Qld blazes keep firefighters busy

A SERIES of bush and grass fires across Queensland is keeping emergency services busy and creating smokey conditions. Fire crews were able to bring back within containment lines a large bushfire burning near Euleilah, north of Bundaberg on Saturday,...

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Last Aust sheep to be culled in Pakistan

MORE than 11,000 Australian sheep that have been in export limbo in Pakistan for more than a month will be culled on Saturday. A shipment of about 21,000 sheep was sent to Pakistan on September 5 after being rejected in Bahrain due to health concerns....

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Job cuts rob Qld of $1bn in wages: unions

THE Queensland government's job cuts will rob the state's economy of more than $1 billion in wages, union figures show. The Queensland Council of Unions (QCU) on Friday released a breakdown of the economic impact of the public sector job cuts....

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Indigenous renos 'grand theft housing'

MANY refurbishments completed under an indigenous housing program have "paint jobs a six-year-old would not be proud of" and mismatched tiles, the federal opposition says. In a potential repeat of Labor's criticised $15 billion Building the Education...

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Outlook hasn't changed much: Treasury

TREASURY insists the economy hasn't changed "substantially" since the federal budget, even though mining investment projections have been scaled back due to a significant fall in key commodity prices. However, Treasury executive director of domestic...

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National accounts key to budget update

THE national accounts are the most important piece of data for updating forecasts in the budget or the mid-year budget review, a Senate hearing has been told. Acting Treasury secretary Nigel Ray, who was standing in for the absent Martin Parkinson...

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Tokyo stocks close 1.21% higher

TOKYO stocks closed 1.21 per cent higher on Wednesday after strong gains on European and US markets and Moody's decision not to downgrade Spain's credit rating. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed up 105.24 points...

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EIS released for Qld coal project

THE Newman government has welcomed the release of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the $4.2 billion South Galilee thermal coal project at Alpha in central Queensland. Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney says if the project goes ahead it will...

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Unions call for quad bike safety

UNIONS are calling for mandatory crush protection devices to be installed on all new quad bikes following another fatality. Ahead of a national forum on quad bike safety later this week, the ACTU is demanding rollover protection devices be compulsory...

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Tas premier backs Gunns' farmers

TASMANIAN Premier Lara Giddings has written to the receivers for Gunns asking them to consider farmers hit by the timber company's collapse. Farmers who grew plantation timber for Gunns were meeting with lawyers and financial advisers in Launceston...

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Super trawler science back in firing line

THE science behind the federal government's decision to ban a super trawler from Australian waters is again under fire, after the opposition targeted departmental advice given to fisheries minister Joe Ludwig. Liberal senator Richard Colbeck on...

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Aust stocks close flat

THE Australian share market has closed flat, with gains in traditionally defensive sectors offset by weakness among resources-linked stocks amid quiet trading conditions. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 3.2 points, or 0.07 per cent,...

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Burma's ruling party meets on leadership

BURMA'S ruling military-backed party has kicked off a four-day convention to choose leaders and strategies for the 2015 general election. More than 900 members of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) met on Sunday at their headquarters...

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Tunisia sets elections for next year

TUNISIA is to hold presidential and legislative elections next year, with the first round scheduled for June 23, 2013. A second round in the presidential ballot is to take place on July 7, the ruling Islamist Ennahda party announced. The announcement...

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