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Asylum boat intercepted near Christmas Island
Goya Dmytryshchak A suspected asylum seeker boat carrying 45 people was intercepted east of Christmas Island this afternoon.
Coalition blames unions, dollar for Browse gas blow
Ben Cubby, Peter Hannam 'Outrageous' industrial action and the soaring dollar had priced Australia out of the market for onshore LNG projects, says Ian Macfarlane, the Coalition's resources spokesman.
Woodside blames dollar, labour costs for gas delay
Glenda Kwek, Ben Cubby, Peter Hannam Australia's ability to build a series of huge resources projects has been called into question after rising costs forced Woodside to shelve a $40 billion liquid natural gas development in Western...
Putting the BBQ in NYC: expats create Little Australia in the Big Apple
Victoria Wellman Australian tourists making up the sixth-largest visitor group in New York.
Five years and $3m later, wife's murder remains a mystery
Damien Murphy West Australians have just lived through a five-year whodunit only to find the final page missing.
Whodunit missing the closing chapter
Middle-class murder has always intrigued. Writers such as Agatha Christie and John Grisham know the thriller value of the polite, well-educated killer, but West Australians have just lived through a...
Emotions run deep over a near disaster
Megan Doherty Two years after the emotional rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners, Chilean ambassador to Australia Pedro Pablo Diaz still cries when he recalls the moment the final man was brought to the surface and...
John Butler takes protest to BHP HQ
Deborah Gough Mining giant BHP Billiton was described as "relative good guy" and investment bankers were "radical greenies" at a protest this morning featuring iconic musician John Butler.
Thousands gather for Kimberley concert
Kristian Silva ABOUT 6000 people filled Federation Square tonight for the Save the Kimberley concert.
A hearth for the homeless
Russell Skelton A revolutionary approach to providing shelter for Australia's young homeless could change their lives.
Rayney holidayed with wife, Rinehart
Angie Raphael Prominent Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney went on a working holiday in Bali with his wife Corryn and mining billionaire Gina Rinehart four months before he allegedly murdered his wife, a court has been...
Damien Murphy
A force of culture, from Push to shove
Damien Murphy In the American century the art critic Robert Hughes was the first Australian to turn from England and take Manhattan.
A great Australian voice but completely cosmopolitan
IN THE American century the art critic Robert Hughes was the first Australian to turn from England and take Manhattan.
Asylum seekers rescued
An asylum-seeker boat with 32 people on board was intercepted yesterday after passengers made a distress call saying the boat was taking on water.
Job cuts at Customs leave ports vulnerable: unions
Job cuts in the nation's Customs and Border Protection Service could leave some ports open to drug and gun smugglers, unions warn.
Boat intercepted off WA coast
Authorities intercepted a boat carrying a suspected 52 asylum seekers off the West Australian coast last night.
Record for Sri Lankan arrests
New boatload of people raises number of detaineers to 500 this month, says official.
Queen's Birthday Honours
A full list of the Queen's Birthday Honours recipients.
Tourism hubs trialling foreign labour
Workers from East Timor and Pacific nations will soon be able to get seasonal tourism jobs in Australia’s north under a three-year trial.
Relative value of the Rineharts
Lauren Quaintance To Gina Rinehart he was ''the finest gentleman I have ever known'' and she once even described him as perfect. Yet at times, her late husband Frank Rinehart was far from it.
