Three people have been found dead in a unit in Sydney’s west. Police made the grim discovery after being called to a unit at St Johns Park just after 7am (AEST) on Sunday. Minutes later, officers arrested a 44-year-old man who was taken to Liverpool Hospital. That man is being treated for unspecified injuries, police […]
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Melbourne man stabbed in roadside argument
A Melbourne motorist remains in hospital after being stabbed in the abdomen during an altercation with five men who threw a tennis ball at his car. The 31-year-old man was stabbed several times on Saturday night at Melton, in Melbourne’s outer west, when he pulled over and approached a parked car after a tennis ball […]
Shorten plays down productivity regulation
Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has played down government regulation to improve productivity ahead of the release of a review of the Fair Work Act. Mr Shorten said on Sunday he hoped to be in a position to release the report this week. The government appointed Reserve Bank of Australia board member John Edwards, Justice […]
NDIS fund legislation in future: Macklin
The federal government is drafting legislation for its National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) but funding won’t be enshrined anytime soon, Disabilities Minister Jenny Macklin says. Ms Macklin said the agreement of Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell on Friday to the scheme, joining other premiers in launching trial sites was a great […]
Mal Brough wins Fisher preselection
Howard government minister Mal Brough has won Liberal National Party preselection to run for parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper’s seat of Fisher at the next election. Mr Brough won the ballot for one of Queensland’s safest conservative federal seats on Sunday afternoon. He beat seven other contenders, including LNP official and strategist James McGrath, who enjoyed […]
Shots fired at house in Penrith
Police are investigating after a number of bullet holes were found in a house in Penrith in Sydney’s west. Police were told about 7.45pm (AEST) on Saturday that shots had been fired at the house on Chapman Avenue, Penrith, sometime on on Thursday morning. Police from Penrith Local Area Command found several bullet holes in […]
Liberals vow to sink the slipper in if MP Charlie Lynn resigns from NSW parliament
Charlie Lynn has promised to quit the NSW Liberal Party and join the crossbenches. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Daily Telegraph THE knives are already out for Liberal MP Charlie Lynn, with colleagues labelling him “the Peter Slipper of the NSW parliament” and threatening to unleash a dirt file if he follows through with a […]
GetUp! director Simon Sheikh to step down after TV collapse
GetUp! director Simon Sheikh says his decision to step down predates his collapse on the ABC TV show ‘QA’. Source: Supplied A POLITICAL lobby group leader who recently collapsed during a live national television appearance says he’s planning to stand aside from his role. Simon Sheikh, the national director of activist organisation GetUp! for the […]
Crime and claims run up embassy bills
EMBEZZLEMENT of thousands of taxpayer dollars, defamation proceedings and a fight over ownership of a property title are some of the recent legal cases in which Australian embassies around the world have been embroiled. Cases from Argentina, Samoa and Papua New Guinea have shown scores of diplomats and foreign staff employed in embassies are being […]
Get serious, Swan tells Newman
“Queenslanders have got the lowest level of support in the country for people with disabilities right now” … Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan. Photo: AFP THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has accused the Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, of being ”callous and cold hearted” about people with disabilities, in an attempt to pressure him into supporting the National […]
Pair charged over big cannabis stash
Police have found a large stash of marijuana along with drug-growing equipment at a house in the Gold Coast hinterland. A 33-year-old-man and and a 32-year-old woman have been charged with a range of drug offences after almost 40 kilos of marijuana was found at the house in Austinville. Police say they also found money […]
Two charged with killing travel agent in Phuket
Victim … travel agent Michelle Smith was stabbed on the Thai resort island of Phuket. THAI authorities have reportedly charged two men accused of killing an Australian travel agent on the tourist resort island of Phuket. Michelle Smith, 60, of Perth, was fatally stabbed on June 20 when two men on a motorbike tried to […]
Execution fears over drug arrest
AN AUSTRALIAN woman arrested on drug charges in Malaysia could be sentenced to death if found guilty. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 34-year-old Melbourne woman was arrested on July 17 for alleged drug trafficking and drug consumption. She has not been formally charged. Police arrested the woman and a Nigerian man after stopping […]
Brutality and survival: the horrific tale of the kid who refused to die
Hell in Sandakan … Billy Young’s The Torture of Jimmy Darlington. From the day of their arrival at Sandakan, the Dead End Kids had been harbouring ideas of escape. Their forays under the wire were not only scrounging expeditions, but under Harry Longley’s leadership were also scouting trips. Getting the lay of the land. Looking […]
German tourist suffers serious injuries in dingo attack on Fraser Island
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Two denied bail over Sydney boy’s stabbing
Two teenagers who allegedly knifed a 17-year-old boy during a brawl in Parramatta earlier this week have been denied bail in a Sydney court. The 18-year-old men, from Toongabbie and North Parramatta, are charged with stabbing the youth during a fight between a group of young men at the Argyle Street bus interchange in Parramatta […]
Three dead on Vic roads in horror day
Three people have died in separate car crashes across Victoria. A man died after his four wheel drive collided with another on the Midland Highway at Mount Rowan, north of Ballarat, about 6.30pm (AEST) on Saturday, police said. The man died at the scene, while the driver of the second car received minor injuries. Earlier, […]
Public funeral for Darryl Cotton
A public funeral for singer, actor and TV host Darryl Cotton will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday, his manager says. A service for Cotton, who died aged 62 on Friday after succumbing to liver cancer, will be held at The Comedy Theatre at noon on August 1. “The funeral service is open to the […]
Shots fired at house in Penrith
Police are investigating after a number of bullet holes were found in a house in Penrith in Sydney’s west. Police were told about 7.45pm (AEST) on Saturday that shots had been fired at the house on Chapman Avenue, Penrith, sometime on on Thursday morning. Police from Penrith Local Area Command found several bullet holes in […]
Rudd ambitions undimmed: just follow the dots
By his side … Therese Rein with her husband, Labor MP Kevin Rudd. Photo: Andrew Meares On June 21 2010, three days before the grim reaper arrived, your columnist wrote of the pressure building on then prime minister Kevin Rudd: ”Behind him sits a restive, fickle backbench that never loved him, watching their margins, and […]