 | | NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 04 Sep, 2014 | Top Stories | | More Top Stories » | | By Papua New Guinea correspondent Liam Cochrane   Leaked security reports from Manus Island describe frequent self-harm, suicide attempts and the use of isolated confinement at the Australian-run detention facility for asylum seekers. Transfield Services staff report that "major incidents" are happening almost every day at the centre, including fights between detainees, attacks against guards, self-harm and suicide attempts.   The leaked documents are daily security and intelligence reports from July obtained by refugee advocates Humanitarian Research Partners and shared with media. More » | | | 
| | More Analysis » |  One year on, the government finds itself with a policy agenda that - bar some bricks, mortar and bitumen - is largely fulfilled. That's the problem with a narrowly cast platform that doesn't provide a coherent social and economic vision, but simply proposes the simplest, most unadorned of selling propositions: vote for us, we are not them. Once that platform is so quickly delivered, we're entitled to ask, is that all there is? Of course national security is an answer to all of that. More » | | | Just In | | More Just In » |  Two South Korean soldiers have died after apparent suffocation during training to withstand capture by an enemy. More » | | | World | | More World » | | Two South Korean soldiers have died after apparent suffocation during training to withstand capture by an enemy. More » | | | Business | | More Business » | | By business reporter Stephen Letts  Analysts are warning that tougher rules to make Australian banks safer will end their run of profit growth. Over the past three years Australia's big four banks have outperformed the broader share market by about 50 per cent, but that stellar run is coming to an end according the US broking house Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley says investors have underestimated the impact of the Federal Government's Financial Systems Inquiry and argues that the cycle of earnings upgrades is about to turn. The upshot may be more expensive home loans, less generous deposit rates and share prices under pressure. More » | | | Politics | | More Politics » |  Former WA treasurer Troy Buswell has quit politics. Mr Buswell handed his resignation to Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Michael Sutherland on Wednesday. The colourful Member for Vasse was forced to resign from Cabinet following a series of car crashes as he drove his ministerial vehicle home from a wedding in February. In the wake of the incident Mr Buswell relinquished both his Treasury and Transport portfolios, and was fined $3,000 and suspended from driving for a year. His resignation will prompt a by-election in the safe Liberal seat in WA's south-west. More » | | | Sport | | More Sport » |  Ekaterina Makarova outfought Victoria Azarenka in a 6-4, 6-2 win to reach the semi-finals of the US Open. More » | | | Science and Technology | | More Science and Technology » |  An emaciated Sumatran tiger, whose plight highlighted horrific conditions at an Indonesian zoo, has died a year after being rescued from the centre where hundreds of animals have perished. More » | | | Environment | | More Environment » | | By South Asia correspondent Stephanie March  Prime Minister Tony Abbott's impending deal to sell Australian uranium to India has highlighted concerns over the South Asian country's lax regulation around nuclear energy. More » | | | | You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us | | This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. | |
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