Perth : A maximum security prisoner is back behind bars in Australia after staging an audacious escape. Stephen Jamieson, 28, tied bed sheets together to scale a wall and reportedly put a pillow around his waist to avoid being hurt by razor wire. He was serving a 12-year sentence for armed robbery.Jamieson escaped, reportedly after cutting […]
Sydney : It was supposed to be the ultimate free trade deal — a tie-up of 12 countries representing about 40 per cent of global GDP.But the American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) failed at the last hurdle earlier this month, where a dispute over sugar was among the many stumbling blocks, and specifically, America’s refusal to […]
Melbourne, Aug 14 : Wharf workers in Sydney and Brisbane, who were sacked by text message have won reprieve in court. The 11th-hour battle of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) in the Federal Court secured court orders barring Hutchison Ports from terminating the employment of nearly 100 workers, the News.com.au reported.The workers, who were […]
Sydney, Aug 10 : The Maldives has joined a regional search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 debris following reports of unidentified wreckage spotted by islanders.According to News.com.au, Maldivian police have reported several sightings of wreckage washed up along the northern atolls of the archipelago.Some of the wreckage occurred about a month ago but was […]
Sydney : Australia’s government says some communities should consider limiting the sale of the popular Vegemite spread because it is being used to make alcohol. It says the yeast-based product is contributing to anti-social behaviour in some remote communities.Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion described the salty spread as a “precursor to misery”.He said it was […]