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Man charged over riverside flash
Police have charged a man after reports of a flasher exposing himself in the coastal town of Ocean Grove last week. A female jogger was on a track along the Barwon River last Monday about 4.15pm when a man appeared from behind a bush and exposed himself. He was not wearing pants at the time, police said. A man from the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree, aged 30, has been charged with one count of ...
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Assad troops storm key stronghold
Syrian troops backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah have entered Qusair, a strategic rebel stronghold linking Damascus to the coast, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not quit. Mr Assad's opponents warned his regime's "barbaric and destructive" assault on Qusair could torpedo US-Russian attempts to organise a conference on ending more than two years of ...
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Qantas find favour with business travellers while Virgin flies steady
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ASADA health warning as six league players banned
Brisbane 4000 Athletes have been warned of health risks posed by a banned stimulant which has led to two-year bans for six lower grade Queensland rugby league players.The players all tested positive in August or September last year to methylhexaneamine, a stimulant banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).Four of the players - Matthew Lennon and Matthew Tailford (Sandgate Brighton Gaters) ...
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Australia teaches lessons on development from mining
Australia Australia is sharing some of its historical lessons about mining's impact on development at an international conference in Sydney.The conference has been organised by the International Mining for Development Centre, an academic centre based at both the University of Queensland and the University of Western Australia.The centre's director Ian Satchwell says, while mining can ...
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OJD plan passes final hurdle
THE introduction of the new national Ovine Johnes Disease (OJD) management plan has passed its final hurdle. The chief veterinarians from each State, who sit on the Animal Health Committee (AHC), have been considering sheep health statement (SHS) - following its prior endorsement from WoolProducers Australia, Sheepmeat Council of Australia (SCA) and the national OJD committee - paving the way ...
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Obeid came in and out of Maccas office
A retired NSW politician who worked next door to Eddie Obeid says he saw former Labor minister Ian Macdonald "coming and going" from Mr Obeid's office dozens of times. Mr Obeid last week told the Independent Commission Against Corruption that in his 20 years in politics, Mr Macdonald had never been inside his parliamentary office. The ICAC is in the final stages of its ...
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Wanderers sign new striker Tomi Juric
The Western Sydney Wanderers have made their first new signing for the next A-League season after securing former Adelaide United striker Tomi Juric on a two-year deal. Juric, 22, signed a short-term deal with Adelaide last season, scoring twice in a seven-game spell after five years of playing in Croatia. In his time abroad the western Sydney native scored 12 goals in 18 games for Croatia ...
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Most feel short changed by budget polls
Most Australians believe they will be worse off after last week's federal budget, according to two separate opinion polls. Treasurer Wayne Swan's sixth budget included $43 billion in spending cuts and tax increases over four years, failed to deliver a much-promised surplus for this financial year, and is not expected to return to balance until 2015/16. Some of the budget measures ...
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Ioane ruled out for Reds with injury
The Queensland Reds have suffered a blow ahead of this weekend's Super Rugby clash against the Stormers in Cape Town with Wallabies winger Digby Ioane ruled out due to injury. Ioane injured his left knee in the Reds' 27-13 loss to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Sunday morning (AEST) and is flying back home to Brisbane, returning late Monday, to have scans. The Queensland Rugby Union ...
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No penalties no work
Heather Thomas spends her weekdays at university and her weekends waiting on tables at an inner-city Sydney restaurant. But the 21-year-old says that, if a push by restaurants across Australia to end extra pay for working weekends and at night is successful, she will be among droves of workers to leave the industry. ''If I wasn't being paid adequately for a weekend I definitely ...
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Skinner backs NSW anti-vaccination ban
Opposition Leader John Robertson says he will introduce amendments to the Public Health Act giving early childhood centres the right to exclude children who haven't had their shots.Health Minister Jillian Skinner says it's a responsible health policy."If I can, I'd introduce it this second," she told ABC radio on Monday.NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said on Sunday he ...
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Search for missing WA snorkeller ends
THE search for missing Canberra man Rob Shugg has been suspended, five days after he disappeared and his wife died during a snorkelling trip in Western ...
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Boy arrested after throwing flaming bottle
A traffic patrol spotted two boys acting suspiciously near the bike track at the Honeypot Road overpass at Hackham West on Sunday night.Police will allege they set alight a bottle of fuel and threw it onto the Southern Expressway, but it did not hit any cars and no one was injured.A 13-year-old boy was arrested, refused police bail, and will appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on ...
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Abbott staffer busted drink driving
Mr Abbott's office confirmed Peta Credlin was caught outside her home with a ''low-range reading'' after returning from a dinner in the capital last week.ACT Police have since confirmed a 42-year-old woman was picked up drink driving on Thursday night with a reading of 0.075.Mr Abbott delivered his Budget reply speech in Parliament on Thursday night following ...
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Aust stocks higher after Wall St record
The Australian share market is higher as another Wall Street record buoys mining and banking stocks.IG market strategist Chris Weston says the strongest University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading since 2007 spurred the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to reach fresh highs, helping Australian stocks."It's a question of a good lead from Wall Street and people buy ...
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Mayors from across Australia to discuss bid to ban live exports
PORT Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson will take his fight to ban live animal exports to Canberra. Mr Johanson is calling for the eventual phase out of live animal exports, to be replaced by chilled or frozen meat. He will seek the backing of other councils from around Australia to get his motion across the line at the Australian Local Government Association conference in June. Mr Johanson ...
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Jordy Smith clinches Rio surf crown
South Africa's Jordy Smith has taken out the Billabong Rio Pro over highly-fancied local Adriano de Souza, who moved top of the ASP World Tour.Smith won by 1.46 points in Sunday's final at Barra da Tijuca but second place was enough for Brazil's De Souza to take the overall lead in the ASP World Tour.De Souza moved up to 18,500 points, while Smith's victory was enough to take ...
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Pluton Resources improving operating cash costs at Western Australia iron project
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pluton Resources (ASX: PLV) has been steadily improving operating cash costs at its Cockatoo Island iron ore project in Western Australia since the first shipment commenced in December 2012 and expects further reductions soon.It plans to recommence exploration in the third quarter of this year to expand its existing Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.The ...
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Alcyone Resources closes in on US$10M pre-payment for silver project in Queensland
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Alcyone Resources (ASX: AYN) has signed an indicative non-binding proposal for a US10 million silver pre-payment investment into the company that will allow it to realise current value from future expected output from its Texas Silver Project in Queensland.The proposal provides for a Metal Stream of 15% of the life of mine of silver ounce from the ...
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GB Energy granted exploration licence on Stuart Shelf in South Australia
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) GB Energy (ASX:GBX) has been granted exploration licence EL 5231 on the Stuart Shelf by the South Australian Department of Manufacturing, Trade, Resources and Energy.EL 5231 covers 945 square kilometres of the Stuart Shelf, an area on the northeast margin of the Gawler Craton identified by Geoscience Australia as highly prospective for Iron Oxide Copper ...
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Melbourne Airport drafts master plan
Melbourne Airport’s preliminary master plan proposes a third runway and the implementation of road, environmental, transport and community protection strategies. The 2013 draft master plan has been oversees the vision for the development of Melbourne Airport over the next 20 years, catering to the 64 million passengers forecast to pass through the airport each year by 2033. The new ...
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Adagold Aviation offers a charter flight solution from Brisbane to Mount Hotham direct
The Embraer 135 Regional Jet or ERJ-135, is an exciting charter jet now available for Australia-wide air charter requirements. This newly arrived regional jet offers Brisbane ski-buffs the ability to travel on a private charter aircraft from the Queensland capital directly through to Mount Hotham in speed and style – and all for a very reasonable price. With no commercial airline ...
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GPT sells Erina Fair stake
Property owner GPT Group has sold its 50 per cent stake in the Erina Fair shopping centre on the NSW central coast for $397 million. GPT made the sale as it looks to more-evenly balance its portfolio between retail, office and industrial properties. Its 50 per cent interest in Erina Fair was sold to a client of Lend Lease Investment Management, at a one per cent premium to its value as of ...
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Abbott COS Credlin on drink-drive charge
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's most senior adviser has been booked for drink-driving. Peta Credlin, wife of the Liberal Party federal director Brian Loughnane, was breathalysed outside her Canberra home while returning from a dinner last week. Mr Abbott's chief of staff recorded a low-range reading. "She accepts without reservation that she has done the wrong thing and the ...
Brisbane Digest
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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