Search for bodies begins in Tas fires

Bushfires in southern Tasmania may have claimed a number of lives, police say. Source: AAP UP to 100 people remain unaccounted for as devastating bushfires that have ravaged southern Tasmania continue to burn. Police are conducting painstaking...

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Depardieu gets Russian passport

FRENCH actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Putin's spokesman says. Putin earlier granted citizenship to Depardieu after the French movie star said he was quitting his homeland...

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Govt to support bushfire communities: PM

DISASTER assistance to fire-stricken communities in Tasmania will start flowing in coming days, the federal government has announced. The support will be available to help recovery in the Sorell and Tasman local government areas in the state's...

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Suu Kyi 'should' help with Kachin

MEDIATORS trying to broker a peace deal between the military and ethnic minority rebels in northern Myanmar have appealed to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to help end the bloody conflict. The military's use of air strikes against the rebels...

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Govt agency oversimplifed gender pay data

A FEDERAL government agency has oversimplified data about graduate pay, resulting in the misrepresentation of gender pay differences, Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) says. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) said the gender pay gap for...

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Heatwave here to stay, warns bureau

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned high temperatures will continue "unabated" well into next week. Source: AAP MUCH of Australia will be on high bushfire alert this weekend as a prolonged heatwave pushes across the country, with record temperatures...

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Obama signs sweeping US defence bill

US President Barack Obama has signed into law a $A605.71 billion defence spending bill. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Barack Obama has signed into law a $US633 billion ($A605.71 billion) US defence spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan...

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Snow in NZ as Australia faces heatwave

AS Australians swelter in a heatwave, it's been snowing in New Zealand's South Island. For the second summer in a row, snow has fallen in Central Otago in January. But forecasters say the winter woollies will not be needed for long. Kids were...

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Safety fears see Vic ambos abandon post

SAFETY concerns at an ambulance branch in Melbourne's west have prompted paramedics to abandon the post and work from elsewhere. Ambulance Employees Australia Victoria general secretary Steve McGhie said 19 paramedics and one clinic transport...

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Bali pool death at private home not club

Bali police are investigating the suspicious death of a Qld woman who was found dead in a pool. Source: AAP A QUEENSLAND woman found dead in Bali was found at her home, not the beach club where she worked, her employers say. Indonesian...

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Five face murder charges in gang-rape case

INDIAN police expect to formally charge five of six suspects with murder in the death of a 23-year-old woman who was raped on a moving bus in New Delhi. The sixth suspect in the case that has outraged the country is under 18 and a juvenile. ...

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Injured man winched from NSW cave

A MAN who fell inside the Wombeyan Caves in the NSW Southern Highlands has been winched aboard a rescue helicopter and taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries. Ambulance Service of NSW crews were called to the caves just after 2pm (AEDT)...

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Car bombing kills two south of Baghdad

TWO people have been killed in a car bombing outside provincial government offices south of Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Iraqi officials nationwide. The blast at 8.30am on Monday local time in the city of Hilla, 95km...

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Person killed in head-on crash

A PERSON has died in a head-on collision between two cars on Tasmania's east coast. Police said one person was killed, while another two were trapped in a vehicle as a result of the crash, which occurred on Gardens Road, The Gardens, near the...

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