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Claws out over Turnbull preferences claims
- December
- 11
High-profile Wentworth independent candidate Danielle Ecuyer says a senior journalist tried to pressure her to give her election preferences to sitting Liberal Member and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Ms Ecuyer, who is running against her former partner, Labor candidate George Newhouse, and Mr Turnbull on an anti-pulp mill platform in the eastern Sydney seat, says she [...]
Writers ready for long haul as strike begins
- December
- 11
With placards raised and fists clenched, defiant Hollywood writers warned overnight that they were ready for a long battle as their first major strike for nearly 20 years got underway.
Picket lines were set up at more than a dozen studios and production facilities in New York and Los Angeles, with throngs of writers cheerfully saluting [...]
Island caretakers escape the rat race
- December
- 11
A Hobart couple are spending the next four months tending Australia’s most southerly lighthouse on a small, wet, windswept island off the south-west Tasmanian coast.
Just a few kilometres off the coast from Tasmania’s south-west Wilderness World Heritage Area is a small, rocky windswept island called Maatsuyker.
Hobart couple Rachel Parkinson and Griff Snell are a [...]
Beijing counts down to Olympics
- December
- 11
Today marks one year until the Olympic flame is lit in Beijing and the Chinese capital is gearing up for a celebration.
The last time Beijing had such a focus on it, the tanks were rolling down Chang An Avenue and into Tiananmen Square.
But today is different. Tonight thousands of people will come to Tiananmen Square [...]
Howard pledges cash for flood relief
- December
- 11
Prime Minister John Howard says the Government will provide emergency cash relief to people badly affected by the flooding across Victoria’s south-east.
The Commonwealth will provide $1,000 per adult and $400 per child for those who have been seriously injured or had their homes destroyed.
Mr Howard told Southern Cross Radio the money was immediate cash relief [...]
Qld’s ‘living fossil’ at risk from dam proposal, experts say
- December
- 11
The Queensland Government’s plans to build a large dam on the Mary River has sparked renewed interest in an ancient species that experts say could be at risk of extinction if the dam goes ahead.
Community outrage about the dam prompted the Nationals to push for a Federal Senate inquiry, which is hearing evidence in Brisbane [...]
Time running out to find answers to defending the reef
- December
- 11
The latest projections of the influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are frightening in terms of the narrowing window available for Australia to build defences against mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef.
In effect, we have just 13 years to find the answers to increasing the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef to [...]
Positioning Australia for a new way of working
- December
- 11
I am here today as the CEO of a large company but I am also here as an Australian and the father of 10-year-old twins. And in the decade since my twins were born, Australia’s workplace has changed dramatically. Back in 1996, work in Australia had much clearer boundaries: there was a time to [...]
No commentsLive WindowBainimarama claims Fijian presidency
- December
- 11
Fiji’s military commander says he is now the country’s president and has sacked the elected prime minister, Laisenia Qarase.
Commodore Bainimarama says that, as of tonight, the military has taken over the Government, has executive authority and is running the country.
The military chief says he was left with no option because the Government was [...]
Fans pack city centres for Socceroos game
- December
- 11
Tens of thousands of Australian football fans packed bars, clubs and live sites all over the country early this morning to watch the 2-0 World Cup defeat to Brazil.
More than 12,000 people braved the mid-winter chill in Melbourne’s Federation Square to watch a big-screen telecast of the match.
Police in Melbourne said they had arrested eight [...]
