Monday, 20 June 2011

latest National News

latest National News

Link to news-mail.com.au: National News

Katter concedes new party might fail

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 07:00 PM PDT

BOB Katter's new political party is barely two weeks old but the independent federal MP is already conceding it might fail.

Fielding sinks Abbott's plebiscite

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:15 PM PDT

TONY Abbott's plan for a vote on carbon tax has hit a dead end after a key senator said he wouldn't support it and lower house MPs gave it the thumbs down.

Ash cloud causing travel chaos

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:33 PM PDT

THE ash cloud from the Chilean volcano eruption has hit flights at almost all Australian mainland airports on its second pass into local airspace.

Hospital to destroy frozen sperm

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 01:22 PM PDT

MELBOURNE'S Royal Women's Hospital has been told to destroy about 20 samples of frozen sperm because they were kept illegally after an administrative oversight.

Pakistan detains girl with suicide vest

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 01:02 PM PDT

PAKISTANI police say they have detained a nine-year-old girl allegedly strapped with a bomb and told to blow up a police checkpoint in the country's northwest.

Ash clouds disrupt flights again

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 04:24 AM PDT

THOUSANDS of travellers will have their plans disrupted again on Tuesday as airlines cancel flights to and from Adelaide because of an ash cloud.

School uniforms tax deductible

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT

SCHOOL uniforms will be tax deductible from July 1 under draft laws passed by parliament.

Cheaper petrol around the corner

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 12:43 AM PDT

MOTORISTS should enjoy a further fall in petrol prices over the next couple of weeks given the recent tumble in global oil prices, CommSec says.

Bligh promises no early poll

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:42 PM PDT

PREMIER Anna Bligh says Queensland will not be going to the polls early just because Environment Minister Kate Jones has stepped down from cabinet.

Youth leader in sex, petrol attack

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:39 PM PDT

A MELBOURNE youth church leader involved in a sex and petrol attack on a girl told police he tried to kill her for "self-preservation", a court has heard.

Deal with Gillard, not Labor: Greens

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:14 PM PDT

THE Australian Greens and independents say their deal to back Labor is with Julia Gillard and the accord would be in doubt if she lost the prime ministership.

NATO admits civilian casualties

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

NATO has acknowledged it was responsible for civilian deaths in Tripoli after Libyan officials showed reporters five bodies, including two toddlers.

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