Lodhi gets 20 years for planning a terrorist attack

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Posted 853 days, 10 hours ago by Bronwen

Faheem Khalid Lodhi, the first person convicted of planning a terrorist act on Australian soil, has been sentenced to a maximum term of 20 years in jail.

Migrant workers - Suck it up Australia

1points
Posted 853 days, 10 hours ago by ChrisMizen

The debate over migrant workers continues, but meanwhile on a small island on the other side of the world.....

Daylight saving back on the agenda?

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Posted 853 days, 15 hours ago by Newshound

There is a push in the Eastern States to synchronise their daylight saving programs so that they run for the same period of time. The reason? Lost business opportunties. So will WA conisider the subject again? We are the ones that are at the real di…

Death roll warning on 4WDs

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Posted 853 days, 16 hours ago by Newshound

Drivers of four-wheel-drives are more than three times more likely to die in a rollover crash than those in ordinary passenger cars, new research reveals.

Labor outlines 'ambitious' water recycling plan

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Posted 853 days, 16 hours ago by Newshound

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1721477.htm

WA Govt failing on drought-relief: Opposition

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Posted 854 days, 15 hours ago by Bronwen

The state Opposition is accusing the Government of dragging its feet over drought assistance for Western Australia's rural communities. The state is experiencing one of the driest seasons on record and many farmers have given up hope of producing a…

Health levy hits pockets

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Posted 854 days, 15 hours ago by Bronwen

It's the revenue windfall the Government is not telling us about. This year up to half a million Australians could be forced to pay an extra 1 per cent of their incomes to the tax man as a penalty for not having private health insurance.

Walsham story biased: Media Watch

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Posted 855 days, 1 hour ago by Bronwen

Over the last ten years Australian Story has built a loyal following, it's gathered a mantle full of awards and been copied by other networks. Its success has been built around a style of story telling that gives an Australian the opportunity to tel…

Wrong way ambulance

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Posted 855 days, 6 hours ago by JamesB

Ambulance taking sick child and mother to hospital goes on mystery tour of Perth suburbs.

A lesson in Sydney? Housing crash puts sellers in debt crisis

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Posted 855 days, 16 hours ago by Bronwen

A three-bedroom brick-veneer house in St Clair sold for just $260,000 at the weekend - down about 42 per cent from its last sale at $450,000 in 2003 in a further sign of the depressed state of the Sydney property market.

State Government to release new housing land

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Posted 856 days, 3 hours ago by daBosq

Alannah MacTiernan has announced a plan to release 20,000 blocks of land over the next 12 months to ease the housing supply shortage.

New Research Suggests Dolphins Actually Dumber Than Goldfish

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Posted 856 days, 8 hours ago by KnowWell

For years, scientists assumed the large size of a dolphin’s brain meant it was highly intelligent. But according to new research coming out of South Africa, they’re really wrong.

Drunk St Kilda fans start brawl at Subiaco Oval

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Posted 856 days, 9 hours ago by Marked

Mockery of Strict Alcohol Prohibition

Polluted seawater sweet enough to drink?

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Posted 856 days, 10 hours ago by KnowWell

Large crowds flock to a beach in India after reports that the water has turned sweet and has curing properties.

Hamas and Hizbullah one month on

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Posted 856 days, 11 hours ago by Nathaniel

After what is now a month of Israels insertion of it's forces in and out of Lebanon, has Israel achieved that that it set out to do?

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