Cameron at odds with Pope over Falklands

Britain's PM David Cameron says he disagrees with the new Pope over the Falkland Islands. Source: AAP BRITAIN'S Prime Minister David Cameron says he disagrees with the new Pope over the future of the Falkland Islands. Pope Francis, who...

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Google chairman Schmidt to visit Myanmar

GOOGLE chairman Eric Schmidt is planning to visit Myanmar (Burma) weeks after a trip to North Korea. Schmidt will speak in Yangon (Rangoon) on March 22 as part of an Asian tour, the Internet giant said. He is aiming to boost web access in a...

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Sydney toddler drowns in backyard pool

A one-year-old boy has died after being pulled unconscious from a backyard pool in Sydney's west. Source: AAP A TODDLER has drowned in a backyard pool in Sydney's west. Police and paramedics were called to a house on The Northern Road...

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SA bikie admits gun and drug possession

AN Adelaide bikie's harsh time in solitary confinement - when he could not properly grieve for his "executed" son - was sufficient punishment for his crimes, a judge has been told. Lawyer Heath Barclay urged the judge to impose a penalty on Vince...

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Queensland gets GST windfall, WA big loser

THE Queensland government has no more excuses to cut services after gaining a windfall $700 million in the annual carve-up of the GST revenue pie, the federal government says. However, the Gillard government faces another row with newly re-elected...

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NSW man to be sentenced over Kiesha death

The stepfather of Kiesha Weippart (pic) is to be sentenced in May over his involvement in her death. Source: AAP THE stepfather of Kiesha Weippart is to be sentenced in May over the killing of the six-year-old girl in western Sydney. ...

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Voter turnout for WA election up on 2008

VOTER participation in the recent West Australian election was stronger than in in 2008. With one day of counting to go, the WA Electoral Commission (WAEC) says turnout of enrolled voters is running at 88.36 per cent and will rise as numbers are...

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Firm fined $15k over pensioner solar deal

A SOLAR company that approached a pensioner, signed her up for a $9000 contract and failed to inform her of her right to cancel has been fined $15,000 in a West Australian court. The pensioner gave her details to Solar Harness at a temporary...

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Japan lower house endorses Kuroda for bank

THE lower house of Japan's parliament has endorsed Haruhiko Kuroda, a finance ministry veteran and president of the Asian Development Bank, to become central bank governor. Kuroda, 68, has vowed to "do whatever it takes" to achieve a two per...

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Gillard quizzed over big budget items

The federal opposition says the government's budget forecasts aren't credible. Source: AAP THE Gillard government is under pressure to explain how it can fund big budget items such as immigration detention and balance the demands of the domestic...

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NSL strikes $12m Indian iron ore deal

EMERGING iron ore miner NSL Consolidated has struck a $12 million deal with a large Indian company to expand its mining projects on the sub-continent. Under the joint-venture agreement, Vijay Group will inject $12.2 million to expand NSL Consolidated's...

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Person who filmed NSW teen attack sought

THE attack of a 15-year-old girl by another teenager on the NSW central coast was filmed with a mobile phone, police say. Officers arrested a 16-year-old girl on Tuesday after seizing the phone at Tuggerah train station. Images on the phone...

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Bikie boss caught in massive police raid

Police have reportedly arrested high-ranking Hells Angels and Comancheros bikies in Sydney. Source: AAP HELLS Angels boss Felix Lyle is one of a number of high-profile gangland figures nabbed by police in one of the biggest firearm and drug...

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Fire sparks evacuation in southwest Vic

FIREFIGHTERS waterbombing a fast-moving grassfire burning around the Cashmore area in Victoria's southwest have succeeded in reducing the threat. An emergency warning has been downgraded to a watch and act alert for the fire in the Cashmore...

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Bushfire still burning south of Adelaide

A BUSHFIRE continues to burn in a pine forest south of Adelaide but firefighters are hopeful of bringing it under control. The Country Fire Service (CFS) said the blaze had destroyed about 25 hectares at Wattle Flat by Tuesday afternoon and...

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Cardinal Pell angered by newspaper 'smear'

Critics of Catholic Archbishop of Sydney George Pell lobby to prevent the Australian becoming pope. Source: AAP CARDINAL George Pell has labelled an article about him in the Fairfax media on Monday as a "smear of the most vindictive kind"....

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Japan marks second tsunami anniversary

Japan is marking the second anniversary of a ferocious tsunami that claimed nearly 19,000 lives. Source: AAP PEOPLE all over Japan bowed their heads in silence as they remembered the almost 19,000 who died when a ferocious tsunami surged ashore...

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Qld on hunt for defence sector business

THE Queensland government is sending out its own commando unit to hunt down business in the lucrative defence sector. With a 26 per cent share of national defence industry activity, Queensland is already the second-biggest state for defence...

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WA police name victim of shooting murder

POLICE have named the victim of a shooting murder, who was found dead in a Perth park with a gunshot wound to his head. David Liam Johnson, 32, was found dead on Friday night after reports of a gunshot at Lime Kiln Field in the upmarket suburb...

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Helicopter crash pilot named

POLICE have named a 39-year-old helicopter pilot from Wairarapa, who died after crashing in the central North Island. Searchers found Mark Duncan Didsbury's body about 50m from the wreckage of the Robinson R-66 helicopter in the Oamaru Valley,...

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China to abolish rail ministry in shake-up

CHINA is to effectively abolish its scandal-plagued railways ministry as part of a sweep of government reforms aimed at tackling inefficiency and corruption, a top official has told parliament. The changes include bolstering a maritime body as...

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