Council rangers are expanding beyond parking to chase fines revenue for often trivial reasons, issuing 38,728 infringements other than vehicle offences.
BARGAIN hunters will fork out about $6.2 billion in a post-Christmas splurge across Australia, with shoppers set to top off a record year of festive spending.
AUSTRALIA will build the world's most lethal conventional submarine fleet including futuristic midget subs to combat an expected arms race in the region.
I picked up the kids a set of Disney edutainment games for Christmas. We're talking 6 CDs of learning fun. The box said it works on Macintoshes (classic mode, whatever that means), and Andrew was so excited by the idea
OPTUS has outlined plans for the new $500 million 3G HSPA (high-speed packet access) network which will cover 96 per cent of the Australian population.
THE Australian share market is expected to finish the year strongly after a positive lead from Wall Street, but analysts expect 2008 to be just as volatile as this year.
ARSONISTS have taken advantage of Perth's second hottest Christmas Day in almost 100 years by lighting two bushfires close to each other in the city's north.
THE future for Indian Ocean whale sharks looks good, according to the results of a recent study, contradicting previous findings that the population is in decline.
THE typical Queensland Christmas of sun and surf didn't eventuate today, with cooler than average temperatures in the south and heavy rainfall in some northern centres.
THE Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne is sticking with the reference to the Queen in its name despite abbreviating its new neon sign to just The Women's, the hospital has said.
