Monday, 30 May 2011

latest National News

latest National News

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Dead digger was Qld disaster hero

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh have spoken about the 'shocking and disturbing' deaths of two diggers in Afghanistan.

Carbon tax timetable 'ambitious'

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT

THE government's timetable of setting down the details for its proposed carbon tax by the end of June is "incredibly ambitious", Rob Oakeshott says.

Two Diggers killed, one by ally

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT

UPDATE: TWO Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, one by his own Afghan comrade.

Calls for immediate live export ban

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:53 PM PDT

AUSTRALIA must ban live animal exports to Indonesia immediately, federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie and Senator Nick Xenophon say.

Hundreds cheer on UK cheese rollers

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT

REBEL cheese rollers have defied the English weather to take part in a bizarre competition of chasing a 4kg wheel of the dairy product down a steep hill.

Soldier in Afghan incident

Posted: 30 May 2011 08:00 AM PDT

AN Australian soldier's next-of-kin have been informed about an incident in Afghanistan, the Department of Defence says.

Snakes on a train terrify passengers

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

RAILWAY officials have discovered snakes on a train in Vietnam - highly venomous king cobras in bags under a seat.

Toowoomba man 'leaked Hanson emails'

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:13 PM PDT

A CONSTRUCTION worker from Toowoomba leaked emails to Pauline Hanson suggesting her bid for a spot in the NSW upper house was sabotaged, her lawyer says.

Shot officer kept alive by colleagues

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:15 PM PDT

GOLD Coast policemen Damian Leeding was kept alive by fellow police officers, including his partner, after being shot in the face at close range with a shotgun.

Abbott calls for carbon election

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:29 PM PDT

FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a fresh election is needed to let voters say yes or no to carbon pricing.

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