Mundine racism row takes new turn

THE war of words between outspoken boxer Anthony Mundine and Aboriginal leader Michael Mansell has taken another twist, with the pair now seeming to agree that government benefits for people claiming indigenous heritage should be tightened. Mr...

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Driver menaces Lib volunteer at poll booth

A CAR has allegedly run down a Liberal candidate's election sign at a Canberra polling booth and forced a party volunteer to leap out of the way. ACT police are investigating after a white Subaru mounted the kerb outside Stirling College and...

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Body found at Queensland dam

A BODY has been found at a southeast Queensland dam where a man was reported missing more than a week ago. Police say fishermen found a man's body in the Hinze Dam on the Gold Coast on Friday morning. Officers suspect the body could be a 58-year-old...

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Qld university hit by misconduct scandal

THE University of Queensland (UQ) is investigating allegations senior staff channelled business from volunteer dental patients to their own practices. It is the second misconduct scandal to rock UQ in less than a year after the resignations of...

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Treasury not reviewing carbon modelling

TREASURY hasn't been asked to revisit its carbon pricing impact modelling since the federal government scrapped plans for a floor price, a parliamentary committee has heard. "We have not updated the modelling," Treasury executive director of...

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Abuse inquiry needs swift action

MORE victims of church sexual abuse will kill themselves unless Victoria's parliamentary inquiry acts swiftly to protect the men who still contemplate suicide every day, one campaigner fears. Up to 50 men taught in the 1960s and 70s by convicted...

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Australia's largest warship arrives

AUSTRALIA'S largest warship has arrived on home soil following a nine-week voyage from Spain. The hull of the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) is in Geelong but will now be moved by tug to the Williamstown shipyards in Victoria where contractor...

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Aust business among world's most confident

AUSTRALIAN businesses remain more confident than their counterparts in the US, UK or China despite speculation that the mining boom may have ended. The Regus Business Confidence Index, released on Wednesday, shows confidence among Australian...

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NT leaders raise concerns with Mills

ABORIGINAL leaders from Arnhem Land want the new Northern Territory chief minister to lobby the federal government to scrap the NT intervention program. Aboriginal leaders from east, central and west Arnhem Land met with Terry Mills in Maningrida...

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Self defence claim as Marceta trial starts

A MAN accused of killing a former Australian boxing champion while his two nieces hid in a back room was acting in self-defence, a Sydney court has heard. Craig Charles Pitts, 29, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of John Marceta outside his...

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PM says Afghan mission changing

AUSTRALIA'S mission in Afghanistan is changing, with troops winding back on partnered operations as the Afghan National Army takes over security responsibility, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. Ms Gillard, who visited Afghanistan on Sunday,...

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New home loan rise, but fails to impress

THE number of new housing finance commitments has risen but economists say the underlying trend is that housing activity remains weak. New home loans approved were up 1.8 per cent in August, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS)...

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