The final prosecution witnesses will give evidence in Alice Springs over allegations AFL star Liam Jurrah attacked his cousin and other people with a machete at a town camp in March. The preliminary examination under way will seek to determine whether there is enough evidence for Jurrah, 23, and his two co-accused, Josiah Fry, 21, […]
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Fog causes Sydney flight disruptions
Fog at Sydney airport has caused delays and forced international flights to divert to Brisbane and Melbourne. Travellers are being urged to check with individual airlines for information about their flights on Wednesday morning. A spokeswoman for the airport said 12 international flights had been diverted so far. “Full operations will resume as soon as […]
Time for states to help on NDIS: minister
The federal government is putting the pressure on the states and territories to stump up their share of funding for national disability insurance scheme (NDIS) launch sites. “The Commonwealth has put $1 billion on the table from our budget and it’s time for the states to do the same,” Disability Reform Minister Jenny Macklin told […]
Craig Thomson’s wife fears for her sanity
The wife of federal MP Craig Thomson says she worries her sanity will “crack”, but remains convinced her husband did not use a trade union credit card to pay for prostitutes. Zoe Arnold, who was expecting her first baby when the allegations broke three years ago, says a lot of people see her husband as […]
NSW father charged after girl, 3, gets STI
A 31-year-old NSW man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault after his three-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Doctors alerted Newcastle’s Child Abuse Squad after discovering the girl had an STI, police have said. After immediately launching an investigation, officers arrested the girl’s father at 1.45pm yesterday and took him […]
NSW man charged with raping young daughter
A man has been charged with raping his three-year-old daughter in the NSW Hunter. Officers from the Child Abuse Squad were called in after doctors found the girl had a sexually transmitted infection. A 31-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon and subsequently charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under […]
Newman mum on NDIS deal
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman is tight-lipped about the details of a deal the states and territories have put to the Commonwealth for funding the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS). “There is a deal there for the prime minister,” he told ABC on Wednesday ahead of a COAG meeting in Canberra to thrash out a model […]
Sydney moviegoers evacuate cinema
Fire alarms sent dozens of moviegoers rushing out of a Sydney cinema complex late last night. Sydney woman Monica Connors, 24, was watching the film Ted when the screen blacked out after the fire alarms started beeping loudly at 11.15pm at the George Street Event Cinemas in the CBD. PHOTOS: Fire alarms clear out Sydney […]
Eight arrested following Vic drug raids
Eight people, including one believed to be a member of the Hells Angels bikie gang, have been arrested after police seized drugs, cash and a gun in a series of raids in Melbourne. More than 2kg of amphetamines, a semi-automatic firearm, ammunition, cash and a hydroponic cannabis crop were found when investigators executed search warrants […]
Carr says Assad still main obstacle
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has not seen any intelligence to justify claims that rebels will soon control most of Syria. Senator Carr, who has just returned from the United States, says President Bashar al-Assad remains the major obstacle to a ceasefire and a negotiated outcome. “I don’t think there’s strong intelligence that we’ve got – […]
Marine company sued for unpaid workers
A marine company is being sued for employing two Fijian men for eight hours a day, seven days a week at Port Adelaide docks for $100 a day. The Fair Work Ombudsman says it has lodged a statement of claim in the Adelaide Federal Court alleging the two men were underpaid more than $25,000 in […]
Govt pledges to work on housing problem
The federal government has promised to work with the housing industry to overcome its current challenges to ensure a sufficient supply of new homes. Housing Minister Brendan O’Connor met with the Housing Industry Association (HIA) in Canberra on Tuesday, a key lobby group that believes activity in the sector has sunk to recessionary levels. Mr […]
Accused wife killer tears ‘dried up fast’
Corryn Rayney’s father fought back tears as he recalled telling Corryn’s husband, prominent barrister Lloyd Rayney, he should do “whatever it takes” to keep his family together. But he said Rayney’s tears over his wife’s disappearance “dried up pretty fast”. Rayney has pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to the wilful […]
‘Go west’ jobs push targets ailing sectors
Redundant workers from ailing sectors such as manufacturing are being targeted for work in the resources sector, Minister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis says. Ms Ellis and Special Minister of State Gary Gray met with resources sector executives in Perth on Tuesday to discuss how the commonwealth would help the industry meet its labour needs. […]
Jurrah not holding machete, witness says
AFL star Liam Jurrah was not carrying a machete and was trying to defend himself from his cousin during a fight earlier this year, a court has been told. Jurrah and two other men, Josiah Fry and Christopher Walker, have been charged with four counts of aggravated assault, one count of unlawfully causing serious harm, […]
Snowboarder dies at Mt Hotham
A 35-year-old snowboarder from Melbourne has died after crashing into a tree at Mt Hotham. Paramedics were called to the accident in Victoria’s northeast around 3pm (AEST), but the male snowboarder had died before they got there. It’s not known at this stage if he was wearing a helmet. Views: 0
Sica didn’t murder Singh siblings: brother
The brother of convicted triple murderer Max Sica says he couldn’t have killed the Singh siblings and he’s offering a $270,000 reward for information that will clear his name. Max Sica was sentenced to three life sentences for the murders of his ex-girlfriend Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal 18, and Sidhi, 12, in […]
HSU report vindicates tough stance: Labor
The federal government says the latest report on corruption in the Health Services Union (HSU) shows it was right to call in an administrator and toughen the law for all trade unions. But the opposition has used the leaking of the Temby report on the HSU East branch to again call on Labor to reject […]
China would prosper with democracy: Abbott
China would become even more prosperous if it embraced democracy and greater legal freedoms, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has told business leaders in Beijing. In the main speech of his three-day visit to China, Mr Abbott said that as prime minister he would hope for China to embark on political reforms to match its economic […]
Feral camel numbers drop to 750,000
Australia’s feral camel population has dropped to about 750,000 but it remains the largest in the world, new figures show. The Australian Feral Camel Management Project says the camels are spread across about 3.3 million square kilometres of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland. Project manager Jan Ferguson said between 2001 and […]