National News
15 Sep 09 | BARNABY JOYCE'S increasingly independent behaviour of late has had many in political circles asking who leads the Nationals - the colourful Queensland senator or the actual leader, Warren Truss. Among the voting public, almost nine in 10 are in the dark.
15 Sep 09 | THE Federal Government has advised MPs to blame the states and local grant authorities when fielding complaints from schools within their electorates about projects funded by the $16 billion stimulus spending on primary school buildings.
15 Sep 09 | NSW faces a dangerous bushfire season, with hot, dry spring weather and abundant fuel predicted to result in a higher than average risk of major fires breaking out across the state, scientists have warned.
15 Sep 09 | CARAVAN parks and motels are being used to house disabled and elderly people because of a chronic shortage of supported care homes in NSW, figures released under freedom of information laws reveal.
15 Sep 09 | NSW MARITIME has reinstated a whistleblower it stood down after he complained his boss unlawfully gained access to his computer and distributed his emails to colleagues.
15 Sep 09 | WOMEN who miscarry in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy should have the option of surgery to remove the contents of the uterus rather than having to wait for them to pass naturally, according to a draft NSW policy.
15 Sep 09 | WHEN 15-year-old Jemima Hanna twisted her ankle while hiking on a school camp in 2001, she had to ''soldier on'', a court heard yesterday.
15 Sep 09 | FARMERS, unions and local mayors are outraged by a plan to change the law so ministers and bureaucrats can order the removal of rail lines across NSW, saying it will endanger the state's transport network and become a bonanza for developers.
15 Sep 09 | THE exploitation of security gaps at Australia's wharves and airports by organised crime will be investigated by a parliamentary committee in a move that could cause headaches for the Rudd Government.
15 Sep 09 | THE choices Kate McNamara has made in her working life may have left her with little superannuation, but they have also left her with no regrets.
15 Sep 09 | THE gap between men's and women's retirement incomes is a grave and pressing issue that has remained largely invisible even as two federal inquiries investigate the country's tax and pension systems, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner says.
15 Sep 09 | MARRICKVILLE WEST primary school announced the appointment of its new assistant principal in glowing terms in its newsletter: ''Rebecca Salter is an exceptional teacher, experienced school leader and musician in her own right.''
15 Sep 09 | ONE in six obese Australians and more than half of the overweight population wrongly believe they are a healthy weight, a new survey has found.
15 Sep 09 | THE validity of sexual harassment claims against a senior Commonwealth Bank manager may come down to the exact location of a tattoo on or near his buttocks, a court has heard.
15 Sep 09 | A JURY should find Adelaide man Mark Wilhelm guilty of Dianne Brimble's death only if they found he had not simply behaved carelessly or failed to do what was morally right, a judge told them yesterday.
15 Sep 09 | LIBERAL women are questioning their place in Parliament. Or more precisely, the lack of questions they are allowed to ask.
15 Sep 09 | SOMETHING is amiss with Vivienne and Knox, the genetically blessed twins of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. For other celebrity tots, not a week passes that they are not posing for the paps.
15 Sep 09 | Politicians might enjoy less scrutiny in retirement but it is difficult to escape the ghosts of old political affiliations, something Paul Keating was reminded of while poring over the newspaper in a Potts Point cafe yesterday morning.
15 Sep 09 | Thanks to the Herald for initiating Project Sydney, though results may be hard to achieve. We are battling against decades of state government neglect, coupled with the prevailing mentality of ''if it doesn't show a short-term payback, we're not doing it''. This rules out most public infrastructure projects.
15 Sep 09 | FRUSTRATED by growing opposition to the Rees Government's plan for a $5.3 billion metro system in the central business district, the Minister for Transport, David Campbell, has labelled critics of the project peddlers of ''petty, populist nonsense''.