
Mrs Rinehart, whose personal wealth is estimated at more than $10bn (£6.6bn), is being sued by her daughter Hope Rinehart Welker. A judge will decide today whether to impose a formal suppression order on the file. Mrs Rinehart’s legal team told a judge in the New South Wales supreme court that the case could “impact [...]

A spokeswoman for the deputy premier Andrew Stoner said his fall was a result of a ”post-operative infection” ”Today as he rose to ask the Premier a question, it is likely he has suffered a pathologic fracture to his leg. He was taken by ambulance to hospital.” ”Mr Bromhead is in good spirits.” The Myall [...]

According to BBCLATESTNEWS The project is the first time the genome of a species belonging to the kangaroo family has been sequenced. It has allowed researchers to pinpoint a cluster of genes they believe are responsible for the animals’ unusual form of locomotion. Marsupials and placental animals, which include humans, diverged from a common ancestor [...]

Melbourne’s temperature failed to drop below 17 degrees overnight.The warm night followed a record warm day on Wednesday. Melbourne’s maximum of 23.2 was the highest ever recorded so close to mid-winter, pipping the 23.1 degree top recorded on the 30th July, 1975. “That drags air a long way north, up over central Australia and southern [...]

Australian Federal Police are continuing investigations into David Noel Cecil’s alleged access of up to 100 other computer servers, the court heard. Mr Cecil, 25, appeared on 49 charges of accessing the server of a National Broadband Network provider, “It reminds me of that quote, ‘If only he’d turned his mind to good.’” It was [...]

One of Melbourne Zoo’s Asian elephants is expecting her first calf. ”It is encouraging that supporting Num-Oi’s pregnancy are Melbourne Zoo’s veterinarians, curator, and keepers who have all worked with scientists from the Berlin Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, acknowledged as world-leading experts in elephant reproduction,” he said. The first baby elepant to be [...]

According to bbc latest news staff :Immigration officials on Christmas Island are preparing for the arrival of the first asylum seekers, since the deal with Malaysia was signed on Monday. About 500 asylum seekers are being transferred from Christmas island to Darwin to make room for any new arrivals. A charter flight carried about 60 [...]

Report by BBC LATEST NEWS STAFF: Destination Malaysia: a land that treats refugees with dignity and respect, and where they will have full access to health, education and employment opportunities. The picture of Malaysia being presented by the Australian Government is in sharp contrast to the one found by Amnesty International researchers when they visited [...]
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Australia’s human rights watchdog has criticised the government’s asylum-seeker swap deal, saying it may breach its international obligations. The Human Rights Commission said it was particularly concerned about the rights of unaccompanied minors sent to Malaysia under the new agreement. Australia is to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, in exchange for 4,000 refugees from [...]
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Australian artist Margaret Olley, much admired for her colourful still-life paintings, has died in Sydney aged 88. Born in 1923, she was – according to broadcaster and journalist Clive James – “beloved den-mother to the senior generation of Australian painters”. In 2006 she received the Companion of the Order of Australia – the country’s highest [...]