Qld firefighters return from NSW bushfires

Firefighters from across Queensland have returned home after battling bushfires in NSW. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND firefighters have returned home after spending most of the week fighting out-of-control bushfires in NSW. Fifty-one rural firefighters...

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Homicide probe in Vic teen boy's death

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has died in hospital after being injured at a home in Melbourne, sparking a homicide investigation. The teenager suffered life-threatening head injuries at a Balwyn home on Saturday morning, a police spokeswoman said. Paramedics...

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Police find body on Sunshine Coast

POLICE have found a body believed to be that of a young Saudi Arabian man swept out to sea on the Sunshine Coast. The 21-year-old was swept off rocks by a wave at Noosa on Tuesday night. Police located a body about two kilometres offshore at...

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New chimp for Sydney's Taronga Zoo

THE chimpanzee colony at Sydney's Taronga Zoo has welcomed a new member. The chimp, believed to be male, was born last week and is the second baby for proud mum Kuma. Taronga staff officially welcomed the baby - the 31st born at the Zoo since...

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Hunting set to reopen soon in NSW forests

THE NSW government hopes to re-open state forests to hunters as soon as possible, but says it has to wait until a risk assessment is handed down next month. Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson said the government's "preliminary...

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Qld reef named after shark man Ron Taylor

A SECTION of the Great Barrier Reef has been named after the late Australian "shark man" Ron Taylor, who filmed some of the iconic underwater footage in the movie Jaws. The reef, 350 kilometres off Mackay, was officially named in his honour on...

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Port of Tauranga expects flat earnings

PORT of Tauranga, New Zealand's biggest export port, expects annual earnings to be broadly in line with a year earlier and has experienced a lag in dairy shipments after the false botulism scare in August. The company forecasts annual earnings...

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Police target illegal tobacco syndicate

CRIME authorities have smashed an illicit tobacco importation syndicate worth $67 million, believed to be one of the biggest in Australia's history. More than 70 tonnes of tobacco plus 80 million cigarette sticks were seized concealed in shipping...

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Crews on edge as NSW blaze flares up

FIRE crews remain on edge after a flare-up of a bushfire burning out of control at Springwood in the Blue Mountains. An air crane is being sent to the fire, one of three blazes currently at "watch and act level" in the mountains west of Sydney...

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New bushfire emergency in Lake Macquarie

AN emergency alert has been issued for a fire at Lake Macquarie, near Gateshead. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) says the fire at Oakdale Road has jumped the Fernleigh track. It has burnt seven hectares of scrub, with 11 trucks and 40 firefighters...

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Qld CSG water to be used for drinking

BRISBANE Oct 23 - Queensland deputy premier Jeff Seeney says water created as a by-product of coal seam gas exploration is a "resource" that could be used for drinking and irrigating farmland. He was in Chinchilla in the state's south west on...

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Radio group defends chairman's prank words

Southern Cross Media's chairman says his comments about the royal prank were taken out of context. Source: AAP SOUTHERN Cross Media's chairman has accused a British MP of relying on sensationalist media reports to condemn his language about...

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Dutch turns to tribunal to free Arctic 30

THE Netherlands has asked an international tribunal to order Russia to release a Greenpeace protest ship and the activists who were on board. Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said on Monday the government made the request to the Hamburg,...

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Southern Cross hit over executive pay

SOUTHERN Cross Media's shareholders have delivered a first strike against the broadcaster for its executive pay policy. Just over 30 per cent of shareholders voted against the company's remuneration policy at its annual general meeting on Tuesday....

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Rio to cut jobs as it outsources to IBM

MINING giant Rio Tinto is likely to axe hundreds of back office jobs after signing an outsourcing deal with US technology company IBM. Rio has signed a $100 million, 10 year deal with IBM that will allow the miner to cuts costs in areas such...

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Boy questioned over Port Stephens bushfire

AN 11-year-old boy has been charged with starting two fires near Newcastle. Police say a small grassfire was started on October 13 at Raymond Terrace and second began later that day at Hertherbrae, eventually destroying a number of sheds and...

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SA Gov unveils $36 billion transport plan

THE South Australian government has unveiled a $36 billion, 30-year integrated transport plan for Adelaide and regional SA. The plan includes an extensive network of trams across the suburbs, underground train and bus services for the city centre...

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Laos remembers air crash victims

Investigators believe they have found the black box from a plane that crashed in southern Laos. Source: AAP LAOS has called for a minute of silence to pay tribute to the 49 people, including six Australians, who died last week in a plane crash...

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Child hit in roadside crash in NSW

A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl is in hospital after a passing car crashed into the stationary vehicle in which she was sat. The child was in one of two cars in a breakdown lane on the Pacific Highway at Cowper, near Grafton, on Friday afternoon. Police...

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Real test of new NSW train times

The NSW government says people will be pleased with changes to Sydney's public transport services. Source: AAP PEAK-HOUR commuters will put Sydney's sweeping public transport changes to the test on Monday. While the changes mean an extra...

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Khloe Kardashian to return to Australia

KHLOE Kardashian must be having mixed feelings about returning to Australia in November. Last time she visited, in 2011, she and her older sister Kim flew into a media storm. They arrived in Australia in the wake of Kim's announcement that she...

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