No timeframe for Antarctic reserves

THE head of the United States' scientific program in Antarctica isn't committing to a timeframe for an agreement to create the world's largest marine reserve. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), which...

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Greens warn against drug company influence

THE Australian Greens say drug companies should be banned from paying doctors to attend work conferences. Greens senator Richard Di Natale will introduce new legislation to ban the practice, in a move he says will lead to greater transparency...

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Japan vows to sign child abduction treaty

JAPAN'S foreign minister says his country's new government will join a treaty that allows action on child abductions, addressing one of the few rifts in relations with its main ally the United States. Japan has not signed or ratified the 1980...

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Three die in S Korean fishing boat fire

THREE people are dead and five are missing in a fishing boat fire in waters near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, Japan's coastguard says. "We have been informed by South Korean officials that three people died and...

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Qld case for cab audio weak: libertarians

THE Queensland transport department has been accused of failing to justify the need for audio recordings in taxis 20 months after floating the idea. The state's former Labor government released a discussion paper on the proposal in May 2011....

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Debate on films and guns overdue: Redford

Robert Redford believes the debate on the link between movies and gun violence is long overdue. Source: AAP STUDYING the impact of movies on real-life gun violence is "overdue", veteran director Robert Redford says, suggesting a possible link...

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Bushfire under control in WA's Rockingham

FIREFIGHTERS are winning the battle against a bushfire in the east of Rockingham, south of Perth, which was started by a car set on fire at the end of an urban crime spree. WA's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) has downgraded...

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Qld cops 'not disciplined properly'

THE Queensland Police Service has been accused of failing to adequately discipline a Gold Coast police officer who knocked a watchhouse prisoner unconscious and then strip-searched him while he was out cold. Queensland Civil and Administrative...

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Lessons learnt from ACT fires

CANBERRA'S community will stop on Friday to remember the day 10 years ago when a firestorm bore down on the national capital. The fire on January 18, 2003, killed four people and destroyed more than 500 homes on Canberra's western edge. A decade...

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Tokyo shares lose as yen surges

TOKYO stocks lost 2.56 per cent Wednesday as the yen rebounded, while Boeing Dreamliner suppliers tumbled after two Japanese airlines grounded their fleets of the troubled next-generation aircraft. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gave up 278.64...

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Fire-hit residents return to burnt homes

FIRE evacuees in NSW's north-west were confronted with a backdrop of scorched sheep carcasses on blackened hillsides as they returned to properties reduced to charred walls and twisted iron. Other residents around Coonabarabran were luckier, finding...

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WA police search property for body

FORENSIC investigators and West Australian detectives have targeted a property near Mandurah as they continue to search for the body of drug trafficker Stephen Ramon Cookson. Police were at the property in Golden Bay, 60km south of Perth, in...

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Detention centre could save Nhulunbuy

AN immigration detention centre or a defence facility may be part of a contingency plan to save the outback town of Nhulunbuy as crunch time for its future approaches. A representative of mining giant Rio Tinto suggested scenarios for the town's...

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BOC Aviation to order 50 Airbus aircraft

CHINA-OWNED plane-leasing company BOC Aviation says it has ordered 50 Airbus aircraft of the A320 family, including 25 of the more fuel-efficient "neos". The statement on Tuesday did not disclose the amount of the transaction, but price tags...

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Government grants to help Tas fire victims

AS Tasmania's bushfire victims try to piece their lives together after the devastating fires, the federal and state governments announced grants to help with the massive clean-up and rebuilding. Up to $25,000 will be available to eligible small...

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Life on the run ends for celebrity pigs

IT'S the tale of three little pigs, and it's kept Darwin enthralled. Last Wednesday police in the Northern Territory warned motorists that "wild boars" were causing a nuisance along one of Darwin's busiest roads. Apparently the animals were near...

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Shots fired at Greek party headquarters

SHOTS have been fired at the headquarters of main Greek ruling party New Democracy in Athens, with one of the bullets penetrating the office of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Two men fired at the building located on a busy Athens highway at around...

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Fallen Vic firefighter was 30-year veteran

HIGHLY experienced and passionate about firefighting, Victorian firefighter Peter Cramer died doing what he'd devoted half his life to. The 61-year-old, from Tyers in Victoria's Gippsland region, was one of more than 70 Victorian emergency services...

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Narelle no longer a threat to WA towns

SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Narelle is no longer a threat to West Australian communities but residents have been warned to avoid potential hazards caused by storm damage. The all clear has been given to the state's north in and near Exmouth and...

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Tas fire crews dig in ahead of Thursday

Police are planning to reopen the Arthur Highway on the bushfire-ravaged Tasman Peninsular. Source: AAP TASMANIAN fire crews have made solid progress on consolidating containment lines around bushfires still burning ahead of higher fire danger...

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Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape

Six men have been held over the rape of a passenger on a coach in northern India, police say. Source: AAP SIX men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police say, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student...

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