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REPORTS of a sex betting ring on board a Navy ship are disturbing, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

This is no coincidence. It's a result of ongoing government policies that encourage racist attitudes and threaten the lives of the most disadvantaged in society.

A 265-pound , big-eared and long-nosed bundle of joy was welcomed in Australia as an important step in helping to save the endangered Asian elephant.

OLDER people across the nation will now be able to travel interstate more cheaply.

Asia Pacific News.Net Friday 3rd July, 2009 Canberra, July 3 : Newly arrived international students could be given priority for on-campus accommodation as one way of boosting safety, according to a position paper released on Thursday by Universities Australia.

The Dalai Lama says Tibet has been given a death sentence by the Chinese Government.

Melbourne: A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday.

Asia Pacific News.Net Thursday 2nd July, 2009 Canberra, July 2 : Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced today said that the Council of Australian Governments had agreed to adopt a number of additional measures to enhance the well-being and safety of international students.

FORMER federal MPs are flying high on the gravy plane by claiming an astonishing 20,000 taxpayer-funded flights around Australia since 2001 worth more than $8.3 million.

In Malaysia, they hoped he would be remembered like Princess Diana. In Mexico, one of his impersonators said part of his life had been torn away.

MELBOURNE: Australian researchers Monday said a swine flu vaccine could be ready in months as the worst-hit country in Asia Pacific reported two more deaths linked to the virus, taking the total to six.

This special has a book by date of June 30 so it won't make it in for the Airfare Specials this Week on time.

QANTAS is going beyond traditional means of slashing flights and delaying the delivery of new aircraft in its bid to limit the impact of the travel downturn.

Chennai, June 27 : The attacks on Indian students in Australia were 'racial outbursts' by 'anti-social elements', Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said here Saturday.

Melbourne, June 27 : An international student in Australia, Danny Ong, has written a guide for Indian students as well as for other international students in the country, which will offer essential advice to them regarding house-hunting, public transport, the justice system and the concept of human rights in Australia.

Australia reported the fourth death related to influenza A/H1N1 in the country Friday while the number of confirmed cases in Thailand soared to 1,132. The death of a 71-year-old Melbourne woman was notified to Australian health department late Thursday night, Victoria's acting chief health officer Rosemary Lester said.

THE Cabcharge empire run by Sydney taxi operator Reg Kermode has been accused in the Federal Court of trying to wipe out competitors and deter potential rivals.

MELBOURNE: A 71-year-old woman became the fourth swine flu-related death in Australia in a week, an official said Friday.

QUEENSLAND premier Anna Bligh has left the state government's jet on the tarmac for the first time and chosen to rub elbows with the public on a domestic flight instead.

Mix masters ... Peter Kuruvita's dish of devilled mud crab. Photo: Edwina Pickles Guess who's coming to dinner RAINER BECKER, one of the world's top Japanese chefs, is a German who once cooked in Sydney.