Category: Australia

Netanyahu blasts UN ‘hypocrisy’, Australian PM opposes ‘one-sided resolutions’

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered a staunch defence of Israel on Wednesday, criticising the United Nations and vowing never to support “one-sided resolutions” calling for an end to Israeli settlement building on occupied land. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull upon their arrival at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 22, 2017.

Pilot of plane that crashed near Melbourne called ‘mayday’ several times, authorities say

At least 74 bodies were found in Zawiya, according to a spokesperson for the United Nations’ Inte… A push to reduce property taxes in this year’s legislative session is gaining new support in Nebraska. The coalition announced Tuesday includes 16 agricultural and school g… It’s another busy week of high school basketball as we mix girls district play with C and D games for the boys with subdistricts taking place around the region.

Profit up 8pcBetter dairy prices help lift Bega profit

Improved global dairy commodity prices and a lift in first-half sales in the nutritional business have helped lift dairy processor Bega Cheese’s first-half net profit by 8.2 per cent. Excluding a $7.1 million inventory impairment related to its Bemore partnership – a 50/50 joint-venture with Blackmores to sell infant formula to China and Australia – Bega’s profit was up 39 per cent to $20.7 million.

‘No closer’ to welcoming refugees

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he will do everything in his power to make sure refugees are welcome in Armidale HERE TO HELP: Former Armidale mayor Herman Beyersdorf is lobbying the government to include Armidale on the refugee resettlement list. Photo: Matt Bedford The federal government’s rejection of Armidale as a primary refugee resettlement location played to a national audience on the weekend when SBS aired the city’s exclusion on its world news program.

Bulli man cured of hepatitis C after clinical trial

Successful trial: Bill Lenane, pictured with his faithful companion Jedda, was cured of hepatitis C after being treated with a revolutionary new class of drugs. Picture: Sylvia Liber He was just 22, and a heavy drug user, when in 1979 he was diagnosed with the infectious disease after donating blood.

4 US tourists and pilot killed in Australian plane crash

An Australian pilot and four American tourists on a golfing vacation were killed when a light plane crashed in flames into a shopping mall on Tuesday shortly after takeoff in the Australian city of Melbourne, officials said. The five were on a twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air that crashed about 45 minutes before the Direct Factory Outlet mall in suburban Essendon was to open, Police Minister Lisa Neville said.

Globe trotting Hannah settles down in Gorae

PORTLAND and the surrounding district is home to a variety of well travelled characters and Gorae’s Darryn Hannah is one of many faces with plenty of stories to tell. Born in New Zealand, Mr Hannah, 63, made the move to Australia in 1989 after spending a decade as CEO of the Wellington Cricket Association.

Runner loses group in the national park

A man needed help from Blue Mountains Police Rescue when he became lost and dehydrated during a run at noon on Saturday February 18. A man needed help from Blue Mountains Police Rescue when he became lost and dehydrated during a run at noon on Saturday, February 18. The 45-year-old runner from Chiswick in Sydney, was running between the old Queen Victoria Hospital in Wentworth Falls and Scenic World, Katoomba, when he took a wrong turn and became separated from his running group. He contacted emergency services and provided his location co-ordinates.

Community groups cheer funding gift

Bombala Rotary and the Delegate Progress Association are among the big winners in the latest community grants, each receiving $40,000-plus. The Delegate Progress Association receives Stronger Community Funding in round one late in 2016.

Man accused of making sales, pocketing the proceeds

A St Georges Basin man has pleaded not guilty to allegedly selling five boats and trailers for more than $230,000 and not passing on the proceeds of the sale to the owners. George Klapsis, 42, faced five charges of larceny as a bailee before registrar Craig Cockburn in Nowra Local Court on Monday.

No love lost for Bibi in Australia

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last September. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Australia this week was supposed to be a positive, official trip to further cement Australia’s bipartisan support for Israel.

BlueScope profit jumps, to buyback shares

BlueScope Steel’s first-half profit has jumped 79.5 per cent, prompting the steelmaker to lift its dividend and announce a $150 million share buyback. Net profit of $359.1 million for the six months to December 31 was $159 million higher than the same period a year earlier.

Roads closed, trains changed

Road closures at level crossings across the Hunter Valley rail network will take effect later this week as part of a $20 million renewal program by Australian Rail Track Corporation . The million-dollar maintenance includes upgrading track, ballast, sleepers, structures like bridges, culverts and level crossings between Kooragang, Ulan and Narrabri from February 21-24.

Cyclist shot multiple times in chest, head

UPDATE: Police believe at least six shots were fired at a bike rider at Everton on Saturday, with at least one bullet hitting him in the head and multiple rounds hitting his chest. Detective Senior Constable Matt Prestage said it was initially thought a shotgun was used, but police now believe the rider was shot with a pistol.

Cummins backs Stanlake after tough T20I debut against Lanka

Melbourne [Australia], Feb.18 : Australian paceman Pat Cummins has called on his teammate Billy Stanlake to put his poor Twenty20 international debut behind and back his pace in the remaining two games of the three-match series against Sri Lanka. Unlike fellow debutants Michael Klinger and Ashton Turner, Stanlake had a forgettable debut during his side’s five-wicket defeat at the hand of Sri Lanka in the opening T20 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .

Midnight Oil announce world tour

It’s been two decades since Midnight Oil did a world tour and only a handful of gigs have peppered the time between now and 2002, when frontman Peter Garret decided to focus on his political career. They will play over fifty shows in six months with a full tour of Australia including many regional stops as well as shows in South America, the US, Canada and Europe.

NZ vs Sa, Live Streaming on Osn Play, Foxtel Go, Sky Go: T20I at Auckland

It is ironic that South Africa start their full series in New Zealand with a T20I on Friday at the very ground where they suffered the massive heartbreak in the semi-final of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Getty Images Hosts New Zealand get set for their final home series of the season, as they take on the mighty visiting South Africans in the one-off Twenty20 International , at the Eden Park Stadium in Auckland on Friday. The live cricket streaming of the match will be officially available on OSN Play, Foxtel Go and SKY GO .

Glenn Maxwell: Australia are trying to form a game plan for Virat Kohli

Glenn Maxwell , a regular in the Indian Premier League , sounded wary about taunting Virat Kohli with verbal volleys Getty Images & IANS Mumbai: The Australian cricket squad will be confronted by the red-hot form of Virat Kohli during the upcoming four-Test series and touring all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is hoping that the roll of the dice would go against the Indian skipper. “Guys can go through a run of form like that where they just get on a roll and everything seems to click for them, and that’s happened for him at the moment.

Inspiring story

The founder of The School of St Jude will share her story at a Taree fundraiser on March 9 at 7pm. Former Australian teacher Gemma Sisia opened the gates to The School of St Jude 15 years ago in Tanzania and now, thanks to the support of thousands of Australians, 1,800 promising yet impoverished students have access to a free, high-quality education.

Missing German couple found dead in Australian Outback

Police say a German couple who disappeared in the Australian Outback were unprepared for the harsh environment and likely died before anyone noticed they were missing. Northern Territory police launched a search for Gisela and Wilfred Thor on Sunday after a ranger found the couple’s car at Trephina Gorge, a nature park northeast of the Outback town of Alice Springs.

Two men charged with animal cruelty over quokka kick video

Two men charged with animal cruelty over sickening video of an endangered quokka being kicked into a wall as the distressed animal tries to run away Two men have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after video emerged of a quokka being kicked into a wall. Police apprehended the men, aged 21 and 20, on Monday as they tried to catch a ferry off Rottnest Island, in Western Australia.

Australian man lit bushfires with children in the car, police allege

A former volunteer firefighter stands accused of sparking two bushfires in Australia about four kilometres apart while he had two young children with him. Authorities allege the fires, lit on Dargavilles Road near Nabiac, New South Wales, during Sunday’s heatwave, were extinguished before completely taking hold after witnesses saw the man’s white van leave the scene moments before smoke began to pour skyward.

Narooma nice fit for trainee GP Dr Paul Barnett

Dr Paul Barnett is looking forward to training as a rural GP and is already settling into the Narooma lifestyle. Settling into Narooma, Dr Paul Barnett is looking forward to training as a rural GP, as well as indulging in the odd game of golf and catching a wave.

Movie stars out in force for Bafta ceremony in London

British and Hollywood film royalty are braving the London cold as they make their way up the red carpet for this year’s Bafta ceremony. Among the first stars to arrive at the Royal Albert Hall was Anya Taylor-Joy, one of the nominees for the EE Bafta Rising Star award, the only accolade voted for by the public.

Thais welcome ordination of new Supreme Patriarch

PEOPLE ACROSS the country are preparing to welcome the country’s new Supreme Patriarch at his official ordination ceremony today, with a former disciple of Somdet Phra Ariyawongsakhatayan labelling him the perfect choice to lead Thai Buddhists. The sacred appointment ceremony for the new Supreme Patriarch will be held today at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha confirming Somdet Phra Ariyawongsakhatayan, the abbot of Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram Temple, as the 20th Supreme Patriarch of the Rattanakosin Era .

Livid Sarfraz Nawaz castigates PCB post PSL match-fixing row2 min ago

Former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has lashed out at the Pakistan Cricket Board after cricketers Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were found involved in a fresh match-fixing scandal. Blaming the PCB for the same, the 68-year-old insisted that such kind of incidents could not be avoided in Pakistan cricket until the board keeps the tainted players around.

Tom Price sworn in as health and human services secretary

Rep. Tom Price of Georgia was sworn in Friday as health and human services secretary, setting the stage for the conservative to play a leading role in dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath to Price hours after he won Senate confirmation on a narrow 52-47 vote early Friday.

Classic, modern Jags arrive in Devonport

Jaguar Club of Tasmania vice president Barry Wiggins said the weekend rally was organised by Burnie members and would be held in Devonport. “It makes a bit of a change so everybody gets a go and it spreads around the state,” he added.

Ship berths at festival

ALL HANDS ON DECK: The ‘Julie Burgess’ crew moor in Hobart’s Elizabeth Pier after taking part in the Parade of Sail on Friday afternoon The biggest wooden boat festival in the Southern Hemisphere has a Dutch theme in 2017, to commemorate the 375-year anniversary of Abel Tasman’s landing on Tasmania’s shores. “It a showcas[es] our rich maritime culture and heritage, our connection with the sea and our love of life on the water,” Mr Hodgman said.

Snake catcher live-streams python eating possum in driveway

A snake catcher called to remove a huge python from an Australian home’s driveway live-streamed video of the serpent eating a possum. The video, posted to Facebook by Snake Catchers Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan & Gold Coast, shows the scene snake catcher Lana Field was greeted with when she arrived Thursday at the home in the Chapel Hill area of Brisbane, Queensland.