05/27/2008 Hugh Hefner considers a Barossa spread
  • McLeod`s Daughters property up for sale
  • Hugh Hefner enquires about the Barossa spread
  • All parties have six weeks to make a bid
05/27/2008 FBT meal rules tightened
THE Rudd Government is cracking down on fringe benefits tax (FBT) exemptions in a move expected to raise more than $1.3 billion in extra revenue over four years
05/27/2008 Aussie businesses lack fraud protection
LESS than half of Australia`s privately-held businesses take precautions against fraud - an activity that costs firms billions of dollars each year worldwide, a new survey has found
05/27/2008 Wall Street opens higher - just
WALL Street opened modestly higher on Tuesday in a holiday-shortened trading week as oil prices rallied near record highs after a pipeline attack in Nigeria, raising inflation jitters
05/27/2008 Iran rattled by quake - report
A 5.3 MANITUDE earthquake hit a northwestern Iranian province today but there were no immediate reports of any casualties, Iranian news agencies said
05/27/2008 Bungling Customs gets missing drugs
A SHOCKED airline passenger has returned a million yen`s worth of cannabis that customs staff planted in his bag in a bungled sniffer dog exercise
05/27/2008 Army seals off Suu Kyi house
BURMA`S military rulers tightened security around the home of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi today, the day her latest year-long stretch of house arrest is due to expire
05/27/2008 Japan to brew `space beer`
A JAPANESE brewery is planning to produce the world`s first "space beer" using barley once stored at the International Space Station
05/27/2008 Police accused of executing suspects
THE Philippines ordered nine members of an elite police unit to face an inquiry today after they were accused by the human rights commission of executing three men suspected of a bloody bank robbery
05/27/2008 Soldiers trying to drain quake lake
CHINESE soldiers are working round the clock to dig a giant channel to ease pressure on a swelling "quake lake", with plans to evacuate 100,000 people to avert a new disaster, state media have said
05/27/2008 Nepal warns king to go quietly
THE Nepali Government has warned that it could use force to throw unpopular King Gyanendra out of the royal palace if he refuses to leave voluntarily after the 239-year-old monarchy is abolished
05/27/2008 Storm threat to quake survivors
SURVIVORS of China`s earthquake huddled inside tents near their devastated homes today as they awaited a predicted thunderstorm, wondering how they would cope
05/27/2008 Stem cell treatment lets Aussie breathe
A PARALYSED Australian man claims a controversial embryonic stem cell treatment has allowed him to breathe on his own for the first time in 14 years
05/27/2008 Bomb attack on bus kills 12
A ROADSIDE bomb ripped through a bus in south-west Afghanistan today, killing 12 passengers and wounding several others, a senior provincial official said
05/27/2008 Beijing pollution hits top of scale
POLLUTION levels in Beijing hit the top of the scale today, just 73 days before the Olympics, prompting a government warning for residents with respiratory problems to stay indoors
05/27/2008 Suu Kyi`s house arrest extended
DEMOCRACY leader Aung San Suu Kyi`s house arrest has been extended, Burmese officials said today
05/27/2008 Bomb explodes as Nepal ousts king
A BOMB has exploded in Nepal`s capital, injuring at least one person, in the latest attack that has raised tensions ahead of a historic vote for a new assembly to abolish the 239-year monarchy
05/27/2008 420,000 houses collapse in quake zone
MORE than 420,000 houses have collapsed in the quake-hit Sichuan province in south-west China after two fresh aftershocks hit the area this afternoon
05/27/2008 Woman burnt as hair spray ignites
A HAIRDRESSER`S hands and feet were burnt when a punctured can of hair spray burst into flames at a salon in Launceston today
05/27/2008 Newton`s handbag items worth $130k
TELEVISION personality Patti Newton was carrying jewellery and other items worth $130,000 in a handbag snatched while she drank coffee in a Melbourne shopping centre, court documents allege
Bassingthwaighte to go solo
Out on her own ... Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Bassingthwaighte to go solo   11/18/2007
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