THE resignation of a third of the Royal Darwin Hospital's surgeons will not put patients at risk, Northern Territory Health Minister Kon Vatskalis says.

ONE-THIRD of Royal Darwin Hospital's general surgeons have resigned because they are being treated as second-class specialists, a peak medical body said.

SCIENTISTS have confirmed the oily substance that washed up on a Northern Territory beach on Tuesday did not come from a leaking oil rig in the Timor Sea.

FIVE surgeons have resigned from a Northern Territory hospital as a result of an unresolved pay dispute.

OIL from a leaking rig in the Timor Sea may have washed up on a Northern Territory beach.

FATHER of a four-month-old baby admits killing his son and burying him in a bush grave.

A PERTH man has admitted murdering his four-month-old son and burying him in a bush grave.

A LONG-time friend of AFL star Ben Cousins conspired with another man to traffic 45kg of MDMA or ecstasy, a court has heard.

AN oil well plugged with heavy mud after leaking for more than 10 weeks remains stable and a fire that raged on the oil rig has been extinguished completely, the rig's operator says.

A 47-YEAR-OLD man has died in a north Queensland industrial accident after being struck by the arm of a crane he was operating.

A SECOND person has been charged with the murder of a man killed eight years ago and found under a bridge in the Gold Coast hinterland last year.

A GOLD Coast couple who cheated Centrelink out of more than $110,000 in payments over six years will spend the next five months in jail.

A GROUP of 14 Queensland pubs and clubs will find out tomorrow whether State Government notices that could enforce a glass ban are to be withdrawn.

THE Bureau of Meteorology has warned of dangerous thunderstorms affecting the eastern Darling Downs and heading towards southeast Queensland.

QUEENSLAND'S police commissioner has called for a nationwide discussion about lowering the allowable drink-driving limit to zero.

QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has received an assurance of support from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as she pushes on with her unpopular plan to sell Government assets.

A WOMAN has died after her vehicle and a gas tanker crashed on the Warrego Hwy west of Brisbane.

ONE of Australia's leading early childhood educators has warned the Federal Government's strategy for young children could see them doing worse at school and not being prepared for later life.

A SOLIDLY-BUILT man is being hunted by police after stealing a car carrier and going on a rampage through the northern suburbs of Brisbane.

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