UK island swimmer going strong

AN endurance swimmer has made good progress through the night in her attempt to become the first person in nearly 30 years to swim solo, non-stop, around the Isle of Wight. Anna Wardley is undertaking the challenge as part of her bid to complete...

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UK island swimmer going strong

A UK endurance swimmer has made good progress in her attempt to swim around the Isle of Wight. Source: AAP AN endurance swimmer has made good progress through the night in her attempt to become the first person in nearly 30 years to swim solo,...

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Pakistan releases senior Taliban figure

PAKISTAN has released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official told AFP, in a move welcomed by Kabul who hope it will encourage peace talks with the insurgents. Baradar, a one-time military chief often described...

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Gunmen lob grenades in Nairobi mall

Gunmen have opened fire inside an upmarket mall in Kenya's capital of Nairobi. Source: AAP AT least six people have been killed and dozens wounded after black-clad masked gunmen attacked an upmarket shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, according...

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Cooking fire claims Qld toddler's life

A TODDLER has died in a house fire west of Brisbane after his 15-year-old aunt accidentally started the blaze during a cooking mishap while babysitting. The single-storey house in Toowoomba was well alight when emergency services arrived on...

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Bail denied in NT prison drugs case

BAIL has been denied for a man who allegedly traded drugs with a Darwin prison guard and used her to pass messages to other prisoners, including a suspected Rebels bikie gang leader. Phillip Noel Kaye, 35, is allegedly part of a six-person drug...

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NT government wants GST to remain at 10%

The Northern Territory treasurer says he's happy for the GST to stay at 10 per cent. Source: AAP A HIKE in the GST would be detrimental to Australia's competitiveness in the long run, the Northern Territory treasurer says. Dave Tollner,...

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Raise a glass, Newton-John clinic opens

Olivia Newton-John has opened the final stage of her Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne. Source: AAP OLIVIA Newton-John says her completed cancer centre in Melbourne should be a place where everybody knows your name, and has a drink...

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WA premier braces for more school strikes

More than 20,000 people have come together to support an unprecedented teacher's strike across WA. Source: AAP MORE than 20,000 people have come together to support an unprecedented teacher's strike across Western Australia. And beleaguered...

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Vic crews face long factory fire fight

FIREFIGHTERS will work into the night to bring a large blaze at a Melbourne factory under control. Fire broke out in the flooring factory at Dandenong South at about 6pm (AEST) on Thursday, sending thick smoke into nearby suburbs. More than...

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Man charged over murder of Sydney father

A MAN has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of a Sydney father. Doonside man Cheyne Duncan, 33, died in Westmead Hospital on Wednesday afternoon after he was attacked with a machete while walking his children home from school....

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BBC report casts doubt on honeymoon death

A BBC report has raised doubts about evidence against a British man sought in South Africa for allegedly orchestrating his wife's murder while on their honeymoon. Shrien Dewani is accused of hiring a hit man to kill his 28-year-old bride, Anni....

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ALP members show strong support for Albo

The cheer from the outgoing deputy prime minister Anthony Albanese's supporters belted through the trade union hall in Sydney as he entered. The member for Grayndler was there on Tuesday evening to launch his bid for the leadership of the federal Australian...

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Man who defaced Queen's portrait in court

A FATHERS' rights campaigner has denied defacing a portrait of the Queen displayed in Westminster Abbey. Tim Haries, 42, is alleged to have smuggled a can of spray paint into the abbey on June 13 before defacing the picture painted by Australian-born...

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Coppola, Domingo win Japanese arts prize

FILMMAKER Francis Ford Coppola and opera singer Placido Domingo are among five winners of a lucrative arts prize that has been dubbed the "Nobel Prize of the arts". The Godfather director and the Spanish tenor are recipients of the Japan Art...

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China opens world's highest airport

THE world's highest civilian airport has opened at an altitude of 4411 metres on the Tibetan plateau in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state media say. The Daocheng Yading airport in Ganzi prefecture's Daocheng county, or Dapba...

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Comet collisions 'can spawn life'

BUILDING blocks of life can spring into existence spontaneously when icy comets smash into planets, a study has shown. A similar process can create amino acids - bits of proteins - when a rocky meteorite strikes an ice-covered world. The discovery...

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ACTU fears Abetz's agenda

THE peak union body has raised concerns about incoming Employment Minister Eric Abetz's agenda in power. Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott unveiled his ministerial line up on Monday, naming Eric Abetz as his Employment Minister in waiting. Senator...

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Independent still in the lead in Indi

The Victorian seat of Indi may be determined on Monday with a small number of votes to be counted. Source: AAP INDEPENDENT candidate Cathy McGowan continues her slight lead over Liberal incumbent Sophie Mirabella in the battle for the north-east...

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NSW govt changing CSG to bluff people: LTG

A ROSE by any other name ... but what about a gas well? The NSW government is trying to hoodwink communities by changing the name of the controversial coal seam gas (CGS) industry to "natural gas from coal seams," activists say. President of...

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Worst over in Vic baby illness mystery

More than a dozen babies in Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital have fallen ill to a mystery bug. Source: AAP VICTORIAN Health Minister David Davis says the worst is over after more than a dozen babies in a hospital nursery came down with...

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London mayor Johnson backs UK fracking

London Mayor Boris Johnson says wind farms are a "disease" and the UK should embrace nuclear power. Source: AAP WIND farms are a "disease" which have blighted Britain's countryside and the country should embrace nuclear power and fracking to...

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Trekkers' attackers captured in PNG

FOUR men suspected in the ambush and murder of two guides leading a group of Australian trekkers in Papua New Guinea have been captured by villagers, police say. The four were captured on Sunday morning near the town of Wau, a five-and-a-half-hour...

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Colorado floods leave hundreds missing

EMERGENCY workers involved in a massive effort to rescue stranded flood victims in Colorado, where more than 500 people are still unaccounted for, are bracing for a fresh pounding from storms. Officials said efforts to locate those in need of...

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NSW premier boosts gun search powers

NSW police will be able to stop and search people, cars, bikie clubhouses and "criminal dens" for guns, without a warrant, under legislation to be introduced into parliament this week. Under the changes, police will be able to stop and search...

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Body found in WA bushland a 'homicide'

THE death of a 31-year-old man found in bushland in Western Australia's Great Southern region, is being treated as a homicide. Bushwalkers found the body at about 8am (WST) on Saturday when they were walking through scrub at the end of Barnesby...

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Car rego stickers to be phased out in Qld

TRYING to smooth out air bubbles while applying your car rego sticker to the windscreen will soon be a thing of the past in Queensland. The state government says it will phase out registration stickers for light vehicles by October 2014. Transport...

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Qld fisherman drowns after helping mate

AN elderly fisherman has been found dead in a central Queensland creek after falling from a boat when he was trying to help a mate. Police say the 74-year-old man's body was found near Koumala, south of Mackay, about 11am (AEST) on Sunday. ...

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