AUSTRALIA 
A Qantas A-330 at Singapore Airport (File Photo)
Forty injured in Qantas plane emergency
Up to 40 people have suffered broken bones or lacerations after a Qantas flight carrying more than 300 people suffered a sudden loss of altitude, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing at Learmonth airforce base. read more...
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Rate cut 'will see Aust through'
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the cash rate by 100 basis points, to six per cent, after its board meeting today. read more...
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Interest rates cut by 1 percent
The Federal Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official interest rate by one percent, to 6.00 percent. read more...
Vic abortion reform debate begins
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Victoria's proposed abortion legislation received support as it began its journey through the upper house today. read more...
Timeline of Qantas woes
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Recent Qantas safety issues, from 2006 to present-day. read more...
Hair-size leak in nuclear reactor
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Scientists are yet to find a guaranteed solution for an ongoing problem with Australia's only nuclear reactor, but will shut it down again later this month. read more...
Aussies 'for Obama'
Tuesday, 7th October,2008If Australians could vote, Obama would win by a landslide, according to a survey that was part of a global poll.
IN-DEPTH: US elections read more...
Inaction 'a risk' to flora and fauna
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Years of inaction is to blame for putting hundreds of Australian plants and animals at risk of extinction, the federal government says.
More science & technology stories read more...
Westpac cuts home loan rate by 0.8%
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Westpac has reduced its standard variable home loan rate by 80 basis points to 8.56 per cent, passing on most of the RBA's cut in the overnight cash rate. read more...
Diggers 'may have shot Afghan governor'
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Australian special forces soldiers may have inadvertently shot dead Afghan district governor Rozi Khan, defence head Angus Houston has admitted. read more...
Outrage over mine disaster musical
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Tasmanian political leaders have voiced contempt for a musical comedy based on the Beaconsfield Mine disaster. read more...
Aussie stocks recover after tumble
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Australian stocks were lower at noon as the market anticipates an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia this afternoon, and after heavy losses on Wall Street. read more...
Rudd defends $A20b building fund
Tuesday, 7th October,2008The federal government will ultimately decide how to spend the $20 billion Building Australia Fund, but it will do so based on strong and independent advice, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says. read more...
Aussie market follows global plunge
Tuesday, 7th October,2008The Australian share market has lost more than three per cent shortly after opening, following the global plunge in stocks overnight. read more...
Britt's family face anxious wait while body is identified
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Britt Lapthorne's father will provide Croatian police with a DNA sample and the Australian backpacker's dental records in a bid to determine whether a body found in the sea off Dubrovnik is his daughter. read more...
Skills crisis set to worsen as Aust exodus continues
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Australia has experienced its biggest annual exodus on record with almost 77-thousand people leaving the country permanently in 2007-08. read more...
Banks tapped Future Fund for extra cash
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Three of Australia's largest banks have obtained long-term loans from the Future Fund as cash dried up from other sources, The Australian reports. read more...
RBA expected to cut rates by 0.5 per cent
Tuesday, 7th October,2008The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to cut official interest rates today but borrowers have been warned not to expect too much relief. read more...