NorgdomYear in detention 'excessive'
3pointsDISSENTERS have broken away from a parliamentary group investigating Australia's immigration detention policy, arguing for more dramatic change including legal rights for detainees and a one-month cap on detention.
Rates on track for 44-year low
3pointsTHE Reserve Bank board is expected to cut interest rates by 1 percentage point today and to follow up with a series of aggressive cuts that will take home mortgage rates to their lowest level since Robert Menzies was prime minister.
Emergency department reforms 'daft'
2pointsEMERGENCY specialists have attacked as risky and dangerous plans to allow only patients assessed as being the most seriously ill to see them and to divert other patients to GP-led hospital clinics.
PM targets education inequality with $1bn handout
2pointsKEVIN Rudd will identify the nation's 1500 poorest-performing schools and flood them with $1.1 billion over the next five years in a front-on attack on inequality of access to education.
Planes organised for those stranded in Thailand
2pointsQantas says it will operate a special service from Phuket to Singapore tomorrow night to rescue Australian tourists stranded in Thailand.
Will the architect's death bury his dream?
2pointsJOERN UTZON lived surrounded by mementos of the masterpiece he created but never saw. Tacked to his living room wall in his apartment near Copen-hagen was the design for the Sydney Opera House's Utzon Room tapestry.
Proof That God Exists?
1pointsApparently, we’re seeing Venus, Jupiter and a thin three-day-old crescent moon. What the photo doesn’t show, though, is how amazingly bright all three appear against the stars in the sky.
The Questionable Timing of the Pakistan Blast
1pointsFLASHBACK: Just one week ago, Pakistan was threatening to pull out of Bush's War on Terror and today they have more reason than ever to stay put.
Up to 26 Australians still trapped in Mumbai: Smit
1pointsForeign Minister Stephen Smith says around 26 Australians may be trapped in Mumbai hotels as the fighting between terrorists and Indian commandos continues at locations around the city.
Mumbai terror attacks: Who could be behind them?
1pointsSome six hours after the attack on Mumbai began on Wednesday night, Indian media organisations received an e-mail from an unknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen claiming responsibility for the deadly, well-planned operation.
Latest news on Mumbai
1pointsThe attacks in Mumbai are continuing to happen - to see all the latest news (and the power of citizen journalism in action) have a look at the Twitter feed.
PM Kevin Rudd admits: we're going into deficit
1pointsAFTER weeks of denial, Kevin Rudd has admitted the federal budget is heading into deficit, blaming the deteriorating global economic outlook. The Government is preparing a major package that would deploy much of the $29 billion.
Scramble for care as ABC centres hit
1pointsTHE parents of 30,000 children are scrambling to find care during the New Year holiday period after nearly 400 ABC Learning child-care centres were identified yesterday as facing closure.
Gunmen kill at least 78 in 7 attacks in Mumbai
1pointsTeams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in at least seven attacks in India's financial capital, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200, officials said Thursday
'Toxic waste' behind Somali piracy?
1pointsSomali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste.
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