Let current regulator police us: charities

SOME of Australia's biggest charities and community sector groups have banded together to warn the federal government it will commit a "huge mistake" by closing the national charity regulator. The federal government will introduce the first...

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Carney names IMF official to BoE committee

THE Bank of England has appointed an International Monetary Fund official to a new job overseeing markets and banking - a position created amid allegations that bank officials condoned fixing in currency markets. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik, the...

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Putin inks deal to incorporate Crimea

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Crimea and its biggest city Sevastopol have signed a treaty making the two entities new members of the Russian Federation. The treaty goes into force immediately, but stipulates an interim period...

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Market blast kills 17 in Afghanistan

AT least 17 civilians have been killed and 46 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in northern Afghanistan. "A pregnant woman and two children are also among the dead," said Abdul Sattar Barez, deputy governor...

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Govt to try to push through bills

THE Abbott government has had enough of stalling in the Senate and will move a motion on Wednesday calling for a vote on bills abolishing the mining and carbon taxes. The carbon tax repeal legislation has been bogged down in the upper house...

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Aust gets back-up in aircraft search

Yoga lover denies teen sex charge A YOGA-loving masseuse told a court he will defend charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl following a massage in Byron Bay. NSW Badgerys jet fuel pipeline on course JET fuel could be easily...

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PM to start red tape cull

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott plans to light the nation's "biggest bonfire of regulations" on Wednesday with a promised $1 billion cull of red tape. The government intends getting rid of 10,000 redundant acts of parliament and regulations, putting...

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Australia attends Jakarta maritime talks

INDONESIAN immigration officers in the area where asylum seekers set off for Australia - and where the first orange lifeboat came back - say they are undermanned and overwhelmed, but still stopped almost 1000 people risking their lives last year. ...

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