Ex-Vic police officer saves drowning woman

A former Victorian police officer has risked his life to rescue a woman struggling in rough surf. Source: AAP A FORMER Victorian police officer risked his life to rescue a woman who was seen to be struggling in rough surf. Matthew Paynter...

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Wilderness Society targets fossil fuels

An Australian environment group is shifting its focus to campaigning against fossil fuel mining. Source: AAP THE Wilderness Society will shift its focus from protecting wildlife to campaigning against fossil fuel mining, saying fossil fuels...

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Honduran candidate calls for protest

OPPOSITION candidate Xiomara Castro has announced that she won't recognise the result of Honduras' presidential election because of alleged voter fraud and called on her supporters to protest the win by the ruling party candidate. Castro, whose...

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$A loses 6 US cents in 6 weeks

THE Australian dollar has fallen for the sixth consecutive week as the greenback strengthens on expectations that the US Federal Reserve's economic stimulus measures. At 1700 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 91.02 US cents, down...

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NBN cost higher than predicted: Switkowski

The government's delivery deadline for the NBN looks likely to be blown out, a leaked report shows. Source: AAP COST blow-outs, ageing copper, lower revenue and demanding deadlines. The national broadband network (NBN) has struck another...

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Govt should prop up Qantas: Labor

Labor has slammed the government for its approach to a debate on foreign ownership of Qantas. Source: AAP THE government should consider taking a small equity position in Qantas, the opposition says, after the airline called for urgent changes...

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$1b-plus Qld flood class action

5000 flood victims are taking on Queensland to claw back more than $1bn lost in the 2011 disaster. Source: AAP FLOOD-WEARY southeast Queenslanders had to first fight insurers, now they will take on the state to claw back more than $1 billion...

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Simon Gittany guilty of murdering fiancee

A Sydney judge is set to rule on whether Simon Gittany threw his fiancee off a balcony. Source: AAP SIMON Gittany has been found guilty of murdering his fiancee, Lisa Cecilia Harnum, by throwing her off a high-rise Sydney apartment balcony....

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Three critical after Vic tank accident

THREE people are fighting for their lives after being overcome by fumes while cleaning a tank at a Victorian dairy farm, with another seven who rushed to their aid also affected. The three became ill as one man was using an ammonium cleaning...

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Qld oppn gets even on CMC saga

QUEENSLAND'S opposition got mad, but now they've got even in a tussle with the government over the latest Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) saga. Three members of the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee (PCMC) sacked by the state...

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NSW eyes closing online GST loophole

THE NSW government is optimistic the states and territories will be able to convince the federal government to start taxing overseas online purchases under $1000. NSW Treasurer Mike Baird and his counterparts will meet the federal treasurer...

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WA police to shed experienced officers

ALMOST 200 police officers are set to quit the West Australian force under a voluntary severance scheme designed to put more police on the streets. Police Minister Liza Harvey says the government had approved terms to release 196 highly experienced...

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Study gives hope to young heart patients

IT'S been a good 12 months for the Chamberlin family. A year ago, young William had open heart surgery, which has enabled him to run around without turning blue. Better still, the procedure is longer-lasting than doctors thought, and he is unlikely...

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Bitter legal battle over man's ashes

A BITTER dispute between a mother and her dead son's partner over who should have custody of his ashes has had to be resolved by one of Western Australia's top judges. In a case Justice John McKechnie said was about "hurt feelings, grief and bitterness",...

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Albany hitman trial begins in WA

AN elderly businessman instructed a hitman to strangle a woman he hated then bury her in a 30 foot-deep hole dug by an excavator, a West Australian court has heard. Brian Vincent Attwell, 73, is on trial in the Albany Courthouse charged with the...

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Ice wine a first for WA

IN a first for Western Australia, a south-west winery has created its own version of Canadian ice wine. Wilyabrup-based Fraser Gallop Estate converted many who had previously shunned dessert wines with its 2013 Ice Pressed Chardonnay at the...

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Second round of storms heads for southeast

NT residents are being urged to make final preparations as tropical Cyclone Alessia heads for the coast. THE Weather Bureau has warned of another round of storms set to hit parts of the southeast over the next hour. The warning...

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PM urges Senate repeal vote before Xmas

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is demanding the Senate votes on his carbon tax repeal bills before Christmas. The move will hand him his first double dissolution election trigger. The repeal package cleared its first hurdle the lower house last...

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