Severe fire danger forecast in Kimberley

WEST Australian authorities are warning of severe fire danger in parts of the Kimberley on Sunday with hot, dry and windy conditions expected. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a severe fire danger rating for inland parts of the Kimberley...

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Beijing opposes closer EU-Taiwan ties

BEIJING has raised objections to a move by the European Parliament to build closer trade ties with Taiwan, saying it opposes the development of any official ties between the sides. The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a resolution on...

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Thrown knife strikes Sydney man in face

A NEIGHBOURHOOD dispute involving knives being thrown has left one man in hospital. Police and NSW Ambulance were called to a house in Chester Hill about 5.25pm (AEDT) on Saturday following reports of a stabbing. NSW Police said a man was standing...

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Calls for EU to address boat deaths

CALLS are intensifying for the European Union to prevent migrant deaths, with at least 400 people drowning in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks in just over a week. "I don't know how many more people need to die at sea before something gets done,"...

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Vic police commemorate Walsh St killings

THE pain of the Walsh Street killings is still raw in the minds of all Victorian police officers 25 years on, Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says. Constable Steven Tynan, 22, and Constable Damian Eyre, 20, were gunned down on October 12, 1988, after...

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Another extreme fire danger day for NSW

THE Rural Fire Service has issued a total fire ban for areas in NSW ahead of hot and gusty weather conditions. The bans will be in place on Sunday from the Illawarra to the Far North Coast as well as the North West and Central Ranges. An extreme...

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IMF cuts Asia-Pacific growth forecast

EDS: Not for use before 0015 AEDT, Saturday, October 12 By Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics Correspondent CANBERRA, Oct 12 AAP - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confirmed it expects Australian economic growth to remain below trend this...

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AEC will rob me of win: Palmer

Clive Palmer says the Australian Electoral Commission will "rig" the Fairfax recount. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer believes the Australian Electoral Commission will "rig" the Fairfax recount and deliver victory to his LNP opponent. Mr Palmer...

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Friend told Higgs of Nobel triumph

NOBEL Prize-winning scientist Professor Peter Higgs has revealed he first heard he won the prestigious award when a women stopped to congratulate him in the street. Prof Higgs says a former neighbour, the widow of a judge, got out of her car...

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Wells Fargo's profit up 13 per cent

WELLS Fargo & Co. says its third-quarter profit jumped 13 per cent as a decline in revenue from mortgage lending was offset by reduced expenses and fewer soured loans. The biggest US mortgage lender reported on Friday that its net income...

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AAP chairmen enter media Hall of Fame

A LARGE part of the history of Australian Associated Press along with a cavalcade of Australia's most influential and dynamic media figures are having their names and careers enshrined in Victoria's Media Hall of Fame. Among the 30 inductees honoured...

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India's industrial output slows again

INDIA says its industrial production in August rose 0.6 per cent from a year earlier, a significant slowing from the previous month's numbers. The weak output is another sign the country's economy is still sputtering. Most of the gains were...

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Tassie judo club wants Putin as patron

Russia's president has been asked to become the patron of a Tasmanian judo club. Source: AAP A JUDO club in Tasmania has written to the Kremlin to ask Vladimir Putin to be its patron. The Ulverstone Judo Club, in the state's north, says...

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Dead daughter and sick father found in NSW

A WOMAN has been found dead along with her seriously ill elderly father at the NSW Hunter Valley home they shared, police say. Officers went to the Dalwood Road address, in Branxton, around 11.30am (AEDT) on Thursday after being contacted by...

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Malala wins EU's human rights prize

The EU has awarded a prize for freedom of thought to Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. Source: AAP MALALA Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage activist nominated for Friday's Nobel Peace Prize, was awarded the prestigious Sakharov human rights...

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Time for human Hendra trial: scientist

THE scientist who developed the Hendra vaccine wants to see it trialled on humans. Almost a year after the Equivac vaccine became commercially available for horse inoculation, Professor Christopher Broder is hoping to secure funding to start human...

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Warships to leave Sydney Harbour

THEY sailed, they berthed and they entertained. Now the warships in town for the International Fleet Review will depart Sydney Harbour, marking the close of the nine-day navy event. Those from afar off as Nigeria, India and the United Kingdom...

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Vic police vow to continue bikie crackdown

POLICE have vowed to continue their crackdown on bikies involved in criminal activities after the largest raid on a single club in Victoria's history. Guns, ammunition, drugs and cash were seized and 13 people arrested when more than 700 police,...

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Japan our best Asian friend: Abbott

Prime Minister Tony Abbott (R) has invited Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe to address parliament. Source: AAP TONY Abbott has described Japan as Australia's "best friend in Asia", while also extending an invitation for Prime Minister Shinzo...

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Italy to receive refugee funding from EU

ITALY is set to receive 30 million euros ($A43.54 million) from the European Union to help in caring for refugees, the head of the bloc's executive announced during a visit to the southern island of Lampedusa. "We will work together with Italian...

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Palmer to vote with motoring party

PALMER United Party senators will form a voting alliance with Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party senator Ricky Muir. Fairfax Media reports PUP leader Clive Palmer has agreed to vote with the AMEP senator, who will represent Victoria in the...

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Aust baby boomer and child drownings up

BABY boomers taking up water sports in their retirement have driven up the number of Australian drownings. And child drownings nearly doubled last year, with 10 more deaths in the under-four age bracket. The Royal Life Saving Society's annual...

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Lincoln takes on Lexus in new US ads

FORD'S luxury Lincoln brand spent most of this year reintroducing itself to American buyers. Now, it's taking on Lexus in a new bid to get noticed. In a series of television ads, young couples "interview" a Lincoln MKZ and a Lexus ES, pointing...

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Pakistanis ambivalent about Malala

ONE year after a Taliban bullet tried to silence Malala Yousafzai's demand for girls' education, she has published a book and is a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the militants threaten to kill her should she dare return home to Pakistan,...

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Abbott's fitness shouldn't cost public:ALP

Anthony Albanese believes Peter Slipper (pic) has been treated harshly over travel expense claims. Source: AAP CHRIS Bowen admires Tony Abbott's fitness regime but the interim Labor leader says taxpayers shouldn't have to cover the cost of...

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Delhi rapists appeal death sentences

TWO of the four men sentenced to death in the fatal Delhi gang rape have filed appeals, their lawyer has said. A special trial court sentenced them September 13 for the attack on a 23-year-old student in December. The case was referred to the...

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Flatback turtles emerge from Darwin sand

A TINY flipper waves over the edge of a bootprint in the Darwin sand. Slowly, very slowly, a little head follows. With a heave, the newborn flatback turtle propels itself over the sand and suddenly he's scuttling at speed down the beach after...

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Compensation for Aussie terror victims

MORE than a decade after the September 11 attacks in the United States and the 2002 Bali bombing, Australian victims and their families are finally set to receive compensation. Prime Minister Tony Abbott will confirm the news on Wednesday when...

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IMF cuts Australian forecast, warns US

AUSTRALIA'S economic growth prospects have been downgraded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to the nation's vulnerability to slower Chinese demand for commodity exports. The IMF has also cut its world growth forecasts and warned any...

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Regulators must improve:report

REGULATORS must make more effort to understand how regulation impacts small business. Research the Productivity Commission has found small firms feel the burden of regulation more than larger businesses because a lack of staff, time and resources...

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Twitter's Evan Williams may be worth $1B

THE personal fortune of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams probably will take up 10 characters once the online communications company goes public. Williams, who was Twitter's CEO for two years until Dick Costolo took over in 2010, owns a 12 per...

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Energy industry set for big changes

ENERGY chiefs anticipate a major industry shakeup in the decade ahead as more shale gas and renewable power becomes available. Senior utilities executives from 35 countries say their business model is headed for "complete transformation or important...

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Killer on the run from Vic police

A CONVICTED killer who beat to death a disabled pensioner is on the run from Victorian police after breaching his parole. Wayne Leslie Norris has not been seen since he breached parole on August 22, News Corp Australia reports. Norris has 50...

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Abbott talks free trade with Xi Jinping

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has told Chinese President Xi Jinping of his "fervent hope" that ties between the two nations can be strengthened. Mr Abbott met with the Chinese leader for the first time just hours after arriving in Bali on Sunday...

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Moulin Rouge to dance at Cup carnival

A TROUPE of Moulin Rouge dancers will swap France for Australia during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Sixteen dancers from the Paris cabaret will perform in the La Maison G.H. Mumm marquee, in Flemington's birdcage precinct, three times each race...

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Gunmen in Yemen kill German embassy guard

UNKNOWN gunmen have killed a German embassy guard in an attack on a diplomatic vehicle outside a supermarket in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, a security official says. The official said the two gunmen tried to kidnap the German citizen as he left the...

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