Christmas Island casino urged by report

CHRISTMAS Island should get its casino back, according to a report on the future of the Australian territory submitted to the federal government. The island, best known for housing hundreds of asylum seekers and hosting a phosphate mine, was...

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Poor English 'saved Japan bankers' in GFC

JAPAN'S banks emerged from the 2008 global credit crisis largely unscathed because senior employees did not speak English well enough to have got them into trouble, the country's finance minister says. Taro Aso, who also serves as deputy prime...

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NSW public servant wages to pay for super

PUBLIC servants will have to pay for superannuation increases out of their own wage packets after the NSW government tinkered with a loophole in its wages policy. The move circumvents a ruling by the industrial umpire, which earlier this week...

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Vic police suspended for racist incident

Victoria's police chief commissioner has vowed to take significant action against racist officers. Source: AAP TWO female Victorian police officers have been suspended after reportedly being photographed posing in a derogatory fashion behind...

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Berlin marks 50 years since JFK's speech

GERMANY has hailed the endurance of transatlantic ties on the 50th anniversary of US president John F. Kennedy's stirring Cold War declaration "Ich bin ein Berliner", with celebrations across the reunited city. Ahead of the main commemoration...

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Jackson son set to testify at AEG trial

Michael Jackson's son Prince (pic) will testify at his family's trial against promoter AEG live. Source: AAP MICHAEL Jackson's son Prince is set to take the stand at his family's trial against tour promoter AEG Live, two days after fans marked...

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Study shows cancer cells adapt to travel

CANCER cells travel by adapting their behaviour to different environments, scientists have found. On flat surfaces, they tend to "crawl" while in a web-like meshwork they become rounder to help them squeeze through gaps. The findings, from observations...

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Desal cost to hit Melbourne water prices

MELBOURNE'S low-income households will be hardest hit by water price hikes of up to $222, the state's peak welfare body says. Water bills across Melbourne will rise an average 22.4 per cent, plus inflation, from Monday, mostly to cover the cost...

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Court played calls from doomed asylum boat

Frantic calls from a stricken asylum seeker boat have been heard at an inquest into the disaster. Source: AAP THE phone line was terrible, the language barrier insurmountable and the consequences horrific. The croaky and increasingly frantic...

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Locked-out Vic workers to picket Yallourn

WORKERS locked out of a Victorian power plant are planning an around-the-clock picket line at the Latrobe Valley site. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) members were locked out of the Energy Australia power station on...

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Journo wanted to help priest abuse victims

A JOURNALIST has told an inquiry that she wrote a series of newspaper articles about child sexual abuse by priests because she wanted to help the victims. Newcastle Herald journalist Joanne McCarthy's articles, over two years from 2010, led to...

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'I'll hurt her': Kiesha's mum

Kristi Anne Abrahams was sick of her daughter Kiesha (pic), a sentencing hearing has heard. Source: AAP KRISTI Anne Abrahams said she was sick of her daughter Kiesha. She wanted to "hurt" and "kill" her. Eventually, she did. The final...

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