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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/88f7d0d02bea1b33/ en-us Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:49:03 -0400 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:49:03 -0400 30 It's been two decades since her very first hit, but Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue is still raking in records amount of cash. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612196/cs/1/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:20:03 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612196/cs/1/ Folks in Australia's Northern Territory love to have sex in public, be it beaches, bathrooms, offices or nightclubs, according to a new survey. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612187/cs/1/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:15 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612187/cs/1/ Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has arrived in Wellington, but refused to answer a barrage of questions related to his private life with one-time fiancee and television personality-cum-model Lara Bingle, which ended last week. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612175/cs/1/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:07 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612175/cs/1/ Lara Bingle is offloading the Aston Martin that Michael Clarke gave her as a gift. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612174/cs/1/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:02 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612174/cs/1/ Health experts have warned that unjustified use of CT scans is increasingly becoming a reason behind cancers. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612166/cs/1/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:10:06 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612166/cs/1/ Australian skipper Ricky Ponting Sunday said Michael Clarke is a 'certain starter' for the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington Friday. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612094/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:01 -0400 IANS http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612094/cs/1/ Three-year-old Indian toddler Gurshan Singh's body was on Sunday brought back from Australia for cremation in a Sikh ceremony. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612058/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:10:04 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612058/cs/1/ Australian batsman Mike Hussey has said that he wants team-mate Michael Clarke to return to New Zealand as soon as possible after dealing with his personal issues. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612055/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:10:02 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612055/cs/1/ Mothers shouldn't lose their sleep when their baby cries, instead they should let children cry themselves to sleep, as it is apparently good, a new study claims. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612016/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:00:09 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612016/cs/1/ A 92-year-old Aussie woman allegedly murdered her 98-year-old other half in Sydney. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612014/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:00:08 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/612014/cs/1/ Reality TV shows featuring cosmetic surgery could be leading young people to alter their own appearance, according to a new research. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611994/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:40:08 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611994/cs/1/ Australian doctors and scientists have warned that obesity rates and climate change are the two great threats to today's civilization. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611992/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:40:07 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611992/cs/1/ Leg-spinning all-rounder Steve Smith knows New Zealand's batsmen will employ strong tactics against his brand of bowling during the two-Test series starting in Wellington on Friday. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611979/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:20:05 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611979/cs/1/ The Federation of Indian Students of Australia has disputed the findings of a new research saying that Indian students prefer Australian Universities to Oxford and Cambridge, despite a spate of racial attacks against them in recent past. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611978/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:20:04 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611978/cs/1/ A recent poll has found that 40 percent of New Zealanders support a debate about becoming a state of Australia. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611959/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:00:10 -0400 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/611959/cs/1/ ADELAIDE, Australia — A government routine of acknowledging Australia's indigenous people was criticized as mere political correctness Monday by the federal opposition leader, offending some Abo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129545/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:13:58 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129545/ SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia circa 2050, population 35 million, climate change induced rising sea levels have flooded the Gold Coast resort region, apartment blocks are now used to grow food and peopl... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129527/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:11:05 -0400 West Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129527/ Seoul - South Korea is poised to increase imports of liquefied natural gas from Australia, as well as investments in mining projects Down Under, with a new agreement made in Perth Monday, the South Ko... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129088/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:51:38 -0400 Earth Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129088/ More than 900 people have been arrested during a New South Wales-wide police crackdown on bail compliance and outstanding warrants. Police laid almost 1400 charges during the three-day operation whic... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129540/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:46:55 -0400 ABC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129540/ The District Court in Perth has been told an Indonesian fisherman feared he would be thrown overboard from his boat unless he took a group of asylum seekers to Australia. The fisherman, known only as... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129541/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:46:52 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129541/ A Tasmanian Indigenous group has criticised the Federal Opposition leader's comments that acknowledging the traditional owners of the land amounts to 'tokenism'. Tony Abbott says acknowledging indige... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129542/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:46:46 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129542/ A federal parliamentary committee is discussing a petition that seeks a pardon from the Queen for Harry "Breaker" Morant. Breaker Morant and another man were executed by British Courts Martial in 190... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129544/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:46:46 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129544/ Queensland's Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg has become a prize-winning farmer, growing the state's largest pumpkin. He has won the giant pumpkin competition at his local show at Inglewo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129516/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:46:45 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129516/ Australia will meet Japan in its next Asia/Oceania Group I tie in Brisbane with a purpose-built clay court to be used at the Queensland Tennis Centre. Brisbane has not hosted a Davis Cup tie since 20... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129517/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:46:44 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129517/ SHAPE OF CITIES TO CHANGE Australia has one of the world's highest home ownership rates, but the generational dream of a suburban home and garden looks set to be shattered. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129515/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:45:56 -0400 The Star http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129515/ The Australian car industry weathered the global financial crisis better than its US counterpart because of the government stimulus and low interest rates, a report shows. New vehicle sales in Austra... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129529/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:08 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129529/ A former Macquarie Equities senior client adviser is to face the Supreme Court of Victoria charged with market manipulation. Newton Chan, of Balwyn in Melbourne's east, is alleged to have influenced ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129528/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:05 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129528/ Reducing Australia's blood alcohol limit for drivers to 0.02 is probably inevitable, a public health expert says as other prominent academics also voice their support for the move. Professor Mike Dau... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129530/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:03 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129530/ Supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd says its foray into the telecommunications market is proving successful with parents and kids looking for non-nonsense plans. Woolworths Everyday Mobile was launched ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129531/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:36:00 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129531/ Enforcer Greg Bird doesn't need anyone fighting his battles but Titans coach John Cartwright felt the need to defend the club's big name recruit on Monday following his error-filled debut. Bird made ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129533/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:56 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129533/ Oil and gas producer Drillsearch Ltd says it will divest or sell down non-core assets and has enough potential coal seam gas (CSG) resources to underpin several liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129532/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:55 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129532/ A man accused of posing as a doctor at the Alice Springs Hospital for months has had his bail hearing adjourned. Balaji Varatharaju hung his head and appeared dishevelled when he appeared in the Alic... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129534/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:53 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129534/ Major flooding is expected across northern NSW in coming days, leading to predictions of scenes not witnessed since the great floods of 1990. An evacuation order was issued for the Weilmoringle and G... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129535/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:51 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129535/ Family First senator Steve Fielding will meet Telstra chief David Thodey on Monday afternoon before deciding whether to support legislation that will force the break-up of Australia's largest telco. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129536/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:49 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129536/ This type of person represents the scum of the earth. To commit any act of cruelty against a defenseless animal is sick and cowardly. You are right in that those who do such things end up turning thei... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129539/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:04 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129539/ REDUCING Australia's blood alcohol limit for drivers to 0.02 is probably inevitable, a WA public health expert says, as other prominent academics also voice their support for the move. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129538/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:03 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129538/ As Tom Jones went backstage before his encore to swap one saturated-with-sweat dress shirt for another that would also look like he’d been swimming in it within minutes, his 11-piece backing ban... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129537/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:01 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129537/ A 15-year-old girl suffered fit-like symptoms this morning after being bitten by an unidentified spider at Tamworth, in regional NSW, yesterday.Four other people, including an eight-year-old boy and a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129519/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:56 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129519/ More than 20,000 injured and sick animals needed the care of southeast Queensland's wildlife hospitals and volunteer carers in the past year, the RSPCA says.Many more animals are being cared for state... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129520/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:56 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129520/ ACKNOWLEDGING traditional owners at official ceremonies is an appropriate way of recognising indigenous people, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally says. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129518/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:55 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129518/ A DAY of drinking turned to violence and tragedy for two Melbourne best friends, leaving one dead and the other charged with his murder. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129521/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:54 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129521/ REDUCING Australia's blood alcohol limit for drivers to 0.02 is probably inevitable, a public health expert says, as other prominent academics also voice their support for the move. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129523/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:52 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129523/ Australian Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald is hopeful of having all his big guns available when the Aussies host Japan in their Asia Oceania Davis Cup second-round clash in Brisbane in May.Australia... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129402/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:07:47 -0400 Sportal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129402/ Richmond midfielder Ben Cousins is back in hospital after being admitted late last week with strong stomach pain.A statement released by Richmond this afternoon said the veteran had been readmitted to... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129525/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:07:06 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129525/ LAUNCESTON'S Dominic Monypenny has become the first Tasmanian to compete at both summer and winter Paralympics.On day three of the Winter Paralympic Games in Vancouver, he set a personal best in comin... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129526/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:07:05 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33129526/ Chris Hartley , the Queensland wicketkeeper, has been named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year following an outstanding season with bat and gloves. Hartley accepted the award at the MCG on Monday... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127612/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:24:01 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127612/ Australia on Monday told Beijing to stay out of sensitive iron price talks between Chinese steelmakers and Australian miners amid a report Premier Wen Jiabao had been asked to personally intervene. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127044/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:23:13 -0400 CNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127044/ Wayne Rooney scored his 31st and 32nd goals of the season to lead Manchester United to a 3-0 home win over Fulham on Monday morning (AEDT) that nosed the champions back ahead in a fluctuating English ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127634/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:36 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127634/ Three teenage boys arrested over an alleged break-in and arson attack on West Adelaide Football Club have faced the Youth Court. Police allege the teenagers broke into the club at Richmond in January... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127638/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:35 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127638/ A Perth defence lawyer says he will challenge Western Australia's property confiscation laws in the High Court. Shash Nigam says the laws were originally introduced to seize the proceeds of crime or ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127636/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:32 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127636/ The Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi is asking city visitors to be patient during a major redevelopment of Forrest Place. The upgrade will include a new stage area, art and more trees. During the cons... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127635/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:30 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127635/ A Supreme Court judge has questioned whether a legal stoush over a fence line error involving a MP's Adelaide property may be a more widespread issue. A survey revealed that the fence line dividing L... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127640/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:24 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127640/ Adelaide-based credit union Australian Central has recorded a 55 per cent increase in half-year profit. Profit after tax in the six months to December was $6.3 million. Shareholders agreed last year... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127641/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:22 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127641/ The weather bureau expects a category four cyclone heading towards the far north Queensland coast to reintensify over the next 24 hours. Tropical Cyclone Ului is in the Coral Sea about 1,500 kilometr... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127644/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:21 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127644/ The Supreme Court at Mount Gambier has been told Matthew Heyward was warned to keep his mouth shut after his father told him that his mother was dead. Matthew Heyward and farm hand Jeremy Minter are ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127642/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:20 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127642/ The Greens say a Senate inquiry into the Federal Government's proposed radioactive waste management legislation will not visit the site of the proposed dump. The only location the Government is now c... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127645/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:20 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127645/ Childrens' rights groups have criticised a Tasmanian Family Court order that two young girls to spend time with their father, who is a registered sex offender. The father, who cannot be identified, p... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127637/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:19 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127637/ Health Minister John Hill has accused the South Australian Opposition of lying over the Government's hospital policy. The Electoral Commissioner has upheld a Labor complaint, ruling the Liberals were... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127643/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:18 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127643/ The mining sector says it hopes the State Government will change its mind about how to sell parts of Queensland Rail (QR). Coal companies want to bypass a public float with a direct offer to buy trac... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127613/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:16 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127613/ A 51-year-old Queanbeyan man charged over an armed hold-up in Canberra almost six years ago will plead not guilty to aggravated robbery and attempted murder. Sam Melkie and his alleged accomplice, Ma... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127633/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:17:16 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127633/ CANBERRA (Reuters) - Officials from eight nations including the United States began talks on a trans-Pacific trade deal on Monday in a move Australia said could add momentum to stalled World Trade Org... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127476/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:16:19 -0400 The Star http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127476/ EIGHT months after it acquired rival poultry company, Bartter Enterprises, Baiada Group has launched the first advertising campaign for the brand in 15 years and is preparing to phase out the Baiada b... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127646/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:41 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127646/ WINNERS in the inaugural Bacon Week Awards For Excellence were announced today by Australian Pork Limited.Schultes Meat Tavern, Plainland, Queensland took out the Full Rasher and Overall winner awards... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127647/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:38 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127647/ Influential grower group and the custodians of Australia’s Merino genetics, the Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders (AASMB), is demanding the board of Australian Wool Innovation ‘do its... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127649/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:37 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127649/ A DECLINE in expenditure in Japan, but greater emphasis on domestic and Indonesian markets and emerging issues like the environment are trends likely to emerge from important red meat marketing discus... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127648/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:36 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127648/ HIGH lamb and mutton prices, and short supply, have forced most sheep processors to re-think their business strategies in the past few months.While some, such as T&R Pastoral, have expanded their reac... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127650/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:15:35 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127650/ Queensland will reap vast economic gains if the Gold Coast wins the right to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the premier says. Anna Bligh on Monday said the government would spend up to $11 million... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127622/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:17 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127622/ The federal opposition has again demanded the government immediately release the much awaited Henry Tax Review to allow for a well-informed public debate on tax reform. Treasurer Wayne Swan said on S... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127623/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:11 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127623/ The town of Dirranbandi in southern Queensland remains isolated by flood waters and will have to receive supplies by air for at least another week, Balonne Shire mayor Donna Stewart says. As a vast r... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127624/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:08 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127624/ For Brighton Iceberger, John Locco, a shark lurking in the deep as he goes about his daily ocean swim is not a big issue. So on Monday morning when he and five other icebergers were having their dail... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127625/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:05 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127625/ A man allegedly had almost 800 ecstasy tablets tucked down the front of his pants when he was stopped by police in Sydney. He was stopped on Friday in a car park near Chatswood railway station in the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127626/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:03 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127626/ The gold price will remain static, around the historically high $US1,100 per ounce mark, despite the US dollar strengthening, a major global gold producer says. The gold price is usually high when th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127627/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:06:02 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127627/ Parramatta forward Shane Shackleton has been ruled out for the rest of the NRL season after surgery to repair a serious hamstring injury. Recruited from the Sydney Roosters in the off-season, Shackle... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127628/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:59 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127628/ Former Sydney ruckman Darren Jolly is a surprise addition to Collingwood's leadership group ahead of the AFL season. Captain Nick Maxwell has announced his six deputies as Collingwood confirmed that ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127629/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:58 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127629/ The ban will be limited to the Perth and Mandurah area, as well as the South-West, and will run from June 1 to August 31 each year, WA Water Minister Graham Jacobs said in a statement today.The announ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127630/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:30 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127630/ Petite pooches are the order of the day as people move from the traditional quarter-acre block to flats and units, and pets migrate from the backyard to the living room.Four in five mutts are now desc... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127631/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:04 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127631/ Airlines have delayed or cancelled flights between Australia and Fiji due to category four Cyclone Tomas.Tomas battered the Lau and Lomaiviti island groups off Fiji's northern coast today, causing flo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127617/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:00 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127617/ ANIMAL liberationists have stripped off for a protest in Canberra, showing some skin to raise awareness of the skinning of seals. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127614/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:04:58 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127614/ BOATING and fisheries patrol officers were robbed while they were helping people overcome the southern Queensland floods at Roma. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127615/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:04:58 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127615/ Balaji Varatharaju hung his head and appeared dishevelled when he appeared in the Alice Springs Magistrates' Court this morning.The 29-year-old Singaporean was arrested on February 27 and charged with... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127619/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:04:56 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127619/ Petite pooches are the order of the day as people move from the traditional quarter-acre block to flats and units, and pets migrate from the backyard to the living room.Four in five mutts are now desc... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127610/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:04:38 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127610/ Plumbers turned up twice this morning to the Bondi home of Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke in an apparent bid to find the missing $200,000 engagement ring of former fiancee Lara Bingle.... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127608/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:44:31 -0400 The Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127608/ The South Australian cave in which a Victorian diver died on the weekend is "infamous’’ and has proved fatal before, a local policeman says.The man’s body was recovered 37 metres below the surfa... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127609/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:44:29 -0400 The Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33127609/ Fernando Alonso rolled back the years for Ferrari overnight, dedicating his Bahrain Grand Prix victory to the Italian giants' staff and fans who endured a miserable 2009 season. With Felipe Massa in ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125901/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:39 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125901/ Victoria's road toll has blown out to the worst total in five years after six people died on the state's roads over the weekend. On Sunday, a motorcyclist died in an accident near Healesville and a 2... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125862/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:33 -0400 ABC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125862/ A federal inquiry into a large oil spill off the coast of Western Australia last year has heard there was a number of possible causes. In making his opening statment, counsel assisting the inquiry, T... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125903/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:32 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125903/ The Federal Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy has opened a National Broadband Network test centre in Hobart. The Proof-of-concept centre in Mornington will give internet retail providers the ch... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125466/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:25 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125466/ Aboriginal groups have rejected claims by the federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott that acknowledging the traditional owners of land at official functions is tokenism. Mr Abbott says there are occas... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125905/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:25 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125905/ The ACT's independent pricing regulator has increased the premium it wants paid under the Government's solar feed-in tariff scheme. The Government currently pays 50 cents per kilowatt hour of electri... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125899/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:23 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125899/ The Queensland Government is pressing ahead with community consultation on reducing the drink-driving blood-alcohol limit to 0.02, despite widespread opposition to the plan. It estimates one-in-five ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125864/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:48:20 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125864/ River Murray allocations will increase to 62 per cent following the latest assessment from the Murray-DarlingBasin Authority.South Australia has been provided with an estimated 90 gigalitres of improv... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125906/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:46:51 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125906/ The Australian Plague Locust Commission expects to commence aerial control operations within the next few days to manage any areas of the current population that represents a significant threat to agr... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125907/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:46:50 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125907/ IN AN effort to cut out the middle man, and after previous success in custom feeding cattle, Lameroo farmer Trent Walker could not pass-up managing his own feedlot when presented with the opportunity.... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125908/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:46:48 -0400 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125908/ US President Barack Obama's trip to Australia will go ahead. Obama's chief adviser David Axelrod has deflected a question about the possibility of the president's trip to Australia and Indonesia even... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125874/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:26 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125874/ Consumers who have unwanted gift card vouchers can now trade them for cash through a new online company set up expressly for the purpose. Cardlimbo.com.au, which was launched on Monday, says it is th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125873/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:24 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125873/ Drugs have been found disguised as iced tea on an international flight to Melbourne, police say. A 28-year-old Filipino woman will face court on Monday accused of concealing 2.4kg of amphetamine with... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125872/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:20 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125872/ A father grieving for his dead son, killed in a knife attack, was involved in a potentially fatal car smash last week after being overcome by a sobbing fit. Graham Howie, whose 16-year-old son Lachla... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125877/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:18 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125877/ National Party stalwart Lady Flo Bjelke-Petersen had her pumpkin scones - now Lawrence Springborg has come up with the best way to grow the key ingredient. The Liberal National Party deputy leader an... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125878/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:14 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125878/ Health authorities have warned of an alarming spike in gonorrhoea cases in the NSW port city of Newcastle. More than 40 people have been newly diagnosed with the sexually transmitted infection (STI) ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125879/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:10 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125879/ Mortgage provider RAMS Home Loans has joined with real estate data provider Residex to give property investors access to residential sales information. Westpac-owned RAMS said the partnership would a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125880/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:08 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33125880/