Pluto strikers 'testing new IR laws' RECENT strikes at Woodside Petroleum's Pluto project were aimed at testing new industrial relations laws and were not "overly concerning", the gas giant's chief executive Don Voelte says. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:55:32 GMT
Ashby case 'nail in OPI's coffin' VICTORIA'S police watchdog has been humiliated and its future is uncertain with the collapse of its high-profile perjury case against former police assistant commissioner Noel Ashby. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:53:26 GMT
Vic: Author killed man with hammer, court hears A MELBOURNE author used a hammer to fatally bash a man he owed money to before wrapping his body in plastic and burying it in a shallow grave, a court has heard. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:49:22 GMT
Metal insulation banned amid deaths THERE are fears thousands of households may have been fitted with potentially deadly roof insulation under a federal government scheme. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:02:26 GMT
Former cop Linnell to appeal conviction FORMER police media director Stephen Linnell is expected to lodge an appeal to quash his perjury conviction, after a similar case against senior officer Noel Ashby collapsed. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:30 GMT
Rudd looks to deflect ministerial woes KEVIN Rudd has unveiled a $200 million plan to protect Australian travellers as he moved to deflect attention from major bungles by two of his ministers. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:58:31 GMT
Smoking not good for the brain - study THE tobacco industry worked for two decades to skew research into smoking and Alzheimer's disease, to promote the wrong belief it could prevent the degenerative condition, a review of research has found. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:10:48 GMT
Car into power pole, one dead ONE man is dead and another is critically injured after a car crashed into a power pole in Sydney's west. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:56:01 GMT
Author 'killed man over owed money' A MELBOURNE author killed a man he owed money to by repeatedly bashing him on the head with a hammer, a court has heard. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:43 GMT
Dad stabbed my mum, teen accused says A TEENAGER on trial for murdering her mother told police she saw her father use a knife to stab his wife twice. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:30:11 GMT
