Koalas at risk from climate change
(AAP) - Australia's koala population is at serious risk, a Senate inquiry into populations has heard.
Average wage growth outpacing CPI
(AAP) - The average annual wage is still growing faster than inflation, even after the consumer price index (CPI) ballooned beyond the Reserve Bank's comfort zone in its most recent reading.
Gillard heads to Adelaide cabinet meeting
(AAP) - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she looks forward to a range of views being aired at a community cabinet meeting in Adelaide.
China's LCD TV sales growth expected to shrink in 2011
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Wage data unlikely to trigger rate rise
(AAP) - Wages figures released on Wednesday do not seem likely to provide the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) with a rationale to raise interest rates next month.
Internet job ads rise in April
(AAP) - Internet job advertisements for skilled workers rose by 0.5 per cent in April compared to a month earlier, national data shows.
Bob Irwin fined over Qld blockade
(AAP) - Environment campaigner Bob Irwin has been hit with a $300 fine for his part in a protest against the construction of a coal seam gas pipeline in southern Queensland.
Christmas Island tragedy inquest begins
(AAP) - The captain of the Indonesian fishing vessel that broke apart on rocks at Christmas Island carrying about 89 asylum seekers had abandoned the boat a day earlier, a coronial inquest has hear
Melbourne airports threat a hoax: police
(AAP) - Police say a threat to Melbourne and Avalon airports on Wednesday morning was a hoax.
The threats were made about 7am (AEST) and police determined it was a hoax at 1pm.
Hinch gets jail reprieve for transplant
(AAP) - Cancer-stricken broadcaster Derryn Hinch will be given a two-month reprieve from jail if he's found guilty of naming sex offenders, to give him time to receive a life-saving transplant.
