Singapore toilet tracker goes mobile

SINGAPOREANS can now track the status of the city-state's public toilets in real time, as a program to monitor facilities' cleanliness gets its own smartphone application. "This app provides toilet users with the convenience of locating a clean...

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Abetz defends coalition workplace policy

OPPOSITION workplace spokesman Eric Abetz has rejected criticism of the coalition's workplace relations policy, arguing that it is designed to favour not one particular sector but to consider the best interests of the nation. The opposition is...

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Pell to appear before Vic abuse inquiry

Cardinal George Pell will give evidence before a Victorian child abuse inquiry later this month. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, will appear before a Victorian child abuse inquiry. Cardinal Pell, the...

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Syria's Assad must go, Kerry insists

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step down, says US Secretary of State John Kerry (pic). Source: AAP US Secretary of State John Kerry insists Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will have to step down as part of any political solution in...

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Triangular coin to mark Canberra birthday

The nation's first triangular coin has been minted to mark the 25th birthday of Parliament House. Source: AAP CANBERRA is often labelled the city of swings and roundabouts but the triangle will be featured as the Australian capital celebrates...

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Bangladesh factory death toll passes 800

The death toll from the collapsed Bangladesh factory has passed 750 after more bodies were found. Source: AAP THE death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster has passed 800 with rescuers pulling dozens more bodies from the rubble...

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UK govt agenda to focus on immigration

THE British government is expected to announce a tightening of immigration, pensions reform and a reduction of business red tape when it lays out its annual plans at the state opening of Parliament. Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted on Wednesday...

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NBN rollout hits asbestos snag

A union claims contractors involved in the NBN rollout in Tasmania could be working with asbestos. Source: AAP A UNION official has demanded the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Tasmania be halted until asbestos problems are...

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Qld deal moves full NDIS step closer

Julia Gillard is closer to getting a nation-wide deal on disability care, as WA are yet to sign on. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND is ready to sign up to federal Labor's national disability care scheme, leaving Western Australia the only state not...

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Rate cuts due to fiscal policy: Swan

An unexpected interest rate cut has pleased Treasurer Wayne Swan ahead of a tough budget next week. Source: AAP TREASURER Wayne Swan will enjoy the benefit of an interest rate cut as the federal government prepares to make the difficult choices...

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China punishes officials in sex scandal

CHINA'S Communist Party has punished 21 officials over a scandal in which some of them were allegedly extorted by a developer after being secretly filmed in liaisons with hired women. The official Xinhua News Agency said on Tuesday the party's...

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Liam Jurrah fined in SA for drink driving

FORMER AFL player Liam Jurrah has been fined $1100 after being caught behind the wheel with a blood alcohol reading more than five times the legal limit. Jurrah, who is in custody in Alice Springs over allegations of assault against three women,...

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Challenge to Aust plain package tobacco

Cuba has become the latest country to launch a legal attack on Australia's plain packaging rules. Source: AAP CUBA has become the latest country to launch a legal attack on Australia's landmark plain packaging rules for tobacco at the World...

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We'll fight for May Day holiday, ACTU says

UNIONS will fight to have May Day returned as a public holiday across Australia, ACTU president Ged Kearney has told a rally in Darwin. Speaking in the Northern Territory, the only jurisdiction in Australia that still provides a public holiday...

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WA sex assault doctor dodges deportation

AN Indian-born doctor who spent more than 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old patient while examining her has successfully fought a deportation order. Suhail Ahmad Khan Durani has been held at an immigration detention centre...

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Fed govt defends live animal export trade

The live animal export industry warns animals will suffer if Australia withdraws from the trade. Source: AAP AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Ludwig continues to defend Australia's live animal export trade, fending off calls for the practice to be...

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Tension in Somalia after top chief killed

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm following the killing of a top chief in Sudan. Source: AAP TENSION and anger gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan following the killing of a top tribal chief and an...

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Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 600

The Bangladesh building that collapsed was not designed to be used for factory. Source: AAP THE death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster surpassed 600 after dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a nine-storey building...

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Israel launches air strikes near Damascus

Israel has launched air strikes in Syria at a shipment of Iranian-made guided missiles. Source: AAP ISRAELI strikes hit a military target outside Damascus, the Jewish state's second reported raid on Syria in three days, with residents saying...

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UK deputy speaker denies sex allegations

Nigel Evans has denied a gay rape charge, saying the allegations are "completely false". Source: AAP A DEPUTY speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament said that allegations of raping one man and sexually assaulting another were "completely...

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