Tag: Community and Society
Parents sue for $18m after babies taken
Figures released by the NSW Government show the number of babies taken from mothers by DoCS is on the rise. [MORE]
Hurley offers 'sympathy' to Doomadgee family
The policeman acquitted of a 2004 death-in-custody on Palm Island in north Queensland has, for the first time, offered his sympathy to the victim's family.[MORE]
Developer pushes ahead with aged care plan
The developer of a retirement village in Broken Hill says he is determined to see the project completed.[MORE]
Boundary changes worry CFA volunteers
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) will consult its volunteers before it realigns its brigade boundaries with those of the shires.[MORE]
Green light for revamped Smiths Beach plans
Canal Rocks has welcomed the Western Australia Environment Minister's approval of a revamped Smiths Beach development near Yallingup, 10 years after plans were first proposed.[MORE]
40yr leases a human rights issue: Yanner
A Queensland Gulf of Carpentaria leader says the State Government's 40 year leases to build Indigenous houses are a human rights issue.[MORE]
Commissioner considers Wild Rivers human rights impact
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner says he will look at whether the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers legislation has violated Indigenous people's human rights.[MORE]
Woodside weather tower switched on
Woodside says its meteorological tower at James Price Point, in northern Western Australia, has been erected and is sending weather information to Perth in real time.[MORE]
Local film joins Flickerfest festival
A Western Australian film shot in Fitzroy Crossing will take to the big screen with the opening of the Flickerfest Short Film Festival in Broome tonight.[MORE]
Council brothel inspector jailed over bribes
A western Sydney council brothel inspector has been jailed for at least 15 months for corruption.[MORE]
Fraser touts regional plan benefits
Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says the Wide Bay statutory regional plan will create a diverse local economy and protect the region's lifestyle.[MORE]
Nod for more gas hub talks
Aboriginal people from across the Kimberley have formally endorsed traditional owners continuing negotiations over the proposed Kimberley gas hub in Western Australia.[MORE]
Talks focus on population policy need
A public meeting into whether Queensland needs a population policy to guide growth will be held in Bundaberg today.[MORE]
Police officer grilled for second day
The police officer at the centre of a death in custody at Palm Island in north Queensland has denied applying force to the prisoner during a scuffle.[MORE]
Dragun inquest hears drug side effects under reported
An inquest into the death of a newsreader on anti-depressants has heard there is an 'under-reporting' of the side effects of prescription drugs in Australia.[MORE]
Scientology insider's nightmare childhood
A former Scientologist who says she was a "child slave" and alleges she saw a six-year-old boy chained up in a ship's hold is disappointed the Senate has blocked a full inquiry into the religious organisation.[MORE]
Appeal for man missing from mental health unit
Police are hoping the public can help them find a man who has absconded from a mental health facility at Randwick in Sydney's east.[MORE]
Light rail on track to spark property boom
The Tourism and Transport Forum expects the price of property to soar around the Gold Coast light rail line.[MORE]
Navy intercepts another asylum boat
The 23rd asylum-seekers' boat to arrive in Australian waters this year has been intercepted by the Australian Navy.[MORE]
Bega Valley reserve dubbed "rubbish dump"
There is concern over the amount of household rubbish being dumped in a Bega Valley State reserve in the New South Wales South East.[MORE]
Child sex abuse victims wait months for counselling
Some children as young as three years old are waiting for months for counselling for sexual abuse in Victoria.[MORE]
Shepparton named Vic's second biggest water user
Shepparton residents are using less water than in 2001 but they still consumed the second most amount of water per person in Victoria last year.[MORE]
Cancer survivor's message of hope
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A SA cancer survivor joins others in giving a message of hope and raising money.[MORE]
Obama gives Nobel prize money to charity
US president Barack Obama will give his $US1.4 million ($1.5m) Nobel Peace Prize award money to 10 charities, including groups working on Haiti relief and supporting military families.[MORE]
Parental leave tax a win for small business: MP
Federal Member for Gilmore Joanna Gash says a tax to fund a parental leave scheme would not deter businesses from hiring women.[MORE]
