Gillard has a bite of bet-losing NZ apple

UPHOLDING her end of a two-year-old bet on the Rugby World Cup has left a bitter taste in the mouth of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Ms Gillard made a bet with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key on the outcome of the 2010 Rugby World Cup...

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'Unbalanced' woman vandalises Delacroix

FRENCH police are holding a mentally "unbalanced" woman after an attack on one of France's most iconic paintings, Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. The incident happened at the recently opened northern satellite of the Louvre museum, in...

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'Horse lasagne' sparks new UK food scare

Testing on Findus lasagne in the UK has revealed that some of the ready meals contain horsemeat. Source: AAP BRITISH authorities have warned the public not to eat beef lasagne sold by the Findus brand and made in France after tests found it...

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Coal trains halted as workers walk off job

HUNDREDS of coal haulage workers have walked off the job for 48 hours after union negotiations with Pacific National over a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) collapsed. Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) members employed at Pacific National,...

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Carr wants to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe

AUSTRALIA has a three-stage plan to relax its long-standing sanctions against Zimbabwe. Foreign Minister Bob Carr says the federal government wants to peel back its sanctions, which include travel and financial restrictions against 153 individuals...

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City circle trains closed on the weekend

INNER Sydney train stations including Central, Town Hall and Circular Quay will be shut down over the weekend for trackwork. RailCorp says major cleaning work will take place at Redfern, Central, Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James and...

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China radar-lock on Japan ship 'dangerous'

THE radar lock that a Chinese frigate put on a Japanese warship is "dangerous", Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says, as tensions in a territorial row heighten. "It was a dangerous act that could have led to an unpredictable situation," Abe...

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Flat retailing trend confirmed by data

RETAIL spending flattened out over the second half of 2012. It's hardly a controversial observation, but figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday confirm the plateau extended through to the end of the year. The figures...

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Cash rate on hold as growth fears subside

The Reserve Bank left the cash rate on hold at 3.00 per cent at its February board meeting. Source: AAP THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept the cash rate at three per cent, saying that fears about global economic growth have abated....

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Qld flood victims to start getting cash

Queensland flood victims will start receiving emergency cash payments from Tuesday. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND flood victims will start receiving emergency payments, a day after the head of the aid appeal said donations were too low. Non-means...

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Social media sites erode privacy: study

COLLEAGUES posting embarrassing photos of one another on social media sites is contributing to a widespread breakdown of workplace privacy, a new international study suggests. Co-workers using social media sites to make unwanted romantic advances...

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Gillard seeks new spark for Labor

Labor has sworn in six new ministers ahead of the start of the parliamentary year. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is starting the 2013 parliamentary year with a new Labor team as latest opinion polls show the government trailing the...

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Release boys in Tassie detention: Milne

MORE than 100 young asylum seekers at the Pontville detention centre in Tasmania should be released into the local community, Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says. "They should be cared for in the community. They should be able to go...

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More help for Qld flood clean-up

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has announced two new appointments to lead the flood clean-up. Source: AAP TWO more disaster co-ordinators have been announced to lead clean up efforts after the Queensland floods. Premier Campbell Newman...

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