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Australian plane makes emergency landing in Philippines
22:11:36, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's air transport safety bureau is sending a team of investigators to the Philippines to help local authorities find out what caused a mid air fuselage blow out on a Qantas aircraft with more than 360 people aboard.
Australian government approves $US6m in aid projects
21:13:20, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian government has approved more than $US6 million for international aid projects to help those who have fled war, persecution or political strife in their homelands.
Australian PM visits Great Barrier Reef
19:25:19, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has used a visit to the Great Barrier Reef off the north-east coast to promote his government's plans for a carbon emissions trading scheme.
Australian aid funding to rebuild PNG bridges
19:25:19, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Government will spend $US33 million rebuilding key bridges that were destroyed by a cyclone in Papua New Guinea last year.
US secretary of state visits Western Australia
14:21:19, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, is in the Western Australian captial, Perth.
Emissions trading to cause prices to soar: industry
14:21:18, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The electricity industry says the Australian government's emissions trading scheme could force power plants to close and electricty bills to soar.
Australia, NZ to train Pacific trade negotiators
14:21:18, 25 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia and New Zealand have offered to train trade negotiators who would act on behalf of Pacific island nations under the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations.
Australia, NZ to appoint ASEAN ambassadors
20:30:18, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian and New Zealand government's have both announced they'll appoint ambassadors to ASEAN, the Association of South East Asian Nations.
Australian couple lose 'wrongful birth' case
20:30:18, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
An Australian couple have lost a court case against their obstetrician, who they were suing for the wrongful birth of one of their children.
Condoleezza Rice set to arrive in Australia's west
17:42:09, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United States secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, is due to arrive in Australia late Thursday.
PNG Catholic youths stranded in chilly Sydney
15:56:39, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The last of around 500 Papua New Guinea pilgrims who attended the Pope's World Youth Day will arrive home in Port Moresby on Thursday, after being stranded in Sydney.
PNG-Australia drug raids smash alleged syndicate
15:56:39, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Thirteen people have been arrested in a drug raid in Torres Strait, between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Family of Qantas exec plead for light sentence
14:57:31, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The family of a former Qantas executive who's pleaded guilty to price fixing charges is pleading with a United States judge to give him a light jail sentence.
Australia's livestock industry meets over Russia ban
12:08:39, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian meat industry leaders and government representatives are holding talks today about temporary bans imposed by Russia.
Australian rental prices going through the roof
12:08:35, 24 July 2008, Radio Australia News
New figures on Australia's housing market reveal there has been double-digit rent increases in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
ABC journalist released on bail in Singapore
21:47:11, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Peter Lloyd charged with drug offences in Singapore has been released on bail.
Australia buoyed by response to new regional forum proposal
21:47:09, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says the government's proposal for an Asia Pacific community has received a warm response at regional talks in Singapore.
Australia to raise salary for migrant workers
17:42:08, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The Australian government says it will increase the salary and conditions of temporary skilled migrants.
New faces for Australian rugby side
17:42:07, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
In rugby union, Australia has made one change to its team to face New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday.
Australian cabinet to hold community meeting in north
08:43:08, 23 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's federal cabinet will fly to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory this morning, to hold a community cabinet meeting in the town of Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula.
Airline chief predicts global job losses of 100,000
22:20:14, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The head of Australia's biggest airline, Qantas, has predicted that 100,000 aviation industry jobs will be cut across the world by the end of this year.
Increase in overseas workers entering Australia
20:37:08, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The number of overseas workers entering Australia through the temporary skilled migration, or 457 visa program, has grown by 27 per cent in the past year.
Australian business cautioned over low-emissions economy
20:37:08, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australia's climate change minister, Penny Wong, has warned the business community that a transition to a low emissions economy will not be easy.
Major goldfields yet to be explored in Australia
20:37:08, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Australian scientists say there could be hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold in the ground between Bendigo and the Murray River in the country's south eastern state of Victoria.
New plan to reduce Australia's dependence on oil
19:16:51, 22 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A new plan to end Australia's dependence on oil is calling for better fuel efficiency standards, more investment in bio-fuels and the return of the electric car.
![Nepal's Ram Baran Yadav (C) has been sworn in as president, joined by VP Parmananda Jha (L) and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (R). [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/nepal_pres_yadav_afp_0708.jpg "Nepal's Ram Baran Yadav (C) has been sworn in as president, joined by VP Parmananda Jha (L) and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (R). [AFP]")
![Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, has been arrested in Serbia after thirteen years on the run. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/bos_serb_karadzic_afp_0807.jpg "Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, has been arrested in Serbia after thirteen years on the run. [AFP]")
![Supporters offer prayers for the government at a temple in Patna. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/india_vote_rtr_210708.jpg "Supporters offer prayers for the government at a temple in Patna. [Reuters]")
![Anwar Ibrahim told a media conference after his release from detention that police treated him like a major criminal. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/malaysia_anwar_rtr_170708.jpg "Anwar Ibrahim told a media conference after his release from detention that police treated him like a major criminal. [Reuters]")
![Pope Benedict enjoys a performance by Australian Aboriginals at a welcome ceremony in Sydney. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/aus_pope2_rtr_170708.jpg "Pope Benedict enjoys a performance by Australian Aboriginals at a welcome ceremony in Sydney. [Reuters]")
![Crowds mob the World Youth Day cross as it is carried through the streets of Sydney. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/aus_cross_rtr_140708.jpg "Crowds mob the World Youth Day cross as it is carried through the streets of Sydney. [Reuters]")
