http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&catid=210News Feed for - Australiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235712263&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:28:00Former Notre Dame tight end Jake Golic will transfer to Cincinnati, according to his father, Mike. The elder Golic, a former NFL player and longtime ESPN radio host, announced that his son would be attending Philadelphia Inquirerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235894488&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T19:14:00I lived next to two public schools in a leafy suburb for a decade. At pick-up and drop-off times, the street looked like a luxury car lot as Volvos, BMWs and other pricey models jostled for a park. Commodores Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235891961&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:55:00Independent retailers are not necessarily at a disadvantage technology-wise compared to retail chains. The important thing is to prioritise technology decisions and invest in those that offer the best Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235874786&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:03:00A war of words over gay marriage has broken out between Labor government figures and a powerful Christian lobby group whose support has long been regarded as necessary to winning elections. Finance Minister Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235849445&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:33:00Backing the bookies: Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. Photo: Andrew Meares Each way bet: Julia Gillard has backed Stephen Conroy despite admitting that live betting drives her crazy. Photo: Andrew Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235865001&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T14:25:00Willie Mason is set to be recalled by NSW coach Laurie Daley for the opening State of Origin match five years after making his last appearance in a Blues jersey. Mason, who was without an NRL club until Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235861710&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:10:00, the Depression was in full throat, Nazis in Vienna cheered suppression of the Socialists, Don Bradman said he'd move to Adelaide and the first crossword puzzle appeared in the Herald. In the decades Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235847653&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00Tony Abbott is facing internal pressure from Victorian Liberals to privatise the ABC and SBS if he wins the September 14 election amid claims both organisations are struggling to comply with their charters. Maribyrnong Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235847656&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00The Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, brokered a deal with the television industry to allow betting companies to continue spruiking live odds during sports broadcasts, despite the growing public Maribyrnong Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235834063&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00A virtual war over gay marriage has broken out between key Labor government figures and a powerful Christian lobby group. Finance Minister Penny Wong has accused the ultra-conservative Australian Christian Maribyrnong Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235853995&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:10:00Exuberant: The winning billabong garden. Photo: AAP Image Blooming beautiful: Phil Johnson and Wes Fleming meet the Queen. An ecstatic team of Australians have won the best-in-show medal at the Chelsea Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235873364&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:17:00Self-harm rates among asylum seekers in Australian detention centres has dramatically fallen since September 2011. But an independent report by the Commonwealth and Immigration Ombudsman has lambasted Blacktown Sunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235847655&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00A bleak picture of disadvantage among single parents forced onto Newstart has emerged, with a new Salvation Army report finding the contentious policy has compounded levels of deprivation. The survey Maribyrnong Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235834082&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:10:00Maree Crabbe is an expert on young people and sexuality. Photo: Simon Schluter Technology has enabled the proliferation of pornography, making it so pervasive that it has become the main sex educator Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235872717&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:03:00Were the American actor and author Molly Ringwald to play a character in the screenplay adaption of her own fiction, it would be Marina, the feisty single mother of a six-year-old boy who wishes he was Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235861532&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T14:10:00Andrew Demetriou's radical plan to take an indigenous all-stars team to Ireland now seems certain with cautious support from clubs and the cream of indigenous talent pledging to take part. Demetriou put Melbourne Agehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235862278&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:03:00As The Great Gatsby continues a triumphant opening around the world, Baz Luhrmann has admitted some of the brutal reviews have been hurtful. ''I worried for the life of the film,'' the Australian filmmaker Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235837717&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:03:00It took Peter Clifton more than 40 years to get his first film onto the big screen, but the slow gestation hasn't deterred him. ''One day I would love to make a film about 1967 and that period of my life, Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235835359&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00As confusion emerged over South Australia's intention to ban live odds during sporting telecasts and at grounds, AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says the league has taken a responsible stance towards Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235838317&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00David Warner's extraordinary social media outburst at journalists will not jeopardise his chance as a captaincy candidate, according to Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland. The 26-year-old Test opener Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235837820&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00As Victoria's newest racecourse continues its slow rise from the mud at Tynong, just east of Pakenham, the Victorian government on Tuesday announced a $9 million injection to support the construction Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235835344&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:12:00Essendon is close to re-signing skipper and club favourite son Jobe Watson, a restricted free agent at season's end, on a long-term contract. The Bombers have been in ''deep discussions'' with Watson's Melbourne Times Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235834054&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T11:47:00Teaching students the dangers of gambling, in the same manner as alcohol, drugs and unsafe sex, is crucial with the boom in betting and easy access to online gambling, an international expert has warned. Melbourne Agehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235874710&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T17:03:00. Born at the turn of the 21st century, they are switched on, hyperconnected and know what is happening globally and locally with the swipe of a touchscreen. Unlike previous generations, they are digital Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235880717&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2102013-05-21T18:22:00SAN FRANCISCO - A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string Wichita Eagle