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Richmond legend Neville Crowe pulled to safety by stranger after Yarra River …

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Burke pins super trawler hopes on Greens

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Federal help for axed public servants dismissed as a ‘stunt’

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Cops got away with murder, say family of Kwementyaye Briscoe

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Man hit on head with hammer during home invasion

Do you know more? Email us, message us on Twitter @smh A man has been seriously hurt after he was hit on the head with a hammer in a home invasion in western Sydney, police say. The man, 26, was at home with his wife, 24, on Gibbons Street, Auburn, when he went to answer […]

Five Queensland councils win de-amalgamation bids

Five Queensland councils have had an early victory in their bid for de-amalgamation. Local Government Minister David Crisafulli today announced the former Douglas, Isis, Livingstone, Mareeba and Noosa shires were successful in their bids to have their mergers with larger councils re-examined. A further 14 councils nominated for possible de-amalgamation were rejected. Mr Crisafulli says […]

Lara Bingle loses licence

SYDNEY Sept 18 AAP – Reality TV star Lara Bingle has been fined $3500, placed on a good behaviour bond and banned from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to three driving offences. The charges arose from an incident at Bondi Beach on May 14 when the 25-year-old model hit a woman on a […]

Linked ID scanners for Kings Cross

AAP Installing ID scanners at licensed pubs and clubs through Kings Cross is one of several proposals aimed at curbing violence in the area, a local business alliance says. Premier Barry O’Farrell will announce the plan on Tuesday as part of the state government’s management strategy for the notorious Sydney nightspot after Thomas Kelly was […]

Police arrest man over Moorooka murder

A police officer stands outside the Milton home where a man was arrested last night. Photo: Ten News A Milton man has been charged over the murder of a Brisbane father last week. Paul Sullivan was found bludgeoned to death in his Hansen Street housing commission unit in Moorooka by his teenage son in the […]

Sapper Martin to be farewelled in Perth

Sapper James Martin Photo: Department of Defence A soldier who was killed in Afghanistan only three months into his first operational deployment for the Australian army will be farewelled in his home town of Perth on Tuesday. Sapper James Martin, 21, was shot dead by a rogue Afghan soldier at a patrol base in Oruzgan […]

Government to support penalty rates

The federal government will continue to support penalty rates for weekend and public holiday work. Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten on Tuesday confirmed the government will oppose axing or reducing penalties in modern industrial awards. Fair Work Australia is in the process of reviewing penalty rates and public holiday provisions in several modern awards as […]

Qld govt defends scrapping council dob law

Queensland Local Government Minister David Crisafulli has defended his plan to scrap “nanny state” laws requiring councillors to report colleagues for possible conflicts of interest. Mr Crisafulli introduced a series of local government reforms to parliament last week, which will give greater powers to mayors and give councils the ability to hold referenda on significant […]

Committal starts over Jazzy O murder

A man accused of murdering Melbourne prostitute Jazzy O admitted that he had once had sex with her, a court has heard. Steve Constantinou, 48, is accused of murdering stripper and prostitute Johanna Martin on October 11 last year. Ms Martin had approached a family friend of Constantinou asking if he could lend Constantinou between […]

Rural exports seen at $38.9bn in 2012/13

The value of rural exports in 2012/13 is expected to be about $38.9 billion, one per cent lower than a year earlier, the federal government’s commodity forecaster says. However, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) said the result would still be 21 per cent higher than the most recent five-year […]

Head-on crash driver guilty

A man with a Nigerian licence was driving on the wrong side of the road well before a head-on crash in which a woman was seriously injured, an Adelaide judge has found. The prosecution had suggested that Udo Ikika Uduma suddenly drove on the incorrect side of the road, thinking he was in Nigeria where […]

Qld man faces court over hammer death

A man who allegedly used a hammer to kill another man has appeared briefly in court in Brisbane. Breck Stewart, 46, from Milton, was arrested early on Tuesday morning and charged with murder, armed robbery and entering a dwelling while armed. He is accused of killing Paul Sullivan, 46, whose body was found in his […]

Islamic leaders upset at ‘behead’ mum

Islamic community leaders deny their children are being radicalised after a mother whose young son held a sign calling for beheadings turned herself in to police. The woman went to police on Monday but NSW Family and Community Services Minister Pru Goward says the boy will stay with his parents. “The police then went back […]

Bikie murder accused ‘defending himself’

A man accused of killing a Lone Wolf bikie in a daylight shooting in Sydney’s south may have acted in self defence, a magistrate has been told. Tarek Abdallah, 25, from Maroubra in Sydney’s southeast, appeared before Central Local Court on Tuesday. He is charged with murdering 37-year-old Lone Wolf member Neal Todorovski outside his […]

Burke pins super trawler hopes on Greens

The federal environment minister says he hopes new laws allowing him to ban super trawlers fishing in Australian waters will pass the Senate on Tuesday night. Speaking at a coastal environment conference in Brisbane on Tuesday, Tony Burke said a lot of people were waiting for certainty. If the legislation passes, the minister will be […]

Study to boost geothermal returns

Researchers at the University of Adelaide will use a $1.25 million grant to investigate how geothermal wells can more reliably produce power. The two-year project will be led by the South Australian Centre for Geothermal Energy Research in collaboration with the CSIRO and geothermal companies Panax Geothermal Ltd and Geodynamics Ltd. The project’s chief investigator, […]

Swan says coalition ‘splintering’

Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan says the coalition is “splintering” under Tony Abbott’s leadership and Labor has “some wind at its back”. Mr Swan told caucus colleagues at a meeting in Canberra on Tuesday that “sharp differences” were appearing between the major parties’ policies and values. “The more people look at Abbott the more dangerous […]

More Sri Lankan men sent to Nauru

The federal government has sent a second group of asylum seekers to Nauru but says it will take more time for its new offshore processing policies to start stemming the flow of boat arrivals from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says another 36 Sri Lankan men arrived on the isolated Pacific island […]

House rejects CSG ministerial powers

The House of Representatives has rejected Senate amendments to legislation to set up an independent scientific committee to investigate coal seam gas (CSG) and coal mining projects. The 13 amendments proposed by the Senate would have given Environment Minister Tony Burke wide-ranging powers over CSG projects. The lower house on Monday rejected 11 of the […]

House rejects CSG ministerial powers

The House of Representatives has rejected Senate amendments to legislation to set up an independent scientific committee to investigate coal seam gas (CSG) and coal mining projects. The 13 amendments proposed by the Senate would have given Environment Minister Tony Burke wide-ranging powers over CSG projects. The lower house on Monday rejected 11 of the […]

Hizb ut-Tahrir leader says he’s no hater

Controversial British Muslim leader Taji Mustafa says federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s suggestion he is a “preacher of hate” will add to tension between people of different beliefs. Mr Mustafa has been in Australia to address the annual conference of Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Following Saturday’s violent protests in Sydney against an anti-Islam film Mr […]

Hizb ut-Tahrir leader says he’s no hater

Controversial British Muslim leader Taji Mustafa says federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s suggestion he is a “preacher of hate” will add to tension between people of different beliefs. Mr Mustafa has been in Australia to address the annual conference of Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Following Saturday’s violent protests in Sydney against an anti-Islam film Mr […]

Drive-by shooting in Sydney’s west

A man has escaped injury after his utility was fired at in a drive-by shooting in Sydney’s west. The man was reversing his ute out of a driveway in Epping Forest Rd, Eschol Park, at about 8pm (AEST) on Monday when the single gunshot was fired at the vehicle’s rear. The driver was not injured. […]

Drive-by shooting in Sydney’s west

A man has escaped injury after his utility was fired at in a drive-by shooting in Sydney’s west. The man was reversing his ute out of a driveway in Epping Forest Rd, Eschol Park, at about 8pm (AEST) on Monday when the single gunshot was fired at the vehicle’s rear. The driver was not injured. […]

Fate of 21,000 Aussie sheep not known

The same ship that carried Australian sheep to Pakistan, where authorities have ordered they be culled after testing positive to salmonella bacteria, delivered sheep to Oman and Qatar without incident, the federal government says. More than 21,000 Australian sheep arrived in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi two weeks ago after Bahrain rejected the shipment […]

Fate of 21,000 Aussie sheep not known

The same ship that carried Australian sheep to Pakistan, where authorities have ordered they be culled after testing positive to salmonella bacteria, delivered sheep to Oman and Qatar without incident, the federal government says. More than 21,000 Australian sheep arrived in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi two weeks ago after Bahrain rejected the shipment […]

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