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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, 12 May 2008 16:02:32 -0400 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:02:32 -0400 30 Melbourne, May 12 : A senior Chinese official has asked whether Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama would agree to attend the Beijing Olympics to ease recent tensions. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358498/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:02 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358498/cs/1/ Melbourne, May 12 : Late Aussie actor Heath Ledger's grieving family are bracing themselves, as a US gossip show, set on digging dirt about the actor, is scheduled to arrive in Australia May 12. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358461/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:35 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358461/cs/1/ Melbourne, May 12 : With budding office romances, bosses Down Under are making sure that they don't get caught in the crossfire if a relationship goes bust - by asking couples to sign a 'workplace pre-nup'. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358453/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:21 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358453/cs/1/ Melbourne, May 12 : Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's widow Terry has pledged to fight a mining company's efforts to mine bauxite at the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358449/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:15 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358449/cs/1/ Melbourne, May 12 : The risk of gambling addictions among children as young as 13 has prompted new counselling measures in New South Wales (NSW) schools. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358404/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 07:00:16 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358404/cs/1/ Sydney, May 12 : Australian model and would be Mrs Michael Clarke, Lara Bingle, has paid tribute to her father, Graham, who died in hospital on Saturday night. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358369/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:19 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358369/cs/1/ Melbourne, May 12 : A new test that diagnoses breast cancer by X-raying a woman's hair has been developed, and will be available in Australia later this year. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358367/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:00:17 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358367/cs/1/ Lahore, May 12 : During Australian Defence Minister Angus Houston's recent visit to Islamabad, the Pakistan government reportedly urged him to provide unmanned surveillance aircraft and train its defence personnel to help it patrol its 2400-km border with Afghanistan. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358333/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:00:17 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358333/cs/1/ Sydney, May 12 : Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke is in doubt for the first Test against the West Indies in Jamaica following the death of fianc http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358306/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:30 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358306/cs/1/ Melbourne, May 12 : England skipper Michael Vaughan has warned Australia that England now had the depth to win back the Ashes next year. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358303/cs/1/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:26 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/358303/cs/1/ said it's selling the timber manufacturing and distribution businesses of its Weyerhaeuser Australia Group to Carter Holt Harvey for an undisclosed price. The sale will include the Group's P... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765823/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:41:06 -0400 Business Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765823/ American champion Curlin is among 148 entries for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October.Curlin, the world's top-rated racehorse, won the Dubai World Cup in March.Australia is represented by the Dav... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765821/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:26:54 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765821/ MELBOURNE - A gunman who shot dead a lawyer has pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of attempted murder following the peak-hour triple shooting in Melbourne's city centre last year.Christopher Way... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765820/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:26:57 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765820/ But a report into the battle, in which Australian soldier Luke Worsley also died, has not recommended the Diggers change their rules of engagement. The Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant Gen... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770106/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:29:05 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770106/ AUSTRALIA -- As reported by the Brisbane Times: "James Packer's publicly listed gambling company, Crown, and the poker machine maker Aristocrat are bracing for the impact of the strong economic headwi... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765817/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:00 -0400 Rolling Good Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765817/ LABOR will shower public hospitals with cash in today's budget, adding to a $1billion boost it gave state governments in March, while facing allegations it is pursuing an ideologically driven vendetta... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770097/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:59 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770097/ PETER Debnam launched a stinging attack on one of Australia's leading energy economists yesterday as the former NSW Opposition leader headed for the back bench in protest against the Coalition's new-f... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770103/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:53 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770103/ Ms Corby yesterday said Schapelle Corby was innocent of drug smuggling, and she fought back tears as she told the NSW Supreme Court her sister needed her family by her side to keep her sane. Schapell... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770101/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:48 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770101/ Education Minister Julia Gillard yesterday said the results of the first national literacy and numeracy tests, which start today, would be provided to parents and schools but not be available more wid... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770104/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:56 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770104/ MAJ O'Neill, principal of the remote St Francis Xavier School at the Northern Territory community of Daly River, reckons sitting her students down for today's inaugural national literacy and numeracy ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770099/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:44 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770099/ TOMORROW'S Federal Budget will be a "good Labor" one, protecting struggling people as much as possible from the worst of the spending cuts, government MPs have been told. Treasurer Wayne Sw... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14767499/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:24:17 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14767499/ THE first Rudd Government Budget tonight will dump work for the dole and middle-class welfare - flagship policies of the previous government. It will also give single mothers more money and ease pena... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14767498/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:24:20 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14767498/ Posted on: Monday, 12 May 2008, 09:00 CDT ADB, Australia help manage Mekong resources HANOI, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Australia are providing a grant of one million U.S.... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765743/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:34:42 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765743/ FORMER federal minister Mal Brough has accused Queensland Liberal president Gary Spence of misrepresenting the party's position on a state merger with the Nationals as bitter divisions erupted over th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770100/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:46 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770100/ These are the people who were motivated to take out insurance not because it was a good deal but because it was cheaper than paying a 1 per cent surcharge on income tax. In 1997, Peter Costello's sec... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770098/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:41 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770098/ The former Victorian Labor premier says his program would help meet Australia's skills shortage, but would also export skills back to developing countries of the region, including East Timor, Papua Ne... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770102/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:28:51 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14770102/ Gold Coast couple Brian and Jan Dodds were attacked earlier this month when two bandits climbed aboard their yacht as it was moored at a jetty on the main island of Viti Levu.The men assaulted the cou... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765746/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:26:43 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765746/ SYDNEY, Australia – An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. The shark, believed to be a ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765818/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:26:03 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765818/ It's unclear whether eBay will institute a similar policy in the United States and other countries. However, the online auction company often tries big changes in smaller markets before expanding them... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765767/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:11:08 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765767/ SYDNEY : Westpac Banking said Monday that it was in talks to merge with St. George Bank, a deal that would rank as one of the largest corporate mergers in Australia and create the largest Australian f... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765822/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:04:28 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765822/ Queensland's new captain Chris Simpson wasted no time in warning his squad that the hard work was only just beginning after the state announced his appointment on Monday. Simpson takes over from the r... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14767475/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:50:14 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14767475/ Nine exploration permits awarded off Australia Offshore staff AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY -- Australia's Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson has announced the award of nine offshore exp... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765782/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:14 -0400 Offshore http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765782/ World champions Australia will play one-day internationals against Scotland and Ireland in 2009 and 2010. The Australians will face Scotland on 28 August 2009 following the conclusion of the Ashes ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765784/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:30:17 -0400 BBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765784/ Melbourne CBD shooter Christopher Wayne Hudson continued to shoot at solicitor Brendan Keilar and Dutch backpacker Paul de Waard as they lay on the ground with gunshot wounds, court documents reveal.A... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765819/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:25:25 -0400 The Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765819/ The distraught wife of a Craigieburn father-of-four killed in a brutal mob attack in Lebanon says her husband was there on holiday.Marcel Sheikh said her husband, Fadi Sheikh, who died in the Lebanese... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765816/ Mon, 12 May 2008 12:25:23 -0400 The Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14765816/ The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) says a housefire on Masters Road in the Adelaide suburb of Everard Park has caused $200,000 damage. Six appliances were called to the scene shortly before 8:00pm. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763459/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:39:07 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763459/ African leaders have heaped praise upon the federal government for its apology to indigenous Australians, telling a senior Labor MP of their pleasure at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's focus on human righ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763977/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:38 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763977/ Australia will play one-day internationals against Ireland and Scotland in the next two years in an historic agreement announced by Cricket Australia on Monday.It will be the first time Ricky Ponting'... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763975/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:29 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763975/ The Adelaide Thunderbirds have accounted for the West Coast Fever 66-50 at ETSA Park on Monday night.Natalie Medhurst did the brunt of the damage for the home team scoring 34 goals from 36 attempts at... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14764635/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:28:09 -0400 sportal.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14764635/ Australia's only listed private health insurer, NIB Holdings Ltd, on Monday confirmed its full year market guidance as the company's share price fell sharply ahead of changes to the Medicare levy surc... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763973/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:18 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763973/ LAUNCESTON'S parking prices are on the rise again. The Launceston City Council yesterday approved a raft of cost changes that will net the council an extra $450,000 in revenue a year. One-hour par... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763968/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:02 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763968/ Victoria's peak farming body has accused the major supermarket chains of ripping off consumers and farmers by labelling the same products differently.Grocery chains often have up to three different pr... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763972/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:15 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763972/ A BEER or two would be perfectly excusable after a first win in two years. So following East Devonport's long overdue victory over Wynyard last Saturday there were a few sore heads at training the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763978/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:56 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763978/ HAWTHORN half-back Rick Ladson makes no apology for sticking to the script when it comes to how his team maintains focus through its phenomenal start to the season. "I know it's a cliche but we ju... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763980/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:50 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763980/ LAUNCESTON'S Luke McCabe was last night found not guilty of striking Ulverstone's Dwayne Howard by the NTFL Tribunal. Boundary umpire Dane Fenton said he witnessed McCabe, who pleaded not guil... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763981/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:47 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763981/ World Champions Australia has agreed to play both Ireland in the next 2 years in a one day international. Following a collaborative approach by the Scotland and Ireland to the ECB and Cricket Austral... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761893/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:49:55 -0400 RTE http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761893/ AN appeal for a speed limit reduction around West Tamar schools has gone unanswered by Premier Paul Lennon for a week. Launceston Christian School principal Erik Hofsink yesterday questioned Mr Lennon... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763971/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:12 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763971/ THE Federal Government's plan to double the Medicare levy surcharge threshold would cause an exodus of people from private health cover and increase pressure on public hospitals, insurers and doct... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763969/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:05 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763969/ MAX Rundle, who died at his Devonport home last week aged 92, enjoyed a lifelong involvement in the racing industry. He was not only one of the State's leading bookmakers for almost 25 years but a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763979/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:53 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763979/ LAUNCESTON has been proposed as the host city for the 2010 AUSSI Masters National Swim. With the event scheduled for April 2010, it is likely to attract in excess of 500 Masters Swimmers plus accompan... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763982/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:44 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763982/ BASS Labor MHR Jodie Campbell has stood firm on her promise that the Federal Government will honour all of its Northern election promises in tonight's Budget announcement. In between flights to Ca... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763970/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:09 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763970/ THE State Opposition yesterday released its 10-point plan to change the way disability services are provided in frustration at never-ending waiting lists in the area. Opposition health spokesman Brett... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763967/ Mon, 12 May 2008 09:55:59 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763967/ FOUR people have been injured in a helicopter crash in Western Australia's far northern Kimberley region. Police said no-one was killed but the pilot was seriously injured when the helicopter came d... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763090/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:35:12 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763090/ A Victorian Liberal campaign director who sent an anti-Semitic email to a colleague about a party candidates has quit her job and apologised. Susan Chandler was given the option of quitting or being... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763089/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:35:11 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14763089/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed an interest in acquiring military equipment, including unmanned surveillance aircraft, from Australia to patrol its restive tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761907/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:33:38 -0400 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761907/ A man who disconnected the rear brakes of his car has escaped a prison term for killing an Adelaide woman in a crash, three years ago. The District Court heard that Rhys Enar Parker, 27, of Aldinga B... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759997/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:32:25 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759997/ Prosecutors in Bali are seeking a life sentence for the man accused of killing Australian woman Heidi Murphy. The murder trial of Ahmad Fahrul Rosi began in Denpasar today. He is accused of stabbing... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761941/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:11:03 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761941/ The South Australian Opposition says delegates to its tax summit have identified stamp duty, land and payroll tax as areas needing urgent reform. About 90 business, industry and welfare leaders have ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759998/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:32:26 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759998/ The Australian military has cleared its troops of any wrongdoing in a battle in Afghanistan last November during which two women and a baby were killed. The civilians were killed in southern Uruzga... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761942/ Mon, 12 May 2008 08:16:39 -0400 BBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761942/ CHH believes combining the business with its own woodproducts Australia business "represents the best immediate strategic step in improving the combined business."- NZPA http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758946/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:29:52 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758946/ Queensland Reds winger Digby Ioane will miss Saturday night's Super 14 derby against New South Wales after copping a four-match ban for a dangerous tackle. Ioane was cited for his tackle on Crusaders... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760155/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:27:20 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760155/ Police spokesman Ian Hasleby said a post mortem will be conducted on the body of the woman who was involved in an altercation near Perth City railway station on Friday morning (May 9) and died at home... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760228/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:26:22 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760228/ The woman's partner reported her missing about 5pm (WST) yesterday when she failed to return to their camp after gold prospecting yesterday morning, police spokesman Adam Britten said. "She went ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760226/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:26:17 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760226/ Jason Cull, 37, was swimming about 80 metres off Middleton beach at Albany, in the state's south, on Saturday when a four-metre white pointer, one of three circling the area, attacked him. Mr Cull yes... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760225/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:26:16 -0400 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760225/ The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic bolted away in the final quarter to record a decisive 59-45 win over the Northern Mystics in the ANZ Championship on Monday night.Custodian Casey Williams was to the fo... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760918/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:21:47 -0400 sportal.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760918/ THE price of water in south-east Queensland will almost double over the next five years to help pay for the $9 billion water grid the Bligh Government is building to drought-proof the region. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761560/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:36:23 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761560/ An Australian woman dove into water after hearing a swimmer's cries for help and dragged the swimmer to safety from a large shark's attack, according to media reports Monday. Joannne Lucas, 50 years o... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758945/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:33:49 -0400 People's Daily http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758945/ Hudson "emptied gun into three victims" Murdered father of three who tried to help other victims Attempted to murder model and Dutch backpacker THE man who went on a murderous rampage in the CBD last ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759785/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:03 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759785/ The cost of campaigning in last year's federal election will be revealed on Monday when the Australian Electoral Commission releases disclosure returns of candidates, Senate groups and donors.But the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760397/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:10 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760397/ The pursuit began in the Redfern-Waterloo area just after 5pm (AEST) when officers spotted a stolen car wanted in connection with a string of robberies, police said. Police followed the four-wheel dri... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761557/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:36:25 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14761557/ The Australian stock market is tipped to open slightly lower on Monday following a weak lead from Wall Street, with caution the order of the day ahead of Tuesday's federal budget.CommSec's chief equit... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760395/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:04 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760395/ Wayne Swan and Brendan Nelson will both have a lot riding on their performances as parliament resumes this week.After a seven-week Easter break, politicians return to Canberra for the resumption of pa... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760396/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:07 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760396/ A WITNESS at a defamation trial has told the jury she smoked marijuana with Mercedes Corby and her husband. Heather Moore, 52, appeared as a witness for Channel 7 today in Ms Corby's defamation case... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759786/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:01 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759786/ Prized barramundi stock in the Northern Territory could soon be under threat from an aggressive, fast-breeding invasive fish species, authorities warn.Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) were... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760399/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:17 -0400 The Examiner http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14760399/ A MAN accused of unlawfully killing his neighbour with an excavator in an argument over a dead cow has been acquitted by a jury. Roy Bird, 65, of Mareeba in north Queensland, pleaded not guilty in t... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759787/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:00 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759787/ Baby, teen, Digger died during gun fight 'Could have been grenade concussion' Same battle that killed Private Luke Worsley A BABY and a teenage girl died during a gunfight in Afghanistan between Digge... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759788/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:03:58 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759788/ Lisa Keightley, who has been coach of the Australian women's team since June 2007, has decided to step down from her role at the end of the month. Keightly, the first woman to coach the team, cited pe... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759941/ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:03:40 -0400 Cricinfo http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14759941/ The national body for diabetes prevention has told a Federal Parliamentary Committee that governments must look at long-term funding strategies if they are serious about tackling obesity. In its subm... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758919/ Mon, 12 May 2008 04:40:20 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758919/ COMMONWEALTH revenue growth has collapsed in the face of the global economic downturn and credit crunch, forcing Wayne Swan to carve deeper into government spending than previously expected to reach h... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756795/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:55 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756795/ An 84-year-old woman has died in hospital after she was hit by a car in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa last week. The woman was struck by the car while crossing Sternberg Crescent on Wedne... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758713/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:54 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758713/ Collingwood's Josh Fraser remains confident of playing against St Kilda on Friday night despite injuring his knee in last Saturday's Hall of Fame tribute match. The ruckman saw a specialist this afte... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14757781/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:26:56 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14757781/ Researchers say they have found a mutated gene linked with epilepsy and mental retardation in women. It is hoped the findings could lead to prenatal screenings. Senior medical scientist at Adelaide'... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756886/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:26:59 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756886/ AFL Tasmania has settled on a 10 team competition as its preferred model for a return to statewide football next year. It is proposed that the new league boasts an even split of five teams from the n... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758173/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:27:02 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758173/ The Supreme Court in Perth has been told that a 27-year-old man accused of killing a complete stranger with a single punch has a whole raft of defences. Scott Redman is on trail on a charge of unlawf... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758282/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:26:57 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758282/ POLICYHOLDERS of private health insurer MBF Australia Ltd have voted in favour of the group's proposed $2.4 billion merger with BUPA Australia, a count of proxy votes shows. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756792/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:49 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756792/ Sydney - Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia's Big Four high street banks, has proposed a merger with fifth-placed St George Bank that would create Australia's largest financial services com... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755855/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:17:47 -0400 Earth Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755855/ News ) shares were up $1.94 by the close of trade today at $45.86, well up from their year low of $36.98 in March. CBA shares had climbed to as high as $62.10 in the past year, but fell as the mortga... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756797/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:59 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756797/ By Louise HeavensSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Stocks recovered earlier losses on Monday, with Japan rebounding as the yen fell against the dollar and boosted exporters, and Sydney rising 1 percent on optimis... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755884/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:17:29 -0400 Earth Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755884/ Adelaide Crows forward Brett Burton has defended Football Park, saying AFL players do not want to move to any proposed new multi-purpose sports stadium in Adelaide. Soccer administrators and the Sout... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756883/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:27:00 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756883/ A stolen car has been driven into the front of the Children's Court in Little Lonsdale Street in Melbourne. The car hit a metal pillar and the driver has fled the scene. It is not clear if it was a d... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14757780/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:26:55 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14757780/ A man charged with killing another man at Kilburn in Adelaide last July has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. It is alleged that Stephen Phillip Lawrence Harradine killed Neville Knight, 59, with a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756884/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:27:02 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756884/ A Tasmanian shipbuilder has won a contract to build three boats for the Queensland Police Force. The 22-metre catamarans will be built at the Austal shipyard in Margate. The deal is worth $12-millio... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758172/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:27:01 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758172/ A scholarship has been established to mark the contribution of ACTEW water scientist Aspi Baria. Mr Baria was responsible for overseeing ACTEW's water and wastewater business, until he died after a b... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758715/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:56 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758715/ Brisbane Broncos forward Sam Thaiday has backed Gold Coast Titans co-captain Scott Prince to play five-eighth for Queensland in the State of Origin series. Queensland selectors met with coach Mal Men... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14757088/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:53 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14757088/ The Greens say the Federal Government is making symbolic gestures in tomorrow's Budget and is not doing enough to make Australia less reliant on oil. Greens Senator Christine Milne has criticised the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756700/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:32:55 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756700/ Residents in older Canberra suburbs are up in arms over Government demands to prune their hedges. Griffith resident John Connors says the compulsory pruning has left his hedge disfigured and dangerou... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758714/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:55 -0400 ABC News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758714/ have taken to grab the pole position in the Australian banking sector. Australia's fourth-biggest lender said Monday it is in talks on an all-share bid for the fifth-largest, St. George, which has a ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755877/ Mon, 12 May 2008 02:05:25 -0400 Forbes http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755877/ The Queensland government began building the $750,000 fences around the Eurong and Happy Valley townships on the island earlier this year, following a series of attacks by dingoes, including the fatal... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758584/ Mon, 12 May 2008 02:29:53 -0400 The Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14758584/ News ) said today. The class action has been brought against the troubled property group, and CPT Manager Ltd - the responsible entity (RE) for Centro Property Trust - in the Federal Court in Melbour... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756796/ Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:57 -0400 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14756796/ Australian police have refused to rule out laying criminal charges after a woman fell almost seven metres from a balcony during a Saturday night party in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The 28-year-old... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755886/ Mon, 12 May 2008 02:28:50 -0400 Stuff http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/14755886/