Sydney - More than 1,000 volunteer firefighters backed by 70 aircraft were tackling more than 100 forest blazes in Australia's parched south-east Sunday. Temperatures topped 40 degrees in Sydney and across New South Wales as emergency services warned...
Hundreds of homes in eastern Australia were under threat from massive wildfires on Sunday as soaring temperatures and windy conditions fanned the out-of-control flames, officials said. A bushfire emergency warning, the highest level of alert, has been issued for residents in the New South Wales towns of Rylstone, Kandos and Clandulla about 170 kilometres (105 miles) northwest of Sydney.
Sydney: Former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden and Cricket Australia board member has said that cricket is being overplayed and undervalued around the world.Hayden's comment comes after the
Australia's NASCAR star Marcos Ambrose has been thwarted in his attempt for a shock return to the V8 Supercar series for the season-ending race in Sydney.
Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Some 25,000 lightning strikes set off about 100 blazes in South Australia state alone, most of which had since burned out. Meanwhile emergency crews were battling 34 fires in New South Wales,...
Sydney - More than 500 sheep were killed when a truck carrying them to an abattoir overturned on a bend in Australia's south-east. Victoria Police Sergeant Nick Buenin said Friday that the truck with 750 sheep on board hit a guard rail and slid on it...
Sydney - One of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins Australian surgeons separated this week is talking and cuddling her stand-in mother while the other is wiggling her fingers and soon will be woken from her induced coma. Doctors at Melbourne's Royal Chi...
So it looks like the Church of Scientology is going to be investigated by Australian authorities over claims from several former Scientologists regarding torture, embezzlement, and forcing members to have abortions. The Times Online has the story : Nick Xenophon, an independent senator, presented letters to the Australian Parliament from seven former Scientologists which he said showed that the secretive...
Tadhg Kennelly plans to put down permanent roots in Australia after his decision to move back to the Sydney Swans. Kennelly, who fulfilled his dream of winning an All-Ireland with Kerry during the summer, is back in training with the AFL club.
Peter Roebuck: CRICKET supporters in Australia and England can easily get the wrong idea about the health of Test series. Demand for tickets for Ashes games is so high that the idea of staging the Sydney Test in a vast amphitheatre in the western suburbs has been mooted. .
TA GLOBAL Bhd, en route to a listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, has lined up a series of plans for next year, including a possible dual listing abroad. It is learnt that shareholders are looking to list the company either in Singapore or Hong Kong, a year after its local debut, to build up the brand internationally. TA Global is due to list on Bursa Malaysia on the 23rd of this month. Its...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has apologised for the hardship and institutionalised abuse suffered by thousands of British children who were sent to the country up until the 1970s with the promise of a new life. Sydney correspondent Nick Bryant reports on the apology and child migrant John Hennessy describes the terrible treatment he faced when he arrived in Australia.
Former Australia prop Jason Ryles says he wants to finish his career with Sydney Roosters after signing with the NRL's 2009 wooden spooners for two seasons.
Sydney - The thousands of British children raised in Australian orphanages where neglect, brutality and even sexual abuse were commonplace received a formal apology Monday in the Canberra Parliament. As many as 10,000 children whom Britain didn't wan...
Rabbi Michael Lerner is rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in San Francisco, Editor-in-chief of Tikkun, author of the 2006 New York Times best-seller The Left Hand of God, as well as author of Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation. He is in Australia as part of the World Parliament of Religions which will be held in Melbourne [...]
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Sydney, May 6, 2009 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is up for a challenge. He told reports in Sydney on Wednesday that “Australia’s net debt will be the lowest of any major advanced economy in the world for the next decade.” Rudd welcomes a debate on debt and deficit following revelations that the federal budget deficit for the next financial year will be around $70 billion..... ( More )