Posts Tagged ‘australian news’

Aussie sub springs leak after sinking warship

Updated July 25, 2012 18:58:26 Photo: Springing a leak … Collins Class submarine HMAS Farncomb (AAP: Kim Christian (file photo)) The Defence Force has reported a flood inside one of its Collins Class submarines. Defence says a machine space in HMAS Farncomb started to fill with sea water after a hose split. Photo: Kilauea breaks […]

Trial told Rayney ‘usual self’ after wife disappeared

Updated July 25, 2012 19:19:24 Photo: The prosecution alleges Lloyd Rayney killed his wife at the couple’s home in Como. (ABC News) The Supreme Court murder trial of Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney has heard he was relaxed but that changed, just hours after he was alleged to have killed and buried his wife. He is […]

Waves could power Melbourne by 2050: CSIRO

Australia’s ocean waves have the potential to produce enough energy to power a city the size of Melbourne by 2050, a new CSIRO study says. The report, released by the national science agency today, investigated the role ocean renewable energy (ORE) – such as wave, tidal and ocean current power – could play in providing […]

ACCC slams fib over gas price hike

AAP A South Australian refrigeration company falsely blamed the federal government’s controversial carbon tax for recent price rises, the consumer watchdog has found. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Equipserve Solutions has agreed to send a “corrective notice” to customers after it claimed a price increase for refrigerant gas was due entirely to […]

Australian troops accused of beating Afghan guards

Australian soldiers have been accused of beating 20 Afghan guards in a military camp in Charchino district of Oruzgan province. Source: AP TWENTY Afghan guards for the NATO-led Australian forces have defected to the Taliban in southern Afghanistan after a dispute with the soldiers, local police say. “The Australian soldiers beat the Afghan guards after […]

Jurrah to go to trial for machete attack

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Key states not part of disability scheme trial

Updated July 25, 2012 19:31:24 Video: Some states agree to host NDIS launch sites (Photo: AAP) (ABC News) Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced three trial sites for the National Disability Insurance Scheme but she has not convinced three key states to get on board. The negotiations have split along partisan lines, with Labor governments […]

Whale rescue drill in Sydney harbour

A steady rise in the whale population swimming off Sydney each year means giant problems for rescuers when the leviathans become snared in nets and ropes. So a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service team will take to Middle Harbour early on Thursday for a rescue training run to improve the chances of survival for […]

Unis threaten mining-style ad blitz

Australia’s leading universities have threatened to launch an advertising blitz reminiscent of the campaign against the mining tax. Group of Eight chair Fred Hilmer said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Julia Gillard had failed to take her foot off the throat of universities as promised when it came to over-regulation of the sector. Professor Hilmer […]

Boat carrying 80 intercepted off Cocos Is

Authorities have intercepted a boat carrying a suspected 80 asylum seekers off the West Australian coast. Australian Customs Vessel Hervey Bay, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, intercepted the boat at Cocos (Keeling) Islands on Wednesday morning. Border Protection Command will transfer the passengers to Christmas Island where they will undergo initial security, […]

NDIS to be launched in two states and ACT

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the federal government has reached an agreement with two Labor states and one territory to launch the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS). The states are South Australia and Tasmania and the territory is the ACT. Ms Gillard said the federal government had made $1 billion available for launch sites. “I […]

Qld misses out on NDIS trial

Queensland will not host a trial site for the National Disability Support Scheme (NDIS) but wants to increase funding for the sector once the state returns to surplus. The state had bid for Gympie to host one of the trial sites but on the condition it was fully funded by the federal government. The federal […]

Man jailed for prostitute attack

A man who carried out a violent, methylamphetamine-fuelled sexual fantasy on a prostitute in northern Tasmania has been sentenced to six years in jail for attempted murder. Brody Leigh Munro, 22, called several sex workers with a new, pre-paid mobile phone in November last year before successfully luring one to his home at Mowbray, north […]

Rayney ‘anxious’ over missing wife

Prominent Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney seemed normal the morning after he allegedly murdered his wife, but he became “extremely anxious” when it became clear she was missing, a colleague has said. Rayney has pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to the wilful murder of his 44-year-old wife, Corryn Rayney. The former […]

Petrol sniffing most acute in WA: inquiry

The highest level of persistent petrol sniffing is occurring in Western Australia, a Senate inquiry in Alice Springs has heard. The inquiry is looking at the Low Aromatic Fuel Bill, introduced by the Australian Greens, which would mandate the sale of non-sniffable Opal fuel in communities at risk. The Greens told the inquiry on Wednesday […]

AFP confirm Vasta interview

Federal Liberal MP Ross Vasta has been questioned by federal police investigating a dispute between the politician and a former girlfriend, according to media reports. The Nine Network reported several federal police officers went to Mr Vasta’s house in the Brisbane suburb of Carina Heights on Wednesday. A statement from the Vasta family said officers […]

Treasurer Swan hails ‘remarkable’ economy

The annual rate of inflation shrank to its slowest pace in 13 years in the 12 months to June, an achievement Treasurer Wayne Swan described as “remarkable” given the impressive rate of growth in the economy. But economists doubt that an annual consumer price index (CPI) rate of 1.2 per cent, and benign readings of […]

ACCC slams fib over gas price hike

A South Australian refrigeration company falsely blamed the federal government’s controversial carbon tax for recent price rises, the consumer watchdog has found. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Equipserve Solutions has agreed to send a “corrective notice” to customers after it claimed a price increase for refrigerant gas was due entirely to the […]

NSW urged to copy WA coal mine ban

New South Wales should follow the lead of Western Australia and protect the Hunter Valley wine region from coal mining, a tourism body says. Tourism and Transport Forum chief executive John Lee says the decision of the WA government to effectively ban coal mining within 230 kilometres of the iconic Margaret River wine-growing region should […]

Canadian sailor ‘sold’ Australian secrets

A Canadian naval officer may have compromised top level Australian intelligence. Jeffrey Paul Delisle is accused of selling intelligence gathered by the US, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia to Russian agents. Documents released under Australian freedom of information laws show the high commissioner to Canada, Louise Hand, discussed the case with Canadian Prime Minister […]

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