Towns in the dark over detention centre expansion
With Australia's immigration detention centres bursting at the seams, the two shires in Western Australia most likely to be asked to take the overspill say they have not been informed. abc.net.au |
Hermannsburg to Harbour: remote kids take in Sydney
A group of school children is heading home from Sydney to their remote community in Central Australia after a remarkable week in the big smoke. abc.net.au |
MP urges independent testing of coal gas wells
Queensland Opposition MP Ray Hopper says he has no faith in the self-regulation process used to assess water quality at coal seam gas (CSG) mines. abc.net.au |
Multiple deaths in highway carnage
HORROR day on the Western Highway has left up to five people dead in three separate collisions in just seven hours. heraldsun.com.au |
TV teen pleads for more Indigenous jobs
A 13 year-old Indigenous Australian has delivered a plea on national television for more jobs for Indigenous people. abc.net.au |