Brisbane, Australia News

A MAN who mooned the Queen during her recent visit to Brisbane says he would do the same if US President Barack Obama visited Australia.

The man accused of killing his wife during their 2003 honeymoon in north Queensland will face a murder trial in the US later today.

MOTORISTS are being slugged more at the petrol pump because supermarket shopper docket discounts are jacking up the price of fuel, a peak motoring body says.

THE main suspect in Whitney Houston's death is a drug that is increasingly hooking Americans and Australians, no matter whether they're superstars or people living in poverty.

Brisbane nurse Sarah Penberthy, 22, and her 26-year-old friend Jarrah Young, a Gold Coast veterinarian, were killed when the overland truck they were travelling in swerved and rolled near Usakos on Wednesday, the ABC reports Ms Young's brother, Joel Young, was also on the tour bus when it crashed and suffered cuts to his legs and feet after being ... (more)

Usakos, where the women were found, is marked with an 'A' in the map of Namibia above.

Wayne Swan says the latest rate rises shows the banks are out of touch with their customers.

Newly appointed Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant fired a shot at AFL on Saturday, declaring the rival code will struggle to "take away any turf" from rugby league.

Mr Katter and party candidates unveiled the eye-catching Katter's Australian Party bus at the fledgling party's first convention in Brisbane today.

You may already be aware of the story. Three years ago a family of travellers occupied a piece of land in East Harting.

Thousands of black US soldiers were stationed in Australia during the war but most of them were in support roles.

The digger kept firing his weapon even after the Corvette HMAS Armidale had slipped beneath the Timor Sea in December 1942.

THE extraordinary life of former Wallaby, respected local farmer, successful racehorse owner and cherished family man Neill Latimer will be celebrated today by members of the rugby fraternity and his loved ones.

Exoma Energy Ltd., an oil and gas explorer with shale prospects in Australia's Queensland state, said partner China National Offshore Oil Corp.

Australia - the world's biggest island - is surrounding by 8222 smaller ones. That's a lot of islands to choose from.

A six-year-old boy by the name of Jacob teamed up with the Melbourne, Florida-based two-piece post-hardcore band TERABRITE and smashed out "a brutal track" called "My First Hardcore Song" as a response to the recently released track from Juliet , an eight-year-old Brisbane, Australia girl.

Dubai's hotel sector posted a strong performance for 2011, which bucked the generally negative trends in the MiddleEast/Africa region for hotel occupancy, according to London-based consultancy STR Global.

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CALLANAN/CALLINAN...Mary Christina b. 10th December, 1881 at Maryborough, then Queens County, now Leix, or Laois.

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