http://abc.net.au/news/tag/community-and-society http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:27:04 +1100 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:27:04 +1100 Police have expressed concern for the welfare of a 14-year-old girl who went missing from her Ipswich home last August. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461889.htm 2461889 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:24:00 +1100 Northern Territory businesses are being urged to take advantage of a charity-based initiative, which is finding employment for Aboriginal people. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461848.htm 2461848 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:30:00 +1100 A Holocaust survivor's memoir of love in a Nazi concentration camp could be published as a work of fiction. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461742.htm 2461742 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +1100 Tumut Mayor Trina Thompson says the council will not give any false hopes about helping out in the area of childcare. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461732.htm 2461732 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:49:00 +1100 The Commonwealth has announced a $250,000 in funding for the development of Australian Rules football in the Kimberley. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461684.htm 2461684 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:03:00 +1100 A Leeman man who had been missing since last week has been found dead in bushland near the town. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461687.htm 2461687 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:03:00 +1100 The Federal Government has announced a $21 million funding package for volunteer organisations across Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461688.htm 2461688 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:03:00 +1100 Two canyoners missing for two days in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales have been found safe and well. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461509.htm 2461509 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:11:00 +1100 Seniors on the mid-north coast will be able to travel interstate for less after the introduction of a new concession scheme. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461492.htm 2461492 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:03:00 +1100 The Federal Government has provided $3 million to help build an aged care home at Dandenong. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461489.htm 2461489 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:02:00 +1100 Police have resumed the search for two bushwalkers who failed to return from a canyoning trip in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461383.htm 2461383 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:48:00 +1100 New figures reveal the extent of the Qld Govt's spending on health advertising. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461284.htm 2461284 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:06:00 +1100 China's annual travel rush over the Lunar New Year has begun early, partly because of the country's economic woes. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461283.htm 2461283 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:06:00 +1100 More than 2 million Shiite Muslims from across the Middle East have swarmed the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq for the climax of the annual Ashura ceremonies amid tight security. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/08/2461226.htm 2461226 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +1100 Archaeologists and scientists have confirmed a shipwreck found on the Great Barrier Reef is that of the Mermaid. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2461173.htm 2461173 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:06:00 +1100 A Darwin magistrate says cannabis trafficking is destroying Aboriginal culture in some remote Northern Territory communities. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2461123.htm 2461123 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:21:00 +1100 The Tiwi Land Council will start regulating access to waterways around the islands by August, becoming the first council to take advantage of last year's Blue Mud Bay ruling. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2461115.htm 2461115 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:10:00 +1100 An organisation that provides jobs and training for Indigenous youth in the South Burnett has expansion plans. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2461110.htm 2461110 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +1100 Bourke's new Police Community Youth Club (PCYC) is launching a new program to pick up children from the streets. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2461040.htm 2461040 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +1100 The mining company planning to close a central Queensland coal mine says it is being forced to stand down shifts at another site because it needs to transfer workers. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460978.htm 2460978 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +1100 New figures show Queenslanders owe more than $5 million in outstanding fines. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460905.htm 2460905 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +1100 RailCorp will carry out vegetation clearing along the Wollongong and South Coast rail corridors this month amid concerns expected heat wave conditions could bring bushfires close to rail lines. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460879.htm 2460879 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:32:00 +1100 The family of a missing Sunbury woman area appealing for public help to find her. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460872.htm 2460872 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:25:00 +1100 An execution-style murder of a young woman in the Papua New Guinea highlands region has shocked communities and police alike. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/07/2460862.htm 2460862 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:20:00 +1100