The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) obtained an order from the Magistrate’s Court here today to remand another Perak state executive councillor to help in investigation into a corruption case involving a RM180 million housing...
Michael Stutchbury, Economics editor | August 22, 2008 "IF the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reduces the official cash rate by 0.25% at its September Board Meeting, NAB will reduce its standard variable interest rate by 0.25%...
VERENAISI RAICOLA in Niue Friday, August 22, 2008 WHEN Fiji returns to constitutional governance, New Zealand will be delighted to consider them for seasonal work. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said in Alofi, Niue,...
Mark Davis Political Correspondent FORD will slash up to 350 jobs from its Australian factories because of sluggish sales of its new Falcon and a subdued outlook for the vehicle industry. Managers told workers yesterday the...
AUSTRALIA'S peak union body has again called on the Rudd Government to scrap the rest of WorkChoices ahead of a meeting of state and territory industrial relations ministers in Sydney today. The meeting is expected to discuss...
Dennis Shanahan, Political editor | August 22, 2008 PETER Costello "broke his silence" yesterday, as they say in the political thrillers. He talked about the Liberal leadership, the economy, the next election and the Rudd...
Martin Thomas | August 22, 2008 AH, the pleasure of seeing diplomats being undiplomatic. It seems that even the New Zealand Prime Minister enjoyed the briefing notes, accidentally distributed by the Australian high commission...
Corrie Perkin | August 22, 2008 ONE Sunday morning last month, a culture war was declared on an unsuspecting Melbourne family. Olympia is one of the subjects in Papapetrou's latest body of work, opening at Sydney's Stills...
Patricia Karvelas and Padraic Murphy | August 22, 2008 INDIGENOUS leader Noel Pearson has urged the Rudd Government to scrap the dole to Aborigines under the age of 21, saying the generous payments trapped people in a cycle of...