Christmas Island is 'transit lounge'

CHRISTMAS Island is still the federal government's preferred option for processing asylum seekers arriving by boat even though facilities are almost full.

16 March 2010 National

Obama is still coming to Australia

US President Barack Obama's trip to Australia will go ahead.

15 March 2010 National

PM flags GP training funding boost

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has flagged a "very significant" increase in funding for the training of GPs and specialists.

15 March 2010 National

Trans-Tasman rower makes it to NZ

TRANS-TASMAN rower Shaun Quincey arrived on New Zealand's 90 Mile Beach on Sunday after setting off from Coffs Harbour 54 days ago.

15 March 2010 National

Mourners say goodbye to Trinity

MORE than 500 mourners gathered to say goodbye to Trinity Leigh Bates at City Coast Church in Bundaberg this morning.

10 March 2010 National

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PM firm on hospitals message

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says any premier who thinks the public is happy with the current health system is "kidding themselves".

6 March 2010 National

AFP board anti-whaling ship

THE Australian Federal Police have boarded the anti-whaling ship the Steve Irwin in Hobart, following a request from Japan.

6 March 2010 National

Australian aid plane leaves for Chile

EMERGENCY supplies including portable generators and large tents have left Sydney as part of Australia's response to the massive earthquake that struck Chile.

6 March 2010 National

Mum's joy over 'monster' appeal

A SUNSHINE Coast mother feels safer knowing the man who bashed and raped her toddler in a Maroochydore alleyway is behind bars until at least 2018.

6 March 2010 National

Hospital plan 'to cut bureaucrats'

THE Federal Government has denied its $30 billion takeover of hospitals will create more bureaucracy, saying it would mean more doctors and nurses.

3 March 2010 National

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Abbott goes missing in desert

FOR the second time in two weeks Australia nearly lost Tony Abbott.

3 March 2010 National

Primary school coke hoax bittersweet

TWO boys with a bag of icing sugar sparked a hard drugs scare at a Rockhampton primary school.

3 March 2010 National

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Police officer right to shoot pet dog

AN independent autopsy has cleared a Rockhampton police officer of doing anything wrong when he shot dead a pet dog that had been hit by a car.

3 March 2010 National

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PM reveals national hospital plan

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has released his landmark plan for the ailing hospital system, saying it will end the blame game with the states.

3 March 2010 National

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Australians involved in kidney scam

AUSTRALIANS bought kidneys from an Indian medic accused of running illegal clinics that duped people into selling their organs, according to a media report.

2 March 2010 National

Yeppoon pair survives Chile quake

YEPPOON'S Brian Power and Debbie Mann were in Chile on the weekend when an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck, killing hundreds nearby.

1 March 2010 National

Caesarean deliveries can be cut

PREGNANT women can take steps to reduce the potential for a caesarean delivery Dr Jeanne Ohm told a Coffs Harbour community forum yesterday.

27 February 2010 National

Garrett stripped of insulation program

ENVIRONMENT Minister Peter Garrett has been stripped of responsibilities for the household insulation scheme, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

26 February 2010 National

Govt can't stop Facebook vandals

INTERNET experts say criminal cases could be aborted when Facebook sites, set up to honour the dead, are hijacked by users.

25 February 2010 National

Accident leaves champion helpless

SINCLAIR Byrne travelled to Canada for the trip of a lifetime.

25 February 2010 National

PM launches organ donation week

DEAN Jobson considers himself to be a pretty normal kind of bloke who loves sport and carries a handbag everywhere he goes.

24 February 2010 National

Todd River set to flood in Alice Springs

THERE'S something unusual in Alice Springs' famous Todd River - water.

24 February 2010 National

Man fined $4000 for shooting kangaroo

A MAN who shot and killed a kangaroo in a national park devastated by bushfires last year has been fined $4000.

24 February 2010 National

Trinity's tribute page trashed

QUEENSLAND police have again been forced to act after offensive material was posted on tribute pages for a murdered Bundaberg girl.

23 February 2010 National

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Garrett didn't see insulation report

A DAMNING risk assessment of the federal government's household insulation scheme was taken into account before the program was rolled out.

22 February 2010 National