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Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke has applied to access banned drug Nembutal on behalf of six terminally ill patients who want to use it as a sedative. A barbiturate, Nembutal is manufactured in the US, and was available for sale in Australia during the 1950s as a sleeping tablet. It is the premier euthanasia drug used [...]
Minister Stephen Conroy says internet prices will fall as major service providers begin offering services on the National Broadband Network. Mr Conroy rebuffed suggestions the network would be too expensive for everyday users as he switched on the network today for 2000 households at Kiama, on the NSW south coast. Internet service provider Internode last [...]
Melbourne has been rocked by a series of tremors that shook the ground for about 10 to 15 seconds. Follow our live coverage. 4.4 magnitude earthquake hits Victoria Ground shakes for 10-15 seconds Geoscience Australia website crashed Geoscience Australia estimates the earthquake “could have been felt by people up to 93km away” and “could have [...]
More than 1000 people are to lose their jobs as outdoors clothing chain Colorado, battered by debt and grim trading conditions, becomes the latest retailer to shut its doors. A going-out-of-business sale will empty Colorado’s 109 shopfronts across Australia and New Zealand within five weeks, slashing by one-third the size of the chain’s parent company, [...]
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the tragic death of a young man planking should serve as a warning to anyone attempting the internet craze. Acton Beale, 20, plunged seven storeys to his death from an inner-city Brisbane apartment block in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police said alcohol was involved, warning of the dangers [...]
A rooftop protest at Villawood’s detention centre that lasted more than a week has ended with all those involved now off the roof. Mehdi Darabi, 24 and Amir Morad, 22, who climbed up onto the roof on April 20 because they were unhappy about the time it was taking to process asylum-seeker applications, climbed down from [...]
Police have found a shallow grave site and skeletal remains where they believe the body of missing girl Kiesha Abrahams is located. Scores of officers are searching the area around the grave, which was found in bushland at Shalvey, in Sydney’s west. A short time ago, police announced they had found human remains at [...]
Mr Rudd used ABC Television’s Q&A program to confess his decision early last year to delay the emissions trading scheme was a mistake. Federal Labor MPs and senators say former prime minister Kevin Rudd is delusional if he thinks they will let him lead their party again. Answering a question from the audience, he revealed [...]
The recent supermarket price wars over milk, beer, wine, beef, chicken, etc may have caught the public attention, but the overall price of basic foodstuffs is on the up. While food price inflation is still to emerge as a big issue in Australia, rising food prices are a major problem across many parts of the [...]
police will lay further charges on a mother and father alleged to have made child pornography films for the internet, including a film of their naked, blindfolded and bound 12 year old son. // The boy’s mother, 30, could face life in jail if convicted of repeatedly having sexual intercourse with her son and daughter, [...]
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