Ducks return to memorial for Royal visit

THE Australian War Memorial has some special guests for the visit of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. Overnight a family of ducks resumed residence in the Pool of Reflection which holds the eternal flame. The mother, with her new...

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Royal couple lay wreath at war memorial

THE Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have wound up their Australian tour with a visit to The Australian War Memorial. There they laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the haunting sounds of a bugle. Later the royal couple...

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Massive fire in Mackay shops under control

A MASSIVE fire that gutted four shopping outlets in north Queensland has been brought under control. Emergency services received reports of a fire in a shopping centre on Greenfield Boulevard, Mackay, at 11.45am (AEST) on Saturday. The Department...

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Royals kick off Sydney visit

AFTER mingling at the Melbourne Cup, enjoying an outback Queensland barbie and sampling South Australian wine, Charles and Camilla will begin the Sydney leg of their whirlwind Australian tour on Friday. After arriving at Kingsford Smith Airport...

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Sydney turns on weather for Royals

PRINCE Charles was caught in a thunderstorm at Bondi Beach and a military policeman fainted in the heat at a separate event attended by his wife Camilla, as weather extremes hit the royal visit. Charles rolled his eyes in disappointment when the...

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Australian PM insists 'many' boats stopped

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says the government's border protection policies are working, insisting co-operation with Indonesia has successfully disrupted "many" people-smuggling ventures. Ms Gillard said the government would remain focused on...

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Ferguson wants state co-operation

ENERGY Minister Martin Ferguson says he's determined to work co-operatively with the states to reform the energy market, particularly on expanding the use of gas. "I'm not going to pick a fight on this because this is too important," Mr Ferguson...

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Cockatoo, contentious moth back from brink

A STOCKY white cockatoo that came very close to extinction and a controversial moth have been removed from Western Australia's threatened species list. WA's Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) on Thursday said the Muir's corella...

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Man in court on $20 million fraud charge

A MAN accused of stealing more than $20 million from one of Australia's largest construction and infrastructure companies has appeared in court. Damian Victor O'Carrigan, 58, of Moggill in Brisbane's west, allegedly took the money from Leightons...

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Smith talks security with Indian governor

DEFENCE Minister Stephen Smith has met the governor of India's fourth most populous state to discuss an expansion of Australia's security ties with the south Asian nation. During the talks in Sydney on Wednesday, Mr Smith and West Bengal governor...

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Redundancies at Queensland's CMC

QUEENSLAND'S Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) says it has lost another 13 staff because of the state government's budget cuts. The CMC had already announced that between July 1 and October 11 there were 44 separations, none of which were...

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Romney concedes race in phone call

MITT Romney has called Barack Obama to concede the 2012 US election, an Obama aide says. Romney then addressed his supporters in Boston early on Wednesday. "I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory," Romney confirmed....

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Network Ten to sack journalists

NETWORK Ten is expected to begin sacking journalists after failing to obtain sufficient voluntary redundancies, a union says. The cuts are part of a plan by Ten to chop 100 journalist, camera and producer positions, or about one-third of its...

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Pell asks priests to quit St Johns council

CARDINAL George Pell says he has lost confidence in the St Johns College council at the University of Sydney and has asked priest members to resign following continued bad behaviour by students. He says he will be asking the NSW government to...

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ACT airport hub still possible: NSW govt

THE NSW coalition government has accused the commonwealth of "political game-playing" over its attack on a decision to build homes near Canberra Airport. NSW on Tuesday approved the rezoning of the Tralee Housing Development to allow 2000 new...

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$A slightly lower ahead of key events

THE Australian dollar is lower as markets wait to see whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates on Tuesday. At 1700 AEDT on Monday, the currency was trading at 103.68 US cents, down from 103.85 cents on Friday. It...

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Cardboard cut-out fills royal void in Qld

THE Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have started the Australian leg of their 13-day Pacific tour after arriving in Longreach. Prince Charles and Camilla touched down in the outback Queensland town on Monday afternoon. At 4pm (AEST),...

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Abbott tones down carbon attack

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has toned down his attack on Labor's carbon tax. Source: AAP OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has toned down his attack on Labor's carbon tax as another poll showed the government had made gains among voters four...

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Man killed in Vic farming accident

A VICTORIAN farmer has died after the ute he was working in went over an embankment and into a quarry. The 77-year-old Noorat man was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene near Terang in Victoria's west. Investigators believe the man...

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New poll shows Obama-Romney race tied

JUST 48 hours before election day, the race for the White House is tied, with both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney receiving 48 per cent support among likely votes, a new poll has found. The latest ABC News/Washington...

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Show goes on for injured Goodrem

SINGER Delta Goodrem has assured fans she will be fit enough to perform at her scheduled Melbourne concerts next week, despite suffering nasty burns to her legs in a bizarre accident last Friday. Ms Goodrem was forced to abandon a concert at...

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