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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NSW father accidentally runs over child

A TODDLER is in hospital after his father accidentally ran over him with his car in the driveway of their home on NSW's north coast. Police said a 30-year-old man was moving his Holden Commodore when he reversed into his one-year-old son at...

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NZ bishop's prisoner prayer cell

THE Anglican Bishop of Wellington is to live a week in a small cabin-like "cell", praying for New Zealand's 8000-plus prisoners and their victims. Bishop Justin Duckworth's prayer vigil in the cell on the front steps of Wellington Cathedral...

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Boat sinks on Mali river, 20 dead

AT least 20 people are dead after a boat carrying hundreds of passengers capsized on the Niger River in central Mali. Dozens more are missing. Konna Mayor Sory Diakite told The Associated Press on Saturday 20 bodies had been recovered by midday....

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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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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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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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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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Chopper's death offers a lesson: Norden

MARK "Chopper" Read was no hero, but there are lessons to be learned from his violent life, a former prison chaplain says. The best-selling crime author who spent almost half his life in jail died on Wednesday after a battle with liver cancer,...

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Unemployment to stay at four-year high

THE unemployment rate is likely to stay at a four-year high for a second consecutive month. Official September job figures, out on Thursday, are expected to show the unemployment rate remains at 5.8 per cent, an AAP survey of 15 economists shows....

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Fuel supply to return to normal

THE number of tankers available to supply fuel to service stations could return to normal by the end of the week. An interstate audit of Cootes Transport's fleet has prompted an interruption to supplies in NSW, QLD and Victoria. A Cootes fuel...

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Extreme fire danger ahead for NSW

NSW is facing extreme fire danger conditions with a warning worsening weather could raise the level to catastrophic. Total fire bans are in place for most parts of NSW except for the far north west and the far south west. The Greater Sydney,...

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Madeleine McCann 'suspect e-fit drawn up'

A NEW picture of a possible suspect connected to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will be released by UK police, a news report says. Sky News reported that British detectives investigating Madeleine's disappearance are to issue the "e-fit",...

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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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Greece expects economy to grow, finally

GREECE expects its economy to grow next year - at last. In its draft budget presented on Monday, the government forecast the economy would grow 0.6 per cent, the first annual improvement after a brutal six years of contraction. This year it is...

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Jetstar to fly Dreamliners

BUDGET carrier Jetstar will fly its new high-tech Dreamliner aircraft from Melbourne to the Gold Coast, starting in November. Qantas and Jetstar chief executives Alan Joyce and Jayne Hrdlicka have toured Boeing's factory in Seattle, as the group...

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ASX BookBuild to launch on Tuesday

THE Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched a new bookbuilding facility which it says will broaden the number and range of investors who can participate in this process to set the price of new shares. In a bookbuild, the bookrunner,...

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Target of US raid in Somalia named

THE target of raid by Navy SEALs in Somalia over the weekend was a Kenyan man named Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, a US official says. A Kenyan government intelligence document names him as the co-ordinator of other planned attacks. The man,...

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WWF seeks to protect Congo park

THE World Wildlife Fund is trying to block proposed oil exploration in Africa's oldest national park where 200 gorillas live. The Swiss-based conservation group filed its complaint on Monday with Britain's Department for Business Innovation...

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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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Man stabbed in Sydney's west

A 33-YEAR-OLD man is in a serious condition in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach and neck at a bar in Sydney's west. Police said officers were called to Rooty Hill just before 10pm (AEDT) on Sunday to find the man outside the premises...

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Hewson warns coalition on wedding claims

COALITION MPs are endangering their reputations as economic managers by charging taxpayers for personal indulgences such as travel to weddings, former Liberal leader John Hewson has warned. The warning follows a string of questionable claims...

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