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.Leading youth mental health expert Professor Patrick McGorry has been named Australian of the Year for 2010. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the announcement this evening at a celebration in front of Parliament House in Canberra. He is executive director of Orygen Youth Health (OYH) and a director of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, which is also known as Headspace. Professor McGorry, from Victoria, has been working to help mentally ill young people for nearly 30 years. "The...

.A former head of security at the Federal Airports Corporation is warning there are glaring holes in the nation's airport security and that it is only a matter of time before there is a terrorist attack on an airline in Australia. Michael Carmody says domestic flights are particularly vulnerable and the Federal Government needs to take urgent action to improve regulation. The warning comes as Osama bin Laden claims responsibility for the attempted Christmas day attack on an aircraft in the United States. Passengers can...

.The father of the American honeymooner killed by her husband while diving off the Great Barrier Reef has accused Queensland justice officials of stonewalling a new investigation into the matter. Tina and Gabe Watson had been diving off the Great Barrier Reef in 2003 when 26-year-old Tina sank to the bottom of the ocean and drowned. They had been married just 11 days. For years the bubble wrap salesman denied any involvement, but last year he pleaded guilty when murder charges were downgraded to manslaughter....

.Australia is one of the top 10 targets for cyber crime, according to McAfee, one of the largest manufacturers of antivirus software. . "We have a lot of people with high speed broadband connections using more and more online services, connecting to things like Facebook and Twitter and other social networks," Mr Sentonas said. Infected computers can become "zombies," which send out viruses and spam without their owners knowing." But the head of technology for antivirus and security firm Sophos, Paul Ducklin, doubts the situation is as...

.The car belonging to missing Melbourne millionaire Herman Rockefeller has been found in Ballan, west of Melbourne. Police say Mr Rockefeller's light blue Toyota Prius was discovered this afternoon on the Ballan-Daylesford Road at Ballan, but there was no sign of the father of two. Police have so far been unsuccessful in tracing his movements, and his family is appealing for public help to solve the mystery as concerns grow for his safety. The car will undergo forensic testing as police