Ash grounds flights to Darwin, Bali

A massive ash cloud from an Indonesian volcano may disrupt aviation in parts of Australia. Source: AAP DARWIN remains cut off to all air services until Sunday, and flights from Australia to Bali are now affected, as three separate ash plumes...

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Relatives seek new Malaysia plane search

THEIR hopes raised and dashed, relatives of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane want a new plan to find it after the search was suspended following a new setback. The 84-year-old mother of Australian passenger Rod Burrows no longer...

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Sydney teen critical as party gatecrashed

A teen is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed at a party in Sydney's inner west. Source: AAP IT was meant to be a small gathering of friends for a 14-year-old girl's birthday. But the get-together at a house in Five...

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One dead and six injured in NSW crash

A MAN is dead and six people, including two children, have been injured in a head-on collision at Coffs Harbour on NSW's north coast. The 58-year-old was killed when a Nissan Pulsar and Ford Falcon collided on Hogbin Drive just before 1pm on...

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Man found on outback Qld cattle station

A CATTLE station worker has been found after disappearing late Friday in outback Queensland. Police found the man on the cattle station he worked on near Julia Creek in the state's northwest on Saturday morning. The 52-year-old had last been...

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Teacher acquitted of SA woman's murder

A TEACHER has been found not guilty of the 1991 murder of a young mother who was bashed so severely that no blood was left in her dumped body. Timo Heikki Pasanen, 43, has pleaded not guilty in the South Australian Supreme Court to murdering...

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WA shoplifter jailed over guard attack

A PERTH woman who shoplifted lollies and chips, and then ran over an undercover security guard who confronted her has been jailed for three years. Narissa Marie Gidgup was with two children when she stole confectionery and cosmetics worth a total...

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Diver dies in search of South Korean ferry

A DIVER has died during the search for people still missing inside a sunken South Korean ferry. It's the second such death among divers mobilised since the ferry sank on April 16, leaving more than 300 people dead or missing. Government task...

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Vic agencies unprepared for scale of fire

A VICTORIAN coalmine fire was so big it took agencies responsible for firefighters' health time to adjust to the scale of their task, the state's fire chief says. Fire Service Commissioner Craig Lapsley has dubbed health monitoring at the Hazelwood...

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Sydney ferry staff take industrial action

Sydney ferry workers will not collect ferry tickets as part of industrial action across the weekend. Source: AAP SYDNEY ferry workers have decided to take industrial action this weekend but it will hurt the NSW government rather than ferrygoers....

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State Of Origin tops 2.4 million viewers

More than 2.4 million viewers tuned in to watch Wednesday's State of Origin opener. Source: AAP NSW'S State Of Origin victory over Queensland was watched by more than 2.4 million viewers, with about half of the audience living in Sydney....

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NBN chief denies role in US disaster

THE executive appointed to run the national broadband network will "vigorously defend" the actions he took while boss of an American gas company before two of its pipelines exploded and killed nine people. Bill Morrow was appointed as chief executive...

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Experienced drivers' test struggle

MOST experienced motorists might struggle to pass the driving test if they had to take it now, according to a survey. A total of 50 experienced drivers took a test in an experiment organised by car insurance company Direct Line, with more than...

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Cash to Vic athletes to Commonwealth Games

The Victorian government has granted $450,000 to help athletes travel to the Glasgow Games. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S Commonwealth Games team has received a $450,000 boost from the Victorian government to help them to travel to Scotland for...

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Buffett's older sister called in to help

Warren Buffett's older sister is helping to ensure the billionaire's fortune goes to just causes. Source: AAP WHEN Warren Buffett announced in 2006 that he would give away his billions, he was flooded with individual requests for help that...

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Ice addict thief spared extra jail time

A HOMELESS ice addict who went on a $20,000 spending spree across Sydney using credit cards stolen from mailboxes has been spared extra time in prison. Kayla Hemmings, 25, received a minimum sentence of 18 months at the NSW District Court on Tuesday...

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Elder's 'stolen wages' claim dismissed

AN Aboriginal elder's claim for wages he says were stolen by the state has been thrown out of court due to a lack of evidence. Conrad Yeatman, 74, was seeking $35,000 for wages he said were never paid to him when he worked as a carpenter and labourer...

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Row over green reforms derails debate

A STRAIGHTFORWARD proposal to change the way fees are managed under national environment law has been sidetracked by a lengthy debate about the Abbott government's green credentials. The non-controversial bill allows for cost recovery for environmental...

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HK man charged over undeclared $A300,000

A HONG Kong national has been charged after attempting to leave Australia with $300,000 in undeclared cash he had stashed in his luggage. The 31-year-old man was picked up at Melbourne's International Airport after customs officers found the...

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Model Schiffer's UK home hit by fire

PARTS of supermodel Claudia Schiffer's English home have been damaged in a blaze. Up to 50 firefighters were called to the mansion at Coldham Hall in Lawshall, Suffolk, on Monday. The star has lived at the 16th century property with her husband,...

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Letter bid to block Vic child abuse bill

ANTI-VIOLENCE groups want three Nationals MPs to block new Victorian laws that they fear will turn women who fail to report child sexual abuse into criminals. Opponents say they broadly support the child protection bill's aim but one clause...

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Man, 21, burned in Sydney gas fireball

A GAS-FUELLED fireball in a busy northern Sydney shopping plaza has left a man with serious burns. The 21-year-old was rushed to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital with burns to his lower body after a gas main caught alight about 1pm (AEST)...

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Modern Family wedding lifts Ten's ratings

The first battle round of The Voice was the No.1 show on Sunday night with 1.865 million viewers. Source: AAP NETWORK Ten will be showering Modern Family with confetti after Mitch and Cam's same-sex wedding performed well in the ratings on...

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Gold output off to a slippery start

Gold production in Western Australia's goldfields region has got off to a weak start for the year. Source: AAP GOLD production in Western Australia's goldfields region has got off to a weak start for the year, with wet weather wreaking havoc...

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Labor senator 'spied on', committee hears

Labor senator John Faulkner may have been spied on in parliament house, a hearing has been told. Source: AAP A PARLIAMENTARY official may have wrongfully accessed security camera footage of another official talking to veteran Labor senator...

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Taliban frees 24 Afghan hostages

TALIBAN militants have released 24 hostages who were seized in northeastern Afghanistan last week, an official says. Taliban fighters captured Yamgan, a remote mountainous district in Badakhshan province on Wednesday, and took 40 policemen hostage....

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'Callous' NSW thieves take surf rescue 4WD

SURF lifesavers in a small NSW town fear lives could be put at risk after "callous" thieves made off with their club's 4WD rescue vehicle. Surf Life Saving's far south coast director Andrew Edmunds says thieves broke into the Batemans Bay Surf...

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Gunmen kill 6 police officers in Pakistan

GUNMEN have stormed a tribal police post in southwestern Pakistan, killing six police officers and wounding three, authorities say. The attack took place in Wadh area of Baluchistan province's Khuzdar district, where insurgents have launched...

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Belgians vote, brace for new stalemate

Belgians have begun casting their vote for a new national parliament. Source: AAP BELGIANS are casting their vote Sunday for a new national parliament, amid fears that a fresh political stalemate may be in the making for the fissured country....

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UK deputy PM facing Lib Dem calls to quit

THE leadership of British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been questioned by some of his own MPs as Liberal Democrat candidates joined voices urging him to quit over dismal election results. The Deputy Prime Minister has insisted he is staying...

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