Hogan given permission to leave country
Actor Paul Hogan will be there when his son starts high school in America next week
after the taxman agreed to let him go home after a two-week stand-off.
Soldier remembered as a loving dad
A Brisbane soldier killed in Afghanistan has been farewelled as a courageous father
who used humour to get through tough times.
Pollies listening at last, says Hawke
Federal politicians will be listening as never before, and now is the time to
inundate them with demands, former prime minister Bob Hawke says.
Coalition ramps up pressure on trio
Key Liberals have raised fears of a leftist Labor-Greens government in an 11th-hour
appeal for the support of the three undecided independent MPs who will this weekend
Cops called into NRL betting probe
The State Crime Command has been called in to take over investigations into
suspicious betting activity surrounding last month's Canterbury-North Queensland NRL
match.
NSW MPs debate same-sex adoption bill
A bill to allow same-sex couples in NSW to adopt will prevent children in such
families from being treated like second-class citizens, state parliament has heard.
Vic Libs want watchdog for govt ads
A panel headed by a retired judge will have the power to ban taxpayer-funded
political advertisements if the Victorian opposition wins government.
WWII dispute led to 83-y-o man's death
A 76-year-old Perth man beat his 83-year-old friend and neighbour to death for
calling his mother a whore during an argument about World War II, the West
PNG crash survivor flown to Australia
The sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that took the lives of three
Australian and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.
Darwin police end asylum seeker standoff
A seven-hour standoff between Northern Territory police and a group of Afghan asylum
seekers has reignited political debate about immigration.
