Blazes lit in Melbourne's botanic gardens

A 100-YEAR-OLD pavilion was damaged and two others destroyed by an arsonist in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. Firefighters were called to a large blaze in the gardens just before 6am on Saturday and arrived to find two more fires burning....

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Oprah helps Barbara Walters say goodbye

Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton have surprised Barbara Walters as she taped her final edition of The View. OPRAH Winfrey and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have surprised Barbara Walters as the legendary American...

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Police hunt two sex predators in Melbourne

A man has tried to sexually assault a woman in the inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. Source: AAP THE hunt is on for two sex predators who attacked three women in the same Melbourne suburb where Jill Meagher died. Police say an assault...

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Cabbie car-jacked in NSW Hunter region

A taxi driver has been beaten up, robbed and car-jacked in the NSW Hunter region. Source: AAP A TAXI driver had his nose broken during a terrifying ordeal in which he was beaten up, robbed, kidnapped and car-jacked by a drunken passenger...

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Israel designs hi-tech fin to save turtle

A prosthetic fin has been built to save the life of an injured sea turtle in Israel. Source: AAP A BADLY injured sea turtle's prospects are looking up - thanks to a new prosthetic fin designed by an Israeli team and modelled on the wings of...

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Frankie Valli wins decision on insurance

A court has reversed a decision that Frankie Valli's wife could claim his life insurance policy. Source: AAP SORTING through the aftermath of music legend Frankie Valli's messy divorce, the California Supreme Court sang a tune that suggests...

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US mum convicted of killing her teens

US mother Julie Schenecker has been found guilty of the murders of her teenage daughter and son. Source: AAP A FORMER US Army officer's wife has been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of her two teenagers, with jurors...

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Land Council upset over NT township leases

THE federal government is trying to snatch back land from Aboriginal people by pressuring them to sign 99-year township leases, the Northern Land Council says. The NLC is clashing with federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion over what...

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Donation law concerns cost me job: Davis

CHRIS Davis says he was sacked as Queensland's assistant health minister partly because he raised concerns about changes to political donation laws. Premier Campbell Newman sacked Dr Davis this week, saying his decision to speak out against some...

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Truck driver's arrest sparks SA drug bust

THE arrest of a truck driver in NSW has led to a drug bust in South Australia. Police on Wednesday stopped a truck on the Sturt Highway, near Gol Gol, and found six bags of cannabis weighing about 160 grams, leading them to charge the 42-year-old...

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Uncensored Rudd reveals batts flaws

Kevin Rudd move to expose cabinet discussions about insulation scheme had a short-lived opposition. Source: AAP OPPOSITION to Kevin Rudd's plan to reveal the innermost secrets of the federal government lasted for a little less than 16 hours....

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Johnston fights for more funds for defence

DEFENCE Minister David Johnston needed to convince colleagues defence would be unable to mount short-notice missions such as its search for the missing Malaysian airliner if it did not get more cash. In hard negotiations before the government's...

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Rudd accepts batt deaths responsibility

FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has accepted "ultimate responsibility" for Labor's home insulation debacle, but has used secret cabinet documents to deflect blame onto his ministers and public servants. On a day when confidential cabinet processes...

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Labor pounce on second staffer conflict

LABOR has vowed to continue probing a second Abbott government minister over conflict of interest allegations. William "Smiley" Johnstone resigned as an adviser for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion after it was revealed he was also chief...

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Borders commander warns vigilance is vital

THE army general charged with preventing asylum seeker boats from reaching Australia says ongoing vigilance is vital. There have been no successful people smuggling ventures to Australia since late December, but Lieutenant General Angus Campbell...

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Indonesia to get asylum seeker cash

INDONESIA will receive big bucks to help deal with thousands of stranded asylum seekers who can't reach Australia after the federal government's border security crackdown. The nation's northern neighbour will pocket $86.8 million over three years...

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Australians slugged $7 for doctor visits

HEALTH groups and Labor for months have been warning the Abbott government was about introduce a "GP tax". And Treasurer Joe Hockey obliged in his first budget on Tuesday by confirming Australians would be slugged $7 to visit the doctor. The...

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Work requirements for disability pension

GEN X and Y Australians on the disability support pension will be required to undertake work experience or some form of employment activity. Some of those under 35 years of age, who were granted the pension between 2008 and 2011 under more lenient...

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World best research fund, but we'll pay

THE Abbott government will create the world's largest medical research fund which Treasurer Joe Hockey says could help save Australian lives. But Australians will be asked to pay for the multi-billion dollar initiative, through a $7 GP co-payment...

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Families, pensioners face budget pain

THE Abbott government will impose a $7 charge for GP visits, wind back pension rises and hike income tax for people earning over $180,000 in a bid to get the budget back into the black. Treasurer Joe Hockey's first budget sets a course to slash...

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Puffing Hockey silent on cigar tax

Treasurer Joe Hockey has avoided a question about a tobacco tax after being caught having a cigar. Source: AAP JOE Hockey probably hoped he had got away without being questioned about having that sly cigar with his finance minister. But...

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Dozens hurt in China protest

At least 29 police have been injured in China during a protest over a proposed waste incinerator. Source: AAP A PROTEST in eastern China over a plan to build a waste incinerator has turned violent with state media reporting at least 10 demonstrators...

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Buswell light rail report light on insight

Ex-WA treasurer Troy Buswell's report on his taxpayer-funded trip to Europe has few fresh insights. Source: AAP FORMER West Australian treasurer Troy Buswell's light rail report from a taxpayer-funded trip across Europe is so paltry it could...

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Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

A series of bombings in Iraq has killed 19 people, authorities say. Source: AAP MILITANTS who attacked a military base in north Iraq kidnapping 20 soldiers later shot them dead. The soldiers were abducted by a large group of militants...

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Missing Queensland girl found safe

Police say 3 men and a woman who abducted Queensland toddler Bella Goulding are known to her family. Source: AAP A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl abducted from her father's southeast Queensland home has been found safe and well in a Brisbane suburb. ...

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