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 2008-10-10 05:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Police fatally shoot man with knife
Police have shot and killed a man armed with a knife in a caravan park in the NSW Hunter region, the NSW Police Force says....

 2008-10-10 05:13     Sydney Morning Herald    Credit crisis claims Brisbane tower plan
The global credit crisis has ended plans for a $500 million luxury tower in Brisbane's CBD....

 2008-10-10 05:13     Sydney Morning Herald    New data loss at UK Ministry of Defence
A computer hard drive containing private details of up to half of Britain's armed forces personnel has disappeared from the Ministry of Defence....

 2008-10-10 04:58     Sydney Morning Herald    Market tailspin steps up pressure for world action on crisis
Global stock markets went into freefall on Friday as pressure mounted for decisive action from world leaders to contain the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression....

 2008-10-10 04:58     Sydney Morning Herald    OECD urges action on Murray water plan
The rollout of the federal government's plan to revive the Murray Darling Basin should be accelerated, the OECD says....

 2008-10-10 04:58     Sydney Morning Herald    OECD suggests pay boost for teachers
The federal government should consider extending its universal early childhood education policy to include three-year-olds, the OECD recommends....

 2008-10-10 04:43     ABC News Online    UK loses sensitive defence hard drive
The British defence ministry has admitted that a computer hard drive, containing the names and personal details of half the people serving in the country's armed forces, has disappeared....

 2008-10-10 04:43     ABC News Online    IEA cuts '08 demand growth forecast on weak economy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its oil demand growth forecast for 2008 to its lowest rate in percentage terms since 1993, citing economic weakness and "a spiralling liquidity crisis"....

 2008-10-10 04:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Lovett ready for success at Essendon
Andrew Lovett has embraced Essendon and is determined to make his time at the AFL club successful after he could not be traded, according to his manager....

 2008-10-10 04:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Man to stand trial over Japan stabbings
A man who stabbed seven people to death in Japan has been deemed fit to stand trial, and will likely face the death penalty....

 2008-10-10 04:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Carr in AFL limbo after no deal struck
Josh Carr's AFL future remains in limbo after Port Adelaide failed to offer Fremantle a deal for the out-of-contract 28-year-old during trade week....

 2008-10-10 04:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Couple suing IVF clinic over male baby
A Victorian couple who wanted a girl are suing an IVF clinic after the woman gave birth to a boy with haemophilia....

 2008-10-10 04:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Pakistan heading towards anarchy: Khan
Pakistani politician and cricket great Imran Khan says his country is heading towards anarchy because of the war on terror....

 2008-10-10 04:28     ABC News Online    Japan man likely to face death for stabbing spree
Japanese prosecutors have indicted a man for killing seven people in a stabbing spree after deciding he was fit for trial, a court official said....

 2008-10-10 04:13     ABC News Online    Orange stormwater set for drinking conversion
Construction is about to begin on Australia's first project to turn stormwater into drinking water....

 2008-10-10 04:13     ABC News Online    European shares join global plunge as banks tumble
European stocks have tumbled at the open of trade, tracking plunges in Asian and US equities as investors feared world governments' attempts to unlock credit markets would not be enough to ward off a global recession....

 2008-10-10 04:13     Radio Australia    Australia boasts world's tallest tree
 2008-10-10 04:13     Radio Australia    New Pacific forum leader set to start work
 2008-10-10 04:13     Radio Australia    Negligence blamed for West Australian explosion
 2008-10-10 04:13     Radio Australia    Body of Australia's last 'missing soldier' back from Vietnam
 2008-10-10 04:13     Radio Australia    OECD finds fault with Australian greenhouse plan
 2008-10-10 03:58     Sydney Morning Herald    RiverCat captain charges downgraded
 2008-10-10 03:58     ABC News Online    Company fined for worker's lost hand
A company has been fined over a farm manager losing a hand in a workplace accident....

 2008-10-10 03:58     ABC News Online    'Virtual' crime is real, conference told
An international criminal law conference in Sydney has been told there should be no distinction between the real world and the virtual world, particularly when it comes to crime....

 2008-10-10 03:58     ABC News Online    Debate rages ahead of Vic abortion bill's final vote
Victorian MPs are continuing to debate proposed amendments to the bill to decriminalise abortion, after the legislation passed its biggest hurdle today....

 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    Australian shares close down 8.3 per cent as crisis deepens
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    Qarase to consult lawyers over Fiji court coup rulin
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    Solomons MP told not to borrow money
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    CNMI governor slams tourist drug search
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    Delegates gather in Samoa for climate talks
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    SKorean court upholds verdict on Samsung boss
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    Police grant Thai protest leaders bail
 2008-10-10 03:43     Radio Australia    Children die in Pakistani bus crash
 2008-10-10 03:43     ABC News Online    Police fatally shoot man near Newcastle
A police officer has shot a man dead during a struggle at Belmont, south of Newcastle....

 2008-10-10 03:43     ABC News Online    Taskforce releases chronic illness paper
The Federal Government's preventative health taskforce has released its first discussion paper on how Australia can reverse the effects of chronic illnesses caused by obesity, smoking and drinking....

 2008-10-10 03:43     ABC News Online    PM's chief of staff resigns
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's chief of staff, David Epstein, has resigned....

 2008-10-10 03:43     Sydney Morning Herald    Police kill man armed with knife
Police have shot and killed a man armed with a knife in a caravan park in the NSW Hunter region, the NSW Police Force says....

 2008-10-10 03:43     Sydney Morning Herald    Ganguly rants against teammates
Indian star Sourav Ganguly has given his teammates a spray while explaining why he chose to give the game away at the end of the Test series against Australia....

 2008-10-10 03:43     Sydney Morning Herald    Byrne's dad 'sought suicide cover-up'
Gordon Wood said his girlfriend's father asked him not to tell people she had committed suicide, a jury has been told....

 2008-10-10 03:28     ABC News Online    Children dead in Pakistan bus crash
At least 25 people, most of them school children, have been killed in a head-on collision between an overcrowded bus and a truck near the central Pakistan town of Lodhran, police said....

 2008-10-10 03:28     Sydney Morning Herald    More surgery for Renae Lawrence in Bali
Australian heroin smuggler Renae Lawrence has had surgery in Bali for recurring haemorrhoids....

 2008-10-10 03:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Falling markets may hit Steel & Tube bid
OneSteel may pull or change its bid for Steel & Tube if the New Zealand share market keeps tumbling....

 2008-10-10 03:28     Sydney Morning Herald    Alcohol creates 'barrier' for Muslims
Alcohol, food and gender relations are the key barriers to social interaction between Muslim and non-Muslim Australians, a study suggests....

 2008-10-10 03:13     ABC News Online    Aust, NZ, Canada urge Zimbabwe to resolve differences
Australia, New Zealand and Canada have issued a joint statement about their grave concern over Zimbabwe....

 2008-10-10 03:13     ABC News Online    Coorong inquiry backs Government buyback line
Senate inquiry into saving SA's Coorong region has backed the Federal Govt's stance....

 2008-10-10 02:58     Sydney Morning Herald    McGee content to call it quits
Don't expect retiring Australian cyclist Brad McGee to do a Lance Armstrong after he quits the sport at the end of the Herald Sun Tour....

 2008-10-10 02:58     Sydney Morning Herald    Julie Bishop appointed to Eagles board
West Coast have made the shock appointment of Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop to the AFL club's board....

 2008-10-10 02:58     Sydney Morning Herald    Police praise Bathurst racegoers
The police effort to make the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar meeting more family-friendly is paying early dividends, with fewer arrests than last year, police say....

 2008-10-10 02:58     Sydney Morning Herald    Rudd's chief of staff quits
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's chief of staff has quit and will take on a job outside government....

 2008-10-10 02:58     Sydney Morning Herald    'Not enough water' to save Murray lakes
There is not enough water in the Murray-Darling Basin to save South Australia's lower lakes, a Senate committee has found....


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