Hawaii gives OK to 30 Meter Telescope

A PLAN by California and Canadian universities to build the world's largest telescope at the summit of Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano received approval from the state on Friday. The decision by the Board of Land and Natural Resources clears the...

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Ex-NZ PM Clark gets second term at UNDP

Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has been re-appointed as administrator of the UNDP. Source: AAP FORMER New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has been re-appointed as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme...

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Vic police help search for NSW jailbreaker

A PRISONER on the run from a NSW jail may have made his way to Victoria, with police following a trail of stolen cars. Armed robber Christopher Gibbs, 30, was last seen at the minimum security section of Goulburn jail at 8.35am on April 2. ...

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Australia gets court date to fight whaling

The International Court of Justice will hear Australia's case to stop Japanese whaling in June. Source: AAP ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus has welcomed the opportunity to stop Japan's whaling program "once and for all" in the United Nations'...

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Extreme weather to hit community sector

COMMUNITY organisations are not well prepared to deal with the impact of climate change and extreme weather, new research reveals. The Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has commissioned research finding small and medium-sized organisations...

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Sri Lankan boats will slow: diplomat

SRI Lanka's high commissioner to Australia says he doesn't expect a flood of asylum seekers will follow the 66 potential refugees who gobsmacked onlookers with their arrival in Geraldton. Passengers of the rickety boat that pulled into the busy...

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Young adults put off saying 'I do': report

THEY'RE single, smarter and still at home. Today's young adults are a far different breed to those who grew up in the 1970s, new research shows. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report compared census data in the 18 to 34 age...

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Man charged in Texas college stabbing

Police have arrested a suspect after a stabbing attack at a college in Texas left 14 people injured. Source: AAP A 20-YEAR-OLD man from suburban Texas has been charged over a stabbing spree at a community college that injured at least 14 people....

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It's time for Tiwi recognition, elder says

IT'S time for Tiwi Islanders to take control of their own destiny, an elder says. Elders on the islands, 80km north of Darwin, formed a land council in 1979 with the goal of taking control of their own affairs. In the meantime they've watched...

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No-show by North Koreans at Kaesong

North Korean workers have failed to show up at the joint-Korean Kaesong industrial zone on Tuesday. Source: AAP NORTH Korean workers have failed to show at the Kaesong joint industrial zone, a day after Pyongyang said it was withdrawing labour...

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Qld inquest told of blood-curdling screams

A FORMER Queensland police officer has told a cold-case inquest he heard "blood-curdling screams" that could have come from two nurses who were murdered near Toowoomba nearly 40 years ago. Ian Hamilton told the inquest he and his partner were...

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Gillard condemns 'provocative' North Korea

AUSTRALIA has condemned the "provocative words" of the rogue nation state of North Korea as Prime Minister Julia Gillard prepares to meet China's premier. Ms Gillard was due to leave Shanghai on Monday for the Chinese capital of Beijing, where...

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Police fire tear gas at Cairo protesters

Witnesses say police have fired tear gas at anti-Morsi protesters outside a Cairo court. Source: AAP POLICE have fired tear gas at protesters outside a Cairo court, with several thousand people rallying in Egyptian cities to mark the founding...

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Live donors to get financial support

AUSTRALIA will never adopt a cash-for-organs scheme, but will follow other countries in paying donors who take leave off work, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says. Workers who want to donate a kidney will be offered up to six weeks' paid leave...

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