Melbourne : The shooting of a police officer in Melbourne’s north-west may be linked to an earlier attack on the home of George Williams, the father of slain underworld figure Carl Williams, police say.A 31-year-old policeman was shot in the back of the head after he and his partner tried to pull over a car […]
Perth : Australian shares are down more than 1 per cent on increased ‘Grexit’ fears and the Australian dollar has fallen around two cents in two trading days to be at its lowest level since 2009.Fetching around 76.5 US cents as Australian traders ended their week, the local currency lost about a cent in European […]
Perth : Australian authorities cannot afford to let their focus on terrorism allow them to become complacent about the reach of the Calabrian Mafia, organised crime experts have warned.A joint Fairfax/ABC investigation into the Calabrian Mafia has further exposed the influence of the group across Australia and will air tonight on ABC.It found policing authorities […]
Sydney : Prime Minister Tony Abbott says people will be invited to have their say on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians in a series of community conferences starting later this year. Mr Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten hosted a joint summit with about 40 of the nation’s most influential Indigenous representatives at Kirribilli House in Sydney […]
Sydney : The Coalition party room looms as the biggest hurdle to changing the definition of marriage, with the vast majority of Liberal and National MPs and senators opposed to it. And the conservative supporters of traditional marriage intend to use party and parliamentary procedures to kill off the latest attempt at change. Liberal/National MP […]