British alcohol company Diageo has released a new 6 per cent alcohol drink designed to avoid the Australian government's new alcopop restrictions.
Designed for the younger market, the company's intended advertising has sparked outcry from health and political circles.
Greens MP and health spokesperson, Lee Rhiannon, says alcohol companies such as Diageo are only concerned with profits, not the health of the young Australians they are targeting.
A four-week expedition to the Tasmanian south-west ocean has revealed new species of animals and more evidence of the impact of increasing carbon dioxide on deep-sea corals.
The voyage of US and Australian researchers was co-led by chief scientist Dr Ron Thresher from CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation and Wealth from Oceans Flagships.
With the inauguration of US President Elect Barack Obama just days away, a reflection on the current Bush administration has sparked worldwide interest.
Non-profit investigative journalism organisation, the Center for Public Integrity, has created a list of the top ten Bush administration failures, as ranked by over 90,000 visitors to have voted on the site.
Areas include the problematic american health system, skyrocketing deficit and the number one Bush failure; false premise for going to war.
Three aid workers have been kidnapped by gunmen in the Philippines.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said the workers had been visiting a local jail where they had been carrying out a water and sanitation project to improve the condition of detainees.
A terrorist group linked to Al Quaeda has strong influence over this area of the Philippines.
The Gold Coast came alive yesterday with the 55,000-strong crowd of people converging on this year's Big Day Out.
The popularity of the event, no doubt encouraged by such impressive international names as Niel Young, The Prodigy and The Arctic Monkeys, has contradicted the spending forecasts of the global economic crunch.
Ambulance and police officers commented that they have no significant drama to report, despite well over 100 drug-related arrests being carried out, and a further 308 patrons being evicted from premises.
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will be addressing the Australians for Palestine Rally today, 2pm at the State Library of Victoria Corner of Swanston and Latrobe Streets.
Ms Hanson-Young will be calling on the Australian Government to publicly condemn the violent actions of the Israeli military in Gaza, which has seen an estimated 1000 innocent Palestinian civilians killed.
An Australian man has been charged with insulting the Thai monarchy after writing about the private life of the country's crowned prince.
Harry Nicholaides was arrested at the Bangkok airport and prevented from leaving the country.
Nicholaides can face up to 15 years in jail if found guilty, but similar cases have resulted in the pardoning and deportation of the foreigner.
The statistics are in for Queensland gambling over the 2008 period, revealing a 5-percent increase in punters' overall losses.
Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg asserts a lack of a serious approach by the government in tackling the issue, which has seen Queenslanders lose over $1.8 billion dollars last year.
Treasurer Andrew Fraser has tentatively proposed a scheme whereby each gambler would have an electronic card that effected a cutoff in the machine after a certain loss threshold.
A new content struggle in Australian Television has emerged with a backlash against the amount of small-budget New Zealand-produced programming featured on our screens.
Enabled by the “Australia NZ Closer Economic Relations Agreement”, Australian networks have been able to operate very cheaply with these imported shows, including “Bro' Town”, “Police Ten 7” and “Orange Roughies”.
These regulatory allowances will be debated by lobbyists in a hearing next month, hoping to bring home-grown content back to the broadcasting industry.
reported Jamie McKinnell, Siobhan Hegarty, Jerome Walker
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