Thousands protest against Indian student attacks
Thousands of Indian students have held a noisy protest in central Melbourne, venting their frustration over recent violent attacks on Indian students.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 31
Magpies storm home to run over Port
Collingwood's superior run and thrust has overawed injury-hit Port Adelaide for a resounding 38-point win at the MCG that moves the Magpies up to sixth on the ladder.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 31
Swat battle to end in days: Pakistan military
Pakistan expects its military operation to defeat Taliban militants in the Swat Valley to conclude in two or three days, a senior army official said on Sunday.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 31
Cousins to answer for middle finger
AFL chief Andrew Demetriou has issued a please explain to controversial footballer Ben Cousins after the Tiger gave a dressing-room television camera the finger.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Sunday May 31
Tigers do it for Terry in a thriller
Richmond helped Terry Wallace celebrate his 500th AFL game as coach and player with a thrilling three-point triumph over Fremantle at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Berlusconi blocks publication of NYE party pics
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has succeeded in blocking publication of photos of his New Year's Eve party after reports said guests included a teenage girl whose relationship with him has caused a scandal.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Australia should grant asylum to detainees: Greens
Greens Senator Bob Brown says he is urging the Government to consider accepting a request from the United States to take in former Guantanamo Bay detainees.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Bollywood star may snub Australian uni over attacks
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan says he believes he should turn down an honorary degree from a Brisbane university to protest at a wave of attacks on Indian students in Australia.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Taiwan confiscates cocaine-laced energy drinks
Taiwanese authorities say they have confiscated nearly 18,000 cases of Red Bull energy drinks containing slight traces of cocaine and imported from Austria.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Mass bird death discovery near landfill
The Western Australian Government is investigating around 160 bird deaths near a landfill around 30 kilometres south of Perth.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Indonesia flags defence spending boost
Indonesia is in talks with the United States to buy Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport planes and might be in a position to buy fighter jets and submarines in two to three years, its defence minister said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
Another 35 swine flu cases confirmed
Another 35 Victorians have been diagnosed with swine flu, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Australia to 254.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
N Korea 'preparing next missile launch'
Unfazed by international anger at its second nuclear bomb test, a defiant North Korea was said to be preparing to launch a long-range missile.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Saturday May 30
North Korea fires short-range missile: report
North Korea has test-fired another short-range missile off its east coast and says it will take quot;self-defence measuresquot; if the UN Security Council punishes it for this week's nuclear test.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Suu Kyi ill, court delays trial
The party of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed quot;grave concernquot; for her health while she is in prison facing charges that carry a jail term of up to five years.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Bombers behind Iran blast 'hired by US'
A provincial official in south-eastern Iran says the people behind a bomb attack on a mosque this morning were hired by the United States.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Let swine flu run its course: expert
Infectious disease experts are starting to criticise Australia's swine flu containment policy, instead pushing for it to be treated like any other seasonal flu.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Wallace confirms '09 his last season
Besieged Richmond coach Terry Wallace concedes he will not be coaching next year and that his days at the AFL club are numbered.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Biting back: struggling newspapers unite
The rise of the internet is threatening the business model which has supported traditional newspapers for centuries.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Immigration tight-lipped on 7yo's extradition
The Immigration Department is refusing to provide details of exactly how and why it removed a seven-year-old Iranian girl from her father in Baxter Detention Centre and sent her back to Tehran to rejoin her mother.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
People-smuggling charges laid in Perth
An Indonesian man has been arrested in Perth by the Australian Federal Police and charged with people-smuggling offences.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Bring lonely dugong a harem: Scullion
The Federal Government is being urged not to be quot;prudishquot; and act on finding a girlfriend for a lovelorn dugong on Cocos Island.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Blues leave bushfire kids waiting
Tensions have heightened ahead of next week's State of Origin series opener in Melbourne after the NSW squad arrived 90 minutes late for an event with children affected by Victoria's bushfires.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Activist urges Footy Show to air gay segment
An activist who has complained about a skit on Channel Nine's Footy Show that featured Matthew Johns's fake brother 'Elton Johns', says he will take no further action if The Footy Show features a segment explaining the dangers of gay...
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
Play School in strife over pub shows
The ABC has staged Play School concerts in pubs and clubs for eight years, but now there is a rising voice of criticism that the public broadcaster is endorsing gambling and drinking.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Friday May 29
String of blasts in Pakistan kill 13
A succession of blasts tore through north-west Pakistan on Thursday killing 13 people, after the Taliban claimed a deadly attack in Lahore and threatened further mayhem to avenge an offensive.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Female panda cub born at Thai zoo
A one-day-old panda cub born in Thailand after years of artificial insemination and efforts to get its celibate parents to mate is a healthy female with a loud cry, a zoo official said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Govt criticised over $300m water buyback
The Federal Government has come under fire for not consulting local communities before buying back a record amount of water from the Murray-Darling Basin.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Govt orders swine flu vaccine
As the number of swine flu cases in Australia nears 150, the Federal Government has placed an order for a vaccine expected to be released in the coming months.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Suu Kyi trial not political: Burma
Burma's deputy foreign minister has defended the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, insisting the widely condemned case was not a political or human rights issue.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Panther Jennings could be a scaredy cat: Hodges
Queensland centre Justin Hodges says NSW rookie Michael Jennings will be quot;scaredquot; next week and he plans a State of Origin initiation to turn his debut into a nightmare.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Blind doctor granted temporary visa
The Federal Government has decided to give temporary residency to a blind academic who has been fighting to stay in Australia.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Experts urge airports to put public before profit
Aviation experts have supported Qantas' calls for airports to do their bit to cut costs, saying the privatised industry is putting profit before public interest.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Thursday May 28
Homeless turned away as demand grows
A new study has found that more than half of homeless people who sought government accommodation were turned away last year.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Govt tight-lipped on Brennan release efforts
The Federal Government is refusing to say what steps it is taking to secure the release of an Australian kidnapped in Somalia, citing fears for his life.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Feral girl found in Siberia
Russian police have taken into care a 5-year-old girl who has been shut up in a flat in the company of cats and dogs for her entire life, police have said.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Russia urges tough talks for N Korea resolution
Russia has said the UN should pass a quot;toughquot; resolution on North Korea's nuclear test but stressed that the stand-off with the reclusive state should only be settled through talks.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Mundine claims world title
Anthony Mundine has set his sights on bigger challenges after beating Daniel Geale in Brisbane to claim the IBO middleweight world championship.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Disaster response review kept secret: author
The Royal Commission into the Victorian bushfires has heard that Australian governments kept a review of the nation's ability to respond to natural disasters secret.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Caltex's planned Mobil deal under fire
A former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has joined the growing scepticism over Caltex's claim its planned acquisition of Mobil petrol stations will boost competition.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Court backs Red Cross gay blood ban
Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has upheld the Red Cross's policy of not allowing homosexual men to donate blood.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Wednesday May 27
Zimbabwe cholera cases set to top 100,000
The Red Cross has warned that Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic will continue unless more resources are allocated to fix the causes.
abc.net.au |
General Top News | Tuesday May 26
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