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The scheme, first started in 2008, was intended to help Australian growers fill labour gaps by inviting Pacific Islanders to take up seasonal work. After months of negotiations, Australia finalised agreements with Kiribati, Vanuatu and Tonga in December last year....

But oral application of the same medicine does not work as well, with 62 percent of addicts receiving a daily tablet returning to regular heroin use. The implant provides an extended therapeutic period during which heroin addicts can alter their...

The University of Sydney will send two men's and one women's crew to the Head Of The Yarra on Saturday, the largest rowing event in the country. They will challenge the University of Melbourne in the 8.6km race for eight-oared...

Nyssen, 54, is charged with producing, disseminating, or possessing child pornography, and using the internet to access child pornography. He faced Sydney's Central Local Court on Thursday by audio visual link from a remand centre where he has been in...

Village chairman John Kirby says its Gold Coast theme parks and film distribution division were performing ahead of budget expectations during the first quarter of 2009/10. Mr Kirby told the company's annual general meeting on Thursday its Sydney attractions, such...

MP Sophie Mirabella has resigned from the Opposition shadow ministry because she says she cannot support Labor's emissions trading scheme.  Her resignation follows senior Liberal Tony Abbott's decision to resign from the shadow ministry, sparking a new round of leadership...

Shane Watson's failure in the first Test against the West Indies is likely to keep bubbling the debate over who should partner Simon Katich at the top of the Australian order, and Rogers will relish another chance to keep the...

New data gathered by Australian Bureau of Statistics showed actual spending by businesses fell by an adjusted 3.9 per cent in the September quarter of 2009. But the bureau's latest estimate of business spending for the 2009/10 financial year was...

Lowe's is the world's second biggest home improvement retailer. Both companies are hoping to take on Wesfarmers' successful hardware chain and cash cow, Bunnings, and carve up Australia's $24 billion hardware market. Approval for the deal came earlier this month...

Philippines�Australia on Thursday expressed deep concern over �signs of increasing lawlessness in parts of Mindanao� after at least 57 people were killed in the election-related massacre in Maguindanao. In a statement, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Rod Smith on Thursday...