Sunday, 7 August 2011

latest National News

latest National News

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

Pedophile Christian Brother jailed

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:01 PM PDT

PEDOPHILE rapist Christian Brother Robert Best has been jailed for 14 years and nine months after pleading guilty to abusing 11 Victorian boys.

Baby humpback returned to ocean

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:00 PM PDT

A NEWBORN humpback whale stranded on a Gold Coast beach has been returned to the ocean, with the hope it will make contact with its mother.

War heroine Nancy Wake dies

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT

AUSTRALIA'S most decorated World War II servicewoman Nancy Wake has died.

Bomb scare victim back at school

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT

THE 18-year-old victim of last week's fake bomb threat in Sydney has returned to school, hoping to resume a normal life and begin her trial HSC examinations.

Judge delays asylum seeker swap

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 01:29 PM PDT

THE first asylum seekers due to be sent to Malaysia under Australia's swap deal with that country have been granted a temporary reprieve in the High Court.

Man pulls woman from burning car

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT

THE only thoughts racing through Jack Purcell's mind while he was dragging a woman from the wreckage of her burning car was that of the safety of the woman.

Tasmanian ALP supports gay marriage

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:00 AM PDT

TASMANIA is the latest state branch of the Australian Labor Party to support same-sex marriage.

Deal to protect forests and loggers

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard and Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings have signed a $276 million forestry deal.

Youth, 17, shot in face

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT

A TEENAGER is in hospital with serious facial and head injuries after he was shot in Sydney's south.

Turmoil won't stop carbon tax: govt

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT

THE government will not delay the introduction of its carbon tax due because of the recent volatility in international financial markets, Chris Bowen says.

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