Singapore toilet tracker goes mobile

SINGAPOREANS can now track the status of the city-state's public toilets in real time, as a program to monitor facilities' cleanliness gets its own smartphone application. "This app provides toilet users with the convenience of locating a clean...

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Abetz defends coalition workplace policy

OPPOSITION workplace spokesman Eric Abetz has rejected criticism of the coalition's workplace relations policy, arguing that it is designed to favour not one particular sector but to consider the best interests of the nation. The opposition is...

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Pell to appear before Vic abuse inquiry

Cardinal George Pell will give evidence before a Victorian child abuse inquiry later this month. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, will appear before a Victorian child abuse inquiry. Cardinal Pell, the...

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Syria's Assad must go, Kerry insists

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step down, says US Secretary of State John Kerry (pic). Source: AAP US Secretary of State John Kerry insists Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will have to step down as part of any political solution in...

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Two women charged over NSW bleach attack

TWO women have been charged over several incidents in Sydney's northwest, including the throwing of a bleach-based toilet cleaner at a four-year-old girl from a car. Police had been searching for the occupants of a small red car, believing they...

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Triangular coin to mark Canberra birthday

The nation's first triangular coin has been minted to mark the 25th birthday of Parliament House. Source: AAP CANBERRA is often labelled the city of swings and roundabouts but the triangle will be featured as the Australian capital celebrates...

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Bangladesh factory death toll passes 800

The death toll from the collapsed Bangladesh factory has passed 750 after more bodies were found. Source: AAP THE death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster has passed 800 with rescuers pulling dozens more bodies from the rubble...

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UK govt agenda to focus on immigration

THE British government is expected to announce a tightening of immigration, pensions reform and a reduction of business red tape when it lays out its annual plans at the state opening of Parliament. Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted on Wednesday...

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NBN rollout hits asbestos snag

A union claims contractors involved in the NBN rollout in Tasmania could be working with asbestos. Source: AAP A UNION official has demanded the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Tasmania be halted until asbestos problems are...

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No movement in NT on schools funding

School Education Minister Peter Garrett has failed to reach a deal with the NT on school funding. Source: AAP FEDERAL School Education Minister Peter Garrett is leaving the Northern Territory without convincing the jurisdiction to sign on...

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Two in custody after Darwin shootings

A WOMAN suspected of using a handgun to open fire on two people in different locations in Darwin's rural fringe is in custody. Northern Territory Police say a domestic dispute is probably behind the shootings, which left a 63-year-old woman in...

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Rate cuts due to fiscal policy: Swan

An unexpected interest rate cut has pleased Treasurer Wayne Swan ahead of a tough budget next week. Source: AAP TREASURER Wayne Swan will enjoy the benefit of an interest rate cut as the federal government prepares to make the difficult choices...

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Qld deal moves full NDIS step closer

Julia Gillard is closer to getting a nation-wide deal on disability care, as WA are yet to sign on. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND is ready to sign up to federal Labor's national disability care scheme, leaving Western Australia the only state not...

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China punishes officials in sex scandal

CHINA'S Communist Party has punished 21 officials over a scandal in which some of them were allegedly extorted by a developer after being secretly filmed in liaisons with hired women. The official Xinhua News Agency said on Tuesday the party's...

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Liam Jurrah fined in SA for drink driving

FORMER AFL player Liam Jurrah has been fined $1100 after being caught behind the wheel with a blood alcohol reading more than five times the legal limit. Jurrah, who is in custody in Alice Springs over allegations of assault against three women,...

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Russian helicopter carrying 10 crashes

A RUSSIAN helicopter carrying 10 people has crashed in southern Siberia. Those on board included senior rescue service officials. The crash happened in the Irkutsk region, an emergencies ministry spokeswoman said on Monday. "The Mi-8 helicopter...

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Italy's ex-PM Andreotti dies at 94

GIULIO Andreotti, who served seven times as Italy's prime minister, has died at 94. He was a behind-the-scenes power broker of Italian post-war political life, accused of shadowy links with the mafia and the Vatican. A government minister for...

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Protests outside Germany's neo-Nazi trial

Several organisations protested outside a German courthouse where a neo-Nazi trial is being held. Source: AAP DOZENS of anti-racist demonstrators have rallied outside a German courthouse where the biggest neo-Nazi murder trial in the country's...

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Bomb kills 3 at Pakistan political rally

A BOMB has torn through a Pakistan election rally killing three people and wounding 45 others in the first campaign attack on a political party in the northwestern tribal belt. The attack on Monday brings to 72 the number of people killed in violence...

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Nobel Prize winner de Duve dies at 95

A BELGIAN university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of euthanasia. He was 95. His university, UCL in Louvain-la-Neuve, confirmed it was a case of euthanasia...

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Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 600

The Bangladesh building that collapsed was not designed to be used for factory. Source: AAP THE death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster surpassed 600 after dozens of bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a nine-storey building...

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Israel launches air strikes near Damascus

Israel has launched air strikes in Syria at a shipment of Iranian-made guided missiles. Source: AAP ISRAELI strikes hit a military target outside Damascus, the Jewish state's second reported raid on Syria in three days, with residents saying...

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UK deputy speaker denies sex allegations

Nigel Evans has denied a gay rape charge, saying the allegations are "completely false". Source: AAP A DEPUTY speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament said that allegations of raping one man and sexually assaulting another were "completely...

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Killings up Sudan tensions in Abyei region

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm following the killing of a top chief in Sudan. Source: AAP TENSION and anger gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan after the killing of a tribal chief and a peacekeeper,...

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Road pricing would cut traffic: report

MAKING Aussie motorists pay to use roads would ease traffic congestion in the nation's major cities and help boost economic productivity, a report has found. The Grattan Institute report found a system of road pricing would also be a good way...

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