Qld blazes keep firefighters busy

A SERIES of bush and grass fires across Queensland is keeping emergency services busy and creating smokey conditions. Fire crews were able to bring back within containment lines a large bushfire burning near Euleilah, north of Bundaberg on Saturday,...

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Inmate seriously injured in jail fight

A VICTORIAN prisoner has suffered a serious head injury during a fight with another inmate in the state's most secure jail. Police were called to Barwon Prison near Geelong southwest of Melbourne after a report of a fight involving two male...

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Last Aust sheep to be culled in Pakistan

MORE than 11,000 Australian sheep that have been in export limbo in Pakistan for more than a month will be culled on Saturday. A shipment of about 21,000 sheep was sent to Pakistan on September 5 after being rejected in Bahrain due to health concerns....

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Changing permit caps 'on the table'

THE federal government appears open to the possibility of relaxing restrictions on the number of cheap Kyoto pollution permits Australian businesses can purchase to offset their carbon emissions. Labor announced in late August it was scrapping...

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Surgeon slams treatment of cancer patients

A LEADING surgeon is "appalled" at the lack of compassion health workers show to cancer patients - and he expects the problem to get worse. At a NSW Health Innovation Symposium in Sydney on Friday, Associate Professor Brian McCaughan slammed the...

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Job cuts rob Qld of $1bn in wages: unions

THE Queensland government's job cuts will rob the state's economy of more than $1 billion in wages, union figures show. The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) on Friday released a breakdown of the economic impact of the public sector job cuts....

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Code of conduct for councillors beefed up

MISBEHAVING councillors could have their allowances suspended or be banned from office for up to five years under a tough new code of conduct in NSW. New laws will punish councillors for making "politically motivated or vexatious allegations"...

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Catholics may save doomed Melbourne school

THE Catholic Church has emerged as a potential white knight for the students of debt-ridden Melbourne school Acacia College. The Uniting Church announced on Wednesday the two-year-old independent college would close at year's end, leaving more...

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Two more arrested over child prostitution

TWO more men have been charged over an alleged child prostitution ring in Sydney involving eight girls, some as young as 12. A total of 90 charges have now been laid against six men and two women allegedly involved in the sex ring, which sold...

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Five more Vic ambo drug theft cases emerge

THERE have been five further cases since 2008 where Victorian paramedics have been accused of stealing the powerful painkiller fentanyl from ambulance supplies. Three paramedics were fired following an investigation into the theft of the drug,...

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Navy not sure why HMAS Choules broke down

DEFENCE is still trying to figure out why a $100 million navy vessel bought last year from the United Kingdom and given a clean bill of mechanical health broke down. Defence Materiel Organisation chief executive Warren King has told a senate budget...

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Syria says it's ready to explore truce

SYRIA says it is prepared to explore a truce proposal by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, even as it unleashed multiple air strikes on rebel positions on a key highway. The exiled opposition said on Tuesday it would welcome any ceasefire...

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Abbott displays cowardly approach: PM

THE federal government is trying to draw a line between what Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says at home and abroad, after the leader failed to raise his controversial policy to tow back asylum seeker boats with Indonesia's president. Opposition...

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Industry wants access to truckie records

FREIGHT companies should have access to truckies' driving records to improve road safety, an industry group says. In a submission to the newly created Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, the Australian Logistics Council (ALC) says roads would...

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Corby's half-brother jailed in Queensland

SCHAPELLE Corby's half-brother will spend Christmas behind bars after pleading guilty to an assault at the home of a former Brisbane Broncos player. James Soeli Kisina was 24 when he and friend Samuel James Ratumaitavuki, 25, entered the Ashgrove...

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SA water breaches health guidelines: group

SOUTH Australians have been exposed repeatedly to dangerous chemicals in their drinking water, with thousands of breaches of health guidelines, an environmental group says. Friends of the Earth's report, compiled from freedom of information...

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Qld govt flags tougher union funding laws

QUEENSLAND union bosses caught misusing funds will be stung with heavy fines as part of a state government plan to increase their accountability. Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie revealed on Monday he's considering laws that will force Queensland's...

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CEO pay to feature at Cochlear AGM

THE issue of executive pay is set to feature prominently at Cochlear's annual general meeting, with shareholder groups set to reject the awarding of options worth $1 million to chief executive Chris Roberts. The Australian Shareholders' Association...

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