FOUR US sailors have been assaulted, with one slashed in the face with scissors while on shore leave in Perth.

WEST Australia's private ambulance company is fatally flawed, leaving patients to die waiting for assistance, whistleblower paramedics say.

POLICE believe a blaze at a fitness equipment store this morning was caused by an electrical fault in a treadmill.

THE federal and Queensland governments are demanding the owners of the cargo ship Pacific Adventurer keep their promise to pay the full costs of one of Australia's worst environmental oil spills.

THE parents of Daniel Morcombe have called for a coronial inquest in the hope they will find answers to their son's unsolved abduction and murder.

A 31-YEAR-OLD Townsville mother of two is taking action against her former real estate employer for allegedly exposing her to toxic mould.

A MOTORIST is believed to have stolen produce spilled at the scene of a fatal truck accident.

A THIEF is believed to have stolen pumpkins and other vegetables from the wreckage of a crash that killed a truckie.

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Amongst over $400 million of environmental projects announced yesterday by the Australian Government was one for $1.5 million for our CRC to conduct a project called RHDV Boost. The proposal was pulled together by the CRC's Chief Operating Officer, Andreas...

Another one for my sister's "carbolicious" bakery: . I'D EAT THAT.

Oh yes. When I get my canning jars, I am makin' some .

Lovely photo from the Powerhouse archives.

Sega is apparently giving away for FREE to celebrate Independence Day this weekend. Unfortunately I can't tell whether that's going to apply everywhere or just in the US App Store. It's still showing $2.49 in the AU store right now.Update:

THE dollar closed weaker on today after the nation recorded its largest trade deficit in 10 months.

Guards to treat teens with respectBad behaviour will lead to consequencesMost exclusions are for a week

MORE than 4000 Queensland investors who lost a fortune in failed Timbercorp are at loggerheads with liquidators over the fate of 14 agricultural schemes worth well over $200 million.