Rithy Lay was about four years old when his mother, father, older brother and younger sister were slaughtered. They were victims in 1975 in ''the killing fields'' of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.
Families comprise an increasing proportion of the nation's homeless but there is a dire shortage of suitable accommodation for them, says a new report.
A coach who claimed he was sacked from a volunteer position because he was white has had his claim of racial discrimination against Robert de Castella dismissed.
Christian groups want a referendum on gay marriage, saying Australians will reject any change to the status quo if the question posed was a ''black and white'' choice on whether to allow ''homosexuals to marry''.
They were billed as ''black diamonds'' and an opportunity to get rich quick but it has now emerged that parts of the truffle industry in Australia are in dire straits, with some growers abandoning their orchards.
Australians could vote in a referendum on gay marriage in September under a radical proposal being pushed by independent MP Tony Windsor and supported by the Greens and other crossbenchers.
Public service unions have vowed to fight against an industrial tribunal decision they said threatens the job security of 25,000 Australian Taxation Office workers. The Fair Work Commission upheld the tax bosses' right to force eight junior employees to re-apply for four positions, with no guarantee of jobs for the losers in the process.
The British government has ruled out paying ''act of grace'' compensation to Australian soldiers deliberately exposed to nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga in South Australia 61 years ago.
At 4.28pm on Saturday, horse trainer Gai Waterhouse sent an urgent text message to her bookmaker son Tom, in Melbourne. "Need to speak immediately," she wrote, and Tom, who was working at his Moonee Ponds betting centre, duly complied.
Collapsing revenue from lower company profits has blown a $12 billion hole in the federal budget this financial year, Prime Minister Julia Gillard will reveal on Monday.
Once again the Katherine Times is looking for the best dressed lady among the crowd of fans of ...
Rangers have pulled a huge 4.58m saltwater croc from a trap near Bulla. It is believed to be ...
AN INTERSTATE couple is lucky to be alive after the car they were travelling in was involved in ...
Race-goers celebrated the most exciting high-class social event of the year at the annual Katherine race day on ...
STEP OUT clients will again have access to the disabled toilets at the Katherine showgrounds and sports fields.
IN A $30 million investment, the first of more than 300,000 Indian sandalwood trees were planted at Taylors ...
A KATHERINE man is facing time behind bars or a hefty fine after being arrested for selling alcohol ...
