Police target drugs at Sydney festival

Police targeting illegal drugs will be out in force at the Listen Out music festival in Sydney. Source: AAP POLICE targeting illegal party drugs will be out in force at the Listen Out music festival in Sydney. Police said officers from...

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China blocks Belgian racing pigeons import

CHINESE customs authorities have held up live deliveries of more than 1600 Belgian racing pigeons - selling to Chinese enthusiasts for thousands of euros apiece - in a customs dispute. An initial batch of 401 pigeons, worth 1.7 million euros...

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Roadside bombs kill five in Afghanistan

PROVINCIAL officials say two separate roadside bomb attacks have killed five Afghan civilians in the eastern and southern parts of the country. Shafiqullah Nang, who is spokesman for the eastern province of Ghazni, said three civilians died...

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Two ships crash off Japan

Two cargo ships have collided off Tokyo leaving five crew members injured, and another missing. Source: AAP TWO cargo ships have collided off Tokyo leaving five Japanese crew members critically injured, and another missing. The five sailors...

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Asylum seekers 'abandoned' at sea

Authorities fear for up to 70 asylum seekers still missing after their boat sank off Java. Source: AAP SURVIVORS from an asylum-seeker boat that sank off Indonesia claim their desperate pleas to Australian authorities for help were ignored...

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Jill's march to show 'peaceful defiance'

A community-led peace march is being planned on Sunday to remember Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. Source: AAP A SOCIAL media movement that prompted 30,000 people to march through Melbourne in memory of Jill Meagher has come together again. ...

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Forrest steps down from Poseidon

Billionaire Andrew Forrest resigned as chairman of Poseidon Nickel due to his philanthropic duties. Source: AAP BILLIONAIRE miner Andrew Forrest has stepped down as chairman of Poseidon Nickel, one week before the company is due to repay...

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Qld cop killer faces lengthy prison term

Slain Gold Coast detective Damian Leeding's family will have to wait for his killer's sentencing. Source: AAP THE family of slain Gold Coast detective Damian Leeding will have to wait to learn how long his killers will spend in jail. But...

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Fire ban as NSW faces severe conditions

Homes on the NSW mid north coast are under threat from bushfires for a second day in a row. Source: AAP A TOTAL fire ban is in place for parts of NSW as emergency workers continue to battle for control over a bushfire on the mid-north coast....

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William and Kate get new coat of arms

THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a new coat of arms to represent them as a married couple, Kensington Palace says. The Conjugal Coat of Arms, shown publicly for the first time on Friday, was approved by the Queen this year and combines William's...

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Put your phone away and enjoy your holiday

Queensland's Sunshine Coast is taking action to help phone addicts make the most of their holiday. Source: AAP WE use them on the toilet and let them interrupt our sex lives - our obsession with smartphones is so shameless one Aussie tourist...

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Pfizer plans to shut down Sydney plant

Pfizer Australia has announced the phased exit of its Sydney manufacturing plant by the end of 2015. Source: AAP ABOUT 140 workers have found out they will be without a job when pharmaceutical company Pfizer shuts down its Sydney manufacturing...

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Russia keeps Greenpeace activists in jail

A RUSSIAN court has ordered the detention for two months of one of the 30 Greenpeace activists arrested over a protest in the Russian Arctic against oil drilling, the group and reports say. Denis Sinyakov, a photographer working for Greenpeace,...

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Aged-care pay boost to be suspended

THE Abbott government has suspended processing new applications from aged-care operators seeking to sign up to the previous government's program offering workers a modest pay boost. The former Labor government introduced earlier this year a...

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Toughest tent pitch has Guinness pegged

A designer is hoping to take out a Guinness World Record for his Darwin casino beachside marquee. Source: AAP IN a city that gets its fair share of tropical cyclones, one man is hoping his tent design will blow the Guinness World Records away....

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Community pool opens in shadow of Uluru

IT gets hot and dusty in the Aboriginal desert community of Mutitjulu and for seven years the kids near Uluru have had nowhere to cool down. That has changed with a community investment of $1.6 million of rent money from the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National...

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ADF releases Afghan insider attack report

A defence report questions the protection give to three Australian diggers killed in Afghanistan. Source: AAP A DEFENCE inquiry into a rogue Afghan soldier's murder of three Australian soldiers is highly critical of the "relaxed" security at...

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Blunders from the top down led to fraud

A SERIES of blunders by officials and the state's crime watchdog allowed $16.6 million of taxpayers' money to fall into the hands of a Queensland Health employee who claimed he was a Tahitian prince. One of the biggest mistakes was the failure...

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Abbott recruiting for indigenous council

PM Tony Abbott has begun recruiting a team of experts for the indigenous advisory council. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott's new indigenous advisory council will complete a review of indigenous spending by early next year. Mr Abbott...

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Putin says Arctic activists broke law

Russian agents will detain the "most active" of the protesters on the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin says 30 Greenpeace activists arrested by Russia were not "pirates" but had broken the law in a protest against...

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PNG wants to scrap Westminster

PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill wants the current Westminster system replaced by a federal system. Source: AAP PAPUA New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill has asked the nation's Constitutional and Law Reform Commission (CLRC) to consider...

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US developing 'Richter' scale for fires

US researchers have been working on a system to measure and predict the destructiveness of wildfires - similar to the way officials use the magnitude scale for earthquakes and other tools to rate and evaluate tornadoes and hurricanes. The National...

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Assets seized in Mafia-linked case

ITALIAN authorities have seized assets worth more than 700 million euros ($A1.01 billion) belonging to a Sicilian businessman known as the "king of supermarkets," who has been convicted for his links to a fugitive senior mafia boss. A court...

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Shorten kicks off Labor leadership debate

Voters support Anthony Albanese (pic) over Bill Shorten as Labor leader, a new poll shows. Source: AAP BILL Shorten has kicked off the Labor leadership debate, saying the big question is how Labor will remain relevant to the lives of Australians...

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Improve urban life: Bloomberg

New York's mayor is offering cities in Europe millions for plans to improve urban life. Source: AAP NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is offering European cities millions to come up with plans to improve urban life, tapping his personal fortune...

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ALP wins McEwen in federal election

Labor's Rob Mitchell has retained the Victorian seat of McEwen by 345 votes. Source: AAP THE ALP may have lost the election, but it has managed to hold onto the final undeclared Victorian seat of McEwen. Counting is complete in the central...

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Prince Harry to visit Australia

Britain's Prince Harry will make his first official visit to Australia in October. Source: AAP PRINCE Harry will make his first official visit to Australia in October. Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the royal visit on Monday, adding...

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Fifteen charged following raids in Sydney

FIFTEEN people have been charged following Sydney raids on an Assyrian syndicate allegedly involved in murders, drugs and shootings. About 340 police officers swooped on homes and businesses across the city on Monday, seizing drugs, a pill press,...

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Tributes flow for couple killed in Kenya

A YOUNG Australian architect who gave his expertise and time helping the disadvantaged people of Eastern Africa has been killed along with his pregnant partner during a militant massacre at a Kenyan shopping centre. Tasmanian-born Ross Langdon...

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Kidman supports 'China Hollywood' bid

NICOLE Kidman attended a star-studded event that has seen China's richest man announce plans to spend 50 billion yuan ($A8.79 billion) to build the country's version of Hollywood in the northeastern city of Qingdao. Wang Jianlin's red carpet...

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Keith Urban has No.1 album in Australia

Country music star Keith Urban has scored his second No.1 album in Australia with Fuse. Source: AAP KATY Perry has reclaimed No.1 on the ARIA singles chart with her track Roar. Having been superseded by Redfoo last week, Perry returns to...

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5 Freo arrests as Dockers fans cheer

WA Police say only five arrests were made in Fremantle after the team won the AFL preliminary final. Source: AAP THOUSANDS of euphoric Fremantle Dockers fans have celebrated wildly in the port city after the AFL team's convincing win against...

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Vic man dead in highway crash

A man has died after his vehicle veered into the path of an oncoming car north-east of Melbourne. Source: AAP A MAN is dead after his vehicle veered into the path of an oncoming car north-east of Melbourne. The driver of a sedan, who...

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Man terrorising Qld women drivers: police

Police have released an image of a man who is terrorising women in north Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE have released an image of a man who is terrorising women in north Queensland. A woman driving along Flying Fishing Point Road at Innisfail,...

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Bombers kill 53 at Pakistan church

Two suicide bombers have killed at least 53 people attending a church service in Pakistan. Source: AAP TWO suicide bombers have killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 100 attending a church service in restive northwestern Pakistan....

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