Politics & Economy
The carbon tax introduced by Julia Gillard may be a heavy blow to Queensland’s hard-hit tourism industry. Environmental and tourism...
Science & Environment
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today unveiled details of the government’s carbon pricing scheme to be introduced in 2012. The move...
Canberra journalist and regular Wire commentator Bernard Keane says the today’s announcement is a small beginning indeed , with many...
Health
Prison officers have threatened to walk off the job if a Coalition Government introduces a prisoner needle exchange program in...
Social Justice
A group of young people have spoken to the public and politicians about tackling youth homelessness in New South Wales,...
While President Museveni has claimed a landslide victory in recent elections, the leader of the main opposition party has said...
Dr. Matthew Gray, from the Australian National University, is worried protesters gathering in Cairo will turn to violence after the...
Following accusations of safety breaches…Australia’s only nuclear reactor is now to be the subject of an investigation, announced today by...
As anti-government protests continue and widen, the regime in Egypt continues to support President Hosni Mubarak. This is the man...
Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane reports on the developments as Parliament nears the end of its first sitting for 2011.