Tasmanian fishermen will continue to lobby the timber company Gunns to include a tertiary treatment plant in its plans for a pulp mill.

The South Australian Government has dropped a plan to charge schools a Workcover levy.

Prime Minister John Howard says his Government will consider a request to partly fund a $216 million aviation precinct in Bundaberg.

Venezuela has moved closer to nationalising its oil-rich Orinoco River basin, as four foreign oil companies signed deals giving Venezuela the lion's share of the profits and two US companies pulled out altogether.

Low-cost airline Jetstar says it is looking at introducing direct international flights to the Gold Coast.

A new survey has found employer confidence is at a record high, with a large number of businesses planning to hire more staff this year.

The first stage of work on the new Tharwa bridge is expected to start this week.

China has completed construction of the world's longest sea-crossing bridge, a 36-kilometre-long road link across the East China Sea.

The Tasmanian Government will get a better indication of the future of northern Tasmania's gas-fired power station project today.

An aviation think tank says airlines should be compelled to offset their carbon emissions because they have been slow to act on climate change.

A Canadian man has failed to convince a Nova Scotia judge that he hatched the idea for one of the world's top-selling board games, Trivial Pursuit, ending a 13-year legal battle.

The US Justice Department has launched an investigation into the largest arms manufacturer in Europe over its compliance with anti-corruption legislation.

The United Nations (UN) has agreed to send a high-level delegation to Tasmania to assess the threat of logging on the World Heritage-listed forests.

The State Government hopes to resurrect plans for a big gas-fired power station in the Tamar Valley in Northern Tasmania.

Indonesia's Transport Ministry says authorities have grounded nine airlines which failed to improve their safety record.

Unions have accused the St Vincent de Paul Society of sacking two of its staff members because they used a staff meeting to complain about the behaviour of a manager.

The motoring body the RAA has a new chief executive.

Tasmanian fishermen say today's meeting with Gunns chairman John Gay has allayed some of their fears about the proposed pulp mill.

The Australian share market has fallen for a second consecutive session this week after a poor lead from Wall Street.

The Australian Workers union says forming an alliance with the Maritime Union to campaign for better safety conditions is not a smokescreen to recruit more members.