The report predicts that a population boom in Queensland’s coastal areas and a large increase in shipping through the reef will become major concerns.

Meanwhile, residents in Wagga Wagga and Gundagai are getting help from 100 army staff to sandbag properties against the nine metre flood peak expected Sunday night.

More than 100 extra computers and additional manpower will be supplied by Australia to help PNG’s scheduled June 2012 general election.

Despite being a Kevin Rudd supporter, the Immigration Minister says that he will remain in his current role if Julia Gillard wins the battle for Labor Party leadership.

Three polls released overnight put Kevin Rudd as preferred Labor party leader ahead of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

In an incident at Pomona, four people were rescued from inside a bus.

A fatal shootout outside a Walmart in Port Orchard, Wash., has killed two people and wounded two sheriff’s deputies.

‘Tangled,’ starring Mandy Moore, climbed to number one with $21.5 million

The drug bust occurred at 9am in Sierra Blanca, Texas, during a stop.