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One in five Australians volunteer once a fortnight Melbourne Herald Sun - 3 hours ago WHO works 645 million hours a year but doesn't get paid a cent? Australia's army of dedicated volunteers. New figures show one in five Australians volunteer at least once a fortnight -- but time pressures are taking their toll. ABS put rate of first-home buyers halved in past decade Daily Telegraph More refuse wedlock, or at least for now Sydney Morning Herald The Australian - The Age - NEWS.com.au - ABC Online all 229 news articles

The Age

People of Beaconsfield just want to move on NEWS.com.au - 1 hour ago By Milanda Rout TWENTY-SEVEN months after the Beaconsfield mine disaster, and multiple reports by investigators who have gathered thousands of pages of evidence, the people of the Tasmanian town just want to move on. Beaconsfield's pain rises to the surface again Sydney Morning Herald Mine lawyers walk out of inquest The Australian The Age - Examiner - Melbourne Herald Sun - ABC Online all 353 news articles

TVNZ

Indigenous recognition a future matter: Gillard ABC Online - 3 hours ago Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says improving the health of Indigenous Australians is a higher priority for the Government than having Indigenous rights recognised in the constitution. Place for Aborigines in the constitution Sydney Morning Herald The message man The Age The Australian - Radio Australia - NEWS.com.au - TVNZ all 101 news articles

WA today

Pipe protests cross the line Melbourne Herald Sun - 3 hours ago EVEN in the hothouse atmosphere of political protest, a planned invasion yesterday of the Premier's country property was misguided in the extreme. Brumbys plead for privacy The Age Protest group vows to continue fight against pipeline ABC Online NEWS.com.au - The Australian - Sydney Morning Herald - Ballarat Courier all 49 news articles

Sydney Morning Herald

Corey Warburton's bravery redeems a tarnsihed name Daily Telegraph - 3 hours ago By Kara Lawrence COREY Warburton's mum Stefani got an emotional phone call yesterday morning that would make any mother fill with pride. The day high-diving Corey saved a life Sydney Morning Herald Teen dives into river to save woman Melbourne Herald Sun Sunday Times.au - Daily Examiner - CityNews - Monsters and Critics.com all 155 news articles

Mal Brough withdraws from conservative party race Courier Mail - 4 hours ago STATE Liberals president Mal Brough has withdrawn from the race to be president of a new conservative party only days before a possible merger. Brough exits Qld party leadership race The Age Brough not standing for Liberal-National presidency ABC Online ABC Regional Online - Sydney Morning Herald - ABC Online - ABC Online all 43 news articles

Not guilty of handling stolen rocket launcher Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago A BEAMING former soldier has walked free from a Sydney court after being cleared of possessing and receiving stolen rocket launchers and grenades. Man acquitted in rocket launcer trial The Australian Man found not guilty over rocket launcher theft ABC Online The Age - ABC Online all 30 news articles

Baby's body found in shopping bag untouched for 10 hours Daily Telegraph - 3 hours ago By Georgie Pilcher THE body of a baby less than three months old was found in a shopping bag that had sat undiscovered for 10 hours yesterday. Baby body found in shopping bag in Shepparton NEWS.com.au Baby found dead in bag The Age Melbourne Herald Sun - ABC Online - The Age - Melbourne Herald Sun all 38 news articles

The Age

Firefighter grieves after blaze tragedy The Age - 5 hours ago Rod Cookson talks to the media yesterday: "I've lost two people who I very much love." Photo: Penny Stephens A WOMAN killed in a house fire on Tuesday night along with her toddler grandson was the partner of a volunteer firefighter. Grandfather grief stricken over house fire deaths ABC Online Man mourns wife and grandson lost in fire LIVENEWS.com.au Melbourne Herald Sun - The Age - The Age - ABC Online all 62 news articles

Australian IT

Skilled migrant visas up by 24pc Australian IT - 19 hours ago AUSTRALIA is continuing to look offshore for solutions to the deepening skills crisis, with new figures showing the controversial 457 visa program for temporary skilled migrants grew by almost a quarter last year. More skilled migrants in Australia Sydney Morning Herald Foreign workers beginning to fill the labour shortage void Australian Food Radio Australia - The Canberra Times - ABC Online - GlobalVisas all 60 news articles

Another plane targeted by laser pointer Sydney Morning Herald - 17 hours ago A Qantas passenger flight approaching Adelaide has become the latest target of people shining lasers at aircraft. Police said a green laser light hit the flight from Sydney as the plane was about 20 minutes from Adelaide airport, around 10pm (CST) ... Laser shone at Qantas flight The Australian Readers' Comments Laser attack on jet landing in Adelaide Adelaidenow Adelaide Independent Weekly all 21 news articles

Bash accused remanded to Graylands ABC Regional Online - 13 hours ago A 36-year-old man charged with assaulting an elderly man in Woodlands has appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court. Mark Edward Abbott is accused of punching and kicking the 84-year-old man as he got off a bus on Scarborough Beach Road yesterday. Man in court over random attack The West Australian Pensioner, 84, beaten in random attack WA today PerthNow all 5 news articles

Deadline looms for NSW ambos' action Sydney Morning Herald - 2 hours ago A threat of industrial action by NSW Ambulance Service officers looms on Thursday unless the state government sacks their boss Greg Rochford. Ambulance union to give 48-hr ultimatum The Age NSW given ambulance ultimatum ABC Online The Canberra Times - Goondiwindi Argus - Maitland Mercury - Dubbo Daily Liberal all 58 news articles

Depressive Michael Costa calls Labor critics stupid NEWS.com.au - 4 hours ago By Joe Hildebrand, Political Reporter TREASURER Michael Costa has a message for his critics in the Labor Party: He might be mad, but they're stupid - and there's no cure for that. MPs, too, get mood disorders Sydney Morning Herald Many MPs have mental disorders: Costa The Age Lawrence Journal World - NEWS.com.au all 61 news articles

Half-price rail fares Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago COMMUTERS from western Sydney will be offered a 50 per cent discount on their train tickets to the city if they travel outside the morning and afternoon peaks in an attempt to ease chronic overcrowding on the CityRail network. Morris Iemma's half-price off-peak train fare sham NEWS.com.au CityRail offers cheap fares to Sydney passengers Daily Telegraph Sydney Morning Herald all 132 news articles

Court told police tried to discredit ABC journalist ABC Regional Online - 9 hours ago In the Perth Coroner's Court a senior police officer has been accused of deliberately trying to discredit an ABC journalist who revealed the identity of a prime suspect in the Pamela Lawrence murder. ABC reporter 'ignored' Simon Rochford request Sunday Times.au ABC ignored police pleas WA today ABC Online - The West Australian - WA today - ABC Regional Online all 21 news articles

Work life balance isn't a women's issue NEWS.com.au - 17 hours ago By Jessica Rowe MY old school, Sydney Girls High, taught my friends and me to believe we could do anything - that, yes, we could have it all. Gender equality: it matters to all of us ABC Online Gender inequality an issue in the workplace Examiner Adelaidenow - Melbourne Herald Sun - NEWS.com.au all 7 news articles

Wild Qld weather continues to whip up waves ABC Online - 11 hours ago The low pressure system that has caused bleak weather in parts of Queensland is still whipping up large seas on the Gold Coast. Chief lifeguard Warren Young says only experienced surfers should brave the rough conditions. Freak storms batter coast NEWS.com.au Wild weather hits Queensland The Age ABC Online - ABC Online all 26 news articles

Scientists predict tsunami impact within minutes The West Australian - 14 hours ago Australian scientists can now predict the size and impact of a tsunami within minutes of an earthquake striking, giving emergency services at least 90 minutes to respond to the potential natural disaster, an earth sciences convention was told this ... Australian tsunami 'only a matter of time' ABC Online We'd know about tsunami 90 minutes out NEWS.com.au ABC Science Online all 31 news articles

LIVENEWS.com.au

Local lad sings for Pope Yass Tribune - 19 hours ago The 11-year-old member of the St Mary’s Cathedral Choir was “on duty” for most of the week, singing at the Stations of the Cross, the Mass of Dedication and at Randwick Racecourse, which hosted the largest Mass ever celebrated in Australia. Pilgrims revel in pageantry Sydney Morning Herald Pope to dedicate altar at St Mary's The Age Melbourne Herald Sun - NEWS.com.au - ABC Online all 507 news articles