Thousands march in Thai capital

TENS of thousands of anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Thai capital, reviving their whistle-blowing, traffic-blocking campaign to force the resignation of the country's prime minister. The protest on Saturday...

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Teen girl missing in inner Brisbane

A TEENAGE girl with a suspected medical ailment has gone missing from an inner Brisbane suburb. Alice Barlow, 13, was last seen on Friday afternoon in Ascot, and has not made contact with her family since. Police are concerned for her welfare....

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Canning of safaris a croc: NT govt

THE federal government's decision not to allow crocodile hunting safaris in the Northern Territory has been derided as "a croc" by the NT government. Two NT ministers have accused federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt of being shortsighted and...

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Art Gallery of NSW to give back sculpture

AUSTRALIA is returning a stolen statue worth more than $300,000 to India. The 1000-year-old Ardhanariswara idol, depicting Hindu god Shiva and his consort Parvati, was on display at Sydney's Art Gallery of NSW after being purchased during the...

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Man found dead in suburban Newcastle park

A SEARCH for a potential murder weapon is underway at a suburban park in Newcastle after a man was found dead with his hands bound. A dog walker made the grisly discovery at the Thomas Armstrong Oval at Wickham at about 8.20am on Wednesday....

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Cape York plan lacks consultation: mayors

SOME indigenous mayors say they've been left out of talks about the future of Queensland's Cape York. Three mayors have joined a chorus of traditional owners who say officials haven't consulted their communities on the draft Cape York Regional...

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Business wants even more red tape to go

FOR thousands of Australian businesses the Abbott government's first so-called repeal day can't come soon enough. But there will also be disappointment that among the thousands of pieces of regulation that will be ditched on Wednesday - in what...

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Abbott restores knights and dames

RETIRING Governor-General Quentin Bryce has become a dame and her successor Peter Cosgrove will become a knight, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott restored the system of pre-eminent honours. The Queen has amended the letters patent for the Order...

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Curriculum experts help review

AUSTRALIA'S curriculum developers have emphasised in a submission to an independent review the large amount of consulting and the lengthy time taken to create subjects to be taught. The Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority notes that...

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Archbishop fronts abuse inquiry in SA

THE Archbishop of Adelaide has agreed the Catholic Church's response to sexual abuse claims at a special school should have started about a decade earlier than it did. Archbishop Philip Wilson told the royal commission into sexual abuse in Adelaide...

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NSW urged to get flu-ready

PREGNANT women and the elderly are being urged to prepare for winter and get a flu shot following an "unusually high" level of influenza in NSW this summer. The Director of Health Protection NSW, Dr Jeremy McAnulty, said the northern hemisphere...

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One-punch killers to face life in Qld

One-punch killers will face life imprisonment under proposed changes to Queensland laws. Source: AAP ONE-PUNCH killers would face life imprisonment under proposed changes to Queensland laws. The Newman government's draft plan to tackle...

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