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Boeing free to discriminate - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

INTERNATIONAL defence contractor Boeing will be allowed to discriminate against employees whose nationalities do not meet US security laws.

Summer bites and the venom flows - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

IN the suburbs, on the coast and in the bush, Australia's venomous creatures are out in force and hospitals have reported a sharp increase in the number of snake, spider and ant bites.

20pc say nuclear will carry the load - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

ONE in five Australians believes nuclear energy will provide most of the nation's electricity in 20 years, according to the Labor Party's pollster.

Car sales screech to a halt - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

A CRASH in business confidence has plunged the Australian car industry into its worst sales performance in 30 years.

Windschuttle caught in Quadrant hoax - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

HISTORIAN Keith Windschuttle has unwittingly published scientific nonsense in the respected right-wing journal Quadrant.

ASIC probes 'missing millions' - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

ONE of Western Australia's best-known stockbrokers and the former chairman of the Perth Stock Exchange, Terry Hogan, has shut down his broking firm following the unexplained departure of a senior member of the firm and an investigation into the alleged disappearance of millions of dollars of a client's money.

Wool sector rejects PETA claims - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

THE Australian wool industry has rejected claims from PETA that it has been damaged by the animal rights group's campaign for fashion labels to boycott the fibre because of mulesing.

Gunns to build mill without final nod - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

TIMBER company Gunns has vowed to defy a federal warning that building its Tasmanian pulp mill without full environmental approval is a $2.2 billion gamble.

Rudd 'has case' on Gitmo refusal - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

AUSTRALIA has a better case to deny requests from Washington to resettle detainees when the Guantanamo Bay detention centre closes because it has pulled its weight during the war on terror, says a leading voice on the issue in Washington.

Sacked principal settles dispute - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

A PRINCIPAL sacked from an Islamic school in Brisbane after banning the national anthem from being played at assembly will return to Malaysia after yesterday reaching a confidential settlement with her former employer.

Japan learns Aussie rules - 01/06/2009 03:00 PM

AN unplanned stint with Aussie rules novices in Tokyo earned an unlikely coach a medal.

Dying to read about their lives - 01/06/2009 02:00 PM

THE dead are getting short shrift.