US wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has vowed to wring concessions from the United States in negotiations to sign a security pact, saying Washington wanted to retain nine military bases in the country. "We are in very serious negotiations with America,"...

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Labor, coalition claim jobs high ground

LABOR and the coalition are at loggerheads over their workplace policies, after the opposition unveiled its proposals to bolster business. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said changes to the Fair Work Act were needed to help create one million jobs...

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Top cop urges tougher rules on gun imports

NSW's Police Commissioner says there should be stricter rules for people who try to import firearms. Source: AAP NSW'S top cop has urged tougher restrictions on importing firearms into Australia amid a police crackdown on gang-related gun...

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US, S Korea vow no concessions to North

The leaders of the United States (R) and South Korea (L) have vowed no concessions to North Korea. Source: AAP THE leaders of the United States and South Korea have vowed no concessions to North Korea after months of high tension, saying the...

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NSW lawyers warn of crash victim welfare

DRIVERS will end up paying more for their greenslips and car accident victims will be forced onto welfare under the NSW government's overhaul of the system, critics say. Laws to make the Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance scheme "fairer and...

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Disabled dying in care: NSW Ombudsman

PEOPLE with disabilities are unnecessarily dying in state funded accommodation services or licensed boarding houses, a report has found. The NSW Ombudsman says 220 disabled people died while in care in 2010 and 2011. Some of them were preventable...

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NSW sex assault teacher charged again

A FORMER teacher jailed over his part in a sexual assault scandal dating back 50 years at two private boarding schools for boys in central western NSW has been charged with more offences. Detectives arrested the 51-year-old at his Dubbo home...

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Indigenous PM on the way: Mundine

MANY Australians don't expect to see an indigenous prime minister in their lifetime but an educational foundation hopes to change that. About 90 per cent of the students granted scholarships by the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation...

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Rate cuts due to fiscal policy: Swan

TREASURER Wayne Swan will enjoy the benefit of an interest rate cut as the federal government prepares to make the difficult choices in next week's budget. But welfare groups have attacked the government for ditching its planned increase to family...

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Abbott rejects Lib attack on leave scheme

The federal opposition is facing questions over its policy on parental leave and workplace reform. Source: AAP FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott won't consider dropping his paid parental leave plan, despite critics in Liberal ranks saying...

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NSW developers don't support donations

A GROUP representing developers has distanced itself from suggestions the NSW government could allow them to make political donations again. Property developers, along with tobacco, gambling and alcohol company directors, were banned from making...

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US bill to tax online sales

FOR online shoppers in the US the days of tax-free internet shopping may soon be at an end. The US Senate is scheduled to vote on Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over the internet. The measure...

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US soccer referee punched by player dies

AN amateur league soccer referee who was in a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game in the US has died. Ricardo Portillo, 46, died in hospital following the assault during a soccer game in the US state of Utah last weekend,...

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Sydney's first NBN connection drops out

Broadband minister Stephen Conroy will flick the switch to connect Blacktown in Sydney to the NBN. Source: AAP THE first day the national broadband network was turned on in Sydney, the connection dropped out. At Blacktown's Max Webber Library...

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Cancer drug review 'won't affect patients'

Minister Tanya Plibersek will announce a review into chemotherapy pricing and funding for drugs. Source: AAP CANCER patients will be unaffected by pricing changes to chemotherapy drugs, federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says. The...

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