One dead and six injured in NSW crash

A MAN is dead and six people, including two children, have been injured in a head-on collision at Coffs Harbour on NSW's north coast. The 58-year-old was killed when a Nissan Pulsar and Ford Falcon collided on Hogbin Drive just before 1pm on...

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BBC faces review of 'everything': UK govt

All aspects of how the BBC is run and paid for will be reviewed when its charter is renewed. Source: AAP ALL aspects of how the BBC is run and paid for will be reviewed when its charter comes up for renewal, Britain's culture secretary says....

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Relatives seek new Malaysia plane search

THEIR hopes raised and dashed, relatives of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane want a new plan to find it after the search was suspended following a new setback. The 84-year-old mother of Australian passenger Rod Burrows no longer...

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Sydney teen critical as party gatecrashed

A teen is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed at a party in Sydney's inner west. Source: AAP IT was meant to be a small gathering of friends for a 14-year-old girl's birthday. But the get-together at a house in Five...

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Ash grounds flights to Darwin, Bali

A massive ash cloud from an Indonesian volcano may disrupt aviation in parts of Australia. Source: AAP DARWIN remains cut off to all air services until Sunday, and flights from Australia to Bali are now affected, as three separate ash plumes...

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Diver dies in search of South Korean ferry

A DIVER has died during the search for people still missing inside a sunken South Korean ferry. It's the second such death among divers mobilised since the ferry sank on April 16, leaving more than 300 people dead or missing. Government task...

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WA shoplifter jailed over guard attack

A PERTH woman who shoplifted lollies and chips, and then ran over an undercover security guard who confronted her has been jailed for three years. Narissa Marie Gidgup was with two children when she stole confectionery and cosmetics worth a total...

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Vic agencies unprepared for scale of fire

A VICTORIAN coalmine fire was so big it took agencies responsible for firefighters' health time to adjust to the scale of their task, the state's fire chief says. Fire Service Commissioner Craig Lapsley has dubbed health monitoring at the Hazelwood...

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Teacher acquitted of SA woman's murder

A TEACHER has been found not guilty of the 1991 murder of a young mother who was bashed so severely that no blood was left in her dumped body. Timo Heikki Pasanen, 43, has pleaded not guilty in the South Australian Supreme Court to murdering...

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Sydney ferry staff take industrial action

Sydney ferry workers will not collect ferry tickets as part of industrial action across the weekend. Source: AAP SYDNEY ferry workers have decided to take industrial action this weekend but it will hurt the NSW government rather than ferrygoers....

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ASIO HQ a step closer: spy boss

TEN months have passed since its official opening, and in about another seven months Australia's spy agency should finally move into its new Canberra headquarters. The $680 million building on the northern side of Lake Burley Griffin has been...

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Cyber attacks on the rise

CYBER security attacks on business are on the rise, and the culprits appear to be competitors seeking commercial information. And while many companies reported cyber security incidents, others didn't, raising concerns they don't know what's really...

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Egypt's Sisi sweeps election

Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is set for an overwhelming victory in Egypt's presidential poll. Source: AAP EX-ARMY chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scored a crushing presidential election triumph and consolidated the grip of the military,...

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Melbourne Zoo seal Gordo dies

GORDO the seal has died at Melbourne Zoo, more than a decade after being rescued when found emaciated and dehydrated on a Victorian beach. The sub-Antarctic fur seal suffered a cardiac arrest while recovering from an anaesthetic procedure, zoo...

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NBN chief denies role in US disaster

THE executive appointed to run the national broadband network will "vigorously defend" the actions he took while boss of an American gas company before two of its pipelines exploded and killed nine people. Bill Morrow was appointed as chief executive...

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Stockland says $2.5b Australand bid final

Property group Stockland has increased its takeover offer for rival Australand to $2.5 billion. Source: AAP STOCKLAND says its sweetened $2.5 billion takeover bid for fellow property developer Australand is final and as good as it will get....

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Elder's 'stolen wages' claim dismissed

AN Aboriginal elder's claim for wages he says were stolen by the state has been thrown out of court due to a lack of evidence. Conrad Yeatman, 74, was seeking $35,000 for wages he said were never paid to him when he worked as a carpenter and labourer...

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Ice addict thief spared extra jail time

A HOMELESS ice addict who went on a $20,000 spending spree across Sydney using credit cards stolen from mailboxes has been spared extra time in prison. Kayla Hemmings, 25, received a minimum sentence of 18 months at the NSW District Court on Tuesday...

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Row over green reforms derails debate

A STRAIGHTFORWARD proposal to change the way fees are managed under national environment law has been sidetracked by a lengthy debate about the Abbott government's green credentials. The non-controversial bill allows for cost recovery for environmental...

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HK man charged over undeclared $A300,000

A HONG Kong national has been charged after attempting to leave Australia with $300,000 in undeclared cash he had stashed in his luggage. The 31-year-old man was picked up at Melbourne's International Airport after customs officers found the...

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Apple set to connect iPhone to your car

The latest gadget from Apple - connecting iPhones to cars - is getting set for a rollout in the US. Source: AAP APPLE is getting ready to hitch the iPhone to cars in a mobile marriage of convenience. The ambitious project, called CarPlay,...

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Palmer seeks extra staff to probe bills

Federal MP Clive Palmer has called on the government to provide his party with more advisers. Source: AAP BILLIONAIRE politician Clive Palmer has called on the government to provide his party with more advisers ahead of it sharing the balance...

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Rogerson can't dodge murder charge

EVEN for a man immortalised on the small screen, former NSW detective Roger Rogerson endured the most dramatic of days. The once-decorated detective had police thumping on the door of his Sydney home on Tuesday morning before ending the day behind...

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BHP may axe dozens of alumina jobs

BHP Billiton may cut jobs at its Worsley Alumina operations in Western Australia. Source: AAP BHP Billiton may soon start axing jobs at its Worsley Alumina operations in Western Australia. The mining giant says Worsley had moved into...

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MPs called 'cowards' in abortion debate

VICTORIAN balance of power MP Geoff Shaw has called his fellow MPs "moral cowards" for their refusal to debate abortion laws. The former Liberal MP who took the balance of power in Victoria's lower house when he turned independent last year,...

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Letter bid to block Vic child abuse bill

ANTI-VIOLENCE groups want three Nationals MPs to block new Victorian laws that they fear will turn women who fail to report child sexual abuse into criminals. Opponents say they broadly support the child protection bill's aim but one clause...

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Qld ministers livid with dissenting ex-MP

A FORMER Queensland government MP says "very senior" ministers wanted to hurl something at the TV when he gave interviews criticising new laws on political donations. Chris Davis quit parliament on Friday, saying he could not support the Newman...

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Housing prices suffer winter blues

THE weather across much of Australia is unseasonably warm, but the housing market is cooling down right on schedule. After falling by 0.9 per cent the week before, prices in the five mainland state capitals were down by another 0.6 per cent over...

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Speaker stands by fundraising event

Speaker Bronwyn Bishop must explain what took place in her suite on budget night, says Labor. Source: AAP SPEAKER Bronwyn Bishop has refused to reveal details of how her parliamentary office was used for a Liberal Party fundraising event. ...

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Man, 21, burned in Sydney gas fireball

A GAS-FUELLED fireball in a busy northern Sydney shopping plaza has left a man with serious burns. The 21-year-old was rushed to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital with burns to his lower body after a gas main caught alight about 1pm (AEST)...

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