If you are still hungry for news, you might want to check out the news feeds running along the right column of most of this web site, or some of these news links:
aussie newspapers
www.theaustralian.news.com.au – The Australian
www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au – The Daily Telegraph
www.theage.com.au – The Melbourne Age
heraldsun.news.com.au – The Herald Sun
www.smh.com.au – The Sydney Morning Herald
www.couriermail.news.com.au – The Brisbane Courier Mail
kiwi newspapers
www.nzherald.co.nz – The New Zealand Herald
www.stuff.co.nz – New Zealand regional papers
other news links
Interactive weather map Australia (also shows NZ)