A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Queensland. Trinity Bates was taken from her Bundaberg home sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. Her body was found in a drain near her family's house. The m...
The Federal Opposition has seized on another report that shows the government was advised to delay starting its insulation program because of the risks it posed. The independent risk register was handed to the government last April, but was only tabl...
The Federal Government will try again this week to get its changes to private health insurance passed by parliament. It wants to means test the rebate for private health insurance and increase the Medicare surcharge for high-income earners who don't...
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. To the satellite image first, we can see a cloud stream over Queensland carried by humid easterlies is generating showers and storms in the northern tropics. More cloud across the south along a tro...
Fortescue Metals Group has postponed plans for a key expansion of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara. The miner had planned to double output in the region by 2012. But it says a tough six-month has forced it to delay that plan by over a year. The...
A 22-year-old woman will face court today charged with the manslaughter of the former Socceroo Ian Gray. The 46-year-old former Australian soccer player was found in his Sydney apartment on Monday night. Investigators arrested a 22-year-old at a King...
A Senate inquiry will begin its public hearings today into the government's multi-billion-dollar home insulation program. The inquiry will hear evidence from a number of stakeholders within the insulation industry. The government's been criticized fo...
Investigation is underway into security at schools after the stabbing murder of a 12-year-old boy. Brisbane schoolboy Elliott Fletcher died yesterday after he was stabbed during a fight at St. Patricks College in Shorncliffe. A 13-year-old student is...
Five Sydney men who planned a violent jihad on Australia will be sentenced today. In October last year, a jury found them guilty of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism. The men have been in custody since their homes were raided in 2005. They face...
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. Checking the satellite picture, and thick cloud from the north to the southeast is generating rain and storms, leading to flooding in Queensland and New South Wales. Patchy cloud forming over South...
