National News
Let us break noise curfew, say airlines
QANTAS and other airlines have called on the Federal Government to relax the 11pm-6am curfew and the cap of 80 flights an hour to ease growing congestion at Sydney Airport.
07-07-2008 - 01:24
Children killed to punish me, says mother
Gary Poxon killed his three children because he was convinced he could not live without them and they could not live without him, his devastated wife has said, speaking publicly for the first time.
07-07-2008 - 01:13
Let us make noise
QANTAS and other airlines have called on the Federal Government to relax the 11pm-to-6am curfew.
07-07-2008 - 01:06
Drought relief bill to soar, say scientists
Australia will experience severe heat waves almost every year and more drought periods.
07-07-2008 - 01:01
Drought relief bill to soar, say scientists
AUSTRALIA will experience severe heat waves almost every year and droughts more often and over wider stretches of the country during the next three decades - with serious implications for how taxpayers help affected farmers, a group of scientists says.
07-07-2008 - 01:01
Iemma on borrowed time
On Labor strategists' reckoning, Morris Iemma's leadership has just months left.
07-07-2008 - 00:54
Rudd seeks closer ties with Canada
Kevin Rudd will use Japan's G8 meeting to pursue closer foreign policy co-operation with Canada.
07-07-2008 - 00:53
Time for a break
Belinda Neal arrived at Cairns Airport yesterday with her family for a holiday at an undisclosed location.
07-07-2008 - 00:51
Time for a break
The embattled federal MP Belinda Neal arrived at Cairns Airport yesterday with her husband, the NSW MP John Della Bosca, and their two children for a holiday at an undisclosed location.
07-07-2008 - 00:50
Treasury warns on military spending
THE pace of spending on the military cannot be sustained without inflaming the already acute pressures on the budget caused by the ageing of the population, Treasury analysis to be published today shows.
06-07-2008 - 22:54
Top News Photos
48-year-old gas station owner Kent Couch took off in a lawn chair rigged to more than 150 balloons hoping to fly more than 200 miles.
Venus and Serena Williams won the Wimbledon Doubles title.
Fireworks at the Washington Monument during the US Independence Day celebration in Washington, DC.
Singer Chaka Kahn performs on ABC's "Good Morning America," show in New York.
Opera Australia's new production of Madame Butterfly starts in Melbourne.
Official medals of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games are on display during a delivery ceremony of the medals.
