Court goes heavy on light-fingered crook

A MAGISTRATE has overruled a police decision not to oppose the granting of bail to a woman who went of a one-day crime spree targeting Darling Downs retail stores. Tianna Marlene Willis appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday...

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Funding cuts will hurt unis: peak body

UNIVERSITIES say they will suffer "severe" financial strain after the federal government announced it would strip $2.3 billion from the tertiary education sector. The Gillard government announced on Saturday more than $2 billion worth of savings,...

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APA to sell Moomba-Adelaide gas pipeline

APA Group is to sell the Moomba-to-Adelaide gas pipeline system to QIC Global Infrastructure for $400.6 million. The pipeline was acquired by natural gas infrastructure business APA when APA took a controlling interest in Hastings Diversified...

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Kiwi hits five-year high against yen

THE New Zealand dollar is heading for a 4.3 per cent weekly gain against the yen, adding to last week's 4.2 per cent increase, as investors buy into the Japanese central bank's programme to revive the country's economy. The kiwi increased to...

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Teen boys hit in drive-by shooting

Police at the scene of the Benowa shooting. Source: Gold Coast Bulletin TWO teenagers shot in a drive-by shooting on the Gold Coast are known to police, officers say. But they say the shooting does not appear to be gang-related or have...

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Aust CO2 emissions hit 10-year low

AUSTRALIA'S greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation have fallen to a 10-year low as coal-fired power slumped to its lowest level in a decade, a new report says. At the same time, the share of renewable energy in the National Electricity...

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Disability workforce must double

EFFORTS to attract people to the disability support workforce need to be ramped up ahead of the full roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, says services chief Ken Baker. An estimated 70,000 people work in the field of disability...

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Murdered nurses 'tied to tree' for days

VICTIMS: Lorraine Wilson (left) and Wendy Evans disappeared in 1974. Their bodies were found bound and beaten in bushland at Murphy's Creek, near Towooomba, two years later. Source: The Courier-Mail FOLLOW our rolling coverage of day three...

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Sword-wielding Vic thief left empty-handed

AN unarmed Melbourne shopkeeper managed to send a sword-wielding robber on his way by demanding the intruder explain himself, police say. Detective Senior Constable Anna McIlroy says the attendant challenged the balaclava-clad man as he brandished...

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Suspect's brother saw sex at murder creek

Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans who were murdered in 1974 near Toowoomba. Source: The Sunday Telegraph FOLLOW our rolling coverage of day two of inquest into murders of Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans. 3.32pm: The brother...

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Polymetals to merge with Southern Cross

POLYMETALS and Southern Cross Goldfields have announced a merger they say will create a new, mid-tier Australian goldminer producing up to 69,000 ounces a year. A cashed-up Polymetals had been believed to be on the lookout for acquisitions,...

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Wide boardwalk plan for Sydney Fish Market

Plans have been unveiled for a $3.8 million boardwalk upgrade for the Sydney Fish Market. Source: AAP THE Sydney Fish Market hopes to lure more visitors with plans to improve and increase harbourside dining for seafood lovers. The market...

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Qantas 'bomb' part of aircraft

PASSENGERS on a New Zealand-Australia Qantas flight that was the subject of a bomb scare have returned to Sydney. Flight QF142 was turned back to Auckland about 90 minutes into its journey to Sydney on Sunday morning after a suspicious item...

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30 firies tame West End building blaze

BLAZE: Fire crews on the scene of the fire at West End. Source: The Courier-Mail EIGHT fire crews battled to save a group of businesses after a fire broke out in a three-storey retail building in Brisbane's West End. Roma Street Fire...

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