15th March 2010

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  • Pardon sought for Breaker Morant

    Created Mon, 15th of Mar 2010

    A petition seeking a pardon for Harry "Breaker" Morant will be discussed by a federal parliamentary committee today. Breaker Morant and two others were convicted in 1902 of murdering prisoners of ... more

  • Icon_camera Solo trans-Tasman rower nears NZ beach

    Created Sun, 14th of Mar 2010

    After more than seven weeks at sea, solo rower Shaun Quincey is about to arrive on a remote New Zealand beach. New Zealander Shaun Quincey is around 15 kilometres off the far north coast as he ... more

  • Passengers fall ill on Jetstar flight

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    Fire and ambulance officers were called to meet a Jetstar flight in Mackay after a number of passengers reported feeling unwell. A Jetstar spokesman says six people reported feeling light-headed ... more

  • Police quell Dennis Ferguson relocation rumours

    Created Wed, 10th of Mar 2010

    Police have taken the unusual step of contacting convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson in response to community concerns that he is planning to leave Sydney and move to the Hunter Valley. There has ... more

  • Icon_camera Geldof attacks Australia's 'mean' aid contribution

    Created Mon, 19th of Nov 2007

    Irish rock star and humanitarian Bob Geldof says the amount of foreign aid Australia contributes is pathetic. The former Boomtown Rats singer is in Brisbane to attend a business leaders forum ... more

  • Icon_camera Geldof named Brisbane's new ambassador

    Created Mon, 19th of Nov 2007

    Irish rock star and activist Bob Geldof has been appointed an honorary ambassador for Brisbane. Geldof's role will require him to promote Queensland's capital city internationally. The former ... more

  • Icon_camera Geldof named Brisbane's new ambassador

    Created Mon, 19th of Nov 2007

    Irish rock star and activist Bob Geldof has been appointed an honorary ambassador for Brisbane. Geldof's role will require him to promote Queensland's capital city internationally. The former ... more

  • Icon_camera Children banned from Brisbane's ANZAC Day marches

    Created Sun, 7th of Mar 2010

    Children will be banned from marching alongside veterans in Brisbane's ANZAC Day parade. The ANZAC Day Combined Parade Committee wants relatives to march at the back of the parade to focus ... more

  • Icon_camera Antarctic pioneer dies

    Created Mon, 1st of Mar 2010

    An Antarctic research pioneer has died in Melbourne. Dr Phillip Law was 97. He established the Australian Antarctic Division in Melbourne in the 1940s. The former director of the Division is also ... more

  • Teenage sailor Jessica Watson on 'home stretch'

    Created Wed, 24th of Feb 2010

    Queensland teenage sailor Jessica Watson is on the home stretch to Australia, passing by South Africa's Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian Ocean. The 16-year-old from the Sunshine Coast is ... more

  • Icon_camera MacKillop sainthood to be confirmed

    Created Fri, 19th of Feb 2010

    Mary MacKillop is likely to be announced as Australia's first saint by the Vatican tonight. The final hurdle in the process will be a final assessment by the commission of cardinals, followed by a ... more

  • Wheelchair-bound Beazley becomes US ambassador

    Created Thu, 18th of Feb 2010

    Kim Beazley is now officially Australia's ambassador to the US after a small ceremony at his home in Washington. The State Department's chief of protocol was presented with Mr Beazley's ... more

  • Haiti stress put me in hospital: Clinton

    Created Thu, 18th of Feb 2010

    Former US president Bill Clinton is back at work less than a week after having heart surgery. Mr Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery five years ago, had two stents placed in one of his ... more

  • MacKillop likely to become saint tomorrow

    Created Thu, 18th of Feb 2010

    Mary MacKillop is likely to be announced as Australia's first saint by the Vatican tomorrow night. The final hurdle in the process will be a final assessment by the commission of cardinals, ... more

  • MacKillop likely to become saint tomorrow

    Created Thu, 18th of Feb 2010

    Mary MacKillop is likely to be announced as Australia's first saint by the Vatican tomorrow night. The final hurdle in the process will be a final assessment by the commission of cardinals, ... more

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