Stuntman-director Hal Needham dies

HAL Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who turned to directing rousing action films including Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run, has died aged 82. His business managers told the Los Angeles Times that Needham died on Friday in Los...

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End failure mentality, PM tells Tasmania

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Tasmania has to stop programming itself to fail. Source: AAP TASMANIA needs to stop programming itself for failure, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told the ailing island state. In a clear reference to environmental...

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US citizen drowns off Tasmania

A UNITED States citizen has drowned while diving off Tasmania. The woman was diving off the Tinderbox Marine Reserve south of Hobart when she was reported missing at about 1.15pm (AEDT) on Saturday. Her diving companions located her a short...

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Large shark bites diver's fin off WA

A LARGE shark is believed to have bitten part of a scuba diver's fin off Perth. The diver said he saw a large dark shape in the water then noticed part of his fin was missing as he returned to his boat. The man was diving near Little Island...

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Roadside bombing kills 6 Afghan soldiers

A ROADSIDE bombing has killed six Afghan soldiers in the country's west, a military spokesman says. Najibullha Najibi said on Friday that the six died when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the western Herat province's Adraskan district...

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Aust publisher battles for Myanmar paper

STAFF members of the Yangon-based "Myanmar Times" newspaper house have appealed to a Myanmar court against a bid by the local partner to liquidate the company, overseen by Australian publisher, Ross Dunkley. Dunkley, 55, is fighting to stave off...

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Car image released in Qld gunman hunt

POLICE are searching for a small aqua hatchback in their hunt for tattooed gunman who opened fire at a Sunshine Coast motel. They have released a picture of an older model Ford Festiva with Queensland number plates and are asking anyone who...

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Security giant Serco chief resigns

CHRISTOPHER Hyman, the chief executive of security giant Serco, which is facing an investigation after the British government was overcharged millions of pounds for electronically tagging criminals, has resigned, the company has announced. Hyman...

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NSW bushfire crisis refuses to let up

The RFS Commissioner became emotional as he spoke of the firefighter pilot who was killed in NSW. Source: AAP A FIREFIGHTING pilot has become the second fatality of the NSW bushfire crisis as the biggest blaze in the state edged closer to homes....

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Former fiery killed in Vic plane crash

A FORMER senior Victorian firefighter who died in a light plane crash in the state's north has been remembered as a much-loved community member. Peter Brereton from Euroa in north-east Victoria has been identified as the pilot who died after...

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Don't play politics with RBA, Wong says

The opposition has accused Treasurer Joe Hockey of playing politics with the Reserve Bank. Source: AAP THE opposition has accused Treasurer Joe Hockey of playing politics with the Reserve Bank of Australia, while a former RBA board member says...

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Mackenzie backs BHP's green credentials

Andrew Mackenzie has defended BHP's environmental credentials in the face of criticism. Source: AAP BHP Billiton boss Andrew Mackenzie has defended the resource giant's environmental credentials in the face of criticism from a former chairman...

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Carr wishes Kelly could have his seat

BOB Carr has used his last stand as a senator to endorse vanquished Labor MP Mike Kelly for his job. The former NSW Labor premier was parachuted into the Senate and the plum jet-setting role of foreign minister 18 months ago by then prime minister...

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Liberals seek Senate voting system change

A PARLIAMENTARY committee will seek public input on the federal election as the Liberal party urges Labor to support an overhaul of the Senate voting system. Liberal federal director Brian Loughnane has called for parliament's joint standing committee...

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Environment Dept to slash 150 jobs

THE Environment Department will slash 150 jobs before Christmas and more may go as part of the Abbott government's plan to shed 12,000 public sector jobs. Staff were sent a notice on Wednesday telling them that as a result of the department's...

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Robber artist wins richest Aust art prize

A PAINTER jailed for holding up a convenience store has won Australia's richest art prize. Nigel Milsom was awarded the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for his work, Uncle Paddy, in Sydney on Wednesday. As Milsom is serving a prison...

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WA mosquito warning over Ross River virus

PEOPLE in Western Australia's South West region are being warned to avoid mosquito bites after this season's first detection of Ross River virus in the insects. People in Western Australia's South West region are being warned to...

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12 Months for bomb hoax bridegroom

A PANICKED English groom who staged a bomb hoax on his wedding day so his bride would not find out he bungled the booking has been jailed in Liverpool for 12 months. Neil McArdle had forgotten to fill in the forms to marry the "love of his life"...

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Midsection of plane recovered in Laos

INVESTIGATORS in Laos say they have retrieved the midsection of a Lao Airlines passenger plane that crashed into the Mekong River a week ago, killing all 49 people on board, including six Australians. The turboprop plane crashed last Wednesday...

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Aung San Suu Kyi collects rights prize

AUNG San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize laureate and long-time political prisoner, has finally collected the European Union's 1990 Sakharov Prize for human rights. In Tuesday's stirring ceremony in the French city of Strasbourg, European...

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Third Degree burnt on X Factor

AUSTRALIA is still to anoint a reality show band with viewers casting aside Third Degree on The X Factor. The mixed band, consisting of Kelebek, Jacinta Gulisano and Jordan Rodrigues who all auditioned as solo artists, were put together after...

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Qld police interview teen over man's death

Police are questioning a teenage boy over the death of a man in Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE are questioning a teenage boy over the death of a man in Queensland. The 42-year-old man died after a fight at a Conondale home on the Sunshine...

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Explosion on Russian bus kills 5

AN explosion on a passenger bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has killed at least five people and injured 17, officials say. Irina Gogolyeva, a spokeswoman for the Emergency Situations Ministry, says the cause of the blast has not yet...

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Gorbachev skips meeting for treatment

FORMER Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has skipped an annual meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates because he is receiving treatment at a German hospital. Gorbachev's spokesman, Vladimir Polyakov, said on Monday doctors have told the former...

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Woman accused of retirement village thefts

A WOMAN has been accused of carrying out a number of break-ins at a Sydney retirement village. Police were called to Cardinal Freeman Retirement Village in Ashfield on Saturday after two elderly residents reported their units had been broken...

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Sydney airport delays after plane mishap

THERE are flight delays at Sydney Airport after a United Airlines plane had problems during take-off. The aircraft had "some issues" taking off late Sunday afternoon, forcing it to turn back, a spokeswoman for Sydney airport told AAP. Fairfax...

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Interstate fire crews sent to help NSW

FIREFIGHTERS across Australia are being deployed to aid NSW in its state of emergency. With deteriorating weather conditions feared to return to the state on Monday, a 120-strong replacement crew will head from Victoria to NSW. Victoria's fire...

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Chopper brags about four murders

CAREER criminal Mark Chopper Read has confessed murdering four people, including missing Queensland bikie boss Sidney Michael Collins, in the last interview before his own death. His first kill, he claimed, was as a teenager. Read made the admissions...

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