Chinese economy facing some risks

FALLING property prices in China and unregulated borrowing will have to be monitored closely to make sure it is not a risk to the world's second largest economy, the RBA says. RBA governor Glenn Stevens says the Chinese economy is going along...

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Vic healthcare staff protections broadened

The VIC government says it will broaden new laws designed to curb attacks on healthcare workers. Source: AAP NEW laws designed to curb assaults on Victorian healthcare workers will be broadened to include more professions, and house calls....

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British PM breaks holiday over beheading

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has broken off his holiday for talks on the threat posed by ISIL jihadists following the "shocking and depraved" apparent beheading of US journalist James Foley. CAMERON was returning to his Downing Street...

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Heineken reports sales, profit drop

HEINEKEN NV, the Amsterdam-based brewer, has reported first half earnings showing a small drop in both revenues and profits - but says its underlying performance was good. NET profit was 631 million euros ($A946.45 million), from 639 million...

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Qld bikies can fill out 'resignation' form

QUEENSLAND bikies and their associates can fill out a form to declare they are no longer part of an outlaw group. THE Queensland Police Service website has a questionnaire asking people to describe the steps they have taken to "disassociate"....

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Senator breaks into song during farewell

Senator Ursula Stephens has burst into song during her valedictory speech. Source: AAP LEAVING parliament may be a blessing in disguise for Labor Senator Ursula Stephens, who looks prepped to shine on another stage - in showbiz. THE Irish-born...

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Tax, security info at cyber attack risk

TAX and social security records and national security information remains vulnerable to cyber attacks, a new report shows. AN auditor-general review of seven major government agencies found that none complied with the required cyber security...

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Bishop restates support for Fiji election

FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has been updated on Fiji's progress towards its first democratic elections in nearly a decade. FIJI has promised to hold elections on September 17, the first since the country's leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama...

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Vic 'palm reader' jailed for assaults

A VICTORIAN man who used an offer to read women's palms as a ruse to sexually assault them while travelling on a train has been jailed for at least 10 months. AJAY Chopra, 41, had pleaded guilty to all five charges relating to the assaults on...

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Salvos sorry for abuse 'greatest failure'

The Salvation Army will again give evidence at the child sex abuse royal commission in Sydney. Source: AAP THE Salvation Army says it is profoundly sorry for the abuse suffered by children in its care, and events revealed by the royal commission...

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Labor, coalition in cost of living battle

Prime Minister Tony Abbott will personally reintroduce a bill to axe the carbon tax. Source: AAP LABOR and the coalition have traded blows over cost-of-living pressures as the government reintroduced its carbon tax repeal bills. THE government...

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Peter Greste jailed for 7 years in Egypt

Tony Abbott has lobbied Egypt's new president for the release of journalist Peter Greste (pic). Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN journalist Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood have been jailed...

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Refugee drowns in Nauru

A REFUGEE who was resettled in Nauru after being sent to the Australian immigration detention centre there has drowned along with a Nauruan citizen who attempted a rescue. IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison said in a statement on Sunday evening...

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Another Tamil man sets himself on fire

ANOTHER Tamil man has set himself alight, the latest in a spate of self-immolation cases involving asylum seekers who fear being sent back to Sri Lanka. THE 40-year-old man splashed himself with petrol and ignited it, but his housemates intervened...

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Hendra virus kills NSW horse

Hendra virus has killed a horse in northern NSW, causing authorities to quarantine a property. Source: AAP HENDRA virus has killed a horse in northern NSW, causing authorities to quarantine a property as they run tests on its stablemates...

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Royals defend apartment spending

Renovations of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's apartment will cost UK taxpayers STG4 million. Source: AAP THE British royal family has defended spending a seven-figure sum refurbishing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Kensington Palace...

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SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q fired on

A gunman has fired on an SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert in Colorado. Source: AAP A GUNMAN with a rifle fired on an SUV carrying rapper ScHoolboy Q after a concert at the popular Red Rocks outdoor amphitheatre near Denver...

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Thai govt to mediate in Aussie's case

THAILAND'S foreign ministry is pressing for a mediated settlement in a bid to end a legal conflict between the Royal Thai Navy and an Australian journalist who faces a possible lengthy jail term over defamation charges. ALAN Morison, originally...

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WA Police charge former hostel warden

CHILD abuse squad detectives have charged a 69-year-old West Australian man, who is currently in prison, with two additional charges relating to historic child sex offences. POLICE allege the offences occurred between 1975 and 1988 when the offender...

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Proudest mum sees top five graduate

SHE just had to be the proudest mother in the country. FIVE of her own graduating on the same day, and they were five of the smartest, happiest and furriest graduates you will ever see. Overjoyed mum Olwyn watched on as her top five; Rosie,...

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PM not concerned about ministers' safety

PM Tony Abbott says he's not concerned about the safety of his ministers during public protests. Source: AAP THE government isn't concerned about the safety of its members, despite reports four ministers have had their security detail beefed-up,...

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Labor, coalition fight for rural affection

IF you believe Labor, they are the party for farmers and rural Australia. IF you believe the government, that's a complete joke. Parliament took a country tone on Thursday when Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon brought on debate...

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Ferry fraudster Smith 'had no choice'

A FORMER Sydney Ferries boss who racked up more than $200,000 on the company credit card says he felt he had no choice because he couldn't tell his emotionally fragile wife how desperate the family's financial situation had become. FORMER naval...

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Carr dishes up conundrum for NSW govt

EIGHT years after ending his reign over NSW, Bob Carr is still giving the state Liberals a headache. THIS time, he's forced Premier Mike Baird to reconvene a "slimmed-down" joint sitting of parliament. The procedure is so the former premier...

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Psychiatric drugs soar among Aussie kids

ADHD medication-use in Australia has jumped 35 per cent in a four-year period. Source: AAP THE use of powerful psychiatric drugs is soaring among Australian children as young as 10, research shows. THE number of prescriptions for antipsychotic...

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Complaints about data fees on the rise

MORE mobile users are complaining of being hit with up to thousands of dollars in fees for exceeding data limits. THE Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman says overall mobile and network complaints dropped by almost a fifth in the first three...

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'Smart glasses' hope for blind

BRITISH-DESIGNED "smart glasses" that provide a new set of eyes for the visually impaired are being tested in public for the first time. THE devices, which use a pair of video cameras to enhance residual vision, have the potential to transform...

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Liberia links seven more deaths to Ebola

A HEALTH official says seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the Liberian capital, in the first reported deaths in Monrovia. DEPUTY Health Minister Tolbert Nyenswah said on Tuesday that brings to 16 the number...

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D-day trip veteran marks 90th birthday

A WAR veteran who turned up in Normandy after he was reported missing from his care home in England says he is overwhelmed by the number of cards and gifts he has received for his 90th birthday. BERNARD Jordan, whose birthday is on Monday, made...

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Nicole Kidman for top Shanghai honour

Nicole Kidman is to be honoured at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China. Source: AAP NICOLE Kidman is to be honoured with an outstanding contribution award at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China. HUGH Grant...

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Get out of Iraq now, warns Bishop

Australia ready to help with humanitarian crisis in Iraq, but no troops envisaged says Julie Bishop. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS have been told to leave Iraq immediately by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who has described the escalating crisis...

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Afghan bomb kills 11 amid vote fraud claim

Afghans have braved threats of violence and searing heat to vote in the presidential elections. Source: AAP A ROADSIDE bomb killed 11 people including five election workers in northern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, as a prolonged vote...

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Kiska inaugurated as Slovakia president

POLITICAL newcomer Andrej Kiska has been inaugurated as Slovakia's new president. THE successful 51-year-old businessman-turned-philanthropist was elected to the largely ceremonial post in March, handing an embarrassing defeat to major rival,...

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Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq

A BOMB attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria close to the Iraqi border has killed 30 "terrorists", state television reports. "A big explosion hits a terrorist arms market in Mayadeen, killing 30 terrorists and wounding dozens of...

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Israel says Palestinians kidnapped teens

Israeli security forces are combing the West Bank in search of three missing teenagers. Source: AAP THREE Israeli teenagers, one of them also a US citizen, have been kidnapped in the occupied West Bank, presumably by Palestinians, the army...

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Vic union rejects sabotage claim

The CFMEU has rejected claims a fire at a Grocon building site in Melbourne was an act of sabotage. Source: AAP THE CFMEU has rejected a claim of sabotage over a deliberately lit fire at a Grocon building site in Melbourne, saying it is a...

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Snow falls in Vic alpine peaks

Snow has begun falling on Victoria's alpine peaks after a slow start to the season. Source: AAP AFTER a slow start to the season, snow has finally begun falling on Victoria's alpine peaks. AT Mt Hotham, 3cm of snow had fallen since Saturday...

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Egypt asks YouTube to remove assault video

EGYPT is asking YouTube to remove a video of a woman being sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square during a rally supporting the country's newly-elected president. PRESIDENTIAL spokesman Ehab Badawy said in a statement late on Thursday that the...

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Ignition switch problem forces GM recall

GENERAL Motors is recalling more cars for problems with ignition switches. GM is recalling nearly 512,000 Chevrolet Camaro muscle cars from the 2010 to 2014 model years. A driver's knee can bump the key and knock the switch out of the "run"...

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Abbott lays wreath at war cemetery

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, as his government drops the idea of creating a national war cemetery in Canberra to commemorate the Anzac centenary in 2015. THE tomb is in the Arlington...

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Abbott to press Obama for TPP

AUSTRALIA will seek American support to wrap up talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade zone when Prime Minister Tony Abbott meets with US President Barack Obama. MR Abbott was due to meet with Mr Obama at the White House at noon on Thursday (0200...

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Rik Mayall post-mortem inconclusive

A post-mortem examination may shed light on how British comic Rik Mayall died at the age of 56. Source: AAP A POST-MORTEM into the death of British comic Rik Mayall has proved inconclusive, West London Coroner's Court says. MORE tests...

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'Knock-about bloke' Qld's top judge

TIM Carmody is criticised for being inexperienced and too close to the government to be Queensland's top judge, but has stared down the naysayers. HE was promoted from chief magistrate to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, despite...

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US-China relations vital for world: Abbott

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says the US-China relationship is the most vital for the world's future. MR Abbott told a US Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Washington DC on Thursday that Australia had balanced being a good friend to China while...

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Abbott visits New York high tech college

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is ending a two-day visit to New York at a school touted by US President Barack Obama in last year's State of the Union speech. Pathways in Technology Early College High School operates within the Paul Robeson High...

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Flight 370 families seek information

ABOUT two dozen relatives of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have demanded more information at a Beijing building that houses the airline's regional office, more than three months after the plane disappeared en route to...

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Abbott lays wreath at 9/11 memorial in NYC

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has laid a wreath at the National September 11 Memorial in New York. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has honoured the memory of Australians who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks with a visit to the...

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Barnett flags WA penalty rate changes

THE West Australian premier is seeking to allow small businesses access to the same employment conditions as larger companies to establish fairer penalty rates throughout the week. Colin Barnett said larger employers, such as Coles and Woolworths,...

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Trapped man may stay in German cave longer

Rescuers are working to retrieve a man stuck deep underground inside a cave in the German Alps. Source: AAP RESCUERS say they aim to extract a researcher trapped with a serious injury in Germany's deepest and longest cave by the end of the...

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Tests show gift painting is Rembrandt

SCIENTIFIC tests have confirmed that a painting donated to Britain's National Trust by a wealthy supporter is a Rembrandt self-portrait worth tens of millions of pounds, the heritage body says. The portrait of the artist, wearing a cap with...

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Baden-Clay murder trial starts today

Gerard Baden-Clay in court. Illustration: Jonathan Bentley. Source: Supplied BRISBANE real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay will stand trial today for the murder of his wife. More than 70 witnesses are due to be called to give evidence...

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Driver charged in crash that hurt Morgan

ACTOR and comedian Tracy Morgan has been critically injured after a tractor-trailer rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus, setting off a chain-reaction crash that left one member of his entourage dead and two others seriously hurt. A truck...

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'Super computer' passes Turing Test in UK

A "SUPER computer" has duped humans into thinking it was a 13-year-old boy to become the first machine to pass the "iconic" Turing Test, experts say. Five machines were tested at the Royal Society in central London to see if they could fool people...

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