31 Dec 08 | The Federal Government revises its top secret contingency planning for a possible terrorist attack on Canberra.
31 Dec 08 | Rudd's new security supremo thought the relevant apparatus worked very well in what was in fact a fiasco.
31 Dec 08 | From January 1, the $5000 bonus will only be available to families with a combined annual income of less than $150,000.
31 Dec 08 | Israel has bombed Gaza for a fourth day, warning the blitz could last for weeks.
31 Dec 08 | A 20-year-old Kingston man faces the prospect of jail after being charged in connection with videos that show a motorcyclist hooning at more than 230km/h on Canberra roads.
Police searched a Kingston...
31 Dec 08 | Liverpool captain charged with assault and affray over an alleged brawl outside a bar that left a DJ hospitalised with facial injuries.
31 Dec 08 | Graeme Smith rates series victory in Australia as his country's finest cricket moment.
31 Dec 08 | The ACT's Chief Magistrate has slammed the staffing of Canberra's justice services over the holiday period.
31 Dec 08 | Chris Littlejohns was on his veranda when he noticed a creature emerging from the bush.
31 Dec 08 | Capital and debt will be the financial world's most precious resources in 2009 after an annus horribilis for the banking sector in 2008.
After an action-packed year that ended with the Commonwealt...
31 Dec 08 | Australia's crushing series loss to South Africa could be a sign of things to come, with Australia captain Ricky Ponting admitting he hopes his side can dominate world cricket again ''in a few years t...
31 Dec 08 | A huge marauding shark ''just like Jaws'' has terrified a Perth fisherman and his wife near where snorkeller Brian Guest is believed to have been taken by a man-eater.
Paul Vickery and his wife ...
31 Dec 08 | It was down with the 21m Christmas tree in Civic Square and up with the stage that will take revellers into the new year. Not to mention the lighting and speaker towers, LED clocks and backdrop that w...
31 Dec 08 | There were 18 races made up of 1118 laps and 5500km, but Lewis Hamilton's FormulaOne destiny was decided at the last bend and over the final 500m stretch of the season's concluding race.
On an un...
31 Dec 08 | Australia's Indian nemesis Harbhajan Singh has gleefully welcomed South Africa's series defeat of the world No1.
Singh, who was at the centre of a racial abuse storm in Sydney last summer, said Austr...
31 Dec 08 | Australian trio Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and Shane Watson are all in doubt to make next year's tour of South Africa after their injury woes escalated during the second Test at the MCG.
As if watc...
31 Dec 08 | US researchers have discovered a variant of a common gene linked to high blood pressure, possibly paving the way towards better treatments of the illness, a new study published yesterday says.
Th...
31 Dec 08 | OZ Minerals has been thrown a lifeline in the form of two more months to refinance about $1 billion of debt facilities but warns it may not be able to roll them over in this time.
The cash-strapp...
31 Dec 08 | Brindabella Airlines chief executive Jeff Boyd believes a 50 per cent increase in light plane crashes this year and a dire shortage of experienced pilot instructors are no coincidence.
Nor is it coin...
31 Dec 08 | Australia's search for a fit, in-form all-rounder has got to the point where players are being called up to Test matches from surf holidays.
Victorian Andrew McDonald was stunned to get a telephon...
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