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A GROSS miscalculation of data from a Qantas pilot twice thrust a regional flight into a position where the plane could literally have dropped from the sky.

A MAN has been lucky to escape serious injury after he fell from the roof of a Toowoomba restaurant and bar.

AFP/Canberra Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen yesterday defended a steep rise in the cost of Canberras mandatory detention of asylum-seekers, saying a surge in boatpeople arrivals had stressed the system.

The question might not be if an insanely tall solar updraft tower gets built, but whose insanely tall solar updraft tower gets built first.

The Australian Greens have again urged federal Labor to increase its proposed mining tax, to better protect industries struggling under the weight of the high Australian dollar.

The image resonated around the nation, showing the plight of farmers battling one of the worst floods in recent years.

LEIGHTON Holdings subsidiary Thiess has won a $180 million contract for work at BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland.

A TV crew who were filming for the ABC in a riverbed at Alice Springs have been attacked by two women who set upon staff at the hotel the group retreated to.

BHP Billiton's Bowen Basin coal workers will strike for seven days next week in the latest chapter of a months-long battle with the world's biggest miner, the miners' union said on Thursday.

More youngsters from Indigenous people are still being held in juvenile detention, despite a slight dip in numbers over the past for years.

The Australian Greens could ditch their opposition to a key aspect of Labor's private health insurance reforms if the federal government stumps up at least $1 billion for dental care in the May budget.

PREMIER Ted Baillieu has intervened to try to save the jobs of 600 workers at Alcoa, as Victoria's manufacturing crisis deepens.

Campaigners warn against mining interests buying up media after Lord Monckton calls for UK and Australia to have a 'Fox News' An advertisement by Get Up! in the Melbourne Age warning against the influence of mining interests on the media Photograph: www.getup.org.au Readers of the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald might be forgiven today for ... (more)

And Liev Schreiber was no exception as he appeared to be struggling on a jog with partner Naomi Watts as they battled the Australian downpour to sweat our their toxins during an exercise regime.

Sun lovers may be raising their risk of skin cancer by avoiding sunscreen due to unfounded fears over nanoparticles, according to a federal government study.

A thief who found child porn on a stolen mobile phone has been jailed after handing himself in to police.

Waiting... Queensland independent MP Bob Katter could pocket a $335 million government grant for his CopperString power project.

LAUNCESTON police have caught a man who fled after the car he was driving crashed, killing one passenger and seriously injuring another.

Amid the global economic turmoil and credit squeeze, Australia remains a gold standard country to invest in, says BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers.

Ms Bligh was responding to criticism about candidates vying for seats on the Sunshine Coast who did not live locally.