Tag: Community and Society
Communities discuss passenger train return
A spokesman for the Transport Department says strong interest has been shown in tonight's St Arnaud meeting to discuss the return of a passenger train to the area.[MORE]
Missing windsurfer found at first light
A windsurfer missing on the Gippsland Lakes has been found safe and well this morning.[MORE]
Scientology 'putting lives at risk'
Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry joins growing calls for a Senate inquiry into the Church of Scientology.[MORE]
Grave-robbing suspects arrested after snatching president's body
Officials in Cyprus say DNA tests have confirmed that a body found in a suburban cemetery belongs to the late president Tassos Papadopoulos.[MORE]
Islamist gang arrested over plot to kill cartoonist
Irish police have arrested seven people suspected of plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog.[MORE]
Chickenpox threatens Merak asylum seekers
Australia and Indonesia to hold talks amid claims a potentially deadly chickenpox outbreak threatens asylum seekers.[MORE]
New evidence presented at Doomadgee inquest
The reopened inquest into the death in custody of a Palm Island man in 2004 continues today.[MORE]
Keating backs federal takeover of city planning
Paul Keating says the Commonwealth should take a bigger role in large-scale planning and development in Australia's cities.[MORE]
Art or porn? New laws to paint clearer picture
The NSW Government plans to introduce laws that clarify what is art and what is child pornography.[MORE]
Inquest into death of man who was tasered
A coronial inquest has been told a 49-year-old man had taken a large amount of drugs shortly before he died in police custody.[MORE]
Parental plan a 'cheap ploy' to win votes
Reaction from ABC readers suggests many Australians are sceptical about Tony Abbott's parental leave plan.[MORE]
Sacked mine workers need services 'quickly'
Ballarat Mayor Judy Verlin hopes the workers made redundant from the Ballarat gold mine will get help soon from the state and federal governments.[MORE]
Steps taken to shut down money lender
The Commissioner for Consumer Protection has launched legal action against an unlicensed money lender in Laverton in the Goldfields. [MORE]
Navy uses sonar to search for missing woman
The Australian Navy will use sonar equipment to search for the body of a missing woman from Ipswich west of Brisbane.[MORE]
Council shows off cultural centre plans
Detailed plans have been unveiled for a new centre of culture in Penola in south-east South Australia.[MORE]
Residents threaten lawsuit over blackouts
More power blackouts on parts of South Australia's west coast over the long weekend have triggered threats of protests or legal action against ETSA. [MORE]
Call for photographs to identify offenders
Pubs and clubs in Western Australia say they face an uphill battle to identify banned patrons.[MORE]
Funds target sporting facilities
A number of sporting facilities in north-west Western Australia have received money under the latest round of community sport and recreation funding.[MORE]
Council reopens Heathcote skate park
The City of Greater Bendigo has reopened the Heathcote skate park where a boy suffered serious injuries when it partially collapsed last month. [MORE]
Newsreader 'felt worthless' before suicide
Charmaine Dragun's mother tells inquest her newsreader daughter felt worthless and was contemplating suicide.[MORE]
Indigenous women get voice in Canberra
The Federal Government has announced a new national body to represent Indigenous women.[MORE]
Community rallies behind nursing home
There has been a big turnout in Leeton to save the Carramar Nursing Home from privatisation.[MORE]
Singletons driving housing demand
A report has found demand for smaller homes is likely to increase over the next 20 years as a result of a rise in the number of people who choose to live alone.[MORE]
Abbott still 'threatened' by homosexuality
Tony Abbott is standing by his comments that homosexuality makes him feel "threatened".[MORE]
Big crowd flocks to surf lifesaving comp
About 6,000 people cheered on competitors at the Victorian Lifesaving Championships at Lakes Entrance on the weekend.[MORE]
