Ram raiders have left a WA toy shop with a damage bill of more than 20-thousand dollars. Source: AAP
RAM raiders have cost a WA toy shop more than $20,000 in damages and $1200 in stolen toys.
WA Police say offenders used their vehicle to burst through the doors of a toy shop in Balcatta just after midnight on Christmas Day.
They stole more than $1200 worth of items before fleeing in the same vehicle.The estimated damage bill is estimated to be more than $20,000.Bentley will expand its UK headquarters, spending STG 40 million and creating 300 jobs. Source: AAP
LUXURY car company Bentley is to spend STG40 million ($A73.01 million) expanding its headquarters in a project that will create 300 jobs.
BENTLEY is building a new research and development (R&D) centre at its site at Crewe in Cheshire, with the new facility housing 1300 of the company's engineers.
In addition, 300 new posts have been created, with the staff working within engineering, manufacturing, quality, sales and marketing and project management.It is the latest step in getting Bentley ready to bring an ultra-luxury SUV model on to the roads in 2016.Chancellor George Osborne hailed the new jobs, describing Bentley as "an iconic British brand that exports around the world"."These highly skilled jobs in this export industry are exactly the kind of opportunities we want to see created which is why in yesterday's autumn statement I provided further incentives for R&D in the UK," Osborne said."The investment will not only create jobs at Bentley, but support many more through suppliers across the UK. I want Britain to be a country where companies want to invest and create jobs, as Bentley is doing today."Bentley Motors chairman and chief executive Wolfgang Durheimer said: "With Bentley's new R&D centre, we will develop a new generation of Bentleys, which will continue our commitment of luxury, performance, quality and engineering excellence. "COMCAST Corp's third-quarter net income jumped 50 per cent in the third quarter, helped by a one-time tax settlement, growth in internet subscribers and fewer defectors from its cable service.
COMCAST is in the midst of a $US45 billion ($A48.69 billion) takeover of Time Warner Cable, a deal that is under regulatory review.
Cable providers have been consolidating as more viewers shift to watching video on mobile tablets, computers and smartphones rather than through traditional cable TV stations.AT&T is planning to buy satellite service DirecTV for $US48.5 billion in a merger also under review. Meanwhile, channels like HBO and CBS have announced standalone streaming services, signalling the industry is undergoing a sea change.The nation's largest cable provider says its net income rose to $US2.59 billion, or 99 US cents per share. That compares with net income of $US1.73 billion, or 65 US cents per share last year. Excluding a hefty one-time tax settlement, net income totalled 73 US cents per share, beating analyst expectations of 71 US cents per share, according to FactSet.Revenue rose 4 per cent to $US16.79 billion from $US16.15 billion last year. Analysts expected $US16.8 billion.Cable hookup revenue, up 5 per cent to $US11.04 billion, nearly matched the $US11.09 billion expected. NBCUniversal revenue rose 1 per cent to $US5.92 billion, also nearly matching the $US5.94 billion analysts expected.The company added a net 315,000 high-speed internet customers since the last quarter, bringing the number to 21.6 million. That's 6 per cent more than it added in the same quarter a year ago.It lost 81,000 video subscribers, ending with 22.4 million. But that's the lowest third-quarter decline in seven years. In the prior-year quarter the company lost 127,000 subscribers. Comcast said the loss was due to tough competition in the sector from other cable and satellite providers.The average customer bill edged up 4 per cent to $US137.24 per month after a 2 per cent price hike at the beginning of the year. Customers added more services and business client revenue rose.At NBCUniversal, advertising revenue rose 4 per cent to $US1.15 billion, helped by high ratings for NBC shows like The Voice, The Blacklist, Sunday Night Football and news programming.Film revenue fell 15 per cent to $US1.19 billion due to tough comparisons with last year, when the popular animated movie Despicable Me 2 was released.EIGHT years after ending his reign over NSW, Bob Carr is still giving the state Liberals a headache.
THIS time, he's forced Premier Mike Baird to reconvene a "slimmed-down" joint sitting of parliament.
The procedure is so the former premier and foreign minister can be excused from the Senate and return to private life.Mr Baird was left with a conundrum after Mr Carr decided to retire from federal politics despite winning his Senate seat last year.The premier received legal advice that Mr Carr's resignation wasn't constitutional and a joint sitting of the NSW parliament was needed to replace him.But the problem was parliament was on Thursday preparing to close its doors for its winter recess and not planning to sit again until August, well after the July 1 date of the new Senate term.The premier eventually decided to hold a very short joint sitting session in July, which would only last a few minutes, to sort the issue out.Once that happens, Labor's Deb O'Neill will formally replace Mr Carr in the Senate.IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.
A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.
AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.
THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.
IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.
A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.
AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.
THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.
IF you believe Labor, they are the party for farmers and rural Australia.
IF you believe the government, that's a complete joke.
Parliament took a country tone on Thursday when Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon brought on debate about the budget's impact on regional Australia.He was concerned about the fuel excise hike's impact on rural residents, which he says will go down as the Abbott government's "worst broken promise".Mr Fitzgibbon is behind Labor's new "country caucus" made up of regional MPs and senators who will influence party policy on rural issues.Labor has long been a champion of the bush, given it was partly born out of the shearing sheds of rural Queensland, Mr Fitzgibbon told AAP."Country Labor has been successful in NSW and it can be successful nationally," he said in a statement.But the coalition is having none of that.Liberal MP Dan Tehan derided Mr Fitzgibbon's topic for debate, given it came just after its country caucus was publicly announced."That's why we have this (debate) here today," he said."What an absolute joke."Mr Tehan said the country caucus came too late."You all should be ashamed of yourself, starting in the year 2014 a regional caucus and coming in here telling us who should stand up for regional and rural Australia."Nationals deputy leader Barnaby Joyce joined in the derision.If there was a friend for regional Australia, it was clear which side of the chamber they would find them in, he said.IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.
A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.
AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.
THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.
IT'S the most common painkiller in every medicine cupboard – but paracetamol is now poisoning 8,000 Australians a year and here's how it's happening.
A 15-YEAR-old girl was forced by her mother to work as a prostitute in Brisbane before and after school - and if she complained she was starved.
AIRLINES accused of being sneaky with their prices have vowed to defend their right to charge booking and service fees on tickets bought online.
THE world's popular social networking site of Facebook went down last night across the world, leaving users unable to log in.
Last updated: June 20, 2014
A MAN has been charged following an explosion that brought peak-hour traffic to a standstill in Sydney's inner-west.
Tanya Chilcott IT'S being dragged back into Australian schools under a controversial revival of classical languages — and one Brisbane school is making it compulsory.
EXCLUSIVE: Airlines, hotels and ticket agencies look set to keep slugging customers supersized surcharges, despite two court cases.
DESPITE owning the try that ended eight years of Origin heartache halfback Hodkinson was not meant to receive the ball that led to his stirring solo run.
A GATED housing community built solely for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people is being proposed for a European city.
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COMIC Rik Mayall suffered an "acute cardiac event" after returning from a morning run, his widow has said.
TEAMS: LEAGUE leader Port Adelaide again has captain Travis Boak on the team sheet for the flag-shaping clash with Sydney at the SCG on Saturday.
LILY Tomlin reckons Beyonce is going to sic Solange on her after saying the star is part of a culture that makes young girls "too sexually available".
JOHNATHAN Thurston has missed 16 tackles in his past three games against Jarryd Hayne — will this statistic end Queensland's dynasty?
THE results are in on our drinking habits and one generation of Aussies splashes out plenty on alcohol. And it's not who you think.
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TWITTER says its chief operating officer, Ali Rowghani, has resigned from his post but will stay with the company as a strategic adviser to CEO Dick Costolo.
TEAMS: LEAGUE leader Port Adelaide again has captain Travis Boak on the team sheet for the flag-shaping clash with Sydney at the SCG on Saturday.
LILY Tomlin reckons Beyonce is going to sic Solange on her after saying the star is part of a culture that makes young girls "too sexually available".
JOHNATHAN Thurston has missed 16 tackles in his past three games against Jarryd Hayne — will this statistic end Queensland's dynasty?
THE results are in on our drinking habits and one generation of Aussies splashes out plenty on alcohol. And it's not who you think.
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A POST-MORTEM into the death of British comic Rik Mayall has proved inconclusive, West London Coroner's Court says.
TEAMS: LEAGUE leader Port Adelaide again has captain Travis Boak on the team sheet for the flag-shaping clash with Sydney at the SCG on Saturday.
LILY Tomlin reckons Beyonce is going to sic Solange on her after saying the star is part of a culture that makes young girls "too sexually available".
JOHNATHAN Thurston has missed 16 tackles in his past three games against Jarryd Hayne — will this statistic end Queensland's dynasty?
THE results are in on our drinking habits and one generation of Aussies splashes out plenty on alcohol. And it's not who you think.
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THE new Moreton Bay Rail Link is set to come in $159 million under its original $1.1 billion budget, says transport minister.
TONY Abbott will hold himself out as a peacemaker in the Asia-Pacific region as he tries to build ties with US President Barack Obama.
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott says the US-China relationship is the most vital for the world's future.
MR Abbott told a US Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Washington DC on Thursday that Australia had balanced being a good friend to China while also being the strongest possible ally of the US.
He said Australian prime ministers and ministers had been able to manage relations with China while at the same time doing such things as meeting with the Dalai Lama, visiting Taiwan, and protesting against China's unilateral declaration of an air defence identification zone over territory that Japan administers.Mr Abbott encouraged Americans to admire the success of China in its economic expansion which had delivered the "greatest and the quickest advance in human welfare of all time"."The relationship between America and China is worth all the effort that both countries are putting into it because no relationship is more vital for the world's future," Mr Abbott said.He said the rise of China was "not without its deep complications for regional stability"."But, so far, it has undeniably and indisputably been good for the world."Mr Abbott has been asked in a series of meetings with US congressional leadership how Australia achieved its recent Japan and Korea free trade agreements."I suspect regional 'mateship' was at least a subliminal factor in reaching our FTA with Japan and Korea," he said.Mr Abbott will later meet with US President Barack Obama at the White House.MORE Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but claims for jobless aid remain near pre-recession levels.
THE Labor Department said on Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose 4000 to a seasonally adjusted 317,000.
The four-week average, a less volatile measure, increased to 315,250.The figures are near the jobless claims levels before the outbreak of the Great Recession in December 2007.Applications are a proxy for layoffs, so the claims data show that employers are dismissing fewer workers.Last Friday, the Labor Department said employers added 217,000 jobs in May as the unemployment rate held steady at 6.3 per cent.The steady hiring, after the economy shrank during the first three months of the year because of the winter weather, points to faster growth ahead.Monthly job gains have averaged 234,000 for the past three months, up sharply from 150,000 in the previous three.The May unemployment rate, which is derived from a separate survey, was the lowest rate in more than five years.Gross domestic product fell one per cent in the first three months of 2013.Many economists expect that number could be further revised downward, while growth returns as warmer weather has generated more hiring and consumer spending.THE new Moreton Bay Rail Link is set to come in $159 million under its original $1.1 billion budget, says transport minister.
TONY Abbott will hold himself out as a peacemaker in the Asia-Pacific region as he tries to build ties with US President Barack Obama.
A PLAN for mini-retail hubs supported by smaller, dense housing is among the tweaks to the latest draft Brisbane city plan.
COUPLE who had son with cystic fibrosis, despite having genetic tests to reduce risk, file $1.8 million lawsuit against two doctors and fertility practice.
A PLAN for mini-retail hubs supported by smaller, dense housing is among the tweaks to the latest draft Brisbane city plan.
COUPLE who had son with cystic fibrosis, despite having genetic tests to reduce risk, file $1.8 million lawsuit against two doctors and fertility practice.
AFTER the death of two pedestrians on the same day in Sydney, police are urging the public to be more careful crossing roads.
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QUEENSLAND'S attorney-general will appeal over two sentences handed to a sex offender and two men who assaulted a taxi driver earlier this month.
Jarrod Bleijie has instructed the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal against sentences handed to a child sex offender in the District Court in Maroochydore on January 13 and to Nathan Levy and Steve Drobny in the District Court in Hervey Bay on January 22.
The sex offender was sentenced to three years prison, but will be eligible for parole in nine months.
Levy and Drobny were convicted of grievous bodily harm and assault occasioning bodily harm after an attack on a taxi driver.
Levy was sentenced to 30 months behind bars, but granted parole immediately.
Drobny was placed on a 150-hour community service order.
Mr Bleijie said that the sentences were manifestly inadequate, not in line with community expectations and did not set an adequate deterrent.
Appeals will be lodged at a later date.
Victoria's controversial desalination plant has been relying on generator power for several weeks. Source: AAP
VICTORIA'S controversial desalination plant has been relying on generator power for several weeks, with electricity shut off due to a problem with cabling.
Two cable joints were found to be performing below specification and needed to be repaired, plant spokesman John Ridley said.
Electricity to the Wonthaggi plant has been shut off while the repairs take place.
"Because the plant is not producing any water, it is of no consequence and the systems to maintain the plant have all been supplied by the standby generators which are there for that reason," Mr Ridley told AAP.
"Once the cable is fully operational again, which will be very soon, days rather than weeks as I understand it, then everything will be absolutely fine."
Electricity is needed to run pumps to maintain the plant, he said.
The cause of the cabling problem is being investigated.
The $6.1 billion desalination plant, which provides a drought-proof water supply to Melbourne and Geelong, was built under the previous Labor government and had massive cost blowouts.
It began operating in 2012 but the government has placed a zero-gigalitre order for the past two financial years.
A decision on a 2014/15 order is due by April.
TREASURY Wine Estates has been hammered on the stock market, with its shares falling by 20 per cent after it issued a profit downgrade due to weaker sales in Australia and China.
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PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has used the rejection of taxpayer support for fruit processor SPC Ardmona to set an important "marker" for how his government will deal with requests for industry assistance.
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THE pure, high voices of the choir soar toward the vaulted ceiling of Canterbury Cathedral as they have for more than 1000 years.
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AT least five boys have been shot dead after a group of militants attacked them on a volleyball court in eastern Afghanistan.
"The young boys, who were school students, were playing volleyball in a village in Alingar district at 12.30pm ... a group of gunmen from the nearby village came and shot them," Sarhdai Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Laghman, said on Thursday.
"The shooters, who are surely members of the armed opposition, fled the area," Zwak said, implying the attack was carried out by Taliban militants.
"It is not clear yet why they shot dead the boys, but it is clear that the enemies of Afghans cannot tolerate our sports achievements. So, they restore cowardly attacks."
Last week, four young footballers were killed in the southern province of Kandahar when a rocket, allegedly fired by Taliban militants, struck the football field.
TASMANIA'S freight headache looks set to continue with a Productivity Commission report finding the island state requires ongoing and improved support to maintain viable links to mainland Australia and international ports.
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TEEN heartthrob Justin Bieber has been arrested in Miami Beach on drink driving and drag racing charges.
The Miami Beach Police Department confirmed the 19-year-old's arrest in a tweet on its official Twitter page.
They say pop star was drag racing on Miami Beach early on Thursday.
Officials at the Miami-Dade Department of Corrections say Bieber hasn't yet been booked into jail.
A DEAL worth up to $70 million is close to being sealed for Townsville's casino. But what is the asset really worth and how much work does it need?
SWIFT water rescue crews swept through flooded streets, major roads were cut and gardeners smiled as slow moving storm swamps Brisbane.
A DEAL worth up to $70 million is close to being sealed for Townsville's casino. But what is the asset really worth and how much work does it need?
SWIFT water rescue crews swept through flooded streets, major roads were cut and gardeners smiled as slow moving storm swamps Brisbane.
A MASSIVE fire has raged through an old people's home in eastern Quebec, killing at least three people and leaving 30 unaccounted for.
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