'Do Not Track' privacy at crossroads

A MOVEMENT by privacy activists to curb tracking of internet users' browsing habits scored a major victory last month when Microsoft launched its new browser with "do not track" as the default, or automatic setting. But some advertisers are in...

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Light and sound used against Rome's birds

Sound-and-light attacks are being used in Rome to rid the city of starlings. Source: AAP TIRED of bird droppings on the city's most famous monuments, local authorities in Rome are resorting to unusual measures to try and scare off a million...

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Union threatens Woolworths boycott

A UNION has threatened to boycott Woolworths if it does not help workers and sub-contractors owed money following the collapse of a company building a supermarket in Sydney's north. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)...

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Online predator avoids prison sentence

A MAN who persuaded young girls in the US and Australia to perform sexual acts via video chat websites - and then threatened to expose them to friends and family if they did not continue doing it - has escaped a jail sentence. Daniel John Leask,...

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WA government facing massive bushfire bill

THE West Australian government is facing a massive compensation bill after finally agreeing to total responsibility for the property lost when a prescribed burn got out of control in Margaret River last year. 40 properties were lost when the bushfire...

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Tas scallops also banned after toxic bloom

SCALLOPS from the east coast of Tasmania have joined the area's mussels in being banned following a toxic algal bloom. A scallop fishery in the White Rock area has been closed after the same paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) found in Spring Bay...

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China's Communist Party conclave closes

CHINA'S Communist Party has brought its pivotal conclave to a close in largely choreographed steps, a day before unveiling its leaders for the coming decade. President Hu Jintao is expected to step down as party chief in favour of the anointed...

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NSW police accept Curti recommendations

NSW police will adopt all of the recommendations that the coroner has handed down in relation to the death of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti. State Coroner Mary Jerram handed down her findings on Wednesday and said some of the actions...

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Israel launches retaliatory raids on Gaza

THE Israeli airforce has launched three raids on targets in the Gaza Strip as military top brass weighed a stronger response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory. The air raids hit an uninhabited area to the west of Gaza City early on...

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Vic A-G faces family violence protesters

VICTORIAN Attorney-General Robert Clark has faced a group of protesters angered by his refusal to reinstate dedicated funding to a review of family violence. The coroner's prevention unit investigates family violence deaths and identifies patterns...

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Falling aluminium prices hit Rusal

RUSSIAN aluminium giant Rusal has posted a third-quarter loss of $US118 million ($A114.03 million), blaming Europe's economic turmoil and China's slowdown for sinking global demand for the metal. "The growth in the global demand for aluminium...

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Man, 84, charged over train sex assault

AN elderly man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman on a passenger train in central Queensland. Police say the 84-year-old man and the young woman were travelling north on the Sunlander near Mackay when the assault took...

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Minister would welcome Rudd's help

FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd's media blitz in the past week is just him being a "hard-working backbencher", Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says. The minister was one of Mr Rudd's high-profile backers during the February leadership challenge....

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Overdose in NSW police van investigated

NSW police have launched an investigation into an incident where a man allegedly overdosed on drugs while in the back of a police van in the state's far north. Police said they stopped a car at Tweed Heads and arrested a 27-year-old male passenger...

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