Oceania News

Many of the carparking assets of New Zealand-owned and operated Tournament Parking have been sold to Southeast Asia's biggest player Wilson Parking.

Shane Cook, who spent five months in hospital after a bottle of burning petrol was thrown at him, with sister Bianca.

It was early September - that's springtime in Western Australia - and two young biologists, Dwayne Gwynne and David Rentz, were on a field trip, wandering dirt roads near the highways, looking for insects, when one of them noticed a loose beer bottle lying on the ground - not so unusual in the Dongara region, where Australians zooming by often ... (more)

PREMIER Jay Weatherill will vote in favour of the latest attempt to legalise same-sex marriage in South Australia, to be introduced to State Parliament on Thursday.

A crocodile attacked and killed a pregnant woman in Indonesia as she crossed a bridge, and her three-year-old son is missing.

Two new books in Tongan and English, that document the devastating Niuatoputapu tsunami of 2009 will help Tongans to be aware of the impact of earthquakes that can result in a tsunami, Tonga's Director of Education, Emily Moala-Pouvalu, said on June 18. "The knowledge and skills would help us with our understanding and confidence on how to learn to ... (more)

Sue Boyce will defy her party and support legislation outlawing discrimination against homosexual and transgender people in Australian care homes Opposition senator Sue Boyce intends to defy her Coalition colleagues by voting for Labor's anti-discrimination bill.

Elder Wilfred Hicks with ancient Aboriginal rock art depicting a kangaroo high above Bloodwood Creek on the Burrup Peninsula near Dampier.

DEVELOPERS have earmarked more than $2.5 billion of major city projects since the State Government relaxed planning regulations in March last year.

Following an extensive defense investigation that has included the review of hundreds of thousands of Bureau of Prisons records, attorneys for inmates Joseph Cabrera Sablan and James Ninete Leon Guerrero say separate trials are necessary to ensure each gets a fair shake.

Artist Horst Kiechle has created a papercraft torso complete with detailed organs that fit together inside the chest cavity for the science lab at the International School in Nadi, Fiji Islands.

Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi has reportedly said a petition has proven his view on same-sex, bestiality and polygamy correct.

LADIES, a new trend has arrived that promises to keep you warm in the winter months and safe from perverts when you're out and about.

Terri Judd is a reporter with The Independent, who writes regularly on defence issues, having repeatedly embedded with British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Global surveillance is a threat to our personal freedom. And yet, the NSA revelations have barely caused a ripple on this side of the world Protesters hold placards as they march to the US consulate in Hong Kong, in support of Edward Snowden.

More than 100 former WA hostel boarders have applied for sex abuse compensation after the Blaxell inquiry examined a litany of abuse across WA schools.

THE "feel-good" factor of the Adelaide Festival has been given a dollar value for the first time, with research showing this year's event was worth almost $85 million - far greater than its strict economic benefit.

A laptop through Computers Against Isolation is helping autistic Rotorua boy Edward Haynes talk to family and come out of his shell.

It has been a week of challenging television viewing - challenging even without catching much Seven Sharp .

Writer Stephen Sinclair, 56, is best known for co-writing Ladies Night and working with Sir Peter Jackson on Meet the Feebles, Braindead and The Lord of the Rings.