Hawaii gives OK to 30 Meter Telescope

A PLAN by California and Canadian universities to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano received approval from the state on Friday. The decision by the Board of Land and Natural Resources clears the...

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Ex-NZ PM Clark gets second term at UNDP

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has been re-appointed as administrator of the UNDP. Source: AAP FORMER New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has been re-appointed as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme...

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Joyce to challenge Windsor in New England

SENATOR Barnaby Joyce is the Nationals' choice to take on federal independent MP Tony Windsor for the NSW seat of New England. Senator Joyce was the favourite to win the preselection race against 34-year-old software entrepreneur David Gregory....

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Cocaine smuggler wishes he'd taken beating

A BRITISH cruise ship passenger caught entering Australia wearing a wet suit under his clothes stuffed with cocaine, now says he should have taken "the beating" from the loan shark who put him up to it. Ronald Fletcher, 60, told the Downing...

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Budget surplus unlikely in coming years

TREASURER Wayne Swan continues to talk down the prospects of Australia returning to a budget surplus anytime soon. The flow-on effects of the global financial crisis have taken a sledgehammer to taxation revenues, as has the high Australia dollar...

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Airlines cut ticket prices in April

AUSTRALIA'S domestic airlines cut the price of their cheapest economy tickets in April. Discount ticket prices for domestic travel fell by as much as 20 per cent compared with March, according to the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional...

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Labor dishonest on jobs promise: Hockey

THE federal government won't meet its promise to create 500,000 new jobs in the two years to mid-2013, Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey claims. His prediction follows a weaker than expected jobs report for March released on Thursday by the Australian...

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Residents in China 'ordered to cull birds'

RESIDENTS of a Chinese city have been ordered to cull all their poultry as authorities step up attempts to halt the spread of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, state media reports. Thousands of birds and livestock were slaughtered by the Tuesday midnight...

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Vic premier pushes Abbott on rail funding

Victorian Treasurer Michael O'Brien says the state cannot afford two transport projects at once. Source: AAP VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine is pressing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to change his mind on funding the Melbourne Metro rail...

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Cuba to return Florida couple and children

CUBA says it will turn over to the US a Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their own children from the mother's parents and fled by boat to Havana, ending days of drama that evoked memories of the Elian Gonzalez custody battle of more than a decade...

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GPG agrees to sell stake in CIC Australia

GUINNESS Peat Group, the investment company liquidating its holdings, has agreed to sell 19.9 per cent of ASX-listed property developer CIC Australia to Peet for $A15.1 million ($NZ18.6m). Peet on Wednesday announced a cash takeover for all...

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War memorial launches WWI gallery makeover

THE $32 million makeover of the World War I galleries at the Australian War Memorial has begun, with Director Brendan Nelson promising the end result will be truly stunning. The redevelopment, regarded as one of the most significant modernisations...

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Organ donation should be 'normal': experts

ACCESS to donated organs should be a human right and donation should become a normal practice in Australia, a Sydney forum has heard. Organ donation expert Holly Northam says organ and tissue donation should be "normalised" so more donor families...

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Genital mutilation survivor speaks out

FOR Khadija Gbla going on "a holiday" was the euphemism her mother used before she was taken away and subjected to female genital mutilation. She has vivid memories of the traditional practice performed on her, as a nine-year-old, in a rural village...

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It's time for Tiwi recognition, elder says

IT'S time for Tiwi Islanders to take control of their own destiny, an elder says. Elders on the islands, 80km north of Darwin, formed a land council in 1979 with the goal of taking control of their own affairs. In the meantime they've watched...

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Crackdown on racism 'to hurt free speech'

STRENGTHENING laws to make it easier to convict people for serious racism could restrict the democratic right to free speech, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard. Current anti-discrimination laws have failed to result in any successful prosecutions...

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New Target chief appointed

WESFARMERS has parachuted in the head of operations at its Coles supermarkets chain, Stuart Machin, to run discount department store Target following the shock resignation of Dene Rogers. Mr Rogers had been running Target for 18 months before...

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Wide boardwalk plan for Sydney Fish Market

THE Sydney Fish Market could get a wider boardwalk and an outdoor eating area to cater for more visitors. The market will on Monday lodge a development application for a $3.8 million boardwalk upgrade to start in August and be finished before...

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Sandy Hook families drive gun debate

Families of those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School will campaign for stricter US gun laws. Source: AAP FAMILIES of those killed in the Connecticut school shooting are becoming an emotional advocacy group in the campaign for stricter...

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Police fire tear gas at Cairo protesters

Witnesses say police have fired tear gas at anti-Morsi protesters outside a Cairo court. Source: AAP POLICE have fired tear gas at protesters outside a Cairo court, with several thousand people rallying in Egyptian cities to mark the founding...

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Live donors to get financial support

AUSTRALIA will never adopt a cash-for-organs scheme, but will follow other countries in paying donors who take leave off work, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says. Workers who want to donate a kidney will be offered up to six weeks' paid leave...

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