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Australia parliament considers airport full-body scans
[news.com.au]- The Federal Parliament of Australia is considering new laws that will require all passengers to have full-body scans at airports. Failure to follow these new standards would result in…
Australian state fuel change costs motorists
[Sydney Morning Herald]- The New South Wales government outlawed regular unleaded petrol last July. Estimates are that over 700,000 motorists will pay more to drive as a result of this…
Scientists discover ‘hybrid sharks’ off Australia
A hybrid species of sharks has been discovered off of the Australia coast. As told in dw-news.de, the “species of shark has led excited marine scientists to speculate that the…
Aussie dad says dingo will be blamed for lost baby
Over 30 years ago an Australian man’s baby vanished in the outback of Australia. “The disappearance of 9-week-old Azaria Chamberlain on Aug. 17, 1980, from a campsite near Ayers Rock,…
Indonesian island and Australia caught in diplomatic standoff
Australia’s Herald Sun reports, “The governor of an Indonesian island told Australia yesterday that his country was “not a dumping ground” for asylum seekers – and refused permission for an…
CISA calls China-specific iron ore price
[The Australian]– China Iron and Steel Association wants to set a China-specific price for iron ore that will not follow prices that other Asian steelmakers agree on with global mining…
Internet meltdown threat: Conficker worm refuses to turn
[The Age]– The brightest minds in technology and government are finding it “almost impossible” to defeat e Conficker worm, which has infected more than 5 million computers and, experts say,…
Military to lose airspace in $300m savings push
The Rudd government is seeking to save more than $300 million by merging the nation’s civil and military air traffic control systems. The move would create a unified national air…
Smokers, drinkers to pay more under healthy Australians plan
SMOKERS and drinkers would pay more for their habits and be subject to more controls under proposals to keep Australians healthy. But junk food addicts have been handed a reprieve…
Entire prison guard staff go on strike
Prison officers have celebrated 100 days of protests outside NSW Premier Nathan Rees’s office by going on strike. Union bosses said the entire guard staff at Parklea jail, in Sydney’s…
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