Monday, 4 July 2011

latest National News

latest National News

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

Carbon scheme not finalised: Combet

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:58 PM PDT

THE Federal Government has yet to bed down all the details of its plan to price carbon, despite announcing it will unveil a scheme on Sunday.

Digger killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:10 PM PDT

AN AUSTRALIAN soldier on his fifth deployment to Afghanistan has been killed in a firefight with insurgents in which another digger was seriously wounded.

Rudd 'on top' of cattle, refugee issues

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:00 PM PDT

KEVIN Rudd says he's been "up to his armpits" in issues such as the banned live meat trade to Indonesia and asylum seekers coming from Malaysia.

Senate passes migration law

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:00 PM PDT

A PROPOSED law which could cost immigration detainees any chance of staying in Australia permanently has been passed by the Senate.

Carbon price announcement on Sunday

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:55 AM PDT

THE federal government will announce its carbon price policy this Sunday.

Greens never looked stronger

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:36 AM PDT

WITH a record 10 Australian Greens taking their seats in parliament on Monday, the party has never looked stronger.

PM defines Labor as Greens rise

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:42 PM PDT

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has moved to define what the modern Labor Party stands for, as the Australian Greens took the balance of power in the Senate.

PM confident on live cattle trade

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 11:30 PM PDT

The federal government insists Indonesia's decision not to reissue import permits for live Australian cattle is not a permanent roadblock.

Hendra virus kills third horse

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:09 PM PDT

A third horse has been euthanased in Queensland after testing positive to the Hendra virus.

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