08:00:00 07/09/2010
The three country independents, Rob Oakeshott, Tony Windsor and Bob Katter, believe they've now have all the information they need to decide whether Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott should be Prime Minister. They've ticked off on bi-partisan parliamentary reform and got an assurance about which side the West Australian National, Tony Crook, would support. More
08:03:00 07/09/2010
The three king-making MPs from the bush are waiting from some last minute information from both sides about their final offers before the trio gets together to swap notes. Tony Windsor says regional Australia will be the big winner from the protracted negotiating process. More
08:06:00 07/09/2010
The Opposition's leapt on a report in The Australian newspaper that the global resources intelligence firm Intierra, estimates the Government's proposed mineral resources rent tax will raise just two-and-a-half billion dollars in the first two years -- representing an eight billion dollar shortfall. More
08:09:00 07/09/2010
With many parts of Victoria underwater authorities are warning that some of the worst flooding may be yet to come. At Wangaratta in the state's north-east dozens of residents were rushed out of their homes overnight as the levee which protects the area threatened to collapse. More
08:16:00 07/09/2010
Just days before its semi final series kicks off, the National Rugby League is facing a new betting scandal. Police are investigating at least one match last month when punters plunged an unusually large amount on who would score first points. Now there are reports another five matches are likely to be investigated. One of Australia's biggest bookmakers has told AM the NRL needs to set up something like a racing stewards body to police betting on the sport. More
08:19:00 07/09/2010
Just a month out from the Commonwealth Games, the outbreak of Dengue fever in New Delhi is worsening. Exacerbated by waterlogged construction sites, and by striking fumigators, the mosquito-borne disease is on the increase with dozens of new cases reported in the last few days. The monsoon rains are likely to hang around, possibly even into October when the Games start. More
08:22:00 07/09/2010
Britain's Parliament, police, the press and one of the Prime Minister's most trusted advisers have all been caught up in an alleged phone hacking scandal. British Labour MPs have demanded police reopen the investigation into alleged phone-hacking by reporters of the tabloid News of the World newspaper. Claims were made last year that journalists had hacked the phones of several thousand celebrities, sports stars and politicians. The conservative coalition Government has been pressed on allegations its director of communications, Andy Coulson knew phone-tapping was going on at the newspaper when he was its editor. More
08:25:00 07/09/2010
It's taken years, but finally Australia has a pineapple it can call its own. Up until now the pineapples Australians have eaten have been derived from plants brought in from overseas. Now Australian scientists have bred the first true blue Australian pineapple and it has twice the vitamin C as regular varieties. More
