An international expert on technological innovation and workplace communication will share his expertise with major New Zealand companies and organisations during a visit to the Waikato starting September 1.

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WIKIPEDIA hackers are targeting West Australian politicians as the election nears - and it's keeping editors on their toes.

WEST Australian police are asking the public to help identify the mystery man seen talking to Claremont serial killer victim Jane Rimmer outside the hotel where she disappeared.

A FORMER West Australian and NSW health department boss will be acquitted on 100 charges of wrongfully claiming expenses, despite a finding he acted dishonestly.

TASMANIAN Labor minister Paula Wriedt, who is recovering in hospital after a suicide attempt earlier this month, yesterday spoke of her recovery.

ALMOST 300 students are off sick at a Hobart school today as it grapples with a severe flu outbreak.

NURSING homes in Tasmania are relying too heavily on sedatives and are using them to control patients, research shows.

A "GET-WELL" email from Brisbane Lions' coach Leigh Matthews has cheered an Australian man recovering in a Bangkok hospital after his 11-day jungle ordeal.

A TEENAGE girl accused of killing her mother and seriously wounding her father has been committed to stand trial for murder.

THE High Court has upheld the convictions of a Melbourne brothel owner who became the first person found guilty of possessing and using sex slaves in Australia.

A SCIENTIST who last week won awards for extraordinary contribution to medical research has had his computer and valuable research notes stolen.

TRAINEE pilots should practise in regional areas away from urban centres, Victorian Premier John Brumby has suggested.

FOUR demonstrators involved in the violent G20 riots have had their sentences cut on appeal.

A WOMAN who wrested a Gold Coast police officer's baton from him while he was being severely beaten has argued for a lesser sentence.

SAFETY investigators will tomorrow release an initial report into the mid-air explosion that left a Qantas jet with a hole in its fuselage and forced it to make an emergency landing in Manila.

THE union representing Queensland's ambulance officers has backed claims that elderly patients may have died while waiting for attention in overcrowded Queensland public hospital emergency wards.

OLYMPIC swimming sensation Stephanie Rice has mild pneumonia and has been ordered to rest, forcing her to pull out of a promotional tour.

ELDERLY patients may have died while waiting for attention in overcrowded Queensland public hospital emergency wards, an emergency medicine specialist says.

A BROTHEL owner who enslaved five Thai women and forced them to work to pay off debts has had her appeal against conviction overturned.