Calls for EU to address boat deaths

CALLS are intensifying for the European Union to prevent migrant deaths, with at least 400 people drowning in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks in just over a week. "I don't know how many more people need to die at sea before something gets done,"...

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Vic police commemorate Walsh St killings

THE pain of the Walsh Street killings is still raw in the minds of all Victorian police officers 25 years on, Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says. Constable Steven Tynan, 22, and Constable Damian Eyre, 20, were gunned down on October 12, 1988, after...

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Another extreme fire danger day for NSW

THE Rural Fire Service has issued a total fire ban for areas in NSW ahead of hot and gusty weather conditions. The bans will be in place on Sunday from the Illawarra to the Far North Coast as well as the North West and Central Ranges. An extreme...

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Wells Fargo's profit up 13 per cent

WELLS Fargo & Co. says its third-quarter profit jumped 13 per cent as a decline in revenue from mortgage lending was offset by reduced expenses and fewer soured loans. The biggest US mortgage lender reported on Friday that its net income...

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IMF cuts Asia-Pacific growth forecast

EDS: Not for use before 0015 AEDT, Saturday, October 12 By Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics Correspondent CANBERRA, Oct 12 AAP - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed it expects Australian economic growth to remain below trend this...

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AAP chairmen enter media Hall of Fame

A LARGE part of the history of Australian Associated Press along with a cavalcade of Australia's most influential and dynamic media figures are having their names and careers enshrined in Victoria's Media Hall of Fame. Among the 30 inductees honoured...

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India's industrial output slows again

INDIA says its industrial production in August rose 0.6 per cent from a year earlier, a significant slowing from the previous month's numbers. The weak output is another sign the country's economy is still sputtering. Most of the gains were...

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Time for human Hendra trial: scientist

THE scientist who developed the Hendra vaccine wants to see it trialled on humans. Almost a year after the Equivac vaccine became commercially available for horse inoculation, Professor Christopher Broder is hoping to secure funding to start human...

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Aust baby boomer and child drownings up

BABY boomers taking up water sports in their retirement have driven up the number of Australian drownings. And child drownings nearly doubled last year, with 10 more deaths in the under-four age bracket. The Royal Life Saving Society's annual...

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Lincoln takes on Lexus in new US ads

FORD'S luxury Lincoln brand spent most of this year reintroducing itself to American buyers. Now, it's taking on Lexus in a new bid to get noticed. In a series of television ads, young couples "interview" a Lincoln MKZ and a Lexus ES, pointing...

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Flatback turtles emerge from Darwin sand

A TINY flipper waves over the edge of a bootprint in the Darwin sand. Slowly, very slowly, a little head follows. With a heave, the newborn flatback turtle propels itself over the sand and suddenly he's scuttling at speed down the beach after...

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Compensation for Aussie terror victims

MORE than a decade after the September 11 attacks in the United States and the 2002 Bali bombing, Australian victims and their families are finally set to receive compensation. Prime Minister Tony Abbott will confirm the news on Wednesday when...

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IMF cuts Australian forecast, warns US

AUSTRALIA'S economic growth prospects have been downgraded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to the nation's vulnerability to slower Chinese demand for commodity exports. The IMF has also cut its world growth forecasts and warned any...

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Regulators must improve:report

REGULATORS must make more effort to understand how regulation impacts small business. Research the Productivity Commission has found small firms feel the burden of regulation more than larger businesses because a lack of staff, time and resources...

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Jetstar to fly Dreamliners

BUDGET carrier Jetstar will fly its new high-tech Dreamliner aircraft from Melbourne to the Gold Coast, starting in November. Qantas and Jetstar chief executives Alan Joyce and Jayne Hrdlicka have toured Boeing's factory in Seattle, as the group...

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Greece expects economy to grow, finally

GREECE expects its economy to grow next year - at last. In its draft budget presented on Monday, the government forecast the economy would grow 0.6 per cent, the first annual improvement after a brutal six years of contraction. This year it is...

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Greece expects economy to grow, finally

GREECE expects its economy to grow next year - at last. In its draft budget presented on Monday, the government forecast the economy would grow 0.6 per cent, the first annual improvement after a brutal six years of contraction. This year it is...

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ASX BookBuild to launch on Tuesday

THE Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched a new bookbuilding facility which it says will broaden the number and range of investors who can participate in this process to set the price of new shares. In a bookbuild, the bookrunner,...

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Energy industry set for big changes

ENERGY chiefs anticipate a major industry shakeup in the decade ahead as more shale gas and renewable power becomes available. Senior utilities executives from 35 countries say their business model is headed for "complete transformation or important...

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Killer on the run from Vic police

A CONVICTED killer who beat to death a disabled pensioner is on the run from Victorian police after breaching his parole. Wayne Leslie Norris has not been seen since he breached parole on August 22, News Corp Australia reports. Norris has 50...

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Abbott talks free trade with Xi Jinping

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has told Chinese President Xi Jinping of his "fervent hope" that ties between the two nations can be strengthened. Mr Abbott met with the Chinese leader for the first time just hours after arriving in Bali on Sunday...

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Moulin Rouge to dance at Cup carnival

A TROUPE of Moulin Rouge dancers will swap France for Australia during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Sixteen dancers from the Paris cabaret will perform in the La Maison G.H. Mumm marquee, in Flemington's birdcage precinct, three times each race...

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