Qld govt approves massive reef resort

A MASSIVE new Great Barrier Reef resort is another step closer to being built after the Queensland government approved the plans. The $600 million Great Keppel Island resort would become one of the largest tourism developments in the country if...

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Two tigers seized at Mexican drug lab

TWO tigers and several deer have been seized at a western Mexico ranch where police also found what appears to be a drug lab. Jalisco state police say officers found precursor chemicals in barrels and buckets and boilers that were probably used...

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Lloyds bank logs losses of STG1.43bn

LLOYDS Banking Group has posted annual losses of STG1.43 billion ($A2.14 billion), hit by huge insurance mis-selling compensation, while it awarded its boss a bonus linked to an eventual sale of the government's stake. The loss after tax, equivalent...

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Filipino clan says Malaysian police shot

A FILIPINO clan leader who occupied a Malaysian village with nearly 200 followers says Malaysian police opened fire on them in a bid to end the three-week stand-off that threatened to complicate the two countries' relations. Members of a Muslim...

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Mining company Unimin loses court bid

A MINING company has lost its bid to have charges of illegal activity thrown out of a Queensland court. Unimin Australia was ordered on Friday to pay more than $250,000 in legal costs after a magistrate dismissed a series of applications by...

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No RBA rate cut expected in March

The Reserve Bank of Australia's board is not expected to cut the cash rate at its next meeting. Source: AAP THERE'S not going to be a rate cut on Tuesday and borrowers can blame another surge in mining investment. All 13 economists surveyed...

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Reform chief upbeat on fed-state relations

THE federal election will make a more difficult environment for co-operation between the commonwealth and states, but reform can and will be achieved. That's the assessment of the newly appointed chairman of the COAG Reform Council (CRC), former...

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Sensis workers rally over job cuts

DOZENS of Sensis workers have marched in Melbourne to protest the outsourcing of their jobs. Almost 100 workers and union members marched from the Sensis office to Telstra headquarters in the CBD shouting slogans and carrying signs reading "It's...

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Dad of Newtown victim: ban assault weapons

The father of a six-year-old slain in the Newtown massacre has pleaded for a ban on assault weapons. Source: AAP BATTLING tears, the father of one of the first-graders slain at the elementary school massacre in Connecticut in December has pleaded...

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Ikea meatball producer finds no horsemeat

The producer of Ikea's trademark meatballs says it has found no horsemeat in the product. Source: AAP THE producer of Swedish furniture giant Ikea's trademark meatballs says it has found no horsemeat in the product in which Czech authorities...

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Plane crash-lands near Vic school oval

A LIGHT plane has crash-landed near an oval at a Victorian primary school during lunchtime. The plane came down near an oval belonging to the Cape Clear Primary School in Ballarat. It crash-landed after clipping power lines about 1.30pm on...

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Madagascar cyclone death toll climbs to 23

The death toll from tropical cyclone Haruna in Madagascar has risen to at least 23, officials say. Source: AAP THE death toll from tropical cyclone Haruna and heavy rains that have battered Madagascar has risen to 23 with 16 people missing,...

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Australia may lose Fiji influence: Rabuka

AUSTRALIA will lose its political and strategic influence in Fiji if it doesn't restore good relations as soon as possible, the Pacific nation's former prime minister says. Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka told a meeting in Sydney that Asian powers,...

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Law firm targets angry Vodafone customers

A law firm wants to recruit consumers who left Vodafone for a class action against the telco. Source: AAP A LAW firm wants to recruit 700,000 Australian consumers who left Vodafone for a class action against the telco. Law firm Piper Alderman...

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Syria rebels agree to meet Kerry

SYRIA'S opposition has cancelled a planned boycott of an international conference on the two-year conflict after appeals from Britain and the US, but rejected an offer of talks from Damascus. US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign...

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Kids' commissioner tackles big questions

Megan Mitchell has been appointed as Australia's first national children's commissioner. Source: AAP NEW National Children's Commissioner Megan Mitchell has faced big questions from the smallest voices even before starting her role. Meeting...

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New media regulator 'unlikely' before poll

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will be asking cabinet to consider a set of media reforms. Source: AAP THE Australian Greens say the federal government is likely to run out of time to introduce major media reforms, including a large...

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Qld detectives quiz Novy Chardon's husband

DETECTIVES have spoken to the husband of missing Gold Coast mother Novy Chardon for the first time since her disappearance. John Chardon, who returned from a business trip to the Philippines on the weekend, went to the Coomera police station...

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Violence could mar Kenya vote: Annan

THE former head of the United Nations, who helped save Kenya from spiralling deeper into election violence five years ago, is warning intimidation, ethnic rivalry and violence could undermine Kenya's March presidential vote. Kofi Annan said on Saturday...

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Macleay River peaks below expectations

The Macleay River at Kempsey in NSW has peaked lower than expected, officials say. Source: AAP THE Macleay River at Kempsey on the NSW mid-north coast has peaked lower than expected, but the local mayor says anxious residents still face a...

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WA nurses 'threatened' with the sack

WEST Australian nurses have been threatened with deregistration if they continue to carry out work bans over a pay dispute, their union says. Nurses will go on strike for 24 hours if the state government does not offer them a 20 per cent pay increase...

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