News Archive

The first of two funerals will be held tomorrow after the double fatality on Hawke's Bay roads on the weekend.November 3, 2009, 10:59 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit challenging patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer can move forward, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Monday.November 3, 2009, 10:59 am

Police, responding to a tip-off allegedly found nine bags of marijuana hidden in a fridge at a house in Leda yesterday.November 3, 2009, 10:59 am

Protection against swine flu is to be part of next year's seasonal flu vaccination campaign.November 3, 2009, 10:58 am

Little things keep the Prevention team in shapeNovember 3, 2009, 10:57 am

Liberal MP for Davenport in the Adelaide hills, Iain Evans, says people are getting the wrong idea about bushfire safety procedures for the summer ahead.November 3, 2009, 10:57 am

Weapons developer Metal Storm Ltd has called a trading halt as it waits for a delayed payment from a foreign investor. The Brisbane-based company was expecting a payment on Tuesday but it has been delayed due to a public holiday and inter-bank processes. "Metal Storm seeks the trading halt to allow time for the expected receipt payment to be ascertained by the company given the differing time zones between the countries," it said in a statement. Metal Storm said last month it had reached agreement with Assure Fast Holdings Ltd (AFHL) to issue one billion new fully paid shares and 100 million options in exchange for $US17.5 million ($A18.83 million).November 3, 2009, 10:56 am

Tabitha Mailer tried everything to lose weight. Her latest effort was Easyshake - a quick fix that became a quick kill when she swallowed a laced dosageNovember 3, 2009, 10:56 am

Author Nam Le has been awarded the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for his collection of short stories, The Boat.November 3, 2009, 10:56 am

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Centre steel, has arrived in its namesake city.November 3, 2009, 10:55 am

Even at the halfway point of the A-League season the solution might not be obvious.November 3, 2009, 10:54 am

A petition calling for fireworks to be banned is not going to spark any political action.November 3, 2009, 10:53 am

Guy Fawkes Night could be a bit of a damp squib with fireworks sales well down on recent years,November 3, 2009, 10:53 am

Police no longer believe suspicious circumstances surround the death of 53-year-old man whose body was found outside an Adelaide hotel.November 3, 2009, 10:52 am

Find the perfect sunscreen for every occasionNovember 3, 2009, 10:51 am

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Former Argentina assistant coach Claudio Vivas was appointed on Monday to the Racing Club job German Lothar Matthaeus turned down last week.November 3, 2009, 10:50 am

A business operator on Great Keppel Island says a failed development application is vital to the region's tourism future.November 3, 2009, 10:48 am

Two of the country’s most promising leg-spin prospects will be on display in the Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and New South Wales at the SCG starting today.November 3, 2009, 10:43 am

Mike Blair and Chris Cusiter have been appointed joint captains of the Scotland rugby team for their autumn Test matches, head coach Andy Robinson announced.November 3, 2009, 10:41 am

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The last military president in Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship went on trial on Monday in a makeshift courtroom in a sports arena on charges of kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people in a concentration camp.November 3, 2009, 10:41 am

Tasmania's housing sector is expecting stable growth for the year ahead.November 3, 2009, 10:41 am