Labor can bounce back as a team: Shorten

Party members and unions will have a say in choosing Queensland Labor's parliamentary leader. Source: AAP FEDERAL leader Bill Shorten has likened the prospect of a Labor Party comeback to the form reversal of the Australian cricket team. ...

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Stabbed woman hails cab to NSW hospital

A NSW woman somehow waved down a cab to get to hospital after suffering critical stab wounds. Source: AAP A NSW woman mustered the strength to wave down a cab to rush herself to hospital after suffering critical stab wounds. Police say...

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Police charge would-be carjacker

A MAN who allegedly tried to carjack a BMW in central Sydney before hitting a bouncer outside a bar has been charged. In the early hours of Saturday the 39-year-old allegedly pushed the driver of a BMW, parked on the corner of Sussex and Slips...

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Honduran candidate calls for protest

Honduras' opposition leader says she will refuse to recognise the results of the country's election. Source: AAP OPPOSITION candidate Xiomara Castro has announced that she won't recognise the result of Honduras' presidential election because...

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Three Qld men charged with murder

THREE young men have been with charged the murder of a man who was bashed outside a Sunshine Coast nightclub. The 45-year-old sustained head injuries when he was allegedly attacked by the three men in the early hours of Saturday morning, police...

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Top Aussie biologist offers stem cell hope

An Aussie scientist is optimistic stem cell cures are on the way for the most dreadful illnesses. Source: AAP A WORLD-RENOWNED Australian scientist is optimistic stem cell cures are on the way for some of the most dreadful illnesses. Several...

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Peaches sorry for tweeting names

PEACHES Geldof has taken to Twitter to apologise for tweeting the names of the two mothers whose babies were involved in abuse by disgraced British rock star Ian Watkins. The daughter of Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof posted a series of tweets...

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Elderly Albany man convicted over hit

AN elderly, wealthy West Australian businessman has been found guilty of attempting to hire a hitman to murder his son's ex-wife. Brian Vincent Attwell, 73, has been on trial in the Albany Courthouse on the state's southern coast for the past...

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Cash rate cutting cycle coming to an end

IT'S good new for the economy but bad news for borrowers. There's not going to be an interest rate cut next week and the chances of a reduction next year are slim as the non-mining parts of the economy are expected to pick up pace. All 14 economists...

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$375,000 supercar gets Lister treatment

Street artist Anthony Lister has been let loose on a Lamborghini to help raise money for a charity. Source: AAP TAKE note Justin Bieber - THIS is how you do street art. As the king of brat pop continues to cop flak for his attempts at...

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Barnett tells states 'get real' on Gonski

STATES complaining about potentially missing out on education funding under the coalitions' revamped Gonski reforms should "get real", West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says. Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne sparked outrage from...

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NZ government backs waist-watcher wines

THE New Zealand government will spend more than $NZ8 million ($A7.26 million) on research to create better wines for those watching their figure. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has announced a multimillion-dollar research and development...

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ADM ups Graincorp spending promises

US food giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has enhanced its takeover offer for GrainCorp with extra commitments to the Australian agriculture sector. ADM is promising an extra $200 million investment in GrainCorp's grain storage and handling network,...

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Hot and dry summer in store for east

SUMMER is set to be drier and hotter than usual on Australia's east coast, cooler in the far southwest and wetter in Tasmania and parts of WA's mining country. But the national weather agency says the chances of a warmer or drier than normal...

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Bega weighs options in Warrnambool fight

BEGA Cheese is considering whether it will join legal efforts to stall Canadian firm Saputo's takeover offer for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter. Dairy cooperative Murray Goulburn on Wednesday sought to stop Saputo acquiring shares in Warrnambool,...

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NSW to hold Bowraville murders inquiry

An inquiry will be held into the murders of three Aboriginal people from NSW more than 20 years ago. Source: AAP AN inquiry will be held into the murders of three young Aboriginal people who disappeared from northern NSW more than 20 years...

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NSW govt takes swipe at Pyne over funding

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has taken a swipe at federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne, saying he is acting like someone in opposition. Mr Pyne has raised the ire of states and territories who are calling on him to deliver on the previous...

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TGA warns of child Panadol syringe

AUSTRALIA'S medicines regulatory body is reminding parents to check incorrectly marked measuring syringes supplied with Children's Panadol Drops. And if they feel they might have given their child an overdose, they should contact the Poisons...

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Bali king-hit victim has more surgery

A surf instructor who was king-hit in Bali has undergone further surgery in a Perth hospital. Source: AAP A SURF instructor who was king-hit when he tried to help a woman in Bali has undergone further surgery in a Perth hospital. Matt...

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Courts can cancel licence for any crime

Victorian courts can now cancel the licence of any person convicted or found guilty of any offence. Source: AAP NEW laws give Victorian courts the power to cancel licences even if the offence has nothing to do with driving. Changes introduced...

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Police appeal for video of NSW ski crash

POLICE are calling for anyone who may have filmed the moments leading up to a tragic waterskiing accident in NSW to come forward. On Sunday morning a 20-year-old champion waterskier, Sarah Teelow, had just started the Bridge to Bridge Water...

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Almost 90% of Indons want harsher action

ALMOST 90 per cent of Indonesians want their government to deliver an even harsher warning to Australia over spying revelations, although less than eight per cent support a military strike. A survey published by Indonesia's biggest selling national...

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Albany hitman plot got serious: witness

A MAN who told police about an apparent hitman plot said he knew the situation was serious when he was offered $30,000 to kill the intended victim. The man, whose identity has been suppressed, gave the testimony in the first day of the trial of...

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WA shark threat order rescinded

Some surfers in Western Australia are calling for a cull of sharks larger than three metres. Source: AAP AN imminent threat order in place following a fatal shark attack in Western Australia's South West has been lifted. The WA Department...

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Federal govt relists terror groups

THE federal government has updated its listing of terror groups and their financiers, renewing some and removing others. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said these listings implemented Australia's obligations under a resolution of the United Nations...

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Three-year-old Vic boy missing

A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy is missing on a property in rural Victoria. Police say he was last seen playing on the edge of a dam in Digby, about 350km west of Melbourne. Family members raised the alarm after finding his shoes stuck in the mud on the...

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Crowds search for NATO trucks in Pakistan

PROTESTERS are roughing up drivers as they seek to stop trucks carrying NATO troop supplies and equipment passing through northwest Pakistan. The demonstration on Sunday comes a day after the party led by politician and cricket star Imran Khan...

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Drug lab uncovered in Sydney's north

A DRUG lab has exploded on Sydney's northern beaches. Police were called to a unit block on Frazer Street at 5pm on Saturday following reports of the blast. Entering the unit via a balcony, they allegedly found a clandestine laboratory. NSW...

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No let up as more storms forecast this evening

NT residents are being urged to make final preparations as tropical Cyclone Alessia heads for the coast. SEVERE thunderstorm warnings remain in place for several areas across Queensland tonight. The weather bureau said the Wide...

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ACT house shatters Christmas lights record

MORE than half a million Christmas lights have been switched on in Canberra, smashing a Guinness world record for the largest number on one house. The Richards family in Forrest have turned on more than 500,000 lights, eclipsing the 346,283...

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