Tooradin Airfield plane crash landing: lucky escape for four people
Brisbane council election: Quirk to govern 'as if we have a one-seat majority'
A "humbled" Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, fresh from the Liberal National Party's record-breaking re-election, has promised to govern as if he had a Brisbane City Council majority of just one.All sitting LNP councillors were returned to the council chamber, which, in addition to the party's victory in the previously Labor-held Northgate ward, delivered the Quirk administration 18 of the council's 26 wards. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk with some of his successful LNP team thank motorists at Kangaroo ..>> view originalHunt continues for South Melbourne murderer
Hunt continues for South Melbourne murderer A man was found injured near the corner of Clarendon and Bank streets in South Melbourne on Friday night. Photo: Melissa Singer Police are still hunting for a man who fatally stabbed another in the neck on a South Melbourne footpath on Friday night.The badly injured man was found lying on a Clarendon Street footpath just after 11pm on Friday.The 40-year-old was rushed to hospital but died on arrival.A female frien..>> view originalCoalition says Senate voting changes can survive legal challenge
The federal government is confident that changes to the Senate voting system, passed on Friday, will withstand a high court challenge, the special minister of state, Mathias Cormann, said. Family First senator Bob Day and Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm will on Monday lodge proceedings with the high court to challenge the voting changes, which would make it harder for minor parties like theirs to be elected. Related: Senate crossbenchers turn up heat on Coalition and Greens “We ar..>> view originalNSW prisons risk private sector takeover
NSW Corrective Services Minister David Elliott. Photo: Tim Hunter Prisons across NSW will have to prove they are able to meet performance targets or risk being handed over to the private sector.An open bid to operate the John Morony Correctional Centre will kickstart the changes, which were announced on Sunday by the NSW Minister for Corrections, David Elliott. The program will see the public and private sectors compete to run the correctional centre in Winds..>> view originalFrom human rights to tax reform, Tim Wilson sets course for Parliament
Tim Wilson after winning Liberal pre-selection for the seat of Goldstein. Luis Ascui Radical tax reform, including massive cuts in the top income tax rate, are at the top of newly selected Liberal candidate Tim Wilson's agenda.The former human rights commissioner, who won pre-selection for the safe Liberal seat of Goldstein on Saturday, said he was focused on driving "serious, comprehensive, bold tax reform to take Australia's tax system into t..>> view originalDouble dissolution timetable 'unfeasible'
Barnett 'sorry' for sick girl's infection
Barnett 'sorry' for sick girl's infectionBarnett 'sorry' for sick girl's infectionWest Australian Premier Colin Barnett says there is nothing to stop a mother trying to sue the government after her daughter apparently fell ill after a visit to bacteria-plagued Elizabeth Quay water park.Five-year-old Chelsea Fawcett was hospitalised with an eye infection before doctors told her family she was partially blind in one eye and it was unknown if her sight would return to normal.Slater and Gordon is in..>> view originalQueensland referendum result attacked as a victory for 'elite voices'
Queensland appears set to adopt longer terms of parliament after a referendum that one constitutional law expert branded a victory “by elite voices in a woeful process”. A clear majority has emerged in favour after voters on Saturday were asked if the state parliament should move to fixed four-year terms instead of the current non-fixed three-year model. Related: Queensland to vote on switching to fixed four-year parliamentary terms The “yes” vote had a clear lead of 53.1% to 46.8%, with 48..>> view originalTasmania abandons logging of World Heritage-listed forest following UNESCO report
The state and federal government are no longer under threat of logging. ( Rob Blakers/AAP) Forests within the World-Heritage listed Tasmanian Wilderness are no longer under threat of logging, after the state and federal governments agreed to the recommendations of a UN report.The joint decision was made after UNESCO released the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area report, which recommended a ban on the logging of special species of trees such as Blackwood, Silver Wattle and Huon Pine over ..>> view original
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