Oct 14, 2011 00:00:00 +1100
Asylum seekers will be processed in Australia for the foreseeable future, but Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will continue to pursue offshore processing.
Deadly crashA plane carrying dozens of passengers crashes in Papua New Guinea, and most of those on board are feared dead.
'Hell of a storm'One person is dead and cars have been swept away after severe thunderstorms across south-east Queensland.
Rebuilding a speciesThere is new hope for southern bluefin tuna, with a crucial meeting adopting a plan to allow the critically endangered species to replenish.
Who should wear the cost of the European debt crisis; banks or the rest of us?
Rebiya Kadeer says Malaysia is not to be trusted on asylum seeker matters.
The Bank of England is printing money to kick-start Britain's economy.
Creation of a new tax think-tank could be the best thing out of the tax forum.
Outside the tax forum politics was giving a demo of why Ken Henry is dreaming.
In the climate change debate, scientific evaluation is more than just opinion.
Intellectual property was given protection so as to provide protection to innovators and inventors. However the legal environment around IP has been corrupted to the point where it is now a substantial barrier to innovation and invention.
EMH on court stops sale of Samsung tablets, via story comment
Plunge pool surprise
Rick Hind
A crane lifting a swimming pool into place tips over in a suburban street in the Northern Territory.
Dementia funding call
Australia faces a surge in the rates of dementia sufferers, prompting a need for more funding for research.
Clarke and Dawe
John Clarke and Bryan Dawe discuss the premiere of carbon tax the movie.
Patents war
By Emily Bourke and wires
Samsung's latest tablet computer has had a temporary sale ban slapped on it, handing a crucial victory to rival Apple.
Quick guide
What's going on in Greece? ABC News Online breaks down the debt crisis.
Killer inside
Plague germs extracted from medieval corpses shed light on why the bacterium that unleashed the Black Death was so lethal.
Operation Hackerazzi
The FBI swoops on a Florida man accused of hacking into the email accounts of starlets including Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis.
Gallery
View images of the grounded container ship Rena, which is leaking oil off the NZ coast.
Emotional journey
The wounds from Queensland's summer of disasters may not be obvious anymore but they're far from healed.
Third time lucky
Philip Williams
A British couple who scooped £101 million on the lottery had only played twice before.
World Cup
Visit our special site for news and results from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Social snapshot
Explore the reaction on social media as the carbon pricing bills passed the Lower House.
Photos
Check out the latest and best images from the world of sport.
Repeating mistakes
Children who are forced to repeat a year at school are likely to suffer both academically and socially, new research suggests.
Have your say
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The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb in his underwear to blow up a US airliner pleads guilty to terrorism-related charges.
A bronze buttock from the statue of Saddam Hussein that was toppled in Baghdad will be auctioned.
A key business group wants a productivity forum to follow those on tax and jobs, saying politicians do not understand the issue.
The Cup is another crowd-pleasing Australian film, writes Margaret Pomeranz.
A folk quintet, a hip-hop artist and a one-man band score a leading seven nominations apiece.
Visit our special site for news and results from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Check out the latest and best images from the world of sport.
The expansion of South Australia's Olympic Dam mine will make it the world's largest uranium mine.
Blaming Iran for a foiled terror plot risks dangerous escalation, says former CIA analyst Robert Baer.
Is the Marrickville council boycott on Israel a legitimate form of protest or anti-Semitic prejudice?
Apple devotees responded to Steve Jobs the same way Christians do to Jesus.
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