Posts Tagged ‘australian news’

Poor governance, nepotism in HSU: report

A report into the disgraced Health Services Union (HSU) East branch has shown excessive claims on credit cards, misuse of union funds, levels of nepotism, and poor governance within the body representing lowly paid workers in the health sector. The final report by Ian Temby QC and accountant Dennis Robertson, leaked comprehensively on Monday, found […]

Carbon tax dislike ‘can be turned around’

Eds: This story not for use before 0001 AEST Tuesday, July 24. By Paul Osborne, AAP Senior Political Writer CANBERRA, July 23 AAP – Voter dislike of the carbon tax is a knee-jerk response which could be turned around with more information, a new study by the Climate Institute has found. Prime Minister Julia Gillard […]

Demand for credit showing signs of life

Interest rate cuts and federal government handouts appear to have made consumers a little more confident about taking on credit in the past couple of months. A pick-up in demand for personal loans and mortgage applications in the June quarter almost offset a drop in credit card applications, credit intelligence data provider Veda said. Veda’s […]

Divorce is bad for bank account: research

Divorce is bad for your bank account, particularly for those who stay single, new research shows. With divorced single men having $762,000 less in assets at age 55 than those who have stayed married, and divorced single women having about $645,000 less than women who have stayed married, the research shows a bleak financial outlook […]

PM writes to media bosses over regulation

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has written to seven media chief executives offering to them a system of tougher self-regulation. Australia’s leading media organisations have fought against possible plans for tighter media regulation, after former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein proposed a new statutory body be established to handle complaints against print, radio, television and online. […]

Jurrah committal hearing enters second day

ALICE SPRINGS July 24 AAP – Prosecutors are expected to call more witnesses as AFL star Liam Jurrah faces a second day of a hearing into claims he assaulted several people earlier this year. The Alice Springs Magistrates Court is expected to hear from witnesses on Tuesday who will give evidence about the alleged assault […]

State leaders meet ahead of COAG

State and territory leaders will meet in Canberra on Tuesday to talk strategy ahead of this week’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting. Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet the premiers and chief ministers on Wednesday for COAG, which has the Gonski schools funding review and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) at the top […]

Underworld widow seeks help on theft count

Underworld widow Wendy Peirce has sought psychiatric help since the 2009 death of her daughter, a court has been told. Peirce, the widow of underworld hitman Victor Peirce who was shot dead in 2002, is charged with stealing more than $1200 worth of groceries and products from a Coles supermarket in St Kilda in January […]

SA committed to NDIS trial

The South Australian government remains committed to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), but wants the federal government to flesh out the details at Wednesday’s Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra. SA Premier Jay Weatherill said SA wanted to be one of the four trial sites and had allocated $20 million for this […]

Fisherman jailed for people smuggling

An Indonesian fisherman has been sentenced to more than six years’ jail for his second people-smuggling offence. Niko Selu, 66, was the captain of a boat that left Indonesia in March 2003. The boat was carrying 46 Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers, but was intercepted before it reached Australian shores. The Supreme Court in Brisbane […]

Gillard calls Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai ‘hero’

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hailed her Zimbabwean counterpart as a hero similar to democracy icons Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Gillard held talks with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Canberra on Monday, describing the democracy champion as more than just a leader. “You are a hero,” she told a Parliament House […]

Alleged SA poo throwers charged

Two teenagers who allegedly threw faeces and urine at a service station worker in Adelaide will face court charged with aggravated assault. Their alleged hurling of a cup of urine and a cup of poo at a suburban service station staff member last week prompted widespread public outrage and disgust, police said in a statement […]

Vic Liberals gear up for federal election

The Liberal party in Victoria plans to have its federal candidates in place in the most winnable seats within weeks. With 12 months before the election is due, the Victorian Liberals have five new candidates in the field – for the seats of Corangamite, Deakin, La Trobe, Chisholm and Jagajaga – and re-endorsed all 12 […]

Melbourne bookstore owner bashed

A 61-year-old Melbourne bookstore owner may have been brutally bashed by a startled thief for as little as $200, a relative says. Jill Brookes, who worked alone in the western suburbs store, is now in an induced coma in hospital with severe head injuries after she was found in a pool of blood on Friday […]

Police call in FBI to track ‘hitman scam’

Australian police are calling in the FBI to track down the “hitman” scammers responsible for sending thousands of text messages containing death threats. Alarmed Aussies flooded police hotlines on Monday morning after receiving the message from a 00000 number. The text read: “Sum1 paid me to kill you. get spared, 48hrs to pay $5000. If […]

Report encouraging for Qld: Nicholls

A report ranking Queensland’s economy in the middle of the pack in Australia indicates positive signs for the state, Treasurer Tim Nicholls says. In its quarterly assessment of the states and territories, CommSec ranked Queensland’s economy as the fourth strongest, behind Western Australia, ACT and the Northern Territory. The State of the States report said […]

Death of Tour winner’s dad a mystery

It remains a mystery how the Australian father of Britain’s Tour de France winner died. Bradley Wiggins on Sunday became the first Briton to win the gruelling cycle race. But as he stood on the winner’s podium calls were being renewed for information about the death of his father Gary in suspicious circumstances near Newcastle, […]

SA considers changes to March events

Adelaide will consider moving a public holiday, the state’s major horse race and possibly its V8 Supercars weekend to better manage a series of events held in March. A review released by the South Australian government has recommended the Queen’s birthday public holiday be shifted from June to May to allow the Adelaide Cup to […]

Coles warehouse workers accept deal

Workers at a Coles warehouse have accepted a new offer from management and are expected to end their blockade at the Melbourne site. National Union of Workers (NUW) members voted to accept the deal with Toll Group, which manages the Somerton warehouse for Coles, late on Monday afternoon. Views: 0

Molan issues warning on military budget cuts

The Government saved about $4 billion in the last budget by delaying some defence programs and cutting back others. Major-General Molan has told Channel Ten that Australia will struggle to defend itself by 2020 if spending stays at current levels. “If you’re going to produce a force that can fight, you’ve got to have jets, […]

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