Global fears send dollar below parity
Dollar suffers biggest one-week fall in over a year, dropping below parity on fresh fears of a global economic downturn. Read moreCustoms staff to strike on Tuesday
INTERNATIONAL travellers may face delays next week due to industrial action by customs employees. Read moreIndonesia deports Australian activist
AN Australian conducting research into minority Muslim group in Indonesia has been deported, police confirmed. Read moreBroadcasters must hand over UK riot footage
BRITAIN'S major TV networks forced to hand over hundreds of hours of footage of riots after being served with court orders. Read moreTributes flow for social justice judge
HUNDREDS pay tribute to "gentleman" judge Ted Mullighan, who was a tireless advocate for the underprivileged. Read more'Small chance' satellite could hit Australia
FRAGMENTS from five-tonne NASA satellite could land in Australia, but it poses very little threat to people or property. Read moreQantas refused staff offer - union
AIRCRAFT engineers union says Qantas refused its offer to replace striking workers, affecting 1300 passengers. Read moreMarket slumps to two-year low
Sharemarket closes at a more than two-year low, as investors fretted about the possibility of a global recession. Read moreBirds also strike at Qantas
A BIRD strike has forced a Qantas flight heading from Perth to Melbourne to turn back soon after take-off. Read moreO'Farrell backs alleged sex act MP
NSW Premier believes the word of senior government minister who denied allegations he was caught in a public sex act. Read moreOne dead, one critical in two hit-and-runs
NINETY-year-old woman killed and another man fighting for his life after two separate hit-and-run collisions. Read moreBrown expects Gillard to back gay marriage
GREENS leader Bob Brown says he expects Julia Gillard and the ALP to support same-sex marriage at its national conference. Read moreToyota workers to vote in secret ballot
CAR-maker bids to end $50 million strike by having workers discretely vote on a pay offer. Read moreAbbas poised to make Palestinian UN bid
MAHMUD Abbas just hours from submitting historic request to the United Nations to admit Palestine as a member state. Read moreFines after rail worker's arm cut off
FOUR companies and a director have been fined almost $500,000 after 24-year-old lost his arm in excavator accident. Read moreTeens to be charged over NSW bushfires
TWO teenagers used homemade devices to deliberately light a series of blazes in the Blue Mountains. Read moreSick children could be sent to Malaysia
IMMIGRATION officials say sick children could be sent to Malaysia under the Government's asylum seeker deal. Read moreG20 struggles to calm recession fears
THE world's major economies are pledging to take strong actions to restore financial stability and calm financial markets. Read moreChurch abuse study overdue - criminologist
A NEW study into child sexual abuse in the church will finally give victims a voice, a researcher says. Read moreNew boats Government's fault - Abbott
TONY Abbott turns blame back on Labor following the arrival of two new boatloads of asylum seekers. Read moreTwo dead in Canada plane crash
FLOAT plane crashes into Canadian city Yellowknife, killing two people and leaving several injured. Read moreAbbott makes economic pitch to business
TONY Abbott lays out his economic road map for government, as Julia Gillard faces ongoing speculation about her leadership. Read moreRudd rumours 'sparked shotgun merger'
QUEENSLAND Party's merger with Bob Katter's new political entity sparked by the feared resurrection of Kevin Rudd as PM. Read moreChinese man held for keeping sex slaves
CHINESE man detained on suspicion of keeping six women in secret underground rooms as sex slaves for two years. Read moreMP denies sex allegations, Premier says
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says the MP involved in sex rumours has "point blank" denied the allegations and he believes him. Read moreKnox murder appeal enters final stage
US student Amanda Knox's appeal against her murder conviction in Italy is winding up, with prosecutors set to present their final arguments today. Read moreFresh boat arrivals spark political brawl
THE arrival of two boats of asylum seekers has triggered a slanging match between the Federal Government and Coalition over who is responsible. Read moreGetaway driver had 'just met' man - court
THE alleged getaway driver for a man fatally stabbed in a home invasion says he had only met the man a week earlier, court hears. Read moreMore bodies dumped in east Mexican city
ELEVEN more bodies have been dumped on roads in and around Mexico's eastern port city of Veracruz, two days after 35 bodies were left under a busy underpass nearby, local officials say. Read moreObama 'chastised' Israel - Romney
PRESIDENT Barack Obama threw Israel "under the bus" by criticising the key US ally on settlement building, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said today. Read moreRudd shifts leadership rumbling to economy
THE focus of political debate in Australia should be on the impact of the global economical situation rather than the leadership of the Labor government, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says. Read moreDollar struggling on global recession fears
THE dollar is trading near its 10-month low as traders worry about a possible recession in the US and Europe. Read moreDam dad to argue new point
UPDATE 1.20pm: TRIPLE-CHILD killer Robert Farquharson is allowed to argue he should have been convicted of manslaughter, not murder. Read moreS&P affirms Australia's AAA rating
STANDARD & Poor's Ratings Services has affirmed Australia's long-term AAA credit rating due to the country's economic resilience, public policy stability and sound financial sector. Read moreG20 vows 'strong' response to crisis
THE Group of 20 major economies has pledged to mount a powerful response to the rising challenges facing the global economy as it reels from a debt crisis in the eurozone. Read moreStocks firmly down on offshore leads
THE share market was firmly in the red at noon following tumbles on Wall Street and European bourses overnight, as a cocktail of negative economic data weighed on investor sentiment. Read morePM calls on Abbott to back processing law
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has used the arrival of two boats carrying asylum seekers to renew her call for the Opposition to support the Government's push to change the law and allow offshore processing. Read more40 bags of pot found by roadside
IT'S grass alright, but not the innocuous kind. Read morePoll shows Labor to retain Foley's seat
LABOR is likely to hold South Australian Police Minister Kevin Foley's seat of Port Adelaide at a by-election next year, a poll has found. Read moreTwo teens arrested over NSW fires
TWO teenagers have been arrested over a number of recent fires in the Blue Mountains. Read moreNeal, Della's ex-lover in AVO court stoush
THE ex-lover of former NSW MP John Della Bosca gave a "grossly different" account about his wife than was shown on CCTV footage, a detective has told a Sydney court. Read moreIntruder 'sexually assaults' sleeping woman
A WOMAN has been sexually assaulted by an intruder who broke into the bedroom of her Cairns home early today. Read moreAustralian economy strong - Rudd
FOREIGN minister Kevin Rudd says Australia is well positioned to weather the current volatility in global financial markets, but must remain vigilant. Read moreNo panic in Labor ranks - Windsor
FEDERAL independent MP Tony Windsor says he doesn't sense there is "panic or stress" among Labor's ranks over the leadership of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Read moreHouseholds remaining cautious: RBA
AUSTRALIAN households are continuing to shun spending and pay down debt as worries about the global financial system grows, a central bank report says. Read moreDozens killed after Sudan fighting
CLASHES between troops and rebels in Sudan's war-torn state of South Kordofan have killed dozens of people, UN and rebel sources say. Read moreWilliams accused acted 'in cold manner'
THE man accused of murdering Carl Williams tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the jury during his evidence to avoid the consequences of his actions, the prosecutor today told the Supreme Court. Read moreTop UK companies to get hotline to ministers
BRITAIN's top 50 companies are to be given unprecedented access to government ministers in an attempt to spark life into the economy, The Times reported Friday. Read moreParaguay starts cattle eradication
PARAGUAY has begun slaughtering hundreds of cattle as part of an effort to combat an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, officials said. Read moreCatalan bullfighting to be banned this weekend
MAN and bull will dance with death in a Catalan arena for the last time in history Sunday before the combat is banned for good from the Spanish region. Read more
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