Small business to take tax-break hit

The government is dumping an asset write-off for small businesses that was linked to the mining tax. Source: AAP THE federal government is setting a "tax trap" for small business by drastically reducing a tax break before legislation for...

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Private sector credit growing modestly

Credit growth was moderate in November as consumers and business are wary about taking on more debt. Source: AAP CREDIT growth was moderate in November as consumers and business are still wary about taking on more debt. The amount of private...

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Vic govt's 2014 wish is to win election

Victorian Deputy Premier Peter Ryan says the thing he wants most in the new year is to retain power. Source: AAP AFTER a year in which his boss was sacked, he lost the police ministry and a rogue MP was calling the shots, all deputy Victorian...

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Fortescue receives reprimand after deaths

A man has died in an accident at Fortescue Metals' Christmas Creek mine in Western Australia. Source: AAP FORTESCUE Metals Group has been ordered to improve its safety procedures by the mines regulator following the death of a man at its Christmas...

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All set for party of the year

Australia's skies are set to explode with colour this New Year's Eve, the biggest party of the year. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS are preparing to celebrate the biggest party of the year, with the skies above the nation's capital cities expected...

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NSW workers comp changes for 2014

INJURED workers and children attending childcare will be among the winners and losers at the start of 2014, as new laws kick in across NSW. Among the raft of new legislation to come into effect on January 1 are controversial changes to workers...

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Icebreaker on track to reach stuck ship

An Aussie icebreaker is about 100 nautical miles from a ship trapped in sea ice near Antarctica. Source: AAP FEDERAL authorities say a rescue mission by an Australian icebreaker remains on track as it closes in on a ship wedged in sea ice near...

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Times Square preps for New Year's Eve bash

NEW York City's Times Square is getting ready for New Year's Eve. The square will host millions on Tuesday night counting down the last few moments of 2013. Starting on Saturday, six Citibikes from the city's bike share program were being installed...

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Cyclone closer to WA's north coast

A category two cyclone off the Western Australian Kimberley coast is expected to intensify. Source: AAP A CATEGORY two cyclone off Western Australia's Kimberley coast is expected to intensify as it heads towards the Pilbara. Tropical...

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US driver survives plunge off cliff

A driver who survived a 90-metre plunge told rescuers he intentionally drove off the ocean cliff. Source: AAP A DRIVER who plunged 90 metres off a Southern California ocean cliff was rescued after firefighters waded into the surf to free...

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SA bushfire under control

A serious bushfire south of Adelaide has been contained the Country Fire Service says. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS have protected a South Australian country town from an out-of-control bushfire, with two fire crew volunteers injured while quelling...

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Port Hedland evacuates due to cyclone

A cyclone warning has been issued for coastal areas along Western Australia's northern coast. Source: AAP SHIPS are being moved from a major port in Western Australia ahead of a developing tropical cyclone expected to hit on Saturday night....

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Cyclone brewing off WA's north

A TROPICAL cyclone is likely for Western Australia's northern coast this weekend, with possible 100km/h winds to hit the Kimberley. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued a cyclone warning for coastal areas from Kuri Bay to Broome on Friday,...

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One dead after Qld truck smash

ONE motorist is dead after a truck and a car collided on a Queensland highway. The crash, which sparked a grassfire, happened about 4.20pm (AEST) on Friday on the Mount Lindesay Highway, between Greenbank and Jimboomba. It is the second death...

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Teenage driver dead, others charged

A TEENAGE driver has died after her car rolled in a crash in north-west NSW, while the driver of a car in an earlier accident in which two men died has been charged. Just after midday on Friday, emergency services were called to Killarney Gap...

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Toddler saved after falling into pool

A QUICK-THINKING family member used CPR to save a toddler who fell into a pool on the NSW Central Coast. The two-year-old girl was pulled unconscious from the backyard pool on Thursday afternoon, but she was breathing by the time paramedics...

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Nine road deaths dampen festive season

NINE people have died on Australian roads this festive season, including two friends killed in a single-vehicle incident in NSW on Boxing Day. A man, 31, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene of the crash on the NSW Central Coast....

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Shoppers elbow their way towards record

Retailers say shoppers are out in force as Boxing Day sales get underway in Sydney's CBD. Source: AAP A STRONG coffee, patience and slightly protruding elbows. That appears to be the recipe to surviving the monstrous crowds that flocked...

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Locals help out after Grinch steals gifts

GENEROUS people have been playing Santa and dropping off gifts for two Victorian families whose gifts were stolen from under their Christmas trees. Police at Wodonga near the Victoria-NSW border are calling the thefts "an unthinkable act of...

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WA police concerned for missing woman

Police are concerned for a woman who disappeared from Albany, a day after arriving from Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE are concerned for a 79-year-old woman who disappeared from Albany on Christmas Eve, a day after arriving from Queensland....

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AmEx to pay $US75.7m in settlement

American Express will pay at least $US75.7m over what authorities say was misleading marketing. Source: AAP AMERICAN Express has agreed to pay at least $US75.7 million ($A84.92 million) to end an investigation into what regulators say was...

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Man stabbed, woman left unconscious

A man has been found stabbed and a woman found unconscious, in Sydney suburb of Guildford. Source: AAP A MAN has been found with stab wounds to his neck and a woman has been found unconscious in Sydney's west. Police were called to a...

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A very merry Christmas for Aussie shops

THE Christmas clock is ticking, and the tills have been ringing. Last-minute shoppers have helped push Australian retailers towards what's tipped to be their biggest Christmas since the global financial crisis hit. Australian National Retailers...

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Indon official in trouble over plane rage

AN Indonesian official has allegedly ordered his staff to prevent a plane landing because an airline refused to free up a seat for him. Marianus Sae, the head of Ngada district in East Nusa Tenggara province, is being sought for questioning...

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Batts inquiry must reveal truth: family

A royal commission into the Rudd government's home insulation scheme is set to begin in Brisbane. Source: AAP KEVIN and Christine Fuller are about to spend their fifth Christmas without their son, Matthew, but take some comfort in knowing they're...

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Newcrest faces shareholder class action

Gold miner Newcrest is facing a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S largest gold miner is facing a class action from shareholders over its massive financial writedown. Newcrest...

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Two women killed in Victorian crash

TWO women killed in a collision on a Victorian highway are believed to be Australia's first road fatalities for the Christmas-New Year period. Police say a car and a 4WD vehicle collided on the Calder Highway, 8km north of Ouyen in the state's...

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Six horses slaughtered in SA stable

Six miniature show horses have been hacked to death at a stable south of Adelaide. Source: AAP SIX miniature show horses have been found slaughtered in a stable at Clayton Bay, about 70 kilometres south of Adelaide. Police describe the...

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Snake on train sparks police warning

A MAN found carrying a snake in a box on a train has prompted a police warning to passengers that pets are not permitted on the Queensland Rail City Network. The Police Railway Squad intercepted the man and his python on Friday afternoon. "Although...

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Two men killed in gyrocopter crash

THE pilot of a gyrocopter that crashed in Victorian bushland, killing him and his passenger, has been remembered as an experienced flyer and beloved father. The bodies of both men, named in media reports as 51-year-old pilot Reg Thaggard and...

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Khodorkovsky starts life as a free man

Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has arrived in Germany after being freed from a Russian prison. Source: AAP RUSSIA'S most famous prisoner, Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has begun life as a free man in Germany...

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Homicide cops investigate Rosebud body

A WOMAN'S body has been discovered in a home on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. The body was found at a property on William Crescent, Rosebud West, about 1.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday. Homicide Squad detectives were en route to the scene on Saturday...

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Gay couples wed in Utah after ruling

A US judge has struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban in a decision that marks a drastic shift towards gay marriage in a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it. Friday's decision set off an immediate frenzy as...

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Australians brave in rescues: Minister

CUSTOMS and navy officers showed extraordinary bravery during their search and rescue attempts to save asylum seekers from capsized boats, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says. Nine asylum seekers heading for Australia drowned in June after...

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Palmer's Qld coal project gets green light

CLIVE Palmer's $6.4 billion coal project in Queensland's Galilee Basin has received environmental approval from the federal government. Waratah Coal plans to build a thermal coal project near Alpha, west of Emerald in the state's central west,...

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Perth policeman charged with child sex

A Perth policeman is expected to appear in court on charges of having sex with an underage girl. Source: AAP A 44-YEAR-OLD Perth policeman has been stood down from duty after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child. West Australian police...

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Boy critical after 'horror' Sydney crash

A young boy is in a critical condition after a crash involving a cement truck in Sydney's southwest. Source: AAP A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy is in a critical condition after being thrown from a van in a "horror crash" involving a cement truck in Sydney's...

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Korean man's body believed to be in grave

Police will dig up a shallow grave in Brisbane as they search for a missing South Korean man. Source: AAP MIN Tae Kim went to exchange his hard-earned Australian savings for South Korean money for his return home but he may never get there....

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US 'regrets' Indian diplomat's treatment

THE US has voiced regret to India over the treatment of a diplomat whose account of being stripped and cavity-searched triggered outrage as the prosecutor in charge of the case defended the arrest. With New Delhi vowing to "restore the dignity"...

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State Mine Fire inquiry hearings wrap up

A COMMISSION of inquiry has finished public hearings into how an extensive fire was sparked by a botched explosives exercise at a Defence Training area near the NSW city of Lithgow. But the inquiry report and recommendations may remain under...

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Cars seized from Fast and Furious hoons

THREE hoons who allegedly drove recklessly during a car club cruise dedicated to the memory of Fast and the Furious actor Paul Walker have had their cars seized. Perth's Unforgotten Car Club organised and promoted a memorial cruise following...

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School in shock after boy dies in crash

A six-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car outside a child-care centre in Sydney. Source: AAP A SYDNEY school community is in shock after a young boy on holidays from Malaysia died after he was hit by a car on the last day of the...

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Funds cut for mandatory efficiency program

ENERGY efficiency groups are livid the government has cut funding to a John Howard-era program that makes it mandatory for large energy-using businesses to improve their efficiency. The midyear budget review on Tuesday says funding for the Energy...

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More indigenous in jail without legal aid

CUTTING Aboriginal legal aid will further entrench Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders as second-class citizens in their own country, a legal body says. The Abbott Government is set to announce the cutting funding of the National Aboriginal...

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Dimmeys fined $3m over safety breaches

DISCOUNT retailer Dimmeys has been fined $3 million for selling toys, swimwear and basketball rings that breached Australian safety laws. Consumer Affairs Victoria took the company to the Federal Court alleging that the products - girls' swimwear,...

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Vic Great Ocean Rd upgrade to begin 2014

A planned $50m upgrade to Victoria's Great Ocean Road will begin after the peak tourist season. Source: AAP A $50 million upgrade to the Great Ocean Road in Victoria will begin next year after the peak summer season. Prime Minister Tony...

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Qld govt eyes NGO role in child protection

Queensland will look to non-government organisations to rescue the state's child protection system. Source: AAP THE number of Queensland children in out-of-home care will increase by 40 per cent in the next decade if the Queensland government...

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Family reunions recommended in WA prisons

WESTERN Australia's prison inspector has recommended male and female inmates from the same family be allowed to visit each other in jail - despite serious reservations of guards. In a report into young female prisoners in WA, Inspector of Custodial...

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Qld lifts pokies ban on big notes

Poker machines in Queensland's pubs, clubs and casinos will now accept notes bigger than $20. Source: AAP INCREASING the value of notes Queensland's poker machines can accept is a bad move that will escalate problem gambling, critics say. ...

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Eight more dead in Bangladesh riots

10 people have been killed in Bangladesh's violence over the execution of an Islamist party leader. Source: AAP EIGHT more deaths were reported in Bangladesh in intensified riots and protests sparked by the execution of a top Islamist leader,...

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Red-suited revellers hit NY bars

The costumed New York pub crawl known as SantaCon has seen thousands of Santa's partying in bars. Source: AAP SANTA Claus came to town despite snow and widespread criticism of the costumed New York pub crawl known as SantaCon. New York...

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Sydney road and railway line reopen

A MAIN road and part of a railway line that were shut after a train malfunction on a level crossing in Sydney's northwest have reopened. Garfield Road at Riverstone and the T1 western railway line between Mulgrave and Quakers Hill station are...

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Mandela's remains transferred to air base

THE remains of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela have been transferred to Waterkloof air base for a farewell from the African National Congress. The military handed over Mandela's flag-draped coffin to the African National Congress (ANC) at...

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Severe storm warning for wind and hail

ANOTHER round of severe thunderstorms is set to pummel the southeast. The weather bureau issued a severe thunderstorm warning after storms were detected over the Scenic Rim region near Mount Barney, Laravale and Kooralbyn. The southeast Queensland...

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Baby bongo Tambo is Taronga's new arrival

Sydney's Taronga Zoo has welcomed the birth of one of Africa's rarest and strangest looking animals. Source: AAP HE may look strange and share a name with a percussion instrument but Australia's newest bongo is extremely important. Born...

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