12:10:00 17/03/2010
The Northern Territory Coroner has found three asylum seekers were involved in a plot to burn a boat that exploded near Ashmore Reef last April. Five Afghan men died as a consequence of the blast, and the coroner says a crime may have been committed. More
12:14:00 17/03/2010
The one-time Treasurer, Peter Costello, has angered his former colleagues by slamming Tony Abbott's parental leave scheme in a newspaper opinion piece. Mr Costello has described the plan for six months' paid parental leave as 'silly', saying it would reduce business competitiveness. More
12:18:00 17/03/2010
The latest opinion polls in Tasmania suggest the swing against the State Government is so strong that Labor is in danger of losing at least one of its three seats in the five-seat electorate of Denison, which takes in inner Hobart and spreads out to the northern suburbs. More
12:23:00 17/03/2010
Queensland police say they're concerned about the increasing use of cannabis in remote communities, with a report showing that up to 60 per cent of Indigenous residents on the Cape York Peninsular and the Torres Strait islands might now be regularly using the drug. More
12:28:00 17/03/2010
There's a call today for more initiatives to be introduced to increase Indigenous representation in medical schools. Indigenous people make up 2.5 per cent of the population, but less than one per cent of all medical practitioners are of Indigenous descent. More
12:32:00 17/03/2010
Former US State Department adviser, Aaron David Miller, joins The World Today to discuss the US/Israeli relationship, which is facing one of its biggest crises in 60 years. The US is outraged by Israel's plan to build more than 1,000 homes in East Jerusalem, which it captured in 1967. More
12:36:00 17/03/2010
The bodies of two Australian soldiers who drowned in Indonesia have been found and will be returned home, 44 years after they died. Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson was 30 and Private Robert Moncrieff was 21 when they died in 1966 while on an SAS patrol. More
12:40:00 17/03/2010
The New South Wales Government has commissioned CHOICE to investigate whether businesses are profiteering from credit card surcharges. The Government says there's anecdotal evidence suggesting airlines and taxi drivers are ripping off customers. More
12:44:00 17/03/2010
A Melbourne study has shown a causal link between increasing greenhouse gases, regional warming, and a change in nature involving butterflies, which are highly sensitive to temperature. The scientists say it's evidence the seasons are shifting because of global warming. More
12:48:00 17/03/2010
The British Government is defending the money it's spending on the 2012 London Olympic Games. While some host cities have suffered a post-Games economic slowdown, the Minister Tessa Jowell, says she's not scared of what's become known as the 'Olympic curse'. More
12:54:00 17/03/2010
For more than 20 years, the Packing Room Prize has served a more populist role than the main Archibald Prize, which has often stirred controversy by choosing portraits which are not everybody's choice. This year's packers' winner is a painting of the music historian Glenn A. Baker. More
