Australian police withdraw from East Timor

Australian police officers have left East Timor as the UN prepares to end its peacekeeping mission. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA has withdrawn its last remaining police officers from East Timor as international forces wind up a 13-year presence in...

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Routine morning, then unthinkable terror

FIRST, he killed his mother. Nancy Lanza's body was found later at their home in Newtown - after the carnage at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Nobody knows why 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, why he then took her guns to the school and...

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Three dead on Queensland's roads

THREE men have died on Queensland roads in separate crashes on Saturday, including an 18-year-old who was thrown from the tray of a ute and a cyclist who hit a tree. Police said the 18-year-old was travelling in the back of the ute in Cape Palmerston...

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Macmahon shares drop to eight-year lows

SHARES in Macmahon Holdings slumped to an eight-year low after the mining contract launched a $80.7 million capital raising and sold its ailing construction business. The stock dropped heavily after coming out of a trading halt on Friday, closing...

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Cronulla fisheries closure to go ahead

THE NSW government will ignore the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry and push ahead with the closure of the Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre, saying it is 80 per cent complete. In a scathing report, the upper house committee in October...

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Stockwatch Week to December 14

A ROUND-UP of some of the key stock movements on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in the trading week to Friday, December 14, 2012: (Includes change on share price from previous Friday close) APN - APN NEWS AND MEDIA - down two cents or seven...

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Schwarten happy to front payroll inquiry

Queensland's premier announced an inquiry into the state's bungled health payroll system. Source: AAP A FORMER Queensland Labor minister at the centre of the state's health payroll fiasco says he isn't worried about having to testify at an...

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No harm reassessing budget: Westpac

THE chairman of one of the nation's leading banks believes the federal government should be continually assessing budget policy, just as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) does with monetary policy. Treasury has reportedly advised the government...

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Sydney light rail plan ignores bus advice

THE NSW government will push ahead with a light rail line from Sydney's CBD to the eastern suburbs, ignoring recommendations of its own infrastructure advisory body for an underground rapid bus system. A $1.6 billion light rail line will be built...

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NSW firefighters baffled by eternal flame

A MYSTERIOUS fire which has been burning for months under a dry lake in far-western NSW is seemingly thwarting attempts to put it out. Drivers have reported seeing smoke along a lakebed outside Wilcannia and firefighters, who put the fire out...

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Posthumous award for slain policeman

SLAIN policeman Bryson Anderson has been honoured with a posthumous valour award as the community he wholeheartedly embraced in life returned that embrace in death. NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione presented the award to his widow Donna...

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Retail struggling due to rising costs

THE Australian retail sector continues to struggle due to declining profit margins and skyrocketing costs, a report says. Tax and advisory firm BDO Spend Trend Report examined 18 ASX listed retailers and found that while turnover and margins remained...

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Parole breaker on revenge mission: police

Police believe parolee on the run Jason Herbert is on a vengeance mission against two WA officers. Source: AAP AFTER breaking his parole twice this year, armed robber Jason Robert Herbert is on the run and believed to be hunting two policemen...

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Adelaide Fringe 2013 program launched

AFTER 52 Fringe festivals, Adelaide still lets anyone and everyone perform anywhere from a big theatre to a pub, a derelict building and even a caravan. "I have not curated it. It's still total open access, and anyone can be in the fringe at all,"...

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WA taxi driver's rape appeal thrown out

A Perth taxi driver has failed in an appeal against his conviction for raping a female passenger. Source: AAP A TAXI driver who raped a drunken hen's night passenger has failed to have his conviction quashed. Amrit Pal Singh, 32, was...

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Fire changes useless if budget cut: union

THE Victorian government's changes to disaster management will mean little if fire services have their budgets cut, the firefighters' union says. United Firefighters Union spokesman Mick Tisbury says the state government's decision to strip...

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Southern Cross shares fall 5.8%

Shares in Southern Cross Media Group have tumbled 5.8 per cent following the royal prank scandal. Source: AAP SOUTHERN Cross Media Group shares have tumbled to a near five-week low amid a backlash over 2DayFM's Duchess of Cambridge prank hospital...

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Swan chides Pyne, defends surplus target

Treasurer Wayne Swan has labelled the coalition "delusional" over their budget surplus claims. Source: AAP THE federal government has hit out at a senior Liberal MP for suggesting the global financial crisis (GFC) would not have had a budget...

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Barnett backs Buswell amid more headlines

WA Premier Colin Barnett has again been forced to defend senior minister Troy Buswell (Pic). Source: AAP WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett has again been forced to defend senior minister Troy Buswell, after more lurid headlines regarding...

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Victims beg for food after deadly typhoon

Typhoon Bopha has returned to the Philippines as a tropical storm, bringing heavy rain. Source: AAP DESPERATE families begged for food Sunday, days after Typhoon Bopha brought death and destruction to parts of a southern Philippine island,...

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Chavez admits cancer relapse

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his cancer has returned and he will undergo further surgery. Source: AAP LEFTIST Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has admitted a relapse of his cancer and designated Vice-President Nicolas Maduro as his...

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