Thiess wins $5.5b Indian mine contract
Leighton Holdings Ltd subsidiary Thiess has won a $5.5 billion coal mine development
contract in India.
Qantas may take Rolls-Royce to court
Qantas Airways Ltd has flagged possible legal action against the makers of the jet
engine that exploded mid-air on its A380 super-jumbo.
Body in bushland treated as suspicious
The death of a man whose body was discovered in a bushland in Sydney's northern
beaches is being treated as suspicious, police say.
No Xmas penalties for Vic, SA workers
Workers in Victoria and South Australia will be the only ones to miss out on penalty
rates for working on Christmas Day.
Gillard `on edge of seat` over WC decision
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she hopes FIFA remembers Australia put on the best
Olympics ever when they decide whether to send the World Cup down under.
Victorian coalition officially sworn in
The Victorian Liberal-National coalition government has been officially sworn in by
state Governor David de Kretser at Government House.
Labor confident reform won't be delayed
Labor figures are confident the party's fall from power in Victoria, and expected
defeat in NSW next year, won't put the brakes on Prime Minister Julia Gillard's
Boys seen fleeing bushfire area: police
Two teenage boys lit a fire in a dry creek bed on Black Saturday that spread to kill
one man and destroy dozens of homes, police claim.
Woman missing in floodwaters
A woman is missing in central Queensland floodwaters after calling for help from
inside her waterlogged car.
SAS trooper hurt in Perth
An elite soldier has been severely injured in a parachute training exercise, defence
says.
"The accident occurred at Hillman Farm near Perth, Western Australia approximately
