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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

latest National News

Plain packaging goes to parliament
Tiger stops selling tickets online
Put carbon tax towards transport: poll
Missing teen may have hitch-hiked out
Casey Anthony acquited of killing
CASA to decide on Tiger in two days
Indonesia ready to issue permits
Quake hits Victoria

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:00 PM PDT

THE Federal Government believes there is disquiet in opposition ranks about forcing tobacco companies to plain package their products.

Tiger stops selling tickets online

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT

GROUNDED airline Tiger Airways has stopped selling its tickets online as doubts remain whether it will ever fly again in Australia.

Put carbon tax towards transport: poll

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:25 PM PDT

A MAJORITY of Australians want carbon tax revenue to be spent on public transport and building more paths for walkers and cyclists, a new poll suggests.

Missing teen may have hitch-hiked out

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:00 PM PDT

POLICE say a teenage girl missing in Queensland's remote gulf country may have hitched a ride with a stranger.

Casey Anthony acquited of killing

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:00 PM PDT

CASEY Anthony was found not guilty of killing her two-year-old daughter in a case that captivated the US from the moment the toddler was reported missing.

CASA to decide on Tiger in two days

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

THE air safety regulator will decide in the next two days if it will seek to extend Tiger Airways' grounding.

Indonesia ready to issue permits

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:48 PM PDT

INDONESIA has confirmed that it's ready to resume taking Australian cattle as soon as the suspension on live exports is lifted.

Quake hits Victoria

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:12 PM PDT

MORE aftershocks are expected after Victoria's south was rocked by two earthquakes, including a magnitude 4.4 tremor felt more than 100km away.