Another boat carrying suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted off northern
Australia, the 12th since the start of the year.

Basketball Australia (BA) looks set to shelve its planned new NBL for 12 months
after the Melbourne Tigers' withdrawal left the competition without a team in

Takeaway alcohol sales will be dramatically restricted in the Kimberley town of
Halls Creek after health authorities warned an entire generation was at risk from

Proposed new national workplace safety laws would weaken workers' legal protection
in some states, the ACTU says.

The Nationals remain totally opposed to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) even
though its coalition partner says it will consider supporting the federal

All passengers from the flight that carried the only Australian to have swine flu
have been traced, Queensland authorities say.

The opposition has accused the federal government of playing politics by leaking the
size of the deficit of the eve of the federal budget.

Hairdressers and beauty salons will be targeted by the federal Workplace Ombudsman
to ensure staff are not being underpaid.

The Eastern Grey kangaroo shot in the head with an arrow has been operated on and
his prospects of a full recovery are good.

The West Australian health budget should be quarantined from "efficiency cuts"
imposed by the WA government, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) says.