Girl reporter stuns Chinese officials

CHINESE officials accustomed to the tame questions of a compliant state press have been caught out by a plucky 11-year-old reporter during the country's sensitive Communist Party congress. Sun Luyuan, a Beijing sixth-grade student, shook up one...

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Huge fire engulfs Qld shopping centre

FIREFIGHTERS are battling a huge blaze that has destroyed three shopping outlets in north Queensland. Emergency services received reports of a fire in a shopping centre on Greenfield Blvd, Mackay, at 11.45am (AEST) on Saturday. The Department...

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Madonna fan guilty of resisting arrest

A FORMER firefighter with a crush on Madonna has been convicted of resisting arrest outside her former New York City apartment building as he spray-painted poster boards with love notes. A jury delivered its verdict on Friday in Robert Linhart's...

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SEALS reprimanded over games leak

SEVEN Navy SEALs, including one involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, have been reprimanded for divulging classified information to the maker of a video game. The seven received letters of reprimand and forfeited half of their pay...

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Man charged with grooming girls aged 11

A SYDNEY man has been charged with online grooming after he allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to two 11-year-old girls on a social networking website. The man, 31, had a number of inappropriate conversations with one of the girls between...

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Business should get online: Turnbull

AUSTRALIAN companies must embrace the digital world and take their businesses online, in the knowledge that their competitors will, opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says. Mr Turnbull said so far Australia's response to the...

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Full-time jobs rise impressive: Shorten

EMPLOYMENT Minister Bill Shorten says the creation of 18,700 full-time jobs in October is impressive in the face of continuing uncertainty in the global economy. Australian Bureau of Statistics data released on Thursday also showed the jobless...

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Sydney conman duped high-profile investors

A FORMER Qantas steward rented Rolls-Royces, luxury holiday homes and offices to fool investors into thinking he was a wealthy and successful businessman, a court has heard. Dimitri de Angelis, 46, appeared at a sentencing hearing in the Supreme...

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Bikie charged over Sydney casino assaults

A SENIOR Comanchero bikie has been charged with three assaults at a Sydney casino. The 25-year-old is alleged to have king-hit two people in separate incidents in February and April, knocking them unconscious. He is also accused of throwing...

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Camilla makes a good impression

SEASONED royal-watcher Neville Condron says Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, has made a good impression on her first visit to Australia. Mr Condron, who has met several queens, princes and princesses from various countries, says he's pleased...

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New app to remember Remembrance Day

THE ritual of honouring Australia's war heroes is moving into the digital age, with a new app being launched to help young people remember Remembrance Day. The Minute to Remember app will send out an SMS reminder just before 11am on Sunday to...

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Cousins sentenced for manslaughter

A MAN who fractured his drug dealer's skull by hitting him on the head with a metal pole will spend at least six years in prison for his manslaughter. His cousin, who was also involved in the attack, was sentenced to a minimum five years and two...

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Oppn should prove polices won't hurt: Swan

TREASURY has costed three coalition policies and assessed their impact on businesses at the request of the federal government. Coalition shadow treasurer Mr Hockey was "alarmed" that Treasury's "unsolicited" analysis was leaked to the media and...

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Rates decision a blow to retailers: ANRA

THE Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep interest rates on hold has denied retailers a reason to celebrate on Melbourne Cup day, a peak retailers' group says. The RBA on Tuesday said it had left its interest rate on hold at 3.25...

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Half Qld's TAFE campuses 'should close'

AN independent report recommends the closure of about half of Queensland's 80 plus TAFE campuses. The Queensland Skills and Training Taskforce, lead by Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche, has released its final report...

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South Korea shuts nuclear reactors

SOUTH Korea has been forced to shut down two nuclear reactors to replace components provided with fake quality certificates, a minister said, warning of "unprecedented" power shortages to follow. Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-Woo stressed...

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Rayney yet to accept murder case offer

PROMINENT barrister Lloyd Rayney was acquitted only last week of murdering his wife but he may already have a new client to represent in court. The Legal Practice Board of Western Australia imposed a condition on Mr Rayney's practising certificate...

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Cardboard cut-out fills royal void in Qld

IT seems Longreach locals can't wait for the real thing. A cardboard cut-out of Price Charles has been doing the rounds of the outback Queensland town, popping up at the pub and posing for happy snaps with excited residents. The official tour...

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Aust stocks set for cautious start

AUSTRALIAN stocks look set for a quiet start to the trading week ahead of the US elections and a Melbourne Cup day interest rate decision. CommSec chief economist Craig James says the battle for the White House between Democratic president Barack...

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NAB CEO says funding costs on the rise

NATIONAL Australia Bank chief executive Cameron Clyne says there is little prospect of any official interest rate cut being passed on in full to customers any time soon. Mr Clyne says funding costs for NAB are continuing to rise amid competition...

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US economic recovery 'shaky': Swan

FEDERAL Treasury Wayne Swan will meet his US counterpart Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner this week for a "first-hand assessment" of the state of the American economy. Mr Swan met with G20 finance ministers this weekend in Mexico, where discussions...

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