Rudd toasts work to free bar mat mum
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Government worked hard to help secure the release of Victorian woman Annice Smoel, who spent time in a Thai prison after being accused of stealing a bar mat.
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General Top News | Thursday May 21
'Duck island' sinks Tory in expenses row
A British opposition MP is to quit after claiming 1,600 pounds ($3,200) for a quot;duck island,quot; the latest embarrassing revelation in an expenses row, his party said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 21
Australia confirms 9th swine flu case
Another two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Melbourne tonight, bringing the total number of Australian cases to nine.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 21
Chaser series will be our last: Morrow
The upcoming series of The Chaser's War on Everything is likely to be the last, executive producer and star Julian Morrow says.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 21
Sherpa defeats Everest for 19th time
A Nepali sherpa carrying a banner reading quot;Stop Climate Changequot; has climbed Mount Everest for a record 19th time, improving his own record set last year, officials said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 21
Government 'too soft' on banks
Family First Senator Steve Fielding has accused the Federal Government of going soft on the banks.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 21
Second Slumdog star's shack destroyed
A second child actor from the hit film Slumdog Millionaire has seen her shantytown home destroyed, she and her family said Wednesday, just one week after her co-star saw his shack demolished.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Indon plane crash toll rises to 98
An Indonesian military transport plane carrying 110 passengers and crew crashed and burst into flames in East Java on Wednesday, killing at least 98 people on board and on the ground, officials said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Disaster zone: SE Qld under water
Flood-hit south-east Queensland has been declared a natural disaster zone after the death of a man on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Bar mat mum convicted, fined
Victorian woman Annice Smoel has been found guilty of stealing a bar mat from a Thai hotel.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Swine flu alert: 4 new cases confirmed
Three boys from the same family in Melbourne are among four new confirmed cases of swine flu in Australia.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Sharks' Maitua suspended for drug use
The National Rugby League has suspended Cronulla Sharks forward Reni Maitua for a positive drug test.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Dead girl 'looked mummified, shrunken'
A murder trial into the alleged starvation of a seven-year-old Hunter Valley girl has heard the child appeared quot;mummifiedquot; to horrified ambulance officers.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 20
Speaker of British Commons steps down
For the first time in more than 300 years, the Speaker of Britain's House of Commons has been forced out of office.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
Sri Lanka shows rebel chief's 'body'
The Sri Lankan government has released footage of what it says is the body of Tamil Tigers leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
Schoolboy Alfie not baby's father after all
British schoolboy Alfie Patten, who made headlines earlier this year when it was reported he had got his girlfriend pregnant when aged just 12, is not the baby's father after all, the Sun reports.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
RBA's forecast faint praise: Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull has jumped on the Reserve Bank chief's statement that Treasury forecasts are not quot;crazily optimisticquot; as confirming the Federal Opposition's scepticism about the speed of the economic recovery.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
Super 15 to start in 2011
A fifth Australian team could be included in an expanded Super rugby competition which will start in 2011.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
Police testify at Suu Kyi trial
Burmese police officers have described to a court how they arrested a US man who swam to the house of Aung San Suu Kyi, as Asian nations joined the west in condemning the trial of the democracy icon.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
NRL group sex woman in hiding
The New Zealand woman at the centre of the Matthew Johns group sex scandal has gone into hiding, saying she is quot;living a nightmarequot;.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
'Black vomit, ants' found in dead girl's mouth
The murder trial of a New South Wales couple accused of killing their seven-year-old daughter has heard the little girl died from extreme neglect and chronic starvation.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
Australian's bar mat arrest 'ridiculous'
The lawyer for a Melbourne woman accused of stealing a bar mat in Thailand says it ridiculous that he has had to ask the Prime Minister to intervene on behalf of his client.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 19
'Wrong info sets' minimum wage
A major welfare group says the Fair Pay Commission is using inaccurate information on the cost of living when setting the minimum wage.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
'Not a popularity contest': Rudd defends debt
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has shrugged off the latest opinion polls, blaming a fall in his approval rating on the Opposition's focus on government debt.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Woman gives birth on plane
A six-months pregnant Pakistani gave birth to a premature baby aboard a flight from Islamabad to Britain, forcing an emergency landing in Warsaw, a spokesman for the Polish capital's airport said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
UK troops have human rights cover, court rules
In what is being seen as a landmark judgement, the Court of Appeal in London has ruled that British soldiers serving abroad are protected by human rights legislation.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Suu Kyi's trial adjourned
A trial against Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Sizzling Storm demolish Raiders
The Storm provided a fitting end to Heritage Round by turning back the clock and thumping Canberra 46-6 in Monday night's NRL match at Olympic Park in Melbourne.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Sri Lankans 'petrified' after Sydney acid attack
Sri Lankans in Sydney are said to be petrified after a violent house invasion overnight which police say is linked to the conflict in their home country.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Jumps deaths will continue, activists warn
Animal welfare groups have reacted angrily to today's decision by Racing Victoria to continue the controversial sport of jumps racing in the state.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Ferry crash father hopes for safer harbour
The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in a ferry crash in Sydney Harbour hopes the legacy of an inquest will be a safer harbour for all vehicles.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Monday May 18
Sri Lanka troops move in to finish off Tigers
Sir Lanka's military says it is moving in to recapture the final patch of jungle held by the Tamil Tigers despite the rebels' announcement they have put down their guns.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Ex-policeman to countersue McCanns
The police officer who formerly led the Portuguese investigation into the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann said he would countersue the missing girl's parents.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Swine flu cases on the rise in Japan
Swine flu is spreading among high school students in Japan, with the number of confirmed cases now at 44.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
UK expenses scandal: Speaker urged to quit
The leader of Britain's third main party says the Speaker of the House of Commons must step down and parliament may need to be dissolved because an expenses scandal has damaged its reputation.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Man charged over Moss Vale murder
A man will appear in court tomorrow charged with murdering a woman on the NSW southern highlands yesterday.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Man boiled alive in empty soup vat
A German worker has been boiled alive in an empty industrial-sized soup vat while trying to clean it, newspaper Bild reports.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Crime syndicate targets super funds
Police say a multi-million-dollar identity theft syndicate has been targeting superannuation accounts in Sydney.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Kuwait elects first female MPs
Kuwaiti women have achieved another historical milestone by winning their first ever seats in the oil-rich Gulf state's parliament, according to official results.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Merritt field goal sinks Tigers
Nathan Merritt struck the first field goal of his career in the 80th minute to hand South Sydney a thrilling 23-22 come-from-behind win over Wests Tigers at the SCG on Sunday afternoon.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Rudd defends MPs' travel costs
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has responded to controversy over MPs' travel expenses, saying the amount spent is the same as previous governments.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 17
Nude cyclists give Cannes crowd an eyeful
Crowds hoping to glimpse the stars on the Cannes festival's red carpet got an eye-popping surprise as a team of nude Belgian cyclists paraded down the Riviera seafront.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 16
Mexico 'drug gang' frees 59 prisoners
Suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel disguised as federal police entered a state prison in the northern state of Zacatecas and freed 59 inmates, police and army officials said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 16
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