Australia Travel News 06/29/2010

JANA Rawlinson received some welcome support from Athletics Australia yesterday as she denied she planned to switch allegiance to Great Britain.

SYDNEY — An American doctor accused of botching a string of operations while he was the chief surgeon at an Australian hospital was found guilty Tuesday of killing three of his patients and grievously harming another.

AN ARMED fugitive is hiding out in bushland near one of the most popular walking tracks in Sydney's picturesque Blue Mountains.

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard will announce her new Cabinet today, and dumped leader Kevin Rudd is unlikely to be a part of it.

Tiger Airways said it will charge customers for checking in at the airport, beginning next month. If you pre-book online your check-in fee will be $10. Lob at the airport, join the queue, then you pay $15.

Starting from today Australians can vote for their favourite entry in Tourism Australia’s There’s nothing like Australia promotion.

More New South Wales residents are leaving their cars at home and walking or catching public transport, a survey shows.

Melbourne, June 23 (ANI): A former head of Tourism Australia in Asia has revealed that he has been running a network of love hotels in Japan.

It attracted derision and mirth led by former Cairns Post editor Andrew Webster, however the inaugural Cairns Ukulele Festival is looking to a unique, if not surprise hit with locals.

Australian Customs has stepped up surveillance at Cairns Airport, enacting new powers to search travellers' computer laptops, digital cameras and even mobile phones.