Hunger can be eradicated in Africa: UN

The UN says hunger in Africa can be eradicated by 2025 if countries take the right steps. Source: AAP ERADICATING hunger in Africa by 2025 is achievable - if Africa's leaders champion it and promote improved crop production and healthy eating,...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Thunderstorms moving east across state

Top of Bunya Mountains looking west out over the Darling Downs. Things are really brewing up out here today! Picture courtesy: Jeff Higgins / Higgins Storm Chasing Source: Supplied THE severe thunderstorms threatening southern Queensland are...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Two die in separate SA road crashes

TWO people have died in separate crashes in South Australia. A male motorcyclist died after crashing on Waterloo Road near Manoora in the state's mid-north just after 2pm (CDT). Earlier, a 60-year-old man from Tanunda died after losing control...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Patel nurse worried he'll operate again

FORMER doctor Jayant Patel's past patients are angry he has walked free from court and a former colleague is concerned he may seek work as a surgeon again. The 63-year-old was handed a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday for fraudulently registering...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Newman 'has found sympathiser in CMC'

THE Newman government is standing by embattled crime and corruption head Ken Levy because they've finally found a sympathiser, a political analyst says. The acting chairman of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) will be investigated by a...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Accused cleaver attacker stays in custody

A man accused of attacking his brother and mother with a cleaver in Sydney will remain in custody. Source: AAP A MAN accused of inflicting life-threatening injuries on his brother and elderly mother when he attacked them with a meat cleaver...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Jury to decide how much Samsung owes Apple

A US jury is deciding how much Samsung should pay Apple for copying features of the iPhone and iPad. Source: AAP A SILICON Valley jury asked a judge for calculators to help it determine how much Samsung Electronics owes Apple for copying...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Watch used to time JFK's death for sale

A WRISTWATCH that's believed to have been used to declare the time of US President John F Kennedy's death is going on the auction block in New York City. The 18-carat Patek Philippe timepiece worn by a Texas neurosurgeon is estimated to bring...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

George W Bush shows off his paintings

FORMER US president George W Bush has showed off his painting and poked fun of his post-White House years on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The 43rd president told Leno on Wednesday that he was inspired to take up painting after reading...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Probe into cow hide quarantine breakdown

QUARANTINE officials have been asked how they allowed a shipment of cow hides from Colombia into the country, when several tonnes of cocaine hidden in similar skins had been smuggled into Spain earlier this year. Department of Agriculture officials...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

New MP hits out at bossy government

A NEW Liberal MP has called for government to stay out of business and stick to "fundamental" matters like national security. David Coleman, the first Liberal to hold the southern Sydney seat of Banks, used his first parliamentary speech to demand...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Telstra copper network 'robust': NBN chief

TELSTRA'S decades-old copper network continues to "perform robustly", new NBN chairman Ziggy Switkowski says. Dr Switkowski, who was Telstra chief executive for five years from 1999, says the copper network - the oldest part of which is 50 years...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

PM's office vetting govt staff: Abetz

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott's office is vetting applications for all 420 new government staff appointments. Some of his ministers are understood to be frustrated about their staff being knocked back by a committee deciding every new government...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Warrnambool shares up on new takeover bid

Canadian dairy giant Saputo has increased its bid for Warrnambool Cheese and dropped all conditions. Source: AAP SHARES in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter have hit another record high after the company recommended the latest, higher takeover...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Brutal assaults at a NSW orphanage

CHILDREN were beaten until they were bloodied and forced into sex with older residents at a NSW orphanage run by the Anglican church, the royal commission has heard. On an emotional day at the commission, one former resident of the North Coast...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Glasson throws hat in ring for Griffith

Bill Glasson is to run again for the Liberal National Party in the Brisbane seat of Griffith. Source: AAP FORMER Australian Medical Association president Bill Glasson hopes his direct line to good friend Tony Abbott will win over enough voters...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

NT doctors in Tacloban as Aussies dig deep

The NT's Filipino community has been touched by Australia's generosity following Typhoon Haiyan. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS have no prejudice when it comes to dealing with disaster, says the Filipino consul-general to the Northern Territory. ...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Sydney foreign workers back-paid

FOREIGN construction workers allegedly mistreated by their boss have been given $216,000 back pay and had their wages lifted closer to the rate they were initially promised. In August 18 Hungarian men had been promised $30 an hour to move to...

15.21 | 0 komentar | Read More