Stranded Vic fishermen saved

WATER police have rescued two fishermen clinging to their overturned boat in southeast Victoria's Western Port Bay. The men launched their recreational fishing boat from Stony Point before dawn on Saturday, but their boat overturned and the...

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Voting machines remain a worry in US poll

FEW want to even think about it, but the 2012 US election result could be clouded by problems with voting machines ... again. Twelve years after the Florida punch card debacle in which thousands of votes went uncounted in the crucial state, some...

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Foreign firms owe British taxman Stg5.5bn

FOREIGN companies in Britain reportedly owe about Stg5.5 billion ($A8.6 billion) in taxes. Britain's tax-collecting body, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, has identified 258 major multinational firms thought to have outstanding tax bills amounting...

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More jail possible for indecent doctor

A SYDNEY doctor jailed for indecently assaulting boys on the pretext of needing semen samples should be released before Christmas as planned, despite pleading guilty to more charges, a court has heard. John Phillip Rolleston, 74, is due to be...

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Protesters disrupt Abbott speech

PROTESTERS have disrupted the start of a speech by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in Melbourne. A few minutes into his address to the Melbourne Institute/The Australian 2012 Economic and Social Outlook conference, several protesters went on the...

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Alleged killer cop stays in legal limbo

AFTER 28 long, sad years, the mother of Victorian woman Jennifer Tanner, who was killed by her policeman brother-in-law, hopes her ordeal is finally over. Denis Tanner was found by a coroner in 1998 to have killed Ms Tanner, who was shot twice...

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Australian bonds a touch firmer

AUSTRALIAN three-year bond futures prices are a touch higher as positive economic news from China and a poor performance by local shares pulled the market in opposite directions. Chinese economic data released on Thursday showed that manufacturing...

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Manufacturing continues to take a beating

IF manufacturing was a boxer, the referee would have stopped the fight and held the Australian dollar's bloodied glove in the air. Activity in the manufacturing sector sagged against the ropes in October for the eighth month in a row, according...

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Coroner calls for cosmetic surgery reforms

A CORONER who found a woman died after being infected during a liposuction procedure has called for national reforms to the cosmetic surgery industry. South Australia's Deputy State Coroner Anthony Schapel also recommended that patients be seen...

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Macklin hints at more NDIS cash next year

THERE will be more cash for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in next year's budget, amid estimates that $4 to $5 billion is needed to transition from trial sites to a full rollout. The scheme is expected to cost around $15 billion...

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Call to help the homeless on Halloween

SYDNEYSIDERS are being asked to show a generous spirit this Halloween as little ghosties and ghoulies get ready to stake out their favourite trick or treat haunts. Evidence suggests Australians remain divided on the October 31 festival, which...

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New port strategy announced for Qld

QUEENSLAND is to have fewer but bigger ports. Deputy Premier and State Development Minister Jeff Seeney has tabled the draft Great Barrier Reef Ports Strategy, which will be available for public consultation on Thursday. It proposes that any...

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Abbot Point will ship coal by 2016: GVK

MINING giant GVK says it is on "record pace" to start shipping coal from Queensland's Abbot Point port by late 2016, despite concerns about its Indian operations. The Indian-Australian joint venture GVK-Hancock won Queensland government approval...

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Elijah inquest told of missed guidelines

A DOCTOR who treated baby Elijah Slavkovic on the night he fell ill failed to immediately give antibiotics or arrange for a senior doctor to examine him, an inquest into his death has heard. Elijah was three months old when he contracted bacterial...

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Pitbulls bite off teenager's ear

A TEENAGER has had his ear torn off in an attack by two pitbull terriers in southwestern Sydney as he tried to save his pet. The 17-year-old was walking his own dog in the Bankstown area on Tuesday afternoon when he was set upon by the animals....

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Burst water main in Melbourne

TWO million litres of water have gone down the drain after a water main burst in suburban Melbourne. The water main burst on King Arthur Drive, Glen Waverley, about 11.30am (AEDT) on Monday. A Melbourne Water spokesman said an estimated two...

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Elders seeks to sell rural services ops

AGRIBUSINESS and automotive interiors supplier Elders wants to sell its biggest business unit, its rural services business, before someone tries to take it over. Elders said on Monday that it would start a sales process for the rural services...

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Most against surplus if more cuts needed

OVER half of coalition voters do not support the return of a federal budget surplus if it means making more spending cuts, a new poll shows. The weekly Essential Research online poll found that 37 per cent of all voters supported a budget surplus...

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Qld opposition wants to quiz arts minister

THE Queensland opposition insists Arts Minister Ros Bates is well enough to attend parliament and answer tough questions about her links to a senior bureaucrat. The opposition planned to grill Ms Bates during this week's parliamentary sittings...

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Police arrest Basque ETA leader in France

AN alleged leader of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in eastern France, Spain's interior ministry says. The ministry said in a statement that Izaskun Lesaka and an unnamed suspected member of the violent armed group were arrested...

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Australians sick of Labor saga: Abbott

LABOR and the opposition seem united on one front: they think Australians are sick of hearing about the ousting of former prime minister Kevin Rudd. Trade Minister Craig Emerson says he has "zero" interest in a book, Tales from the Political...

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