Rudd apology over insulation deaths

The family of a worker killed while installing insulation wants a face-to-face apology from the PM. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is prepared to meet and apologise to parents of tradesmen killed installing home insulation batts under...

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Qld-NSW interstate drug ring smashed

AUTHORITIES have dismantled an interstate criminal enterprise accused of importing flu medicine to make $10 million worth of the drug ice. A Queensland-based network is accused of placing orders with importers for ContacNT on behalf of criminal...

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Comedians get stuck into news at Ten

NETWORK Ten is promising a fresh new look but looks like it's reviving some well-worn formats - including The Panel. While it's not bringing back Rob Sitch, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro, Glenn Robbins and Kate Langbroek, Ten will be putting a...

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Asia shares mostly up on ECB rate comments

ASIAN markets have mostly climbed after the European Central Bank said it would keep interest rates at record lows for "as long as necessary", while concerns over Portugal's political crisis also abated. The euro remained under pressure in Asia...

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Rudd may have been slow on boats

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd concedes he may have been slow to act in 2009 when the number of asylum seeker boat arrivals increased dramatically. Mr Rudd defended his decision to dismantle the Howard government's Pacific Solution in 2008. More than...

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Rudd appoints Treasury man as chief

SENIOR Treasury official Jim Murphy has become Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new chief of staff. Mr Murphy, the former Treasury deputy secretary, was a key backroom figure in dealing with the global financial crisis when Mr Rudd was prime minister...

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Rudd reckons Abbott lacks 'ticker'

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd suspects Tony Abbott lacks the "ticker" to debate him on key policy areas. Mr Abbott has been "lying" to the Australian people about the state of the economy, his ability to turn back asylum seeker boats and the impact...

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New research boosts search for AIDS cure

FRESH data from several small trials presented at an AIDS conference on Wednesday provides encouraging news in the quest for a cure for HIV, scientists said. Giving an update in an eagerly-followed trial, researchers said an HIV-positive infant...

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Russian booster rocket crashes

A Russian rocket carrying three satellites has crashed in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff. Source: AAP A RUSSIAN booster rocket carrying three satellites has crashed at a Russia-leased cosmodrome in Kazakhstan shortly after the launch. ...

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Girl thrown from car in NSW crash

A YOUNG girl thrown from a car after a collision on a Sydney freeway has escaped serious injury as have a four-year-old boy and a woman also in the vehicle. The six-year-old girl from Engadine was taken to Westmead Hospital with non life threatening...

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50 hurt when quake hits Aceh

A STRONG 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's north western province of Aceh on Tuesday, causing buildings to collapse and injuring at least 50 people. The quake hit inland at 0737 GMT at a depth of just 10 kilometres, 55 kilometres south...

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Japan opens world court defense of whaling

Japan will tell the UN's top court that is whaling program is "carefully conceived and planned". Source: AAP JAPAN is opening its defence of the country's controversial whaling program in the seas around Antarctica during hearings at the...

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