Dieter Pfennig, who murdered 10-year-old Adelaide schoolgirl Louise Bell in 1983, will spend the next 60 years in jail without the prospect of parole after receiving a 35-year sentence, to be added to another term for a previous murder.
Consumer group Choice lists six ways it believes Australia's domestic airlines are ripping off their passengers and calls on the consumer watchdog to intervene.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson launches an extraordinary spray at senator Rod Culleton for voting against her party on the backpacker tax, further revealing tension within the party.
The Government is backing away from its commitment to establish a banking tribunal, insisting it was only talking about a "small 't' tribunal" when it floated the idea in October.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull dismisses suggestions from members of the Coalition that reviewing the nation's climate change policies is dangerous, despite one senator arguing it was 'one of the dumbest things' he had heard.
Workers for Adani's mega coal mine will be sourced from regional Queensland, with the Indian giant's chairman agreeing not to use foreign workers on 457 visas.
Car loan provider BMW Australia Finance will refund millions of dollars worth of loans to customers after it was found to have breached responsible lending provisions.
More than 200 social services groups write to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urging him to ensure funding for homelessness services beyond June 2017, citing defunding would prompt a human and economic disaster.
"This is a little bit of a wake-up call for us, isn't it?" says Mission Australia's chief, with a third of young people experiencing race-based discrimination according to the charity's survey.
One of Australia's pioneering dual sportswomen, Emma Kearney, says cricket is "threatened" by the AFL, after she was asked to sign a form committing her to prioritise cricket.
Islamic State's fundamentalism and hyper-violence are infamous. But talking to those who lived in the eastern suburbs of Mosul for the two-and-a-half years of their administration reveals the finer details of their brutality.
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.
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.
0 comments:
Post a Comment