Pair die in fatal Qld car crash

Two people have been killed after their car hit a tree in a Gold Coast suburb. Source: AAP TWO people have been killed after their car hit a tree in a Gold Coast suburb. The driver, a 27-year-old Darra man, and a 26-year-old Fortitude...

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PM pays tribute to beef baron Graeme Acton

Australian beef baron Graeme Acton has died aged 63, after falling from a horse. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has paid tribute to Australian beef baron Graeme Acton, describing him as a great and proud man. "He was a proud Queenslander...

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Easy access to welfare is over: Andrews

Australians who receive the disability support pension will be assessed for the capacity to work. Source: AAP UP to 20,000 Australians who receive the disability support pension (DSP) will be assessed for the capacity to work, and if deemed...

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SA man burned as car engulfed in flames

A MAN has been pulled from his burning car on an Adelaide expressway. Emergency crews pulled the man from his car at Virginia after it caught fire while travelling on the Northern Expressway, SA police say. He suffered serious burns and was...

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Hate preacher cries over Bosnia killings

Fiery hate preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri has cried on the stand over the killing of Muslims in Bosnia. Source: AAP BRITISH hate preacher Abu Hamza quietly cried while describing the killing of Muslims in Bosnia in the 1990s during testimony at...

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Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Vic

Three people have contracted the potentially deadly legionnaires' disease in Melbourne west. Source: AAP THREE people have been struck down by an outbreak of potentially deadly legionnaires' disease in Melbourne. Two men and a woman,...

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Snapchat settles charge it deceived users

US regulators announced a deal with Snapchat to settle a charge that the internet firm misled users Source: AAP US regulators have announced a deal with Snapchat to settle a charge that the internet firm misled users into believing images sent...

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Harris known in industry as 'the Octopus'

The assault trial of Rolf Harris has heard details of his alleged crimes against four teenage girls. Source: AAP ROLF Harris used his fame as a children's entertainer to approach young girls and then abuse them over a number of decades, a London...

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Vic govt must do more on abuse: victims

The Victorian government will remove time limits that stop some child abuse cases going to court. Source: AAP VICTORIAN child abuse victims will no longer be constrained by time limits in seeking compensation from the organisations that harboured...

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Mama panda shows off Canberra babies

Four-month-old twin red pandas are shown off for the first time at the National Zoo in Canberra. Source: AAP IT'LL be a bittersweet Mother's Day for second-time mum Eilish. The National Zoo's prized red panda lost one of her cubs the...

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WA debt rises amid infrastructure splurge

THE West Australian government's debt projections show the state sliding deeper into the red as huge spending on infrastructure overshadows revenue raising and cost cutting measures. The 2014/15 state budget handed down on Thursday shows the goal...

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Brand wins damages over cheat slur

COMEDIAN Russell Brand has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a newspaper claim that he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan. Brand was not at London's High Court for the settlement of his action against News Group Newspapers...

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Tougher laws for strangulation offences

People who attempt to strangle their partners could get a maximum of 10 years in jail in NSW. Source: AAP PEOPLE who attempt to strangle their partners will get a maximum of 10 years in jail under tough new laws proposed by the NSW government....

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Qld corruption watchdog changes tweaked

THE overhaul of Queensland's corruption watchdog is due to pass its final hurdle after the attorney-general made a number of concessions. Jarrod Bleijie on Wednesday acknowledged the shake-up had sparked controversy and public debate, but that...

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Woman dies in Vic head-on crash

A woman has died and another is critically injured following a head-on collision in Victoria. Source: AAP A WOMAN is dead and another is fighting for her life following a head-on collision in country Victoria. The dead woman's car and...

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I'll try not to mislead parliament: Qld MP

Former Queensland minister Ros Bates says she will try not to mislead parliament again. Source: AAP FORMER Queensland minister Ros Bates says she will make sure she doesn't unintentionally mislead parliament again. In October, Ms Bates...

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Mixed reaction for big-spending Vic budget

The Victorian government will unveil a string of record surpluses from 2015/16 in its budget. Source: AAP THE Victorian government will stake its November re-election bid on its record infrastructure splurge but the opposition has accused it...

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PM's call puts Aust-Indon ties on track

A group of 20 asylum seekers claim they were turned back to Indonesia by Australian authorities. Source: AAP INDONESIA'S president has told Prime Minister Tony Abbott he hopes the two countries can heal the rift left by last year's spying scandal...

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Pistorius introduced Steenkamp as fiancee

A neighbour has testified that Oscar Pistorius was "torn apart" after shooting his girlfriend. Source: AAP OSCAR Pistorius introduced Reeva Steenkamp as his fiancee just a week before he shot her, a close neighbour of the runner testified in...

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Westfield sweetens local split plans

Westfield Group has altered its planned split of Australian and NZ assets from its global business. Source: AAP SHOPPING centre giant Westfield Group has sweetened its plan to split its Australian and New Zealand assets from its international...

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Forrest hands $12m to uranium explorer

Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest has injected $12 million into a WA uranium exploration company. Source: AAP MINING magnate Andrew Forrest has invested $12 million in a prospective West Australian uranium miner aiming to be in production by...

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NSW donation scandal crosses party lines

ICAC's Operation Spicer will call Darren Williams into the witness box after a spectacular week. Source: AAP FORMER coal mogul Nathan Tinkler made tens of thousands of dollars in secret donations so NSW politicians would "bend to his will",...

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Katie Price pregnant with fifth child

British model Katie Price is reportedly pregnant with her fifth child. Source: AAP BRITISH model Katie Price is reportedly pregnant with her fifth child. Britain's The Sun on Sunday reports Price discovered she is pregnant after falling...

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Greece-bound migrant boats sink, two dead

AT least two people drowned and about 30 are missing after two boats crammed with immigrants bound for Greece sank in the eastern Aegean Sea before dawn Monday in the third fatal accident of the sort this year, authorities said. The vessels...

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Greens say they're the party to fix NSW

The Greens have announced their upper house line-up for the upcoming March 2015 NSW state election. Source: AAP THERE'S a smell wafting from the Labor and Liberal party rooms in NSW parliament, the Greens say. Just days after police minister...

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Vic govt to unveil infrastructure spend

Tuesday's Victorian state budget is expected to contain a number of major infrastructure projects. Source: AAP MELBOURNE'S East West Link tunnel will get more funding and light will be shed on plans for a Melbourne airport rail link in Tuesday's...

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Man dead after NSW highway smash

A man has been hit and killed by a bus that veered onto a footpath in Sydney, police say. Source: AAP A PASSENGER has been killed after the vehicle he was in veered onto the wrong side of the road on the NSW south coast. Police have been...

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Firefighter bravery recognised

NSW firefighters have been awarded for their actions at a major fuel spill that threatened Sydney. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS who attended a fuel spill with the potential to ignite and threaten a Sydney peninsula faced a choice. Leave the...

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