Police probe Vic woman truck jump

ANYONE who saw a woman jump from a moving truck on a Melbourne freeway, causing her serious injuries, is being urged to contact police. The 30-year-old woman jumped out of the moving white 2002 Mitsubishi single cab tray truck on the Eastern...

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Abbott congratulates Indian PM-elect

PM Tony Abbott has congratulated his newly elected Indian counterpart on his landslide victory. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has invited his newly-elected Indian counterpart to November's G20 summit in Brisbane. Mr Abbott called...

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Abbott, Hockey stand by budget

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is confident he can get controversial budget measures through parliament. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott is confident his first budget can survive a two-pronged attack from state premiers and the Senate. ...

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Historic Vic church cleaned out by thieves

THIEVES have cleaned out a historic Victorian church, stealing a 17th century antique and so many other valuable religious items that it is likely they needed a truck. The 150-year-old church at Daylesford was robbed some time from noon on Tuesday...

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Qld man's legs caught in farm machinery

AN elderly Queensland man is in a critical condition after his legs got caught in a cattle feeding machine. It took two hours to free the man, whose legs were trapped in the rake-like device as he fed stock at a Nobby property, south of Toowoomba,...

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Aust moves to ban Boko Haram

AUSTRALIA is cracking down on the Nigerian terror group that kidnapped 200 girls, banning Boko Haram under Australian terrorism laws. Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the whole world was transfixed and horrified by the group's hostage-taking...

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Garrett evidence at insulation inquiry

Former minister Peter Garrett is set to be grilled about Labor's botched home insulation program. Source: AAP FORMER environment minister Peter Garrett has begun giving evidence at the royal commission into Labor's bungled home insulation...

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Efficiencies drive NT 'miracle' budget

NORTHERN Territory Treasurer Dave Tollner has hailed his budget as a "miracle" and called it "the most family-friendly budget that has ever been handed down in the NT, by a country mile". Tollner's $6 billion second budget, revealed on Tuesday,...

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Union payments hidden in secret fund

A UNION official sent sham invoices for thousands of dollars to a construction firm for work that was never done, the first day of a royal commission into union corruption has heard. Former Australian Workers' Union assistant secretary Ralph Blewitt...

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Australians are digging deeper for charity

AUSTRALIANS are giving more to charity despite worries about the cost of living and job losses. Younger and older Australians are digging deep, with charitable giving growing by more than eight per cent in the year to February 2014, National Australia...

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Buswell light rail report light on insight

FORMER West Australian treasurer Troy Buswell's light rail report from a taxpayer-funded trip across Europe is so paltry it could have been compiled in his office, the state opposition says. Mr Buswell came away from the trip to Europe and China...

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SA driver six times above booze limit

A MAN has been caught driving while he was nearly six times above the legal alcohol limit in Adelaide. Police pulled over the 57-year-old Mawson Lakes man at 7pm on Saturday, May 10. He recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.298. The drunk...

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