Wine prices may rise due to frost

Wine drinkers could pay more for their favourite tipple after frost damaged the 2014 harvest. Source: AAP WINE drinkers could pay more for their favourite tipple after frost damaged the 2014 harvest. Winemaker Australian Vintage, whose...

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Drug-smuggling syndicate smashed

A drug-smuggling syndicate has been smashed after police intercepted a package of methamphetamines. Source: AAP A DRUG-TRAFFICKING syndicate has been broken up after the recipient of a 12.5 kilogram package of methamphetamines was arrested...

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Blast on Indian train kills one

Twin blasts on a passenger train at a southern Indian railway station have killed a woman. Source: AAP TWIN bombs planted on a train killed one person and wounded at least nine others in the southern Indian port of Chennai. In the latest...

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New list ranks Grange as top wine

A new classification of Australian wines has listed Penfolds Grange as the nation's top drop. Source: AAP WHILE the thought of a bottle of Penfolds Grange may now leave a bitter taste in the mouth of former NSW premier Barry O'Farrell, a...

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Gold dazzles at refurbished Perth Mint

Perth Mint has opened a new exhibition with the most valuable coin in the world as its centrepiece. Source: AAP THE biggest, heaviest and most valuable coin in the world is the centrepiece of a new permanent exhibition at the refurbished Perth...

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Gonski steps up as ANZ chairman

Respected businessman David Gonski (pic) is set to replace John Morschel as ANZ chairman on May 1. Source: AAP RESPECTED businessman David Gonski takes control in ANZ's boardroom on Thursday, replacing the bank's chairman of four years John...

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Tenants sign on for Barangaroo tower

Two firms have signed up as tenants for the tallest building at Sydney's Barangaroo development. Source: AAP PLANNING for the tallest office tower at Sydney's Barangaroo development will commence after the developer secured two tenants for...

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Tunisia uses Star Wars to rescue tourism

IMPERIAL stormtroopers are set to march through Tunisia's capital as part of a new effort to attract tourists and burnish the image of the North African country. Tunisia's national tourism office is collaborating with the local Star Wars fan...

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Two MPs allege Palmer approach

A Queensland MP has told police an envoy for Clive Palmer offered him an inducement to jump ship. Source: AAP TWO Queensland government MPs have accused Clive Palmer's team of trying to lure them away from the Liberal National Party. Mr...

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Plane catches fire at Perth Airport

A plane has made an emergency landing in Perth after flames were spotted coming from its engine. Source: AAP A PLANE has made an emergency landing at Perth Airport after a suspected engine fire erupted shortly after take-off. The Cobham...

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Whitehaven pushes ahead with new mine

WHITEHAVEN Coal sold less coal in the March quarter while battling low prices, but its flagship Maules Creek project is more than one-third complete. The controversial NSW mine is the target of a long running campaign that has included legal action...

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Partial eclipse ruined by cloud

IT was billed as the "super fat banana". But Tuesday's rare partial solar eclipse was more like a rotten tomato. Thick cloud blanketed most of the continent for much of the day, ruining any sustained view of the eclipse for astronomers and enthusiasts...

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Australia stuck below 3 pct growth: IMF

The International Monetary Fund have urged Treasurer Joe Hockey not to go too hard in his budget. Source: AAP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sent Treasurer Joe Hockey a timely reminder not to go too hard in his first budget. ...

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WA senate result expected Tuesday

THE results of the West Australian Senate re-run election are about to be announced. WA Australian electoral officer Kathy Mitchell says she has advised candidates that distribution of preferences to decide the six WA Senate places would start...

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Hospital attack kills 22 in C Africa

BANGUI, Central African Republic, April 28 AFP - At least 22 people including three staff members of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres have been killed during an attack by gunmen on a Central African hospital, in the latest atrocity to hit...

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Tornadoes kill at least 17 in US

Officials say a tornado has killed at least two people and destroyed buildings in Oklahoma. Source: AAP POWERFUL tornadoes have killed at least 17 people as they flipped cars, ripped up homes and uprooted trees across the south-central United...

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Palmer trying to buy govt in NT: Giles

Federal MP Clive Palmer has induced three rebel Northern Territory MPs to join his political party. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer has been accused of buying his way into Northern Territory politics after three indigenous MPs joined his party a month...

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MERS claims two more lives in Saudi Arabia

SAUDI Arabia's Health Ministry says two more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died as the kingdom detected nine new cases of the disease. The ministry said in a statement on its website late...

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Search zone for MH370 broadened

The search zone for MH370 has been expanded after an underwater drone found nothing of interest. Source: AAP THE search area for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight has been expanded after the Bluefin-21 underwater drone found no trace of...

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Chloe and Kelly through to MKR grand final

TRASH talking travellers Chloe and Kelly are through to the My Kitchen Rules grand final after rolling the show's good guys Paul Bullpitt and Blair Tonkin. Bullpitt and Tonkin made up one of the more polite and level-headed teams on the Seven...

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