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The Australian Veterinary Association has issued a warning to dog owners after an outbreak of Canine Parvovirus. There have been over 200 cases of the highly contagious and deadly disease, half of which have been in Queensland.
New research suggests aspirin may be both a preventer and treatment for cancer. Meanwhile a drawing test may be able to foretell a person's risk of suffering a stroke.
What's in the newspapers? A daily wrap of the print media.
A new book by British author Caroline Moorehead sheds light on a little-known group of victims of Nazi atrocities during World War Two. A Train in Winter tells the story of 230 members of the French resistance - all women - who were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau in January 1943.
The Sydney Morning Herald has been investigating the financial dealings of former Labor MP Eddie Obeid and his family. Some allegations have now been referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption by the NSW Ports Minister, Duncan Gay.
The federal government is holding consultations on Australia's education funding model in the wake of the Gonski report. The report recommends a base level of funding per student which would then be scaled based on the level of disadvantage they face. Disability groups hope the findings, and the National ...
Sports news with Warwick Hadfield.
The allegations against Craig Thomson have been highly damaging to the reputation of the Health Services Union. Its members will be listening closely to what he says in parliament today. Julia Batty has been a member of the HSU in its various forms for the last 31 years and is volunteer vice president ...
Craig Thomson will address parliament under privilege at midday today, having agreed to do so only after his hand was forced by NSW independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott. Thomson will speak on allegations that he misspent about half a million dollars of union funds when he was National Secretary ...
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The subject of Afghanistan will dominate the NATO summit in Chicago. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has spoken at the conference, saying special forces may stay in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the rest of Australia's deployment. The prime minister and Afghan president Hamid Karzai have signed a ...
What's in the newspapers?
The cargo ship that lost power in the Coral Sea last Friday has been recovered by tugs and is now being towed to Townsville for repairs. There were concerns that if the ship was not reached in time it would drift onto the Great Barrier Reef, potentially causing an environmental disaster.
The latest sports news with Warwick Hadfield.
The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has died. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was the only person convicted of the attack that killed 270 people almost 25 years ago. He died in Libya after being released from prison by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds due to terminal cancer.
The death toll from the earthquake in Italy has risen overnight to six. The quake hit in the early hours of Sunday morning local time and measured 6.0 on the Richter Scale. The epicentre was in the province of Emilia Romagna near the town of Finale Emilia.