WA gas hub protest - Ninemsn 19/05/2012
  The West AustralianTwo women charged over WA gas hub protestNinemsnTwo women have been charged over their protest against the $30 billion gas hub planned by Woodside Petroleum at James Price Point in Western Australia. Police charged 62-year-old Broome resident Julie Weguelin and 65-year-old Ali Batten on Friday night ...Guerilla protest hits gas hub testsTh […]
• MP travel entitlements the same: Gillard - Yahoo!7 News 19/05/2012
  Yahoo!7 NewsMP travel entitlements the same: GillardYahoo!7 NewsPrime Minister Julia Gillard says there is nothing unusual about the $7 million annual travel bill for federal MPs. Slightly more than half the bill goes on chauffeured limousines - $3.6 million, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.Galaxy poll points to hard times for ALP in QueenslandThe A […]
• Washing machine baby death: couple charged - Sydney Morning Herald 19/05/2012
  BigPond NewsWashing machine baby death: couple chargedSydney Morning HeraldA man and a woman have been charged with murder over the death of a newborn girl whose body was found in a washing machine on Australia Day. Detectives from the North Brisbane Child Protection and Investigation Unit charged the pair late last night.Brisbane couple charged with baby […]