Emma Thompson gets Hollywood honour

BRITISH actress Emma Thompson has cemented her place in Hollywood, by adding her hand and shoe prints to the fabled pavement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The Oscar winner was overcome with emotion at the ceremony on Thursday, recalling...

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Tighter expense rules don't please all

FEDERAL politicians who lodge ineligible expense claims will be hit in the hip pocket and can be named and shamed in parliament under new guidelines introduced by the government. But the measures don't go far enough according to some who will...

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Man in court over 1990 SA murder

A man is to face court over the 1990 murder of a 16-year-old girl in the South Australian outback. Source: AAP A MAN has appeared in court charged with murdering a 16-year-old girl in the South Australian outback more than two decades ago....

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Indonesia issues warning on asylum seekers

INDONESIA has warned Australia not to expect to continue to offload asylum seekers on its shores following a mid-ocean stand-off in waters off the coast of Java. Negotiations between Indonesian and Australian authorities were continuing on Friday...

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Man arrested over 1990 SA murder

A MAN has been arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old girl last seen more than two decades ago in the South Australian outback. Police said the 42-year-old man was arrested on Thursday in Mount Gambier, was refused bail and will appear in...

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Govt money 'to produce safer cars'

THE federal government should provide financial support to the car industry to make safer vehicles, according to a road safety expert. Former MP and road safety committee chair, Barry Cohen, says that instead of giving millions of dollars to...

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David Hicks appeals US conviction

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks (L) says he will appeal his US conviction. Source: AAP FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks says an appeal against his US conviction for supporting terrorism is an attempt to right the wrongs...

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Bushfire threat to WA community eases

RESIDENTS at a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia are no longer being threatened by bushfire, after authorities managed to contain the blaze. A watch and act warning had been issued for people in the Muludja community, 20 kilometres...

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Sri Lanka bus plunges off cliff, 10 dead

AT least 10 people have been killed and 18 others injured when a bus skidded off a road and plunged down a cliff in central Sri Lanka. A police statement said the bus from a state-owned company was travelling along a mountain road in the central...

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On-hold RBA keeps options open

IT'S going to be another long two weeks for RBA-watchers. The central bank vindicated expectations on Tuesday by leaving its benchmark cash rate at 2.5 per cent. But the statement issued after the RBA board's monthly monetary policy meeting was...

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Housing sector shows signs of booming

Official data shows Australian capital city house prices rose 1.9 per cent in the September quarter. Source: AAP HOUSE prices are continuing to surge, especially in Sydney, as buyers take advantage of record low interest rates. In the year...

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WA senate result formally declared

THE controversial results of Western Australia's senate recount have been formally declared ahead of a likely High Court challenge. It was revealed on Saturday that Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and the Australian Sports Party's Wayne...

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Dozens helped on first day of abalone hunt

THE first day of the abalone fishing season in Western Australia has passed without tragedy - but only just. WA's surf lifesaving authorities reported a busy morning on Sunday, with dozens of potentially disastrous incidents averted. After...

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Max Redden's cheeky smile remembered

THE grieving family of a boy who was killed when a slide fell on him has remembered the six-year-old as "being the last one ready for school in the morning" and "the highest one up the tree". Max Redden died on October 26 when an unsecured slippery...

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