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Scanning 'will be selective'
10 Feb 2010, 8:36AM
Not all international travellers will be subject to a full-body scan, federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese says, after the government announced a beef up of airport security.- Full body scanners to be introduced at airports
- Airport security beefed up
Qld mulls decriminalising surrogacy
10 Feb 2010, 7:31AM
New laws that will decriminalise altruistic surrogacy in Queensland will be introduced to parliament, while paid surrogacy will remain illegal.
Outcry over Chinese camouflage plans
10 Feb 2010, 7:05AM
The ADF is to clothe its soldiers in camouflage fabric made in China as part of efforts to cut costs - reportedly putting Australian jobs at risk.
Australian Toyota recall begins
10 Feb 2010, 6:35AM
Toyota is recalling almost 2,400 hybrid cars in Australia as part of a worldwide program to fix faulty brakes on its hybrid Prius model.
Give obese kids gastric bands: study
10 Feb 2010, 8:19AM
Australian study into obesity advocates a big increase in the number of juvenile gastric banding operations to tackle number of morbidly overweight kids.
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Explosion at Grammar College in Sydney
10 Feb 2010, 11:20AM
A man has been airlifted to hospital with 60 per cent burns to his body following a gas explosion at an Islamic school in Sydney's southwest.
Airline travellers face full body scans
10 Feb 2010, 2:31AM
Airline travellers will soon be required to walk through full body scanners before catching a flight.
Full body scanners to be introduced at airports
09 Feb 2010, 8:04PM
Travellers are facing full body scans, increased security and more
expensive flights with the government announcing a $200 million plan to
beef up airport defence against extremists.
Son tormented after flood swept mum away
09 Feb 2010, 4:12PM
A teenage boy says he's tormented by memories of his mother's face as she was swept to her death in a flash flood in Queensland.
Sheik banned from sending offensive mail
09 Feb 2010, 3:20PM
A Sydney man accused of sending offensive mail to the families of dead
Australian soldiers has been banned from sending similar letters to the
relatives of British soldiers.
Airport security beefed up
09 Feb 2010, 3:05PM
Travellers face full body scans at Australia's international airports as part of a $200 million beefing-up of security, announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Jumbo baby ready to shine
09 Feb 2010, 2:15PM
Melbourne Zoo’s baby elephant will soon make her first public appearance since her birth last month.
Sea Shepherd in water cannon fire stoush
09 Feb 2010, 1:42PM
Anti-whaling activists hope to prevent Japanese whalers from making a kill for the next three weeks, as they exchange water cannon fire on the high seas.
Opposition demands insulation audit
09 Feb 2010, 12:13PM
The opposition has demanded that the government audit homes where potentially deadly foil insulation was installed under a rebate scheme.
Conroy helped ex-Labor MP get $450k NBN job
09 Feb 2010, 10:04AM
A former Labor powerbroker being paid $450,000 a year as the NBN's government relations point man was tipped for the job by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
