3rd September 2010

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  • Police investigate online tax scam

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Victorian police are investigating a possible online taxation scam. Detectives are looking into a web-based service called Tax Returns Australia, which is alleged to have stolen tax refunds from ... more

  • Murder-suicide paramedic 'should have been helped'

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    A Sydney coroner investigating the death of a paramedic, who killed his mother and then himself, has found the New South Wales Ambulance Service should have offered him psychiatric help. Trent ... more

  • 'No fix for homelessness without drug, alcohol prevention'

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    A national conference on homelessness has been told the problem will not improve until more money is provided to drug and alcohol prevention. Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (AODCA) ... more

  • Britain no basket case says trade envoy

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Throughout the global financial crisis, much of the focus has been on the United States especially now with gloomy predictions of a double dip recession. But the once mighty economy of Britain is ... more

  • Icon_camera Trees save lives in heatwaves, say experts

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Trees are known to give a range of environmental benefits, but new research suggests that they are are also playing an important role in saving human lives during heatwaves. A national tree ... more

  • Accountants deny multi-million dollar tax fraud

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Four accountants have faced a Sydney court to plead not guilty to an alleged multi-million dollar tax evasion scheme. The Vanuatu-based accountant Robert Agius, 60, has been detained in Australia ... more

  • Katter plays hard to get

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Key independent MP Bob Katter says the "jury is still out" on which side of politics he will support to form government, as he continues negotiations over his 20-point wishlist. Mr Katter, one of ... more

  • Icon_camera Australia-wide shortage of type-O blood, says Red Cross

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    The Australian Red Cross (ARC) Blood Service says there is a national shortage of type-O blood. ARC spokeswoman Belinda Haynes says extra donations of both O-positive and O-negative blood are ... more

  • Developing world leaps digital divide

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    The number of internet users in five emerging economies will nearly double by 2015, a new report says. Even if computer penetration is not what it is in the developed world, the use of social ... more

  • Navy intercepts asylum boat

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    An asylum seeker boat has been intercepted in waters north of Christmas Island this morning. Fifty-nine passengers and two crew are on board and will be taken to Christmas Island for ... more

  • Remains of sick whale tested

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Samples from a whale that was put down in Albany yesterday are being sent to a laboratory for tests. The sick whale had been stuck on a sandbar in Princess Royal Harbour for two ... more

  • Dad admits plea that cost Labor was untrue

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    An unemployed man who has been blamed by some for costing Labor the seat of Longman, north of Brisbane, says his impassioned plea about the health system was not entirely truthful. Robert Murphy ... more

  • Sluggish winter for services sector

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Activity in Australia's services sector shrank for the fourth month in a row in August, with the uncertainty about a hung parliament and the fading effects of stimulus measures weighing on ... more

  • Higher appeal over transgender decision

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Two transgender people who lost the right to be considered male will appeal against the decision in the High Court. Last year, the two, who were born female, won the right to be legally considered ... more

  • 200-year-old beer salvaged from shipwreck

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Divers salvaged the world's oldest drinkable beer from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, just days after work began to retrieve dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, local officials ... more


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