Elderly man injured in garage explosion

AN elderly man is in hospital after a homemade device exploded in his garage in southwest Sydney. The man, believed to be in his 70s, alerted emergency services to the incident at about 3.20pm (AEDT) on Saturday following the explosion in Barry...

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Challenge likely to US state abortion ban

THE cold, thinly populated state of North Dakota is trying to enact the toughest abortion restrictions in the US but it may soon find itself in a costly battle over legislation that opponents describe as blatantly unconstitutional. Legislators...

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Cambodia French family deaths not suicide

FRENCH and Cambodian investigators have ruled out suicide in the deaths of a Frenchman and his four young children whose skeletal remains were found in a submerged car last year. Ten French investigators, including a judge and scientific and...

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Drugs seized in WA bikie property raid

A MASSIVE quantity of drugs has been seized from a factory in Perth's north with alleged links to a bikie gang. Gang Crime Squad detectives raided the Malaga factory, connected to the Comancheros bikie gang, on Friday. Police confirmed drugs...

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US Marine kills person at base: reports

A US Marine shot and killed at least one person at a military base in Virginia and has barricaded himself inside a building. US media said the shooting happened Thursday night at Marine Base Quantico in the state bordering Washington, DC. The...

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Ex Vic union boss joins Katter party

Bob Katter's party has recruited former Electrical Trades Union Victorian secretary Dean Mighell. Source: AAP FORMER union boss and ousted Labor Party member Dean Mighell is joining independent MP Bob Katter's party to handle its industrial...

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Indon plan to acquire Aussie cattle farms

INDONESIA is pressing on with plans to buy cattle breeding operations in Australia to help counter supply problems and surging beef prices. Budi Perbawa Aji, a spokesman for the state-owned agriculture company Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia, confirmed...

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Racist remarks no excuse for murder: judge

A YOUNG man who murdered a man who racially abused him has been jailed for at least 17 years after a NSW Supreme Court judge found he acted out of an "uncontrollable passion for revenge". The racist remarks directed towards Douglas Barlow, 26,...

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NSW introduces anti-bikie laws

BIKIE gangs could be declared criminal organisations in NSW within months, with the state government hoping to get its modified anti-gang legislation in place by Easter. NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith said the laws recognised the "growing threat...

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Melb hospital joins PM in adoption apology

A Melbourne hospital has issued a formal apology for forced adoptions ahead of the PM's apology. Source: AAP A MELBOURNE hospital has apologised to women who were forced to give up their babies for adoption over a 30-year period. Monash...

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Two WA men acquitted of insider trading

TWO Perth men have been acquitted of 28 insider trading charges but still face a further five offences after a jury failed to reach a verdict on all the counts. Roberto Gerald Catena and Flemming Hood Nielsen were accused of engaging in unlawful...

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Labor hosing down leadership speculation

Backers of a return to Kevin Rudd are split over whether to take on the PM in the next two days. Source: AAP SENIOR Labor figures are talking down the prospect of a leadership change, despite a key Kevin Rudd supporter saying caucus members...

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SA backs wind farm developments

SOUTH Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has reaffirmed his government's support for wind energy and will seek a vote in parliament on Wednesday backing the renewable energy sector. Mr Weatherill said recent suggestions of a moratorium on future...

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Breakthrough in Vic teachers pay dispute

THERE has been a major breakthrough in the long-running Victorian teachers' pay battle, with the government backing down on performance pay. The union says it is a sign the new Premier Denis Napthine is prepared to listen to teachers' concerns...

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US backs Aust and NZ's Antarctic plans

The US is backing a proposal by Australia and NZ to set up marine sanctuaries in Antarctica. Source: AAP HAILING the waters of Antarctica as a living laboratory, the United States has joined Australia and New Zealand in appealing for the creation...

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Anti-fracking artists 'fail' to register

DOZENS of celebrities may be running foul of US law as they unite under the banner of one group that is seeking to prevent a method of gas drilling in New York state. Artists Against Fracking opposes hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and boasts...

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Aussie man, 93, on Thai child rape charges

LAWYERS for a 93-year-old Australian are arguing he is too ill to face charges of sexually assaulting children in Thailand. German born Karl Joseph Kraus, from Western Australia, is accused of abusing four sisters for almost two years. The youngest...

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Alleged gunman charged over Sydney siege

A siege in Sydney's southwest is over with a man led away in handcuffs. Source: AAP A MAN will face court charged with holding his ex-partner's elderly mother in a southwestern Sydney home during a six-hour siege. Police charged the 56-year-old...

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China's Xi calls for 'great renaissance'

President Xi Jinping has promised to pursue the Communist Party's "Chinese dream" of prosperity. Source: AAP CHINA'S new President Xi Jinping says he will fight for a "great renaissance of the Chinese nation", as the world's most populous country...

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Man under police guard over two Vic deaths

THE son of one of two brothers found dead in a country Victorian property has been arrested and remains under police guard in hospital. Ross Streeter, 30, is the son of Douglas Streeter, who police believe was shot dead along with his brother...

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Vic police call for stabbing witnesses

A man has died after being stabbed multiple times in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Source: AAP MYSTERY surrounds the death of a young man who was stabbed multiple times in inner Melbourne. A passing council worker found the man...

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