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The trial for the pilot from the 2007 Garuda airline crash begins today. (AAP)
Garuda pilot stands trial
Accountability for the Yogyakarta plane crash that killed 21 people including five Australians needs to go beyond the pilot, a victim's sister says. read more...
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Housing affordability crisis worsens
The housing affordability crisis has worsened with a new report showing rents have soared by as much as 25 per cent in the past 12 months. read more...
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Ruddock lobbying to save Bali trio from death row
Former attorney-general Philip Ruddock has been quietly lobbying Indonesia on behalf of the three Australian drug smugglers sentenced to death in Bali. read more...
SBS's Sophie McNeill wins Walkley
Friday, 25th July,2008Dateline video journalist takes out both TV and overall journalism prizes in under-26 category.
VIDEO: SBS reporter wins award read more...
New charges laid against ABC's Lloyd
Friday, 25th July,2008Three new drug charges laid against ABC journalist Peter Lloyd in Singapore include one count of possessing utensils that carried traces of the veterinary drug ketamine. read more...
Exxon, BHP nod $1b Bass Strait project
Friday, 25th July,2008ExxonMobil Corp, the world's biggest oil company, and BHP Billiton Ltd have approved a second major oil and gas development in the Bass Strait. read more...
National Australia Bank shares fall 10%
Friday, 25th July,2008National Australia Bank shares have dropped 10 per cent after the bank announced an extra $830m loss on its exposure to US mortgage-backed debt securities. read more...
Condoleezza Rice to start tour of Perth
Friday, 25th July,2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will take in the views from Perth's Kings Park on Friday on the second and last day of her West Australian visit. read more...
Qld Nationals push ahead with merge vote
Friday, 25th July,2008The Queensland Nationals are pushing ahead with a vote on forming a new conservative party, despite the Liberal Party postponing its own convention. read more...
Hackett's coach says swimmer needs protecting from himself
Thursday, 24th July,2008Grant Hackett's coach says he is 'unsparing' on his own body in the pursuit of an unprecedented third 1500-metre freestyle Olympic gold medal. read more...
Olympic blogosphere
Thursday, 24th July,2008For more information, photographs and blogs about the Beijing Olympics, as well as the athletes and teams taking part, check out these web links. read more...
All normal before sudden rockfall, says survivor Russell
Thursday, 24th July,2008The Beaconsfield rockfall that killed miner Larry Knight happened in the blink of an eye, survivor Todd Russell has told an inquest. read more...
Perth visit will be the second by a US Secretary of State
Thursday, 24th July,2008American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Perth today and Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says he hopes the world's most powerful woman will find the locals friendly and the scenery stunning. read more...
Rescue boys nominated for bravery awards
Thursday, 24th July,2008The 14-year-old who dived from a bridge to rescue a drowning woman, and the teenager who waded in to help him, have both been nominated for a bravery award. read more...
Webb bitter towards Beaconsfield mine
Thursday, 24th July,2008Brant Webb had serious misgivings about working underground in the Beaconsfield gold mine and remains bitter about its safety standards, an inquest has heard. read more...
Man missing after trawler runs aground
Thursday, 24th July,2008A crew member missing from a fishing trawler on Queensland's Sunshine Coast may have fallen overboard some time before it beached, police say. read more...
Aussie tourist 'had time of his life'
Thursday, 24th July,2008A 31-year-old Sydney man who died on a holiday had emailed his family hours before he died, saying he was having the time of his life at a Chilean ski resort. read more...
Baby found in bag had umbilical cord
Thursday, 24th July,2008A newborn baby boy found dead in a shopping bag dumped at a country Victorian bus stop still had his umbilical cord attached, police say. read more...