Final Japanese body returns from Algeria

THE body of the last of 10 Japanese nationals killed in the Algerian hostage crisis has arrived in Japan as the prime minister proposed setting up a security council to deal with future threats. The body of Tadanori Aratani, 66, a former vice...

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Small steps to reconciliation on Oz Day

IT was a small step, but a significant one. At around 8am (AEDT) on Saturday, before the obligatory family barbecues and citizenship ceremonies were under way across the country, the Aboriginal and Australian flags were slowly raised on the Sydney...

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Militant groups clash kills 24 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR Jan 26 AP - A Pakistani official says clashes between two Islamic militant groups over control of a prized valley near the Afghan border have killed 24 people. Arshad Khan of the Khyber tribal region says the clashes started on Friday...

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Motorcyclist, 44, dead after hitting pole

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after he lost control and struck a power pole in Melbourne's outer southwest. The 44-year-old man was travelling along Virgilia Drive at Hoppers Crossing when he lost control at a bend in the road and hit the pole at...

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NT government fights for Gove deal

THE Northern Territory government says it is still fighting to broker a deal to save an alumina refinery that supports an outback town. With less than one week until the January 31 deadline imposed by mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd, no deal has...

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Indigenous leader is Australia's hero

Indigenous leader Shane Phillips was named Australia's 2013 Local Hero for his community leadership. Source: AAP INDIGENOUS leader Shane Phillips has been named Australia's 2013 Local Hero for his community leadership, particularly in his local...

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Physician is Senior Australian of the year

INTERNATIONALLY recognised South Australian palliative care specialist Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks has been named the 2013 Senior Australian of the Year. Prof Maddocks, 82, was honoured on Friday for his work as a specialist and academic...

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Refugee is Young Australian of the Year

HE fled Afghanistan with his mother and brother at the height of a bloody civil war, arriving in Australia a child refugee. Now, 25-year-old Akram Azimi is the 2013 Young Australian of the Year. "This country has been incredibly good to me,"...

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'Oil in five years' from SA shale deposit

SIGNIFICANT oil could be flowing within five years from a huge shale oil deposit in South Australia, regardless of the ultimate size of the resource, an exploration company says. Brisbane-based company Linc Energy is looking to develop the Arckaringa...

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Pre-dawn fire threat for eastern Victoria

VICTORIA'S two largest bushfires burning in rugged parts of the state's east could deliver their greatest threat under the cover of darkness. Warm temperatures and very strong winds forecast before dawn on Friday (AEDT) are expected to spur on...

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Shackleton Antarctic voyage launched

A team of six have set sail to replicate Sir Ernest Shackleton's historic Southern Ocean crossing. Source: AAP AN Australian adventurer and his crew retracing Sir Ernest Shackleton's audacious 1916 crossing of the Southern Ocean have set sail....

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Freed Frenchwoman heads home from Mexico

A FRENCHWOMAN who spent seven years in a Mexican jail is flying home after her kidnapping conviction and 60-year sentence were overturned. Florence Cassez's trial made her a cause celebre in France, where two consecutive presidents called for...

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$A lower on inflation figures

Australias CPI rose 0.2 in Dec qtr THE Australian dollar is lower, but has largely held its ground in response to weaker-than-expected domestic inflation figures. At 1700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at...

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Royal commission urged to report quickly

FORMER head of the Uniting Church in Australia James Haire says the royal commission into child sex abuse must move as quickly as possible. Reverend Professor Haire, who is now the executive director of the Australian Centre for Christianity...

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Stem cells used to grow kidney tissue

RESEARCHERS in Japan have succeeded in growing human kidney tissue from stem cells. Kidneys have a complex structure that is not easily repaired once damaged. The breakthrough is a step towards helping a diseased or distressed organ fix itself....

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Crossin to seek preselection despite odds

Labor MPs have described the dumping of Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin as "brutal". Source: AAP LABOR senator Trish Crossin will fight for her seat despite the prime minister's "captain's pick" of Olympian Nova Peris unanimously receiving...

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Desert trek to help high-care need youths

SIX brave Sydneysiders will face an eight-day, 300km trek across arid sand dunes this May to help better the lives of young people with high-care needs. The 2013 Simpson Desert Challenge raises funds for Youngcare, a national charity aimed at...

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Bali court sentences UK woman to death

AN Indonesian court has sentenced a 56-year-old British woman to death for drug smuggling on the resort island of Bali. "We found Lindsay Sandiford convincingly and legally guilty for importing narcotics... and sentenced the defendant to death,"...

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Three rescued from sea by Vic boaters

THREE people have been injured after a seaplane flipped over near a beach on the Victorian coast. Paramedics say nobody was seriously injured when the plane turned upside down in the water off the shores of Geelong beach. The incident happened...

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WA ports close for cyclone threat

RIO Tinto is closing its Cape Lambert and Dampier ports in Western Australia's Pilbara region to prepare for a low-pressure weather system that could become a tropical cyclone on Wednesday. The miner said harbour masters were expected to close...

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WA economy strong but housing a worry: ALP

HOUSING is set to be a big issue in the coming West Australian election, with the opposition saying a fall in dwelling starts amid a rising population shows the government has failed to manage the boom. While a report by equities trader CommSec...

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Inquiries begin into youth prison riot

THREE separate inquiries will examine a riot at Western Australia's only juvenile detention centre that caused millions of dollars in damage and led to dozens of teenage offenders being moved to an adult prison. Three inmates climbed onto the...

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Vic crews work to control massive blaze

EFFORTS to control a massive bushfire burning in eastern Victoria continued as a Gippsland community remembered a firefighter who died while helping his colleagues in Tasmania. Fire crews backburned around the 59,000 hectare blaze, burning about...

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Steak and red wine for rescued sailor

RESCUED French sailor Alain Delord has recuperated with steak and red wine aboard the Antarctic cruise ship Orion as he heads to Hobart to be reunited with his family. Mr Delord is expected to arrive in Hobart on Tuesday morning after he was picked...

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Mild NSW weather helps RFS fight bushfires

FIREFIGHTERS are taking advantage of milder conditions to carry out containment work on more than 80 blazes that continue to burn across NSW. There are hopes that many of the hundreds of firefighters who have been working around the clock battling...

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Ned Kelly laid to rest 132 years later

Bushranger Ned Kelly has been laid to rest at a Victorian cemetery 132 years after he was hanged. Source: AAP BUSHRANGER Ned Kelly's final wish has been realised more than 132 years after he was hanged. Kelly was laid to rest on Sunday...

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Two NSW children approached by a man

A SISTER and brother have been approached by a stranger who tried to entice them into his car on NSW's midnorth coast. The 12-year-old girl and five-year-old boy were playing in a vacant lot near their home in James Grimwade Place, East Kempsey,...

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Uncontrolled fire burning in SA

AN uncontrolled fire burning in south eastern South Australia may threaten public safety, authorities have warned. The bushfire at Greenways, south of Adelaide, is travelling in a northerly direction towards Cortina Station, the CFS says. The...

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