Topix: Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania [March ‘11 Diet]

Topix · Mar 27, 2011, 12:05 PM

Labor has staged a remarkable turnaround in the polls in Queensland, amid speculation of an early election.

Source: Bligh claims remarkable turnaround in poll

Topix · Mar 27, 2011, 04:05 PM

Australian woman Melissa Martin died in New Zealand while mountaineering. Sydney woman Melissa Therese Martin and her fiance Brad Skinner / AAP Source: AAP Fiance suffered minor injuries, broken heart "It was absolutely devastating for him" Pair had just started adventure of a lifetime THEY were a Sydney couple on an adventure of a lifetime - ...

Source: Hiker's partner by her side in fatal fall

Topix · Mar 27, 2011, 08:05 PM

COAL and iron-ore miners will pay a new resources tax to fund major infrastructure under laws to go to federal parliament by the end of the year.

Source: Mining tax laws due by end of 2011

Topix · Mar 28, 2011, 12:05 AM

NBN Co in late 2010 flagged its intention to have its deadline pushed back from June 2018 to December 2020.

Source: NBN deadline pushed back two years

Topix · Mar 28, 2011, 04:05 AM

BusinessNZ has launched an advertising campaign to help Canterbury manufacturers struggling in the wake of last month's 6.3 magnitude quake.

Source: 'Love Christchurch Made' campaign launched

Topix · Mar 28, 2011, 08:05 AM

BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, has said it will expand its Australian iron ore and coal mining projects, as it tries keep up with rising demand in Asia.

Source: BHP to spend $9.5bn in Australia

Topix · Mar 28, 2011, 12:05 PM

Prince William looks professional, speaks with easy self-confidence and interacts well with people from all walks of life.

Source: Prince William self-confident as marriage looms

Topix · Mar 28, 2011, 04:05 PM

Actor Russell Crowe arrives for an exclusive Bon Jovi concert at Star City on December 15, 2010 in Sydney, Australia.

Source: Crowe backs earthquake aid appeal

Topix · Mar 28, 2011, 08:05 PM

NCBI ROFL: Men's Preferences for Women's Breast Morphology in New Zealand, Samoa, and Papua New Guinea.

Source: Ncbi Rofl: Men's Preferences for Women's Breast Morphology in New Zealand, ...

Topix · Mar 29, 2011, 12:05 AM

FIRE IN THE COCKPIT: A Qantas Airbus A330-200. A Nelson man was among passengers on a Qantas flight from the Philippines to Sydney who feared for their lives as pilots had to put out an electrical fire in the cockpit.

Source: Passenger questions Airbus safety after cockpit fire