The Australian - Rudd to challenge Gillard A CHALLENGE from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard as prime minister is now possible within the next eight weeks as despair grows within government ranks. |
Ninemsn - By ninemsn staff Thousands of residents in New South Wales and Queensland have been evacuated from their homes as the states face the worst floods in decades. |
AFP - BRUSSELS - US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a "strong possibility" that Israel will strike Iran's nuclear installations this spring, the Washington Post said Thursday in an editorial. |
ABC Online - By Bruce Atkinson TV chef Matt Golinski, who lost his family in a Boxing Day house fire on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, is slowly recovering in hospital from life-threatening burns. |
The Australian - Video Image Wivenhoe Dam focus of flood inquiry WIVENHOE Dam engineers have been accused of concocting a fictitious and self-interested report of their conduct in the lead-up to last year's flooding of Brisbane, as it emerged that the document was ... |
NEWS.com.au - From: AP SECURITY forces have clashed with stone-throwing protesters enraged by the failure of police to prevent a soccer riot that killed 74 people, as sports violence spiralled into a new political crisis for Egypt. |
NEWS.com.au - POWER PROBE: Cyclone Yasi victims are stunned that experts will debate lowering the storm's rating to a category-4. Source: AdelaideNow CYCLONE Yasi victims are stunned by a fresh probe into whether the $1.5 billion disaster in north Queensland was ... |
BBC News - Russia has threatened to veto a UN Security Council resolution on Syria if it is put to a vote on Friday, diplomats say. Russian officials say they need more time to consult Moscow on the draft text, BBC UN correspondent Barbara Plett reports. |
ABC Online - Several towns in Queensland's southern inland remain on alert, with authorities bracing for severe flooding. The big wet returned last night with falls exceeding 100 millimetres in parts of the Maranoa River catchment. |
ABC Online - Westpac chief executive has refused to rule out further job cuts after announcing up to 560 redundancies. Gail Kelly confirmed the sackings were related to duplication caused by the $19 billion merger with St George Bank in 2008. |
Sydney Morning Herald - Mining magnate Clive Palmer expresses his desire to own a stake in a media enterprise in order to 'be able to set professional standards for journalists'. |
ABC Online - Melbourne detectives have made a breakthrough in solving the murder of a 13-year-old girl who has been missing since 1992. Prudence Bird was last seen in her Glenroy home preparing lunch. |
The Australian - THE Moldovan hostess who was on the bridge of the Costa Concordia has reportedly told Italian prosecutors that she is in love with the captain, after divers found her lingerie in his cabin. |
Herald Sun - Audio: Professor Frank Oberklaid talks about smacking DEBATE LIVE NOW: PREMIER Ted Baillieu said the government had no plans to change laws on smacking despite calls for a ban from Australia's leading paediatric body. |
The Australian - QUEENSLAND'S last conservative premier, Rob Borbidge, has called his leadership of the state "a blip", in defending the Liberal National Party's campaign tactic to apparently delete him from history as just "politics". |
AFP - LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Mitt Romney holds a huge lead two days before Nevada's caucuses, a poll showed Thursday, as he looks to build on his Florida triumph and lock up the Republican presidential nomination. |
Sydney Morning Herald - If you had 800 million friends, you'd think you'd be worry-free. But Facebook isn't. As part of its plans to go public, the popular social network has spelt out its worst nightmares - a litany of scenarios in which its unmatched success in social... |
BBC News - More than 100 people are missing after a ferry with up to 350 on board sank off Papua New Guinea's northern coast, officials say. |
