Australian roadside memorial itself claims a life

September 23rd, 2009 CANBERRA - In what is seen as a vital decision for the Government of India and Indian students in Australia, the Australian Government has released an issue paper that has sought advice on how to improve the country's troubled international education sector. According to reports, Australian Education Minister Julia Gillard had last month requested former Liberal Member of Parliament Bruce Baird to conduct a review on the effectiveness of the 15.5 billion Australian dollar international education sector.

September 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A brother of the woman allegedly held as a sex slave for 30 years by her Australian father died 'in suspicious circumstances', according to new claims. The shock horror case, made public by the Herald Sun, involved a man accused of fathering four children with his daughter, whom he held as a virtual prisoner, raping her almost daily from when she was 11 years old.

September 5th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's national security service is investigating Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, whose legitimacy had been debated by intelligence chiefs in the US, Britain and India, for employing technicians in Australia with direct links to the People's Liberation Army. The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is investigating claims made by Huawei employees in Sydney and Melbourne, who are understood to have approached the security service with their concerns.

August 6th, 2009 Deaths 'considerable' in Tongan ferry sinkingSYDNEY — Australia's leader says there has been 'considerable' loss of life in a ferry sinking off Tonga. More than 50 people are now listed as missing after the passenger ferry traveling between the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa and outlying islands overturned overnight in rough seas.

July 3rd, 2009 KABUL - A roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan has claimed the life of the highest ranking British officer in almost three decades, the Ministry of Defence has announced. Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe, 40, the commanding officer of the Welsh Guards, died after his Viking armoured vehicle was blown up by a substantial roadside bomb that killed another British soldier and wounded six others.

June 13th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian Labour Party Member Paula Wriedt has claimed that her political life was destroyed due to the level of the sexism and poor understanding of her mental illness shown by two former Aussie premiers. The late Jim Bacon forced her to resign as education minister because she was pregnant, she says, and David Bartlett sacked her after she tried to take her own life.

June 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Australian UFO spotter has identified what he claims is a skull in NASA's Spirit Space Probe photo of Mars. Michael Middleton had spotted the creepy looking object in an enlarged photo taken by the Space Probe recently, and posted on the organisation's website, reports the Daily Telegraph.

June 11th, 2009 Memorial to honor US troops killed in 1943 crashFORT MYER, Va. — A beach vacation in the midst of World War II turned tragic for 40 U.S.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE - The Indian external affairs ministry Friday called Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy and conveyed its concerns over the allegedly racist attacks on Indian students in Melbourne, the second largest city of Australia. N. Ravi, secretary (east) in the ministry, met the Australian envoy and sought assurance about the safety of Indian students in Australia.

April 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is engaged in a bitter legal battle with his former management over alleged financial misappropriation and lost investment opportunities. The Australian Supreme Court has been told that Octagon is suing Hewitt for undisclosed millions for loss of merchandising and management fees, claiming Hewitt breached his exclusive representation contract with them.

March 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Australian Chinese businesswoman, who is at the centre of a supposed spy scandal, has declared that she is a loyal Australian and "broken-hearted" by the events. Helen Liu told The Daily Telegraph that she was astounded by claims that she was a threat to national security and described herself as a good citizen and businesswoman.

March 16th, 2009 SYDNEY - The Australian Navy intercepted a boat suspected of carrying 54 asylum-seekers off the coast of the Northern Territory, officials said Sunday. The passengers and crew were taken to the immigration detention centre on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Pacific Ocean.

March 3rd, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian stocks followed Wall Street down in early trading Tuesday, giving up 1.9 percent to levels not seen since 2003. At the opening bell the ASX 200 lost a whopping 2.5 percent before bargain-hunters came in to help stocks claw back ground.

February 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - Five Afghan children were killed when Australian soldiers shot back after coming under fire from Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) said Friday. 'Current reporting indicates...

January 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Jelena Dokic's estranged father Damir has apologised for ruining his daughter's life and spurning Australia at the height of her tennis career. As Jelena's miraculous return to the top of women's tennis after a three-year hiatus continued, the shamed father of the Australian has offered an olive branch to his daughter, saying sorry for years of outrageous public behaviour.