South Australia Premier silent over barmaid’s sex claims

ADELAIDE - South Australian Premier Mike Rann has opted to remain silent and out of the public eye over allegations that he had secret intimate meetings with a married Parliament House barmaid.

Ex-parliament barmaid claims steamy sex sessions with South Australian Premier in office

ADELAIDE - The Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, has been dragged into a sex scandal after a former parliament barmaid revealed that her clandestine affair with Rann had involved sex in his Parliament House office on several occasions when parliament was sitting.

Australia OKs extradition to Hungary of accused Nazi war criminal

Australia OKs extradition of accused Nazi criminal

When will your bus arrive? Know it on your mobile

ADELAIDE - Each day millions of commuters across the world wait for a bus or a train, wondering when it will arrive. Now a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University’s Adelaide campus that includes Indians has found a way to tell you exactly when your bus or train will be at your stop.

South Australia to run out of drinking water in a year: Politician

ADELAIDE - Australian Democrat David Winderlich has warned that the River Murray, which is a major source of drinking water for South Australians, will become too saline to drink in a year and as a result millions of residents would have to drink bottled water.

54 asylum seekers rescued from stranded boat off northern Australia

ADELAIDE, Australia — Australian border protection officials rescued 54 asylum seekers on Sunday from a boat stranded in northern waters, the home affairs minister said.

Australia may remove gender criteria for military jobs, allowing female combat roles

ADELAIDE, Australia — Australia may allow female soldiers to serve in front-line combat roles under proposed equal-opportunity guidelines that stoked debate Wednesday on whether women can meet the physical demands.

Indian Australian woman killed her husband by setting his genitals on fire

ADELAIDE - A jealous Indian Australian wife has been charged with killing her husband by setting his penis on fire. She is expected to answer her murder charge in October.

World’s last remaining “pristine” forest under threat

ADELAIDE - A team of international researchers has found that the world’s last remaining “pristine” forest, namely the boreal forest across large stretches of Russia, Canada and other northern countries, is under increasing threat.

Robot ‘prostitutes’ may be part of future tourism plans, says expert

ADELAIDE - Robot ‘prostitutes’ may feature as part of extreme future plans for tourists, a tourism conference has been told.

Panda breeders using ‘porn’, ’sexercises’ to encourage mating

ADELAIDE - Panda breeders have resorted to tactics like showing “panda porn” videos, and putting them through “sexercises”, to encourage mating in the animals, and save them from becoming extinct.

Adelaide granny plans to sue Govt. over 1970s police strip ordeal

ADELAIDE - An old woman in Adelaide is considering taking legal action against the State Government for the pain and suffering she went through when she was stripped by five male police officers and put in a cell in the early 1970s.

Stripped female inmates recount horrors of humiliation by male Adelaide cops

ADELAIDE - Soon after a woman in Adelaide complained of having been stripped naked by male police officers and put into padded cells, more women have come forward with similar claims.

Woman complaints of being stripped naked by male cop

ADELAIDE - The complaints of a woman, allegedly stripped naked by policemen before being put in padded cell, have made authorities to offer prisoners with “modesty gowns”.

Australian charged with infecting 3,000 computers with virus that captures banking data

ADELAIDE, Australia — A 20-year-old Australian man has been charged with infecting more than 3,000 computers around the world with a virus designed to capture banking and credit card data, police said Thursday.

Australia proposes revising terrorism laws to include psychological harm, adjust police powers

ADELAIDE, Australia — Terrorism would be redefined to include psychological harm and police would gain emergency powers to search homes without warrants under proposed revisions to Australia’s counterterrorism laws.

Australian border officials intercept boat with 77 suspected asylum seekers in Indian Ocean

ADELAIDE, Australia — A boat carrying 77 suspected asylum seekers was intercepted Thursday in the Indian Ocean, the latest in a string of such vessels caught in Australian waters this year.

Sam the koala, rescued from Australian wildfires, dies during operation for ovarian cysts

ADELAIDE, Australia — Sam the koala, who gained worldwide fame and sympathy when she was rescued during Australia’s devastating wildfires this year, was euthanized Thursday after a veterinarian found the cysts that threatened her life were inoperable.

Sam the koala, rescued from Australian wildfires, now faces life-threatening surgery for cysts

ADELAIDE, Australia — A koala made famous by a photograph of her drinking from a firefighter’s water bottle as wildfires ravaged Australia was due to undergo surgery Thursday for life-threatening cysts.

Grime doesn’t pay: Australian police nab suspected car thief asleep at the wheel in a car wash

ADELAIDE, Australia — Police say they have arrested a suspected car thief whom they caught napping at the wheel of a stolen car.

Afghan odyssey by air land and sea ends in Australia, and exacts a heavy price

ADELAIDE, Australia — Two years ago, Ali Khosh Razaee bought his freedom. The price he paid was his brother.

British hiker expected death, wrote farewell letter to family while lost in Australian wild

ADELAIDE, Australia — A British teenager who was found dehydrated and freezing after 12 wintry days lost in Australia’s wilderness said he wrote farewell notes to his family and expected to die of starvation.

Australian think tank predicted violence by Jemaah Islamiyah in report this week

ADELAIDE, Australia — An Australian think tank predicted that Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah might launch new attacks just a day before Friday’s deadly hotel bombings in Indonesia.

Rio Tinto says allegations of bribery against employees in China are ‘without foundation’

ADELAIDE, Australia — Bribery allegations against four Rio Tinto Ltd. employees detained in China are “wholly without foundation,” the mining giant said Friday, as Australia continued to press Beijing for details of a case that is straining ties between the two nations.

Looking for love? Australian study suggests finding a partner who shares your smoking habits

ADELAIDE, Australia — If you’re looking for happily ever after, Australian researchers have a suggestion: Find a partner who shares your smoking habits.

Australian PM warns China that world is watching its handling of detained Rio Tinto employees

ADELAIDE, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday warned China that the world is watching how it deals with an investigation into four detained employees of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd.

Australian food icon, Vegemite, gets smoother, cheesy makeover; public to choose new name

ADELAIDE, Australia — The iconic Australian food spread Vegemite is getting a makeover.