AROUND $40,000 worth of honey is believed to be the motive behind the murder of Sunshine Coast beekeeper Anthony Ross Knight. Tenterfield beekeeper Donald Robert Alcock was charged with his murder last Wednesday. [more]
Tenterfield Shire Council’s April 26 development application (DA) approval of the Gasparin Piggery development at Boonoo Boonoo has compelled objectors Buko and Helga Vogel to lodge an appeal with the Land and Environment Court. [more]
Three Sir Henry Parkes Memorial School cross-country runners have persevered through hail, wind, sleet and snow to stamp their name on a place in the school state championships. [more]
[03-Jul-2007]
CANBERRA: An Indian doctor hired by the Queensland government and regarded as a "model citizen" has been arrested in connection with the UK's foiled terrorist bomb plot. [more]
[03-Jul-2007]
SYDNEY: Building materials giant CSR has been charged over a chemical spill which closed two kilometres of the Parramatta River in Sydney last year. [more]
[03-Jul-2007]
BRISBANE: NSW prop Willie Mason says he doesn't believe a 3-0 State of Origin whitewash to the Maroons will have too much effect on Kangaroos selections. [more]
[03-Jul-2007]
CANBERRA: The prime minister says an Indian doctor's arrest on suspected terrorism links does not highlight problems with the government's 457 visa scheme. [more]
[5:41AM]
VALENCIA: Alinghi has won the 32nd America's Cup, beating Team New Zealand by one second in a thrilling seventh race to take the series 5-2. [more]
[5:39AM]
LONDON: Police are holding eight people on Tuesday, at least four of them foreign doctors, over a suspected al-Qaeda plot against Britain. [more]
IF YOU have sparklingly-smart children or grandchildren of primary school age it's still quite possible, they hold the same belief of scientific crackpot Samuel "Parallax" Rowbotham. [more]
It was meant to be the dusty, outback homestead playing host to Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman - but the West Australian homestead at the heart of Baz Luhrmann's Australia, has been flooded. [more]
Black eyed beans are great little folk of the pulse family. They have real character – an earthy yet savoury flavour – and because they’re small they respond quickly to a soak in lukewarm water followed by a relatively short cooking time. [more]
Amid heated debate over the treatment of animals at the Taronga and Western Plains zoos, Paul Andrew and Jonathon Wilcken say wildlife faces a calamity and the world needs zoos more than ever. [more]
