A bus is covered by debris from a collapsed building in Christchurch. Picture: Getty
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Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a building damaged by the quake in Christchurch. Picture: Getty
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A woman trapped on the roof of a collapsed building waits to be rescued. She escaped serious injury. Picture: AP
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Hunt for survivors of deadly NZ quake
3:35PM UPDATED RESCUERS were frantically digging for survivors and pulling bodies from devastated parts of Christchurch today after a 6.3 earthquake hit the city.
Libyan embassy cuts ties with Gaddafi
2:42PM Mark Dodd THE Libyan embassy in Canberra has severed ties with the Gaddafi regime after its ambassador's meeting with Australian government officials today.
Libs try to withdraw boatpeople motion
1:57PM EXCLUSIVE Ben Packham and Joe Kelly THE federal opposition tried to avert a prearranged motion in parliament by Scott Morrison calling for fewer boatpeople to be accepted as refugees.
Stepmother charged with Zahra's murder
2:36PM UPDATED Paul Toohey, in Hickory, North Carolina ADAM Baker has accused his American wife of being manipulative and abusive after US authorities charged her with murdering his daughter Zahra.
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BHP makes $5bn move into US shale gas
12:53PM UPDATED Michael Bennet BHP'S $US4.75 billion move into US shale gas confirms suspicions the company is keen to grow its oil and gas business through acquisitions.
Sonray Capital CEO arrested: source
2:37PM Andrew Main THE chief executive of collapsed brokerage Sonray Capital Markets, Scott Murray, was arrested in Melbourne today, a source said.
Sonic slumps as competition bites
1:13PM UPDATED Teresa Ooi SONIC Healthcare, the nation's biggest provider of pathology services, cut its full-year profit outlook today, sending its shares sharply lower.
Australian Market Data at 02:54PM
| Index / Security | Price | Change | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Ords | 4955.5 | -35.40 | -0.71% |
| S&P;/ASX 50 | 4833.8 | -30.60 | -0.63% |
| ASX200 | 4864.6 | -35.40 | -0.72% |
| S&P;/ASX 300 | 4876.9 | -36.00 | -0.73% |
| S&P;/ASX MidCap | 4492.0 | -51.40 | -1.13% |
| S&P;/ASX Small Orders | 2890.1 | -34.10 | -1.17% |
| S&P;/ASX 20 | 2917.5 | -16.60 | -0.57% |
| S&P;/ASX 100 | 3957.5 | -27.40 | -0.69% |
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Fortescue gives ASIC its acid test
Andrew Main THE Federal Court ruling on Fortescue Metals Group puts disclosure back in the spotlight.
National Affairs
Aussies may be evacuated from Libya
11:57AM James Massola and Mark Dodd THE Gillard government is considering evacuating Australians from Libya as the nation's ambassador was called in for a dressing down in Canberra.
Libyan embassy cuts ties with Gaddafi
2:42PM Mark Dodd THE Libyan embassy in Canberra has severed ties with the Gaddafi regime after its ambassador's meeting with Australian government officials today.
Newspoll better than a poke in the eye for Gillard
2011-02-22
These are strange days when Newspoll primary support of 36 percent is seen as good news for the Labor government. But with the…
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Airstrikes launched to quell protesters
1:51PM UPDATED LIBYAN armed forces launched airstrikes on protesters as Muammar Gaddafi's iron-fisted rule was rocked overnight with regime loyalists defecting.
Chairman resigns in Broncos' fallout
2:16PM UPDATED Stuart Honeysett THE upheaval at Brisbane over the sacking of coach Ivan Henjak has continued with chairman Darryl Somerville resigning his position.
Policy fails to keep up with boom
Michael Stutchbury, Economics editor Wayne Swan plays to the Australian Workers Union, not to genuine reform
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Judge faces windfall from $1 'dunny lane'
Jodie Minus A PRIME piece of inner-Sydney real estate bought for $1 by one of Sydney's most respected judges could be worth a fortune.
Garden tourism grows afresh
Susan Kurosawa YOUR Departure Lounge has written before that gardening is the new black, or even the new sex.
VHA taps Huawei to upgrade 3G network
Mitchell Bingemann MONTHS of sustained customer complaints over poor mobile network quality has forced Vodafone Hutchison to replace its entire fleet of mobile towers.
Boatpeople radio quiz 'revolting': PM
Joe Kelly JULIA Gillard has described as “absolutely revolting” a radio quiz about asylum-seeker funerals.
Wilkie accord to save teaching awards
Bernard Lane AWARDS and grants for university teaching would be saved under a flood levy deal agreed by independent MP Andrew Wilkie and the Government.
Newspoll better than a poke in the eye for PM
These are strange days when Newspoll primary support of 36 per cent is seen as good news for the Labor government.
Leader wounded by party crossfire
JULIA Gillard is headed in the right direction, Tony Abbott is headed in the wrong direction - in the polls, that is.
Gillard on track to anger O'Farrell
WHAT is Julia Gillard doing, allowing Anthony Albanese to sign off on a $2.5 billion agreement to build a railway link in Sydney?
Policy fails to keep up with boom
Wayne Swan plays to the Australian Workers Union, not to genuine reform
Infrastructure Australia all but derailed
The peak body is being ignored by the government and is failing to do its job, writes Richard Allsop
Multicultural revival a matter of convenience
LIBERAL malcontents are helping the PM pressure Abbott despite Labor's failings, writes Niki Savva
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Don't call us
WITH Libya on the brink of civil war, it seemed high time to see how news from home was being received at the embassy in the Canberra.
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