Cheney feared heart device hacking

FORMER US Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function. Cheney has a history of heart trouble, suffering...

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Barking dog saves SA woman from fire

MAN'S best friend has been credited with saving a South Australian woman from being seriously injured in a house fire. The dog started barking when a blaze erupted in the Hillbank home, north of Adelaide, on Saturday and alerted the woman to...

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Fight to save homes in Blue Mountains

NSW firefighters are struggling against a large bushfire in the Blue Mountains as they try to save homes in an area where almost 200 properties have already been destroyed. Authorities have assessed 95 per cent of the affected area at Springwood...

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RBA says US default would have hurt growth

A US debt default would have hurt the world's largest economy but it is unclear what the wider impacts would have been, the head of the Reserve Bank of Australia says. Failing to raise the US government's borrowing limit would have hurt economic...

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Bikies charged under new Qld laws get bail

TWO bikie gang members arrested for gathering at their clubhouse in Queensland have been granted bail. Peter Johnson and Mark Filtness, both 47, were arrested in Cairns on Friday morning and charged with offences under the state's new anti-bikie...

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NSW firefighters battle to control blazes

Authorities are fearing more fatalities, after the NSW bushfires claimed their first life. Source: AAP ONE man has died and authorities fear more fatalities will be discovered in the hundreds of homes destroyed by some of the most destructive...

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War not over on workers' comp changes

Hundreds of people rallied at Queensland parliament to protest reforms to workers' compensation. Source: AAP ATTORNEY-GENERAL Jarrod Bleijie may have won the battle to water down Queensland's workers' compensation rights, but unions say the...

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Bodies found after Laos plane crash

Six Australians were among those killed when a Lao Airlines plane crashed into the Mekong River. Source: AAP DIVERS are searching for bodies after a Lao Airlines plane believed to be carrying 49 people, around half of them foreigners including...

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NSW firies concede tens of homes lost

IT will be miraculous if no lives are lost to bushfires on a difficult and dangerous night ahead in NSW, Premier Barry O'Farrell says. Hundreds of properties are feared destroyed in bushfires around the state, with up to 30 known to be lost...

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NSW roads assessor bankrupt before bribes

A ROGUE heavy-vehicle assessor was bankrupt before he started soliciting bribes of up to $2000 to falsify log books that let truck drivers gain their licence. Christopher Binos has been blatantly open about the deals, which are the subject of...

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Wheels fly off truck on Sydney freeway

A truck has been issued with a defect notice after two of its wheels flew off on a Sydney motorway. Source: AAP A TRUCK has been issued with a defect notice after two of its wheels flew off on a Sydney motorway. Police saw the incident...

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Row grows over Qld sex offender jail terms

QUEENSLAND Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie is on a collision course with civil libertarians and lawyers after announcing plans to strip courts of the power to set indefinite jail terms for some sex offenders. He wants to rush through parliament,...

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Sydney car fire serves as costly warning

A SINGLE cigarette may have cost Sydney families tens of thousands of dollars, since many of the cars incinerated in a freak blaze were uninsured. Police are reviewing CCTV footage as they investigate the cause of a fire on Sunday that tore through...

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Sparking power lines caused NSW bushfire

A southerly change has helped firefighters get the upper hand on blazes on the NSW mid-north coast. Source: AAP A BUSHFIRE that destroyed a number of properties in the NSW area of Port Stephens was started by sparking power lines, firefighters...

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O Minerals shares fall on revised targets

OZ Minerals shares slumped more than nine per cent after it cut its copper production targets due to a continued slowdown in operations. Copper production for 2013 is now expected to be around 70,000 tonnes to 75,000 tonnes, down from 82,000 to...

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Property damage reported in NSW fire

PROPERTIES have reportedly been damaged and there are fears some may have been lost as an out of control bushfire continues to blaze in the NSW Hunter region. The NSW Rural Fire Service says it has received unconfirmed reports that properties...

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China pledges to close 2000 mines

China has pledged to shut down 2000 coal mines in a bid to improve safety standards. Source: AAP CHINA says it will shut down at least 2000 small coal mines by the end of 2015 as it tries to improve safety standards in its deadly industry....

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Ballot brings renewal for Labor: Shorten

Bill Shorten says he has "things to learn" after winning federal Labor's historic leadership ballot. Source: AAP BILL Shorten says he has "things to learn" after winning federal Labor's historic leadership ballot despite being backed by just...

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