Climate Tax Debate Heats Up
As the debate over the government’s proposed price on carbon heats up, Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan insists the measure is not a new tax. With Prime Minister Julia Gillard…
Adelaide Takes in 200 Christchurch Students
Some 200 first and second year students from Christchurch will travel to Adelaide next week to attend classes at University of Adelaide after last month’s devastating earthquake closed their university…
Pay Rise Discussed for Community Services Sector
In announcing a panel to look at how a potential pay increase in the community services sector can be managed, Workplace Relations Minister Chris Evans recognised that women’s work is…
Kangaroos Subject to Cruel Global Warming Experiment
A cruel university experiment designed to keep kangaroos caged will cause the animals extreme distress, Animal Liberation says. The study, which is proposed at the University of Wollongong, aims to…
Darwin Detention Worries Police
Plans to develop a new immigration detention centre on Darwin Harbour raises safety concerns for officers in the Northern Territory, according to the NT Police Association. Concerns were raised as…
Police Warns of Flood Grant Scams
People residing on the NSW mid-north coast are targeted by bogus callers offering grants to those affected by recent floods, police said on Friday. Callers have been contacting people living…
Lack of Funding Could Force Closure of RSPCA Shelter
The future of Sydney’s largest animal shelter is depending on the government’s approval of a multi-million dollar grant, the RSPCA said on Friday. The $7.5 million grant, which the animal…
Life Saver Organisers Warned of Dangerous Surf
Organisers of an Australian surf life saving competition were warned they would be held accountable if a competitor died in the dangerous surf, a police inquest has revealed. The Brisbane…