Man found shot dead in Perth park

THE shooting death of a man whose body was found in a Perth beachside park is being treated as a murder. Police say the man's body was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head at Lime Kiln Field in Swanbourne just before midnight (WST) on...

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Two men drown at Victorian beaches

TWO men have drowned off Victoria's beaches, including a father who's believed had been trying to rescue his son from a rip. Paramedics were first called to a beach at Lorne, on the Great Ocean Road, about 12.30pm (AEDT) on Saturday, where surf...

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WA leaders hit the road on election eve

CELEBRITY chefs, AFL footballers, and a horse and cart were all rolled out in a last-minute pitch to convince voters on the eve of the state election. After weeks of campaigning, Premier Colin Barnett used his final pitch to promise an earlier...

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Tokyo stocks back at pre-Lehman level

TOKYO stocks closed 2.64 per cent higher, recovering to levels seen before the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers that heralded the beginning of the global economic crisis. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended up 315.54 points to 12,283.62, while...

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Fed hospital cuts 'politically motivated'

A Senate inquiry has called on the federal government to reinstate hospital funding to the states. Source: AAP FEDERAL cuts to state hospital funding were politically motivated to improve the budget and that calls into question the federal...

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Valuable artworks taken from Adelaide home

ART dealers should be on the lookout after six rare and valuable artworks, worth more than $100,000, were stolen from an Adelaide home. The art includes a canvas by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and paintings and sketches by Austrian...

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SA economy to grow, premier says

THE South Australian economy will continue to grow this year as it has for the past decade, Premier Jay Weatherill says. Brushing off grim spending figures and opposition suggestions the economy is in recession, Mr Weatherill said SA's finances...

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Hamilton may bid for Elders sandalwood

INVESTMENT firm Hamilton Securities may seek to acquire the sandalwood assets of agribusiness Elders if another proposal falls over. Elders agreed in December 2012 to sell its Indian sandalwood assets in Western Australia's Ord River region...

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SA magistrate's behaviour 'disgusting'

A FORMER magistrate's clerk has told a South Australian tribunal her boss made salacious comments, touched her breasts and smacked her bottom with a file. Rebecca Ramstrom said Joseph Baldino's conduct made her feel disgusted and scared, leading...

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WA man jailed for punching police horse

A MAN who punched a police horse twice and assaulted two female officers during a brawl in Perth's party district has been jailed for eight months. Tory Joseph Bowen, 20, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty, disorderly behaviour, obstructing a...

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Family feuds spark brawls in Qld town

HUGE street brawls sparked by family feuds are regularly breaking out in a remote Gulf country indigenous community, Queensland police say. In the most recent fight in Doomadgee a female police officer allegedly had her nose broken by a man...

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Dying let down by health system: report

Researchers say chronically ill Australians lack the support they need as their condition worsens. Source: AAP CHRONICALLY ill Australians are being let down as they near the end of their life, according to an article in the Medical Journal...

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ADF investigates Afghan boys' deaths

Two children, have been accidentally killed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, authorities say. Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN Defence Force (ADF) commanders are trying to find out how two Afghan children were killed during an allied operation...

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Wildlife conservation summit kicks off

DELEGATES from around the world have gathered in Thailand to work out a mechanism to restrict trade in wildlife and save endangered animals, including sharks, manta rays, polar bears, elephants and rhinos. About 2,000 delegates from 178 member...

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