Google chairman Schmidt to visit Myanmar

GOOGLE chairman Eric Schmidt is planning to visit Myanmar (Burma) weeks after a trip to North Korea. Schmidt will speak in Yangon (Rangoon) on March 22 as part of an Asian tour, the Internet giant said. He is aiming to boost web access in a...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Sydney toddler drowns in backyard pool

A one-year-old boy has died after being pulled unconscious from a backyard pool in Sydney's west. Source: AAP A TODDLER has drowned in a backyard pool in Sydney's west. Police and paramedics were called to a house on The Northern Road...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Queensland gets GST windfall, WA big loser

THE Queensland government has no more excuses to cut services after gaining a windfall $700 million in the annual carve-up of the GST revenue pie, the federal government says. However, the Gillard government faces another row with newly re-elected...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

NSW man to be sentenced over Kiesha death

THE stepfather of Kiesha Weippart is to be sentenced in May over the killing of the six-year-old girl in western Sydney. Kiesha was allegedly knocked unconscious by another person, who cannot be named, at her Mt Druitt home in July 2010. Robert...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Lower rates helping building sector - RBA

LOWER interest rates have been helping the residential building market to recover, with prices in many markets rising, a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) official says. RBA assistant governor (economic) Dr Christopher Kent said dwelling construction...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

'Darth Vader' wanted on West Coast

NEW Zealand police are on the hunt for Darth Vader over a stolen credit card. The card was stolen from a house on the South Island on Saturday and has been used four times since then. Security camera footage showed a person in a black Darth...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Budget needs tough choices, Gillard says

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard could be asking the nation to bear some tough decisions in this year's budget, if forecasts Labor is heading for a $20 billion deficit are correct. Ms Gillard declined to comment on the analysis by the Australian arm...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Patel found not guilty of manslaughter

Jurors will continue deliberating on Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of ex-surgeon Jayant Patel. Source: AAP A RELIEVED Jayant Patel has exchanged a bear hug with his barrister after learning of his acquittal over the death of a patient...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Fire sparks evacuation in southwest Vic

FIREFIGHTERS waterbombing a fast-moving grassfire burning around the Cashmore area in Victoria's southwest have succeeded in reducing the threat. An emergency warning has been downgraded to a watch and act alert for the fire in the Cashmore...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Bushfire burning south of Adelaide

A BUSHFIRE continues to burn in a pine forest south of Adelaide but firefighters are hopeful of bringing it under control. The Country Fire Service (CFS) said the blaze had destroyed about 25 hectares at Wattle Flat by Tuesday afternoon and...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Afghan leader alleges US-Taliban collusion

President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of colluding with the Taliban to justify its presence in Afghanistan, dumbfounding US officials...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More

Insulation inquest hears of teen's death

AN employer of a teenager who was electrocuted while installing home insulation in 2009 told an inquest that power was never turned off before workers went inside a roof. Richard Jackson, a director of central Queensland firm Arrow Property Maintenance,...

00.51 | 0 komentar | Read More