Zedlines
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NSW Upper House inquiry advocates introduction of medicinal cannabis
16 May 2013The New South Wales Upper House Standing Committee has recommended the state change its Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act to allow doctors to prescribe terminally ill patients with medicinal marijuana. -
Investigation into baby’s death at Rockhampton Hospital
16 May 2013Central Queensland woman Sue Bishop has claimed staff at Rockhampton Hospital refused to examine her full-term pregnant niece after discovering her unborn baby had died in her womb. -
Bombing attacks kill more than 30 people across Iraq
16 May 2013Sunni Islamist insurgents killed more than 30 people on Wednesday in a string of bombings in Shiite neighbourhoods in Baghdad and Northern Iraq. -
Thomson quits Labor to run as independent
16 May 2013Suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson has announced he will leave Labor and run as an independent in the upcoming Federal election. -
France in recession
16 May 2013France’s finance minister Pierre Moscovici has announced France has entered economic recession. -
Federal government rejects Queensland’s push for national park cattle grazing
16 May 2013Federal Minister for Sustainability Tony Burke has rejected the Queensland Government’s proposal to allow cattle grazing in national parks. -
Mayan pyramid demolished for road repairs
16 May 2013A 2,300 year old Mayan pyramid has been demolished by a construction company who wanted to use the rubble for road repair work. -
Water bill triples after water vandalism
16 May 2013The Pegasus Pony Club’s in water bill has more than tripled due to a new form of vandalism. -
Yellowing cane could be environmentally related
16 May 2013Yellowing cane in Mackay in North Queensland could be a sign of local environmental problems said a senior agronomist. -
Asylum seekers found on Northern Territory shores
16 May 2013Another boat carrying eleven asylum seekers washed up near Seven Spirit Bay in the Northern Territory, bringing the Gillard Government under even more scrutiny regarding their asylum seeker intake. -
Woman pleas for life saving abortion
16 May 2013Pregnant and chronically ill, a Salvadorian woman has testified before the Supreme Court begging to have an abortion which could save her life. -
Serbian Church prayers denied
16 May 2013The Serbian Orthodox Church in Richlands will rally this Sunday against Wacol Neighbourhood Plan and Lord Mayor Graham Quirk who rejected their plans for their church’s expansion. -
Malaria parasites communicate to each other
16 May 2013Malaria parasites can communicate with each other to improve their chances of infecting human beings, shocked Melbourne scientists discover. -
Islamic centre opposition
16 May 2013Eight Mile Plains residents are protesting against a proposal for an Islamic Centre. -
Patient-to-nurse infection a world first
16 May 2013Two Saudi health workers have contracted coronavirus from their patients, in what the World Health Organisation said is the first transmission in a hospital setting. -
Myanmar and Bangladesh evacuate ahead of cyclone
16 May 2013Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated as a cyclone bears down on the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar. -
Charities take on Asylum Seeker pleas
16 May 2013With just over $400 a fortnight, asylum seekers released from detention are flocking to charities to get basic living items. -
Plan to export live cattle to PNG
16 May 2013Premier Campbell Newman is planning the live export of 150,000 cattle to Papua New Guinea as foreign aid to solve their beef shortages. -
Health system about to shed more jobs
16 May 2013The government has admitted that more frontline hospital and service officers will be cut over the next five years. -
One step closer to stem cells for human cloning
16 May 2013Scientists have successfully used skin to generate embryonic stem cells which had prevented them from human cloning.
News Packages
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Biala cuts may affect multicultural sexual health
06 April 2013 -
New research reveals Indigenous Australian perspectives of reconciliation
02 April 2013 -
Sea cucumber populations at a concern
02 April 2013 -
RSPCA supports CCTV in abattoirs
02 April 2013 -
Support group hopeful for new federal asbestos agency
31 March 2013 -
Editorial pressures and spin city
30 March 2013 -
Brisbane Sexual Health Clinic faces uncertain future
29 March 2013 -
Stop Brisbane Coal Trains critical of QRC air monitoring delays
29 March 2013 -
Report reveals need for boost in Indigenous health funding
27 March 2013 -
Proposed amendment to Human Tissue Bill: Part 2
26 March 2013
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