Archive for March, 2009

US climate laws ‘better than ours’

CLEAN energy draft legislation released by two US congressmen goes far beyond Australia’s equivalent proposed laws, the Australian Greens say.

Afghan spring fighting season begins

MILITARY chiefs in Afghanistan say that they are expecting a spike in violence as international forces, encouraged by a US boost in troop numbers, move into the spring fighting season.

Diggers kill Taliban bomb expert

AUSTRALIAN special forces and Afghan troops have killed a senior Taliban insurgent leader responsible for improvised explosive device (IED) and suicide attacks against Australian forces.

20 years’ jail for repeat sex offender

A SERIAL sex offender who drugged women before assaulting them has been jailed for 20 years.

Refloat plans after cow sea rescue

MARINE authorities are assessing how they can refloat a vessel that ran aground on King Island in Bass Strait with 283 head of cattle on board.