http://www.sbs.com.au Police have seized drugs with a street value of more than $25 million and charged a man believed to be the main dealer. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625440/Drugs-worth-25m-seized-in-Sydney http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625440/Drugs-worth-25m-seized-in-Sydney Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:36:42 +1100 Opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton appears reluctant to commit the coalition to over-turning a means test on the private health insurance rebate. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625108/Coalition-might-not-overturn-health-rebate http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625108/Coalition-might-not-overturn-health-rebate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:45 +1100 Pigs being battered over the head with a metal pole have been televised from video footage taken at a western Sydney abattoir. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625242/Sydney-abattoir-shut-down-over-cruelty-concerns http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625242/Sydney-abattoir-shut-down-over-cruelty-concerns Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:03:43 +1100 Nearly a dozen activists have delivered a petition of 250,000 signatures to Apple's Sydney store, as part of global action against the company's alleged abuse of Chinese factory workers. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625432/Global-petition-handed-to-Apple-in-Sydney http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625432/Global-petition-handed-to-Apple-in-Sydney Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:22:48 +1100 Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia is working with other governments around the world to bring about political change in Syria. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625448/We-re-working-with-others-to-change-Syria-Rudd http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625448/We-re-working-with-others-to-change-Syria-Rudd Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:32 +1100 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has made a conditional promise that the coalition could deliver a budget surplus if Labor is able to produce one next year. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625374/Abbott-refuses-to-promise-budget-surplus http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625374/Abbott-refuses-to-promise-budget-surplus Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:31:00 +1100 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has faced angry parents and carers of disabled people at a fiery question-and-answer session in Sydney. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625452/Disability-scheme-will-take-time-Gillard http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625452/Disability-scheme-will-take-time-Gillard Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:52:08 +1100 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has addressed reports that she has banned her ministers from talking to newspaper editors. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625326/Ministers-banned-from-talking-to-editors http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625326/Ministers-banned-from-talking-to-editors Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:00 +1100 The RBA has cut its inflation and growth forecasts as uncertainty about Europe's debt crisis weighs on the local economy. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625454/RBA-cuts-inflation-and-growth-forecasts http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625454/RBA-cuts-inflation-and-growth-forecasts Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:06:58 +1100 The suburb of Londonderry, near Penrith, received 104 millimetres of rain in a short few hours, prompting the rescue of 150 greyhounds from a stud farm. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625370/Floods-hit-western-Sydney-Illawarra http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625370/Floods-hit-western-Sydney-Illawarra Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:06:57 +1100 The parents of month-old baby Joshua Elliott have read out a tribute to their son at an inquest into his death in Sydney Children's Hospital. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625484/Tears-in-court-over-baby-Joshua http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625484/Tears-in-court-over-baby-Joshua Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:46:11 +1100 Kevin Rudd has again said that he's a happy little Vegemite in his current role as foreign minister. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625408/Rudd-says-gagging-is-a-matter-for-PM http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625408/Rudd-says-gagging-is-a-matter-for-PM Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:35:31 +1100 The federal and state governments have committed $100 million toward a feasibility study of a carbon capture and storage project in Victoria. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625480/Victoria-carbon-capture-project-on-track http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625480/Victoria-carbon-capture-project-on-track Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:15:33 +1100 http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625476/Factbox-Health-rebate-changes http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625476/Factbox-Health-rebate-changes Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +1100 Premier Barry O'Farrell must intervene to save collapsed construction company Kell and Rigby following the loss of 500 jobs, Unions NSW says. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625472/Unions-want-talks-over-Kell-closure http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625472/Unions-want-talks-over-Kell-closure Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:51:29 +1100 Australia's free trade talks with China are going frustratingly slowly, according to Australia's top diplomat. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625468/China-trade-deal-years-away-top-diplomat http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625468/China-trade-deal-years-away-top-diplomat Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:23 +1100 A Sydney accountant will spend at least seven years behind bars for defrauding a financial institution of $45 million. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625462/-45m-fraud-accountant-gets-minimum-7-years http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625462/-45m-fraud-accountant-gets-minimum-7-years Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:08:11 +1100 The Sydney abattoir accused of cruelty says it has removed workers captured on video mistreating animals. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625458/Abattoir-sacks-workers-after-cruelty-video http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625458/Abattoir-sacks-workers-after-cruelty-video Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:04:32 +1100 Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the government is talking to the aluminium industry about the global conditions that are making it uneconomic. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625422/Swan-rules-out-blank-cheque-for-Alcoa http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625422/Swan-rules-out-blank-cheque-for-Alcoa Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:59:10 +1100 The High Court has agreed to hear an appeal against rogue surgeon Jayant Patel's manslaughter convictions. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625410/High-Court-appeal-in-Patel-case-to-proceed http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1625410/High-Court-appeal-in-Patel-case-to-proceed Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:47:27 +1100