Govt approves The Block redevelopment

The government has granted planning approval for the redevelopment of The Block in Redfern. Source: AAP THE redevelopment of The Block in the Sydney suburb of Redfern is one step closer after the state government granted planning approval....

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Boy, 4, hurt after falling out of 4WD

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy has been injured after he fell from a four-wheel drive southwest of Darwin. The boy fell from the window of the stationary 4WD on to concrete at Peppimenarti around midday (CST) on Saturday and suffered a head injury, CareFlight...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Pope presses opposition to gay marriage

The Pope has pressed his opposition to gay marriage in his Christmas address to the Vatican. Source: AAP THE Pope has pressed his opposition to gay marriage, denouncing what he describes as people eschewing their God-given gender identities...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Sydney Harbour heliport plans put on hold

The company that was set to run a heliport in Sydney Harbour says it is putting the project on hold. Source: AAP THE company that was set to run a heliport in Sydney Harbour says it is putting the project on hold to consider the operation's...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Malala asks Pakistan not to rename college

A 15-YEAR-OLD Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has urged Pakistan to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honour to avert militant attacks on students. Malala Yousufzai, who became a symbol of...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

BAE unveils $4bn deal for Oman jets

British defence giant BAE Systems has announced a $A3.93 billion deal to supply aircraft to Oman. Source: AAP BRITISH defence giant BAE Systems has announced a 2.5-billion pound ($A3.93 billion) deal to supply military aircraft to Oman. ...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

India lets 20 rape accused run for office

AT least 20 men accused of raping women ran in Indian elections in the past five years, according to a think-tank report published amid growing outrage over the gang-rape of a student on a bus. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) study...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Japanese man jailed for 12 cent theft

A COURT in Japan has jailed a 66-year-old man for a year for stealing 10 yen (12 cents) from a temple offering box, reducing his original sentence by eight months. A district court ordered Masafumi Tsuruhara to spend 20 months in prison earlier...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Qantas-Emirates deal gets ACCC OK

A partnership between Qantas and Emirates is set to receive approval from the competition watchdog. Source: AAP CHRISTMAS has come early for Qantas, with the competition watchdog approving its alliance with Emirates, but the struggling Flying...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

European stocks dip at open; London down

EUROPE'S main stock markets retreated in opening deals on Thursday, with London's FTSE 100 index of top companies down 0.05 per cent at 5,958.44 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index lost 0.33 per cent to 7,642.99 points and in Paris the CAC 40 shed...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Pitt commends Obama's marijuana stance

BRAD Pitt and several colleagues are praising US President Barack Obama's current stance on drugs. Last Friday, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot dead 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The massacre...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

US adoption ban bill 'appropriate': Putin

Russia's lower house of parliament passed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has backed pending parliamentary legislation that would make it illegal for Americans to adopt Russian...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Aust stocks closes at 16 month high

THE Australian market finished on a 16-month closing high as US politicians appeared to make progress on their budget negotiations . At close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.8 points, or 0.48 per cent, at 4,595.2 points,...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Aust bonds lower after RBA minutes

AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices were lower after the release of the minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's latest board meeting reduced traders' expectations of future interest rate cuts. RBC Capital Markets fixed income strategist Su-Lin...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Man faces 10 years jail over flight abuse

AN international flight was diverted after a drunken Perth man allegedly tried to smoke a cigarette on the plane before punching and spitting on crew members. The 34-year-old man was taken off the flight, enroute from Sydney to Japan on Monday...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Price cut for some SA power users

The SA government has negotiated price cut for around 20 per cent of the state's electricity users. Source: AAP ABOUT 200,000 South Australian households will get an electricity price cut from January, with the state government indicating...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Mandela treated for gall stones

SA anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has undergone a successful procedure to remove gall stones. Source: AAP SOUTH African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has undergone a successful procedure to remove gall stones a week after being admitted...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Union warned about WA dock's safety issues

A KARRATHA man's arm was crushed as he worked at the dock supplying Chevron's massive Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia on Saturday, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says. The man was airlifted to a Perth hospital after his arm became...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

Grassfire 'out of control' near Young

FIREFIGHTERS are battling an out-of-control grassfire burning near properties in southwestern NSW. The fire, covering 4600 hectares, is burning at Geegullalong Road, around eight kilometres east of Murringo, near Young. NSW Rural Fire Service...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More

US school victims mostly six years old

Police say the gunman who shot dead 20 school children at a US school forced his way in. Source: AAP SHATTERED families and grieving residents are devastated that most of the 27 people shot dead by a US school gunman are children aged just...

17.01 | 0 komentar | Read More